Rituals and Festivals
What are the main Buddhist festivals?
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- Description
What are the main Buddhist festivals?
How do Buddhists prepare for these festivals?
In this section you will learn about the festivals celebrated in the different Buddhist traditions.
The most important festival in the Theravada tradition celebrates the Buddha’ s birth, enlightenment and 'parinirvana’ on the full moon day in May; this is called “Wesak.”
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Buddhist Stories
Detailed Subject Knowledge
VIDEO (Youtube)
Making offerings to the Buddha
VIDEO (Youtube)
What is Vesak and how do we celebrate it?
VIDEO (Youtube)
Which Buddhist festivals do we celebrate?
Lesson Activities and Reflections
Lived Experience
Worksheets
DOCUMENT (.pdf)
Buddhist offerings worksheet
DOCUMENT (.pdf)
Buddhist shrine worksheet
DOCUMENT (.pdf)
Wesak worksheets
