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Wishing all Buddhist bros here a Happy Vesak Day. May the blessing of the Triple Gem be with you!
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Sawasdee krup, Happy Vesak Day.
I thought it a little strange as many countries having Vesak day holiday today but just checked that Thailand's Vesak day is next month June/4.
It's a PH in LOS today but not VESAK day. This month alone has 4 PH in LOS. Vesak day is next month.
This year is 2555 in Thailand. Song Ha Ha Ha!!! Thailand counts year from birth of Budhha, not birth of Jesus. Anyway, both are retrospective calendars, invented thousands of years after the birth and death of Buddha and Jesus. The world's oldest invented and progressive calendar is the Chinese calendar. If China has kept counting years by it since invention of it, it's 2853 now, more if more achaeological discoveries are made. The world's most inaccurate and stubbornly resisting calibration is the Muslim calendar, without provision for leap months or leap years. Ramadan can occur twice per year (i.e. 12 lunar cycles and 1 solar cycle).
as to why the Jews don't have jialat calendar despite their BAK KWA deficiency.................becoz they're not humans at all.................
It's a PH in LOS today but not VESAK day. This month alone has 4 PH in LOS. Vesak day is next month.
The variation is because of Therevada and Mahayana tradition. Remember, proper chonological calendar wasn't invented in India or Nepal yet at the birth of Budhha. The exact birthdate of Buddha was undocumented. Mahayana has it at mid lunar April and Therevada has it at mid lunar May. In case of leap month, it can be in lunar June too.
This year is 2555 in Thailand. Song Ha Ha Ha!!! Thailand counts year from birth of Budhha.
it does not really matter really...there is no birth, there is no death, there is no enlightenment and there is no buddha....it's sunyata...just it is...nothing....there is no dharma...there is no teachings...buddha did not teach anything....it's just it is.....so birth, death,enlightenment and dharma, does it really matter....sunyata..om
Death of Buddha, uncle