1) Buddhist festival 2) Buddhist terminology 3) Festival in Thailand 4) Non-Gregorian July observance
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In English, Vassa is often glossed as Rains Retreat or Buddhist Lent, the latter by analogy to the Christian Lent (which Vassa predates by at least five centuries). For the duration of Vassa, bhikkhus and bhikkhunis remain inside monasteries and temple grounds. In some monasteries, monks dedicate the Vassa to intensive meditation. Some Buddhist la...
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Rains Retreat. A period from July to October, corresponding roughly to the rainy season, in which each monk is required to live settled in a single place and not wander freely about.
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the Buddhist monastic retreat observed primarily in Buddhist communities in Southeast Asia during the three-month monsoon period each year.[2 related articles]
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Three-month period of retreat for Theravada Buddhist monks and nuns during the rainy season. It begins at the festival of Asalha in June/July, which marks the Buddha's first sermon, and ends at...
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Three-month period of retreat for Theravada Buddhist monks and nuns during the rainy season. It begins at the festival of Asalha in June/July, which marks the Buddha's first sermon, and ends at Assayuja in October, which commemorates the return of the Buddha from heaven after passing on his teachings to his mother. The end of Vassa is c...
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