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The contents of the International Day of Vesak page were merged into Vesak on 1 August 2021. For the contribution history and old versions of the redirected page, please see its history; for the discussion at that location, see its talk page.

The contents of the Vixakha Bouxa page were merged into Vesak on 18 June 2016. For the contribution history and old versions of the redirected page, please see its history; for the discussion at that location, see its talk page.

This article has been mentioned by a media organization: Gordon Johnston (May 16, 2019). "May 2019: The Next Full Moon is a Blue Moon". Nasa. This full Moon corresponds to Vesak, also known as Buddha Purnima, a holiday (according to Wikipedia) "observed traditionally by Buddhists in Nepal, Sri Lanka, Tibet, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India and the South East Asian countries of Singapore, Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, and Indonesia. Sometimes informally called 'Buddha's Birthday', it actually commemorates the birth, enlightenment (nirvāna), and death (Parinirvāna) of Gautama Buddha."

There is a lot of information in this article about East Asian celebrations of Buddha's Birthday. One gets the impression that the latter and Vesak are more or less identical. This article should make it more obvious that there is another article about Buddha's Birthday. Also, Tibetan Wesak seems to celebrate the Buddha's enlightenment. 81.109.205.167 (talk) 17:26, 17 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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http://dharmafarer.org/wordpress/ should point to http://www.themindingcentre.org/dharmafarer. This might be needed else where also hence it might be good to get a bot to do the URL change. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sirinath (talk • contribs) 15:01, 7 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

What's your take on these edits, JimRenge or anyone else?-Farang Rak Tham (Talk) 16:38, 12 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

I did not get a ping, I saw this per accident. Too much "Mahinda Deegalle. 2018. Vesak, Peace and Harmony: Thinking of Buddhist Heritage. Kandy: Research Centre for Buddhist Studies, ch. 1" for me (probably not independent). What is your impression? JimRenge (talk) 19:38, 17 May 2019 (UTC)[reply]

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Could someone please reinstate the original introduction before an IP address removed large pieces of information despite the fact that were sources? Vesak (Pali: Vesākha, Sanskrit: Vaiśākha), also known as Buddha Purnima and Buddha Day, is a holiday traditionally observed by Buddhists and some Hindus on different days in India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Tibet, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Mongolia and the Philippines and in China, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Taiwan and Vietnam as "Buddha's Birthday" as well as in other parts of the world.^[1][2] The festival commemorates the birth, enlightenment (Buddhahood), and death (Parinirvāna) of Gautama Buddha in the Theravada or southern tradition.^[3] 120.144.23.51 (talk) 06:22, 25 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Done. I see no consensus for the new lede version. JimRenge (talk) 09:21, 25 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

 Already donebyJimRenge. Sam Sailor 10:58, 25 May 2018 (UTCthe)

I have removed the World Buddhist Directory source because it does not support the text. JimRenge (talk) 11:46, 25 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]

International Day of Vesak doesn't have much material and just seems to be about UN/international recognition of Vesak as a holiday and cultural festival. I'd suggest merging it into this article as a section on 'International Recognition'. --Spasemunki (talk) 03:31, 6 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Spasemunki, please stop starting new, similar sections about this subject. Please keep things in one place and don't confuse the debate by dividing it in several pages and sections. CC to you as well, Paul_012.--Farang Rak Tham (Talk) 08:53, 6 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I regard this as a separate discussion. I wasn't aware of the existence of this article previously. --Spasemunki (talk) 09:01, 6 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Apologies. I retract my request.--Farang Rak Tham (Talk) 09:27, 6 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I agree with Spasemunki that this article be best merged into Vesak as a separate section. Keeping the redirect will not be required.--Farang Rak Tham (Talk) 09:29, 6 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Support merging the International Day of Vesak, which doesn't have much material, into the Vesak page as a sub-section, as it's just a related detail of Vesak festival Dhy.rjw (talk) 06:36, 25 July 2021 (UTC)[reply]

  Y Merger complete. Klbrain (talk) 09:21, 1 August 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Under Celebration, I am surprised there is no "In Thailand" paragraph under the sub-heading of "In South East Asia". I realise details of Thai Vesak day are elswhere, but it stands out by it's absence on this page. Sorry if I'm being pedantantic. Doug. 2A00:23C5:D525:7A00:A481:3E1B:5FFB:F322 (talk) 10:12, 15 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Agree 100%. Thailand is one of the most Buddhist countries in the world and a centre of these celebrations. The very next section lists how Thailand hosted the International Vesak conferences almost every time... 198.103.198.250 (talk) 13:39, 5 May 2023 (UTC)[reply]

. 136.158.102.136 (talk) 12:14, 13 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Someone I know with family in the Himalayan part of India near Tibet said that today was the holiday of "Saga Dawa" in that region. Wanting to learn more, I came here to Wikipedia and was surprised to find that Saga Dawa was a redirect to this Vesak page.

However, there is no mention of "Saga Dawa" in this article and so someone coming here might be confused as to why they are redirected to this Vesak. If this redirect is continued, I would suggest some reference to Saga Dawa being included in the text so that visitors understand how Saga Dawa relates to Vesak. (I don't know enough about the topic myself to make the edit.)

Looking at the the redirect history, this has been a redirect since 2006.

And maybe that's fine to stay that way (with some text added to the article). I don't know enough to understand IF Saga Dawa is different from Vesak. If it IS different, perhaps it should have its own article? - Dyork (talk) 13:59, 23 May 2024 (UTC)[reply]