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Asalha Puja Day&Buddhist Lent Day

03/07/2024

Asalha Puja Day is a Theravada Buddhist festival which typically takes place in July, on the full moon of the Asalha month.

Asalha Puja, also known as Dharma Day, is one of Theravada Buddhism's most important festivals, celebrating as it does the Buddha's first sermon, the Sermon in the Deer Park at Sarnath, in which he set out to his five former associates the doctrine that had come to him following his enlightenment. This first pivotal sermon, often referred to as “setting into motion the wheel of dhamma,” is the teaching which is encapsulated for Buddhists in the Four Noble Truths: there is suffering (dukkha); suffering is caused by craving (tanha); there is a state (nibbana) beyond suffering and craving; and finally, the way to nirvana is via the Noble Eightfold Path. All the various schools and traditions of Buddhism revolve around this central doctrine.

This first sermon is not only the first structured discourse given by the Buddha after his enlightenment, it also contains the essence of all his subsequent teaching. At the end of the talk, one of the five participants recounted his understanding of what had been said and asked to be received as a disciple, a request the Buddha granted, thus establishing the first order of monks.

The day is observed by donating offerings to temples and listening to sermons. The following day is known in Thailand as Wan Khao Phansa; it is the first day of Vassa, the Theravada rains retreat.

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Wat Tulsa Hansen Dhammanusorn 2025

Dec. 31, 2024 New Year Ceremony
Feb. 9, 2025 Magha Puja Ceremony
Apr 20, 2025 Songkran Festival (Thai New Year)
May 18, 2025 Visakha Puja Ceremony
July 6, 2025 Alsanha Puja and Buddhist Lent Ceremory
Sep 14, 2025 Thai-Laos-Cambodia Memorial Ceremony
Oct  5, 2025 End of Buddhist Lent