Saga Dawa

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Saga Dawa is a major Tibetan Buddhist holy month and festival commemorating the Buddha’s birth, enlightenment, and parinirvana, corresponding to the Vesak observance in other Buddhist traditions.

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instanceOf Buddhist festival
Tibetan Buddhist holy month
alsoKnownAs Saga Dawa
surface form: Saga Dawa Düchen
associatedBelief merit is multiplied many times during this month
associatedLocation Barkhor circuit in Lhasa
Lhasa
Mount Kailash
associatedPractice circumambulation of sacred sites
fasting
life release (saving animals from slaughter)
making offerings at monasteries
observing additional vows
offering butter lamps
pilgrimage
prostrations
recitation of mantras
vegetarianism
associatedRitual hanging of new prayer flags at sacred sites
lighting of lamps and candles
monastic ceremonies
public prayers and pujas
raising of prayer flags
associatedWith compassion
ethical discipline
merit-making
calendarSystem Tibetan lunar calendar
commemorates Shakyamuni Buddha
surface form: Gautama Buddha
commemoratesEvent Buddha’s birth
Buddha’s enlightenment
Buddha’s parinirvana
correspondsTo Vesak
culturalSignificance important period for community charity and generosity
time for intensified religious practice among Tibetans
ethicalEmphasis avoiding alcohol
avoiding killing
avoiding non-virtuous actions
keyDay full moon of the fourth Tibetan month
linkedConcept Three Great Deeds of the Buddha (birth, enlightenment, parinirvana)
observedIn Himalayan regions
Tibet Autonomous Region
surface form: Tibet

Tibetan diaspora communities
occursInLunarMonth fourth month of the Tibetan lunar calendar
relatedFestival Buddha Purnima in some Indian traditions
Vesak
surface form: Vesak in Theravada Buddhism
religiousSignificance one of the holiest periods in Tibetan Buddhism
religiousTradition Tibetan Buddhism
timeSpan one lunar month

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Vesak alsoKnownAs Saga Dawa
Vesākha alsoKnownAs Saga Dawa
this entity surface form: Saga Dawa (in Tibetan tradition)
Saga Dawa alsoKnownAs Saga Dawa
this entity surface form: Saga Dawa Düchen