Asalha Bucha

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Asalha Bucha is a major Theravada Buddhist festival commemorating the Buddha’s first sermon and the founding of the monastic community, observed on the full moon of the eighth lunar month.

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instanceOf Buddhist festival
religious holiday
alsoKnownAs Asalha Puja
Dhamma Day
associatedDoctrine Four Noble Truths
Noble Eightfold Path
linked to: Eightfold Path
associatedEvent Buddha’s sermon at Deer Park in Sarnath
associatedPlace Sarnath, India
linked to: Sarnath
associatedWith establishment of the Sangha
calendarBasis lunar calendar
commemorates Buddha’s first sermon
the founding of the Buddhist monastic community
coreSymbol Wheel of Dhamma (Dhammacakka)
linked to: Dharma Chakra
countryWhereObserved Cambodia
Laos
Myanmar
Sri Lanka
Thailand
etymology Asalha refers to the lunar month Āsāḷha
linked to: Ashada month

Bucha (Puja) means worship or veneration
follows the beginning of Buddhist Lent (Vassa) closely in the calendar
historicalContext marks the moment the Buddha gained his first disciples
languageOfName Pali
legalStatusInThailand public holiday
observanceBy lay Buddhists
monastic community
observedOn full moon of the eighth lunar month
relatedFestival Magha Puja
Vesak
religion Theravada Buddhism
linked to: Theravada
significance marks the first turning of the Wheel of Dhamma
theme gratitude for the teaching of the Dhamma
renewal of commitment to Buddhist practice
timeOfYear usually falls in July in the Gregorian calendar
typeOfObservance uposatha day
typicalRitual candlelight procession around temples
listening to Dhamma sermons
meditation practice
observing the Five Precepts
offering food to monks

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Asalha Puja hasAlternativeName Asalha Bucha