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Requested move[edit]

The following discussion is an archived discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the move request was: moved to Vesak. Favonian (talk) 21:19, 13 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Vesākha → Vesak – The page was previously moved from Vesak to Vesākha based on the argument that there is no widely-accepted English spelling for the name. However, the online Macmillan Dictionary does has an entry for Vesak,[1] and the United Nations resolution on the international recognition of the day of Vesak also uses that spelling.[2] Google book search returns over 8,000 hits for Vesak, versus one for Vesākha. I suggest that the article be renamed back to Vesak, since it is the overwhelmingly predominant spelling of the term in English texts. Paul_012 (talk) 18:30, 6 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I don't have a strong opinion on this either way, but note that a Google Books search for "Vesakha" (without the diacritic) does return over 900 hits. /ninly(talk) 20:23, 6 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]
The above discussion is preserved as an archive of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

No, No, NO!!![edit]

Buddhist New Year redirects to Wesak. Can somebody please fix this? Wesak is not and has never been the Buddhist New Year in any country.

I won't cite sources but am a certified Buddhist tracer who has studied at the feet of over 80 of the world's most prominent Buddhist teachers of all traditions for over 43 years. I am a source. But if you check the pages for Songkran, Tet and Losar, you will find Vesak is not the New Year.

Thanks Folks!

Thomas Kent — Preceding unsigned comment added by Indigocat (talk • contribs) 07:28, 7 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Although different schools of Buddhism use different calendars, at least until 1941 some schools marked the start of the Buddhist epoch at Wesak. Please see Buddhist_calendar#Epochal_date. Shouting doesn't make it otherwise. What might make it otherwise are reliable sources.--Shantavira|feed me 14:48, 10 May 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Confusion with Buddha's Birthday[edit]

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]

May 2018[edit]

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]

Semi-protected edit request on 25 May 2018[edit]

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]

References

  1. ^ Fowler, Jeaneane D. (1997). World Religions: it is celebrated to mark the birth, enlightenment and the passing away of the Lord Buddha. An Introduction for Students. Sussex Academic Press. ISBN 1-898723-48-6.
  2. ^ The World Buddhist Directory
  3. ^ "Visakha Puja". Accesstoinsight.org. Retrieved 20 March 2012.
Done. I see no consensus for the new lede version. JimRenge (talk) 09:21, 25 May 2018 (UTC)[reply]
 Already done by JimRenge. 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]

Merge International Day of Vesak[edit]

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

Thailand Paragraph[edit]

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]

When it is being celebrated the Vesak Bochea To Celebrate Lord Buddha[edit]

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

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