Is there any kind of Buddhist holiday?

[genius]

We should start putting up statues of Buddha and Mohammad in public areas and see how the ant-First Amendment people like it.

[Atman]

1. If you find a buddhist holiday, you must kill it

No, there is not. That is opposite of everything Buddhism is about.

[Nederland]

15. Actually there is one

...but they pay it no mind.

[quisp]

2. There is always Festivus

it's not Buddhist, but it's still a great holiday.

[dflprincess]

3. I may be completely off on this being a holiday but

What about TET? Isn't that the lunar new year? And what a holiday to observe in the U.S.

[genius]

5. How about if we put little Buddhas up all around our towns at that time.

Let's give the right wing the message that this works two ways.

[AllegroRondo]

4. Buddha's birthday is a holiday in some countries

In Korea definitely, and probably others.

I'm not sure what kind of celebrations (if any) there were, or if it was just a 'day off' like our President's Day.

[genius]

6. What is the date? Let's start celebrating it.

[bleever]

8. Usually celebrated on April 8.

And each Buddhist culture has holidays specific to its own tradition as well, the Thais and the Tibetans especially.

[Big Kahuna]

7. Statue of Mohammed?

:rofl:

[mark11727]

17. I don't think Islam allows images of people or prophets for display...

...hence the really beautiful scrollwork in their architecture.

[AllegroRondo]

18. you are correct

they take the ban on 'graven images' very seriously.

which is why mosques are decorated with beautiful writing, but no pictures of any kind.

[teenagebambam]

9. Buddha says...

....EVERY day is a holiday!

[genius]

10. In that case, we can start decorating the town now.

I'm serious. If we start putting up pictures of Buddha ans act as if we are joyous that the Separation Clause is going down, maybe ther right-wingers will get the message. Did you know that the Baptists have a history of supporting the Establishment Clause? It's only recently that this has changed.

BTW, does everyone here know that the Scientologists are Bush's biggest religious contributers?

[seemunkee]

11. 4/8 Buddha's Birthday 12/8 Bodhi Day(Day Buddha attained enlightenment)

[zanne]

12. You can technically get these days off!

Of course, you'd have to tell your boss you're a Buddhist.

[magnolia]

13. What about pictures of Lord Vishnu?

Are they welcome too? All those arms will really freak them out!

[Infomaniac]

14. Tibetan Buddhists Celebrate Losar

Losar in Tibetan means New Year. I've celebrated it for many years now with my friends. Although it's a one-day holiday in America, in Tibet and parts of India with large Tibetan or Sherpa populations, the holiday lasts 15 days. There are sculptures exhibited in public in India and Tibet. I'd vote for public display of butter sculptures. Please see below for more detail.

Devotees journey to the Jokhang temple in Lhasa to donate yak butter that keeps the lamps burning well into the year. At Barkor Plaza the giant incense burners work overtime to handle hundreds of people queued up to throw in their offerings of juniper branches. New sculptures of yak butter and tsampa (roasted barley flour) are displayed. Made by the lamas, the sculptures depict deities and Buddhist scenes, and will be unveiled at the Butter Sculpture Festival at the first full moon of the year (15 days after New Year's Day).

http://www.mythinglinks.org/TibetanNewYear.htm

[Atman]

16. The readings I've done say there shouldn't even be "buddhists."

Following a leader such as the Dali Llama is distinctly un-Buddhist, according to the buddha (of which, there were actually several). Buddhism is not supposed to be about following leaders and celebrating birthdays. It is about finding enlightenment, which is a solitary process. "Buddhism" was a creation the buddha's didn't like, because it flew in the face of this solitary quest for enlightenment, and turned energies away from this quest. Don't even get 'em started on the Dali Llama thing!

[npincus]

19. don't forget the DRUIDS

they celebrate the equinox