Vassa - Wikipedia
Vassa (Pali: vassa-, Sanskrit: varṣa-, both "rain") is the three-month annual retreat observed by Theravada Buddhists. Taking place during the wet season, Vassa lasts for three lunar months, usually from July (the Burmese month of Waso, ဝါဆို) to October (the Burmese month of Thadingyut, သီတင်းကျွတ်). [1]
Vassa, the Rain Retreat! A centuries-old ascetic practice from Asia
2020年8月1日 — Vassa or the annual rain retreat is an ascetic practice among the Buddhist monks from South and Southeast Asia. Every year, during the three-month monsoon period, monks strictly confine themselves at one place. They gather in monasteries for a time of study and religious talks.
Rains Retreat (Vassa) | Segyu Gaden Phodrang Monastery
Join us on August 1st as we embark on the sacred and time-honored Rains-Retreat of 2023. This season holds great significance for monasteries worldwide, as they engage in extensive pujas and the reading of sacred texts.
Buddhist Rains-retreat (vassavasa): a courtesy of monasticism
2013年10月4日 — The term vassavasa means ‘residence during rains’; also known as rains-retreat. Well known in the historical story, the Buddha preached his first sermon to the five ascetics at Sarnath. In those times, his preaching tour was reduced by the three-month period spent in vassavasa.
The Buddhist Vassa Rains Retreat - Learn Religions
2018年6月15日 — Vassa, the annual "rains retreat," is an annual three-month monastic retreat practiced especially in the Theravada Buddhist tradition. The three months are determined by the lunar calendar and, usually, begin in July. During Vassa, monks remain in residence within their temples and leave its grounds only when necessary.
Great Chronicles, 28: The 10th Rains Retreat (Pāḷileyyaka)
The Buddha, observing Rains Retreat (Vassa) in the forest of Pāḷileyyaka, enjoying the service rendered by Pāḷileyyaka elephant, became well-known throughout the whole of Jambūdīpa. The wealthy Anāthapiṇḍika, the monastery supporter Visākhā and other high-born residents of Sāvatthī sent messages to Ven. Ānanda saying ...
Vassa (Buddhist Rain Retreat) Festival: Three-Month Rainy Season ...
The Vassa Festival, also known as the Buddhist Rain Retreat, is a significant religious observance in the Buddhist tradition. It is a three-month period of intensive meditation, study, and monastic discipline that typically coincides with the rainy season.
Buddhist Rains-retreat (vassavasa): a courtesy of monasticism
Abstract: The rain retreat is the monastic practice of retreat during the three-month rainy season (Sinhala: vas or vassana kalaya) observed throughout the Theravada Buddhist world, including Sri Lanka.
(PDF) The Rain Retreat as a Privileged Site: a Perspective from …
Analyzing the ethnographic field data collected during the 1990s against the backdrop of a main dispute, I explore how the Buddhist monastic practice of the rain retreat has become a privileged site to construct, nurture, or contest conceptions of identity and community for monastic and lay communities in Sri Lanka.
Great Chronicles, 35a: List of Rains Retreats - Ancient Buddhist Texts
The Buddha had no fixed rain-residence for 20 years during the early period after his Awakening (paṭhama-bodhi), as he went from place to place wherever sentient beings could be saved from the round of suffering. Briefly, this is a list of rains retreats observed by the Buddha: