In Japan, meanwhile, the Buddha’s birthday is called “Flower Festival” – Hana Matsuri in Japanese – and celebrated on April 8, following the government’s decision to adopt the ...

Buddha Purnima Wishes: Buddha Purnima 2025, observed on 12 May, marks the birth, enlightenment, and passing of Gautam Buddha, the founder of Buddhism. Celebrated globally by Buddhists and ...

Because this figure is referred to as the Happy Buddha, many people misinterpret him as being an image of the historical Buddha. He is actually a Ch’an, or Zen, Buddhist monk, who appears in ...