BUDDHIST
FESTIVALS IN 2008 |
| 15th January, 2008 |  Sakyamuni
Buddha's Enlightenment Day - Mahaparinirvana (Mahayana) |
| 7th February, 2008 |  New
Year's Day (Mahayana) - Year of the Rat |
| 7th February, 2008 | 
Birthday of Maitreya Bodhisattva (Mi Lo Fwo) - The next Buddha (Mahayana) |
| 15th March, 2008 | Sakyamuni Buddha's Renunciation (Mahayana) |
22nd March, 2008 |
Sakyamuni Buddha's Entering Nirvana Day (Mahayana) |
| 25th March, 2008 | Sangha Day - Magha Puja (Theravada) |
| 26th March, 2008 | 
Avalokitesvara - Kwan Yin Bodhisattva's Birhday (Mahayana) |
| 28th March, 2008 |  Samantabhadra
(Pu Hsien) Bodhisattva's Birthday (Mahayana) |
| 8th April, 2008 | 
Sakyamuni Buddha's Birthday - Hana Matsuri (Japanese Mahayana) |
| 15th, 16th & 17th April, 2008 | New Year's Day - Sonkran (South East Asian Theravada) |
| 8th May, 2008 | Birthday of Manjusri Bodhisattva |
| 12th May, 2008 | Sakyamuni Buddha's Birthday (Mahayana) |
| 19th May, 2008 |  Vesak
Day (Theravada) / Buddha Day - World Fellowship of Buddhists |
| 5th July, 2008 | Vajrapani (Wei-Tou) the Dharma Protector's Birthday (Mahayana) |
| 6th July, 2008 |  His
Holiness the Dalai Lama's Birthday (Vajrayana) |
| 16th July, 2008 | Asalha Puja - Dhamma Day (Theravada) |
| 19th july, 2008 | Vassa (Rains Retreat) begins (Theravada) |
| 21st July , 2008 |  Avalokitesvara
(Kwan Yin) Bodhisattva's Enlightenment Day (Mahayana) |
| 13th August, 2008 | 
Mahasthamaprapta (Ta Shih Chi) Bodhisattva's Birthday |
| 15th August, 2008 | Ullambana - The Feast of the Hungry Ghosts (Mahayna) |
| 30th August , 2008 | 
Ksitigarbha (Ti Tsang) Bodhisattva's Birthday- Earth Store Bodhisattva |
| 15th October, 2008 | Pavarana Day - Rains Retreat Ends (Theravada) |
| Variable Date | Kathina - Offering of Robes Ceremony (Theravada) |
| 20th October, 2008 | Phra Prom Day - BKK Shopping Centre, Eastlakes from 10 a.m. |
| 17th October, 2008 | Avalokitesvara (Kwan Yin) Bodhisattva's Renunciation (Mahayana) |
| 28th October, 2008 | 
Bhaisajyaguru (Yao Shih Fwo) - Medicine Buddha's Birthday (Mahayana) |
| 2nd November, 2008 | 
Bodhidharma's Birthday - First Patriarch of Zen (Cha'an) Sect (Mahayana) |
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14th December, 2008 |
Amitabha (Om Mi To Fwo) Buddha's Birthday (Mahayana) |
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