Vassa
Vassa Buddhism Culture History List of topics People ... country Schools Temples Concepts Texts Timeline Portal Vassa (Thai พรรษา, pansa ... temples. In some monasteries, monks dedicate the Vassa to intensive meditation practice. During Vassa, many Buddhist lay people reinvigorate their spritual ... as giving up meat, alcohol, or smoking (Vassa is sometimes known as "Buddhist Lent"). ...
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Vassa   (translated from Dutch)
Vassa Boeddhisme Concepten Geschiedenis Stromingen Geschriften Personen Tempels ... By country Termen Van a to z Vassa ( Pali ) or pansa ( Thai ) are the annual ... only restricted has to authorisation travel. The vassa last of the full maan of (generally ... maan of (generally) October. In Dutch the vassa the regenretraite are called. The beginning and the end of the vassa are also holidays in Theravada Buddhist ...
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Olaudah Equiano
... 31 March 1797), also sometimes called Gustavus Vassa, was an eighteenth century African writer who ... who gave him the name of Gustavus Vassa. Later, he was sold to Robert King ... the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa the African (1789), a book that not ... at Project Gutenberg Olaudah Equiano, or, Gustavus Vassa, the African soham.org.uk - including details ...
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Monastery
... as vihara, emerged from the practice of vassa, the retreat undertaken by Buddhist monks and ... beginning in mid-July. Outside of the vassa period, monks and nuns both lived a ... town begging for food. These early fixed vassa retreats were held in pavilions and parks ... the sangha as a whole during the vassa retreat evolved into a more cenobitic lifestyle ...
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Olaudah Equiano   (translated from German)
Olaudah Equiano Olaudah Equiano (alias Gustavo Vassa) (* 1745 in Igbo (the today's Nigeria ... the Life OF Olaudah Equiano or Gustavus Vassa the African, written by himself, ninth edition ... Person data NAME Equiano, Olaudah ALTERNATIVE NAME Vassa, Gustavo SHORT DESCRIPTION Nigerian slave and writer ...
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Buddhist monasticism
... practice of living communally during the rainy vassa season, prescribed by the Buddha, gradually grew ... based on the number of rains retreats (vassa) that one has been ordained), the Buddha ... countries, this temporary ordination occurs during the vassa retreat, which is regarded as a period ...
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Buddhism in Thailand
... single rainy season (known in Pāli as vassa, and in Thai as phansa). Those who remain monks beyond their first vassa typically remain monks for between one and ...
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Vihara
... abode, but during the rainy season (Cf. vassa) they stayed in temporary shelters. These dwellings ... A short article on the meaning of Vassa, and its observation by lay Buddhists.
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Asalha Puja
... Pansa; it is the first day of vassa, the Theravada rains retreat. See also Vassa Uposatha External links Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta - The Buddha ...
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Old European Script
... the Tartaria tablets in Romania by Nicolae Vassa in 1961 reignited the debate. Vassa believed the inscriptions to be pictograms and ...
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