Updated 3 April 2022
Buddhist Festivals
The Buddhist calendar is a lunar calendar. The four moon days (full moon, new moon and half moons) are recorded on Buddhist calendars.
CMDM Cumbria Moon Day Meditation
CMDM Cumbria Moon Day Meditation. Cumbrian Theravada Buddhists meditating together at home on moon days. All welcome. Free.
https://www.buddhistgroupofkendal.co.uk/cmdm-cumbria-moon-day-meditation/
Poya Days Full Moon Days
Each full moon day is celebrated as a Poya Day in Sri Lanka.
seehttps://www.officeholidays.com/countries/sri-lanka
seehttps://publicholidays.lk/poya-day/
Vesak Festival Full Moon Day in May
https://www.buddhistgroupofkendal.co.uk/vesak-lantern/
https://www.buddhistgroupofkendal.co.uk/vesak-timetable-for-home-celebration/
Bibliography
Bhavana Vandana: Bhavana Devotions, compiled by Dr Henepola Gunaratana Nayaka Thera, Bhavana Society High View, West Virginia USA, (Second edition) 2001
https://archive.org/details/BhavanaVandanaDevotionsForMeditation
http://www.buddhanet.net/pdf_file/vandana.pdf
The Buddha and His Message: Past Present Future: United Nations Vesak Day Lecture by Ven Bhikkhu Bodhi, BPS, Buddhist Publication Society, Kandy, Sri Lanka, Second edition 2010 (BP 108S) (ISBN 978-955-24-0346-0)
https://www.bps.lk/olib/bp/bp108s_Bodhi_Buddha-And-His-Message.pdf
Buddhist Studies: Life of the Buddha, Buddhanet
https://www.buddhanet.net/e-learning/buddhism/lifebuddha/contents1.htm
https://www.buddhanet.net/e-learning/buddhism/lifebuddha/contents2.htm
Buddhist Suttas for Recitation, Bhante Henepola Gunaratana, Wisdom Publications, 2019. ISBN 9781614294894
Daily Buddhist Devotions, byVen K Sri Dhammananda, BMS Buddhist Missionary Society, Malaysia,(Second edition) 1991. ISBN 967-9920-54-2 ISBN 967-9920-61-5
Significance of the Full Moons in Buddhism, by Alec Robertson, BCC Buddhist Cultural Centre, Sri Lanka, (3rd edition) 1998. ISBN 955-8129-04-6
https://archive.org/details/the-religious-significance-of-the-full-moons
https://www.online.buddhistcc.com/books/singnificance-of-the-full-moons-in-buddhism-detail.html
Wheel 54 The Mirror of the Dhamma: A Manual of Buddhist Chanting and Devotional Texts, by Nārada Thera and Bhikkhu Kassapa
https://www.bps.lk/olib/wh/wh054_Narada_Mirror-Of-The-Dhamma.html
Wheel 178 Significance of Vesak, by K.N. Jayatilleke
https://www.bps.lk/olib/wh/wh178_Jayatilleke_Significance-of-Vesak.html
Wheel 206-207 Lay Buddhist Practice: The Shrine Room, Uposatha Day, and Rains Residence, by Bhikkhu Khantipālo
https://bps.lk/olib/wh/wh206_Khantipalo_Lay-Buddhist-Practice.html
Wheel 402-404 Buddhist Ceremonies and Rituals of Sri Lanka by A. G. S. Kariyawasam
https://www.bps.lk/olib/wh/wh402_Kariawasam_Buddhist-Ceremonies-Rituals-Sri-Lanka.html