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Names of Celebration, Month, Occasion, Significance

1. Makha Puja in March: 2,500 Bhikkhus met fortuitously on the full-moon day, and Sakyamuni expounded the PATIMOKHA, the rules of the order.

2. Chol Chnam Thmey (Sangkran) or Khmer New Year in April: Buddhist New Year based on lunar calendar, mid-April

3. Visakha Puja in May: to worship and honor the Sakyamuni Buddha Birthday, Enlightenment, and Parinibbana

4. Ancestor Commemoration Day and Ancestral Land Remembrance on June 6

5. Work Shop & Chol Vasa in July: Beginning of Buddhist Lent - Vassa

6. Peace Celebration on Paris Peace Agreement Day in October.

7. Pchum Ben Day in September: Remembrance Festival to the relatives who have passed away.

8. Chenh Vasa or Pavoranakam in October: End of Buddhist Lent.

9. Kathina Dana or Saftron Robe Offering in October: Safron Robes offering to Bhikkhu monks who have accomplished full rain retreat of Buddhist Lent.

10. Money-flower offering in December: fund raising to use for community purposes.

NAMO TASSA BAGHAVATO, ARAHATO, SAMMAA SAMBUDDHASA (3 times) (praise be to Him, the Blessed One, the Worthy One, the Supremely Enlightend).

(i) BHUDDHAM SARANAM GECCHAMI : I take refuge in the Buddha;

(ii) DHAMMAM SARANAM GECCHAMI : I take refuge in the Dhamma;

(iii) SANGHAM SARANAM GECCHAMI : I take refuge in the Sangha

The Five precepts:
(i) PAANAATIPAATAA VERAMANII SIKKHAA PADHAM SAMAADIYAAMI: I vow to myself not to take the lives of other living beings;

(ii) ADINAADAANAA VERAMANI SIKKHAA PADHAM SAMAADIYAAMI: I vow to myself not to steal;

(iii) KAMESUMECAACAARAA VERAMANII SIKKHAA PADHAM SAMAADIYAAMI: I vow to myself not to have unlawful sex;

(iv) MUSAAVAADAA VERAMANII SIKKHAA PADHAM SAMAADIYAAMI: I vow to myself not to tell lies;

(v) SURAAMERAYA MAJHAPAMAA DITTHAANAA, VERAMANI SIKKHAA PADHAM SAMAADIYAAMI: I vow to myself not to indulge in harmful drugs

Khmer Cultural Calendar and Annual Rites

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