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SUMMARY:Parinirvana Day
DESCRIPTION:15 February\; 8 February in some communities\n\nMarks the Bud
 dha's passing into final nirvana at Kushinagar\, and it is a quiet day w
 here Vesak is a loud one. Temples read the account of his last months an
 d his last words\; the reclining Buddha image is the focus\, and in Japa
 n large painted scrolls of the death scene\, with the assembled disciple
 s and animals in mourning\, are brought out and hung for the occasion. I
 t is kept as a day for thinking about death directly rather than oblique
 ly\, and for remembering the recent dead. Observance is Mahayana\; Thera
 vada countries fold the death into Vesak\, which marks birth\, awakening
  and passing...\n\nhttps://literature.interactiveatlas.org/holidays-fest
 ivals/parinirvana-day
URL:https://literature.interactiveatlas.org/holidays-festivals/parinirvan
 a-day
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