Lhabab Düchen · Lhabab Duchen

Culture of origin: Buddhist · Cultural

Holiday sources: Buddhism

Lhabab Düchen is one of the four major Buddhist festivals that commemorate events in the Buddha's life, kept in Tibet, Bhutan and Sikkim. To repay the kindness of his mother, Mayadevi, the Buddha went to the Heaven of the Thirty-Three and taught her and the gods for three months; urged by Maudgalyayana to return, he came down by a ladder the gods made for him and landed at Sankassa in India, one of the eight great places of his life. Tibetan Buddhists spend the day in prayer and good deeds, believing that the effects of actions are multiplied millions of times.