Nirvana Day (Parinirvana Day) · Parinirvana

Culture of origin: Buddhist · Cultural

Holiday sources: Buddhism

Nirvana Day remembers the day the Buddha is said to have attained parinirvana, complete nirvana, at his death. Most who keep it do so on 15 February, some on 8 February. Buddhists meditate, visit temples and monasteries, and read passages from the sutras of the Buddha's last days, the Mahaparinibbana Sutta and the Nirvana Sutra.