Lhabab Duchen

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{{Infobox holiday
|holiday_name = Lhabab Düchen ལྷ་བབས་དུས་ཆེན
|type = Buddhist
|image = File:Buddha's descent from Tushita, 18th century, Mongolia.png
|imagesize = 250px
|caption = Buddha's descent to earth from The Heaven of Thirty-Three, Mongolia (18th century)
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|nickname =
|observedby =[[Tibet]] and [[Bhutan]]
|significance =
|date = 22nd day of the ninth lunar month
|date2016 = 20 November
|date2017 = 10 November
|date2018 = 31 October
|date2019 = 19 November
|date2020 = 07 November
|date2021 = 27 October
|celebrations =
|observances =
|relatedto = [[Poya|Vap Full Moon Poya]] (in Sri Lanka) [[Wan Ok Phansa]] (in Thailand) [[Boun Suang Huea]] (in Laos) [[Thadingyut Festival]] (in Myanmar)}}
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'''Lhabab Düchen''' (Tib. ལྷ་བབས་དུས་ཆེན་, Wyl. lha babs dus chen) is one of the four [[Buddhist festival]]s commemorating four events in the life of the [[Gautama Buddha|Buddha]], according to [[Tibetan culture|Tibetan traditions]]. Lhabab Düchen occurs on the 22nd day of the ninth lunar month according to [[Tibetan calendar]] and widely celebrated in [[Tibet]] and [[Bhutan]]. The festival is also celebrated in other Buddhist Asian countries including [[Sri Lanka]], [[Myanmar]], [[Thailand]] and [[Laos]] where it is celebrated a few weeks before the Tibetan and Bhutanese version.

Lhabab Duchen is a [[Buddhist]] festival celebrated to observe the Buddha's descent from the [[Trāyastriṃśa|Trāyastriṃśa heaven]] down to earth.

According to legend, the Buddha ascended the Trāyastriṃśa heaven temporarily at the age of 41, in order to give teachings to benefit the gods in that desire realm, and to repay the kindness of his mother by liberating her from [[Samsara]].

He was exhorted by his disciple and representative [[Maudgalyayana]] to return, and after a long debate and under a [[full moon]] agreed to return. He returned to earth a week later by a special triple ladder prepared by [[Viswakarma]], the god of machines. This event is considered to be one of the eight great deeds of the Buddha.{{fact|date=August 2020}}

On Lhabab Duchen, the effects of positive or negative actions are multiplied ten million times. It is part of Tibetan Buddhist tradition to engage in virtuous activities and prayer on this day.{{fact|date=August 2020}}

==See also==
* [[Abhidhamma Day]]

==Notes==
During this day, positive or negative actions are multiplied 100 million times.{{fact|date=August 2020}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}
*http://www.fpmtabc.org/prayers_mmdays.php
*https://fpmt.org/media/resources/dharma-dates/ and select November
*Buddhist Art News https://web.archive.org/web/20160304214148/https://buddhistartnews.wordpress.com/2013/12/04/lhabab-duchen-the-day-buddha-descended-from-tushita-heavens/
*Legge, James, tran. A Record of Buddhistic Kingdoms. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1886; reprint, New York: Dover Publications Inc.,1965. Chapter XVII.

==External links==
* [https://www.redlandsdailyfacts.com/2016/11/02/professing-faith-story-of-the-tibetan-buddhist-festival-of-lhabab-duchen/ Professing Faith: Story of the Tibetan Buddhist festival of Lhabab Duchen]

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