Lhabab Düchen (Tibetan ལྷ་བབས་དུས་ཆེན་, lha babs dus chen) is one of the four Buddhist festivals commemorating four events in the life of the Buddha, according to tradition. Tibetan.
Lhabab Düchen, the descent of the Buddha from heaven
Lhabab Düchen occurs on the 22nd day of the ninth lunar month according to the 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 heaven to earth, one of the eight great events in the Buddha's life.
According to legend, the Buddha temporarily ascended to the Trāyastriṃśa heaven at the age of 41, in order to give teachings for the benefit of the gods in this realm of desire, and to repay his mother's kindness by freeing her from Samsara.
He was urged 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.
On Lhabab Duchen, the effects of positive or negative actions are multiplied ten million times. It is part of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition to engage in virtuous activities and prayer on this day.
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