As Ramadan ends, Buddhist Lent begins
Our lives revolve around rites of biological passage at the personal level, and also calendric religio-cultural rituals, manifest in religious, national and international festivals. The religious festivals of Vesak, Phansa/Vassa, Deepawali, Yom Kippur, Christmas, Guru Nanak’s birthday and the upcoming Muslim Eid al-Fitr, which falls on Friday and marks the end of the fasting month of Ramadan,…