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'''Lha Bab Düchen''' (Tib. ལྷ་བབས་དུས་ཆེན་, [[Wyl.]] ''lha babs dus chen''), the 'Festival of the Descent from Heaven' — one of the [[four major Buddhist holidays]]. It occurs on the 22nd day of the ninth Tibetan month. [[Buddha]]’s mother [[Mayadevi]] was reborn in [[Indra]]’s heaven. To repay her kindness and to liberate her, and also to benefit the [[gods]], Buddha spent three months teachings in the realm of the gods.  When he was about to return to this world, [[Indra]] and [[Brahma]] manifested three stairs of 80,000 [[yojana]]s each reaching this world in Sankisa. As the Buddha walked down the central one, they accompanied him to his left and right carrying umbrellas to honour him. He descended to earth in [[Sankisa]], which is located in modern Uttar Pradesh, and which is counted among the [[eight holy places]].

==External Links==
*{{LH|topics/buddha-prayers/|''Buddha Śākyamuni Prayers & Practices'' on Lotsawa House}}

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