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Photo of Fourth White House Vesak Celebration, 2024.

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White House Hosts Vesak Celebration

Fourth White House Vesak Celebration, 2024. Vesak honors the Buddha’s birth, enlightenment and passing. On May 23, 2024, in recognition of the occasion, President Biden issued the following official statement from the...

July 6, 2024

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First Vesak Celebration Held at White House

(Left to right) Wangmo Dixey, Rev. Marvin Harada, Tarthang Tulku Rinpoche, and Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff. Official White House Photo by Cameron Smith. On Wednesday May 26, 2021, for the first time in US...

June 13, 2021

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