Vajrayāna

A tradition of Buddhism.

What the sources state

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Observances in 2026

Observance	Dates	How certain
Vesak	1 May 2026	Calculated

Sources

Pew Research Center — The Future of World Religions (opens in a new tab)
Demographic estimates
Forest Sangha (Thai Forest tradition) (opens in a new tab)
The Thai Forest tradition within Theravada Buddhism. Speaks for its own lineage, not for Buddhism.
Plum Village (opens in a new tab)
Plum Village, the Zen lineage of Thich Nhat Hanh. One Mahayana community among many.
Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama (opens in a new tab)
Tibetan Buddhism, Gelug school. Not an authority over other Tibetan schools or over Buddhism generally.
Access to Insight (opens in a new tab)
Pali canon translations in the Theravada tradition.
Buddhist Publication Society (opens in a new tab)
Theravada publishing body in Sri Lanka.
Office of the Karmapa (opens in a new tab)
The Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism.
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Buddha (opens in a new tab)
Peer-reviewed scholarship on the Buddha
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Abhidharma (opens in a new tab)
Peer-reviewed scholarship on Abhidharma
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Ethics in Indian Buddhism (opens in a new tab)
Peer-reviewed scholarship on Buddhist ethics