Maryland Buddhist Vihara marked Vesak 2026 with a reverent Twenty-Eight Buddhas Pūjā, offerings, chanting and a Dhamma talk by Bhante Uparatana, shared beyond the temple through a live broadcast to devotees in Sri Lanka and the wider Buddhist community worldwide.

Bhante Uparatana led American University’s 2026 Vesak observance, bringing students, monastics and friends together for reflection, meditation and candle-lighting, while sharing the Buddha’s timeless message of peace, compassion, loving-kindness and mindful living within the university’s interfaith community in Washington, D.C.