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Buddhist holidays
Dear treeleafers!
I have received an e-mail invitation to celebrate the Buddhist holiday called Vesak together with the Buddhists from different traditions and realised I know nothing at all about the Buddhist holidays. Can someone recommend a site where I can read on it? What are the holidays celebrated in the Soto Zen tradition? Thanks in advance,
Gassho,
Irina
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Re: Buddhist holidays
Hi Irina,
In Japan, Buddha's Birthday comes a month early (not a problem, since Buddhas are timeless). We had a little retreat that day, and here is some other information.
http://www.treeleaf.org/forum/viewtopic ... hday#p9099
I think that every moment is Buddha's B-day, which is just Irina's B-day!
Gassho, Jundo
P.S. - I does tend to be a bit less of a great holiday in Japan compared to some other place, such as Korea and Thailand, Singapore and Vietnam ...
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... 3cCw&hl=en
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... DiCw&hl=en
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... DiCw&hl=en
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Re: Buddhist holidays
Thank you, Jundo!
I will have a look at those.
zoukithustra : it does sound like fun, indeed. Something to remember. :)
Gassho
Irina