Buddhist holidays

[CinnamonGal]

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

[Jundo]

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

[CinnamonGal]

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