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 At the conclusion of the Ten Thousand Buddhas
Repentance every year, the City celebrates Shakyamuni Buddha's
birthday, also called “Bathing the Buddha Day.” The Venerable
Master Hsuan Hua said, The Buddha is a greatly enlightened
individual, someone who has truly understood. There's no need for
us to wash his body, which is clean and pure. Yet, why do we bathe
the baby Buddha? To do so symbolizes the bathing of our mind and
its return to purity. It is also a form of commemoration, in
memory of our teacher who passed away long ago; it is one way to
be filial to the Buddha. Buddhists have this tradition of bathing
the baby Buddha was born, nine dragons spouted water. This is how
this ceremony came down through the ages. |
