Long-awaited spring has come!
Everyone must enjoy viewing cherry blossoms and drinking-dancing under the trees all over Japan.
But, there is another celebration in April.
Do you know that April 8th is the birthday of Oshaka sama, a.k.a. Gautama Buddha?
Gautama Buddha is the founder of Buddhism.
Oshaka sama was born at Lumbini Garden in India two thousand and five hundred years ago.
Miraculously, right after birth, he walked seven steps ahead as he stood up.
Then he declared, as he pointed heaven with his right finger and ground with his left, “Holy am I alone throughout heaven and earth.”
According to the myth that a dragon flew down from the heaven and poured the sweet tea (beverage of prolonging life) over baby Gautama’s head, it has become a custom to decant tea over the statue of Oshaka sama for his birthday celebration.
After enjoying full-blown cherry blossom, would you like to stroll around your neighbor temples to develop an understanding of Buddhism?
by K.T
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