Monthly Archives: April 2022

Flower Festival: Buddha’s Birthday

Today, April 8, is the Buddha’s birthday, called Flower Festival in Japan. On this day we bathe his baby figure with amacha, sweet tea, representing kanro, sweet dew, amrita, ambrosia of immortality, nirvana, and awakening, which he later attained. Any … Continue reading

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