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May 28th (Friday) Wesak
Full moon
puja to celebrate Wesak - and the change of name! 7.30pm
Venue: Satyapada’s home at E9, Caravan Park, Bunchrew, Inverness IV3 8TD. Map
Wear walking boots and outdoor clothes and bring umbrella if it looks like rain!
The Buddha's Enlightenment is the central event in Buddhism,
and Wesak, the celebration of that Enlightenment, is the most important festival of the Buddhist year.
Many of the Buddha's disciples also attained Enlightenment,
and in the centuries that have followed there have been many other Enlightened masters. They too are recalled at Wesak with
readings of accounts of their lives or from works they wrote themselves.
But Enlightenment is also an ideal to which all Buddhists aspire, so Wesak
is a chance to reflect on what it might mean for individual Buddhists.
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