Happy Vesak Day

[Vajradhara]

Namaste all,

i just want to wish you all a happy Vesak Day!

Vesak Day is the day where many Buddhists, depending on cultural tradition, celebrate the arising, awakening and parinirvana of the historical Buddha Shakyamuni, from which our religion takes it's name.

Vesak Day is celebrated on the full moon day of May. Vesak means "May" in Sanskrit. by and large, the east Asian Buddhist calendar is based on a lunar cycle as this is a leap year in the solar cycle, which is how things are tracked in the west, the day that we celebrate is moved back one month, to June.

have a wonderful week!

[lunamoth]

Happy Vesak Day, Vaj!

For some reason I really like Holy/Festival Days that follow the lunar cycle. Also the Equinoxes and Solstices. Must be the (neo)pagan in me.

cheers!

[Zenda71]

The same to you Vajra, and to all others for whom this day is important!

With metta,

Zenda

[Vajradhara]

Thank you all for the kind wishes!


it was a wonderful holiday this year... it was very fulfilling for my practice as well.. which, in the end, is what i tend to weigh as more important.

i hope that everyone else had a wonderful Vesak Day as well!

[Zenda71]

Welcome back! I hope your retreat was fruitful.

With metta,
Zenda

[Vajradhara]

Originally Posted by Zenda71

Welcome back! I hope your retreat was fruitful.

With metta,
Zenda

Namaste Zenda,

thank you for the well wishes!

yes, it was a very fruitful retreat, in my opinion, though quite different from what i had thought was going to occur. i suppose that we you are using temporary shelters... you have to be rather flexible in your plans

though i know that you couldn't go to the retreat that you were looking to attend, i hope that your practice on that day was as fruitful if not moreso, than my own.

[Zenda71]

Originally Posted by Vajradhara

i suppose that we you are using temporary shelters... you have to be rather flexible in your plans

Is this a play on words, perhaps? Given the rain we had in the Philadelphia area, I can imagine that you had some where you were too ...

My practice has been average ... I'm tempted to say it's hit a plateau. But I don't mind really. My son is at a stage where he wants to be with me all the time, so it's difficult to get into a deep meditative state. I try to enjoy these moments when I can. One day he'll be a teenager and won't necessarily want to hang out with Mom.

[Vajradhara]

Originally Posted by Zenda71

Is this a play on words, perhaps? Given the rain we had in the Philadelphia area, I can imagine that you had some where you were too ...

My practice has been average ... I'm tempted to say it's hit a plateau. But I don't mind really. My son is at a stage where he wants to be with me all the time, so it's difficult to get into a deep meditative state. I try to enjoy these moments when I can. One day he'll be a teenager and won't necessarily want to hang out with Mom.

oh.. it was unintentional alright

i'm rather a slopy typer on occassion

what i meant to say was... i suppose that when you are using temporary shelters, you have to be flexible in your plans...

yes.. it did rain.. we got a great deal of it in fact! i recall setting up the area for the morning session and wondering if the rain would be able to make it underneath the shelter... well... i didn't have to wait for long.. the wind picked up and we all got a lovely shower... though it does tend to make the buckwheat hull cushions pretty heavy.

i understand your issue.. though not in the same fashion as you are experiencing it now. my cat is like this as well... whenever i sit, he'll manage to open the door to the room... perhaps i'm not closing it all the way.. and then come and and start head-butting my knees. all in all.. it's pretty darned sweet and makes me all warm and fuzzy.. though it's not helping the practice too much

[Zenda71]

But maybe that's a good thing. No one should practice in a vaccuum right? Maybe your cat and my son are just reminding us not to forget that we don't practice to escape ...

Be well,
Zenda

[Avinash]

Originally Posted by Vajradhara

Vesak Day is the day where many Buddhists, depending on cultural tradition, celebrate the arising, awakening and parinirvana of the historical Buddha Shakyamuni, from which our religion takes it's name.

Vesak Day is celebrated on the full moon day of May. Vesak means "May" in Sanskrit. by and large, the east Asian Buddhist calendar is based on a lunar cycle as this is a leap year in the solar cycle, which is how things are tracked in the west, the day that we celebrate is moved back one month, to June.

Namaskar,

By chance Shrii Krishna and the founder of my own path Shrii Shrii Anandamurti were also born on the full moon in May. So we also celebrate this day and call it Ananda Purnima (the "full moon of bliss").

[Vajradhara]

Originally Posted by Zenda71

But maybe that's a good thing. No one should practice in a vaccuum right? Maybe your cat and my son are just reminding us not to forget that we don't practice to escape ...

Be well,
Zenda

excellent!!

[Vajradhara]

Originally Posted by Avinash

Namaskar,

By chance Shrii Krishna and the founder of my own path Shrii Shrii Anandamurti were also born on the full moon in May. So we also celebrate this day and call it Ananda Purnima (the "full moon of bliss").

very interesting...

i wonder how many other prominent religious figures from the eastern traditions have been born on the full moon day in May... perhaps... i'll take some time to try and investigate that... though it may be fruitless with the tools currently at my disposal....

[Vajradhara]

Happy Vesak Day, once again, my Dharma friends!

IMHAHO!

metta,

~v

[lunamoth]

Originally Posted by Vajradhara

Happy Vesak Day, once again, my Dharma friends!

IMHAHO!

metta,

~v

Happy Vesak Day, Vaj!

IMHAHO?

[toujour_333]

happy vesak day to you all as well. i hope that everyone has a peaceful day full of mindfulness and great practice.

be well in peace.