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The Zen Studies Podcast

166 - The Ceremony of Wesak: Celebrating and Expressing Gratitude for Our Teachers

30 min • 20 april 2021

The annual Buddhist festival of Wesak celebrates the birth of Shakyamuni Buddha. The ceremony takes inspiration from the Buddha's mythological birth story, and I describe a version of the ceremony and share some chanting from it. Then I discuss the way Wesak helps awaken our gratitude for the Dharma, for teachers, and for all of those beings who have made our lives possible. 

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