May 12, 2025
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Today, Buddhists around the world will celebrate Vesak, also known as “Buddha Day.” The festival commemorates the birth, enlightenment, and death of the historical Buddha, Siddartha Gautama, born 2,600 years ago. These three key moments are all said to have occurred on the same day, many years apart. In places where Vesak is celebrated, devotees typically make offerings of flowers, candles, and burning incense. The life Vesak celebrates is not that of a god, but of a human being, just like the rest of us. Buddhists are reminded to live in harmony and explore who the Buddha really was. His life, His teachings, His humanity, and His path.
