Buddha Bathing Festival

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HONG KONG: 5 Aug, 2008 - Buddha's Birthday Carnival (佛誕嘉年華) organised by Buddha's Light International Association of Hong kong (國際佛光會香港協會) open at Victoria Park, Causeway Bay to celebrate the birthday of Lord Buddha.

According to legend, Prince Siddhatta who was then known as Shakyamuni Buddha, the founder of Buddhism, was born in Lumbini Park, Kapilavatsu in Northern India on the 8th day of the fourth lunar month calendar.

At his birth nine dragons sprayed water to bathe the baby Buddha and seven lotus flowers sprung up beneath his feet as he walked - pointing one hand to the sky and ground, he said "in the heaven above and earth below, I vow to liberate all who suffer in these three realms (天上天下，唯我為尊)".


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Today, to commemorate the birth of the Buddha, the bather scoops up water from the ceremonial basin and carefully sprinkles water onto the head and shoulders of the baby Buddha statue, making sure that none spills out of the basin. This action also reminds people to use Buddhism’s teachings to cleanse their minds and bodies.


It has become a public holiday in Hong Kong since 1999.

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Birthday of Lord Buddha

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HONG KONG: 5 Aug, 2008 - Buddha's Birthday Carnival (佛誕嘉年華) organised by Buddha's Light International Association of Hong kong (國際佛光會香港協會) open at Victoria Park, Causeway Bay to celebrate the birthday of Lord Buddha.

Buddha's Birthday is the birthday of the Gautama Buddha traditionally celebrated in East Asia on the eighth day of the fourth month in the Chinese lunar calendar.


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According to legend, Prince Siddhatta who was then known as Shakyamuni Buddha, the founder of Buddhism, was born in Lumbini Park, Kapilavatsu in Northern India on the 8th day of the fourth lunar month calendar.

At his birth nine dragons sprayed water to bathe the baby Buddha and seven lotus flowers sprung up beneath his feet as he walked - pointing one hand to the sky and ground, he said "in the heaven above and earth below, I vow to liberate all who suffer in these three realms (天上天下，唯我為尊)".

Today, to commemorate the birth of the Buddha, the bather scoops up water from the ceremonial basin and carefully sprinkles water onto the head and shoulders of the baby Buddha statue, making sure that none spills out of the basin. This action also reminds people to use Buddhism’s teachings to cleanse their minds and bodies.


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It has become a public holiday in Hong Kong since 1999.

Related Photos:

• Buddha's Birthday
• Bathing Buddha
• Birthday of Lord Buddha
• Buddha Bathing Festival
  

Bathing Buddha

Date: 24 May, 2007 (8th day of the fourth month in the Lunar calendar)
Place: Victoria Park, Causeway Bay
Event: Buddha's Birthday, also known as "Buddha Bathing Festival" or "Showering Buddha Festival" (浴佛節, 佛誕)
Equipment: Canon 30D, Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM

According to legend, Prince Siddhatta who was then known as Shakyamuni Buddha, the founder of Buddhism, was born in Lumbini Park, Kapilavatsu in Northern India on the 8th day of the fourth lunar month calendar.

At his birth nine dragons sprayed water to bathe the baby Buddha and seven lotus flowers sprung up beneath his feet as he walked - pointing one hand to the sky and ground, he said "in the heaven above and earth below, I vow to liberate all who suffer in these three realms (天上天下，唯我為尊)".



Today, to commemorate the birth of the Buddha, the bather scoops up water from the ceremonial basin and carefully sprinkles water onto the head and shoulders of the baby Buddha statue, making sure that none spills out of the basin. This action also reminds people to use Buddhism’s teachings to cleanse their minds and bodies.



It has become a public holiday in Hong Kong since 1999.

Related Photos:

• Buddha's Birthday
• Bathing Buddha
• Birthday of Lord Buddha
• Buddha Bathing Festival
  

Buddha's Birthday

Shakyamuni Buddha was born in B.C. 560


and died at the age of eighty in B.C. 480.

Date: 24 May, 2007 (8th day of the fourth month in the Lunar calendar)
Place: Victorial Park, Causeway Bay
Equipment: Canon 30D, Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L IS USM

Buddha's Birthday (佛誕), the birthday of the Gautama Buddha traditionally celebrated on the eighth day of the fourth month in the Chinese lunar calendar, is an official holiday in Hong Kong. The date varies from year to year in the Western (Gregorian) calendar:

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• Buddha's Birthday
• Bathing Buddha
• Birthday of Lord Buddha
• Buddha Bathing Festival