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

The Zen Studies Podcast

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.

2021-04-20 29 min

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