Schedule for the Buddha's Birthday Celebration - May 17th, 2013
9:30 AM Circumambulation of the Monastery with statue of the Buddha
10:00 AM Prayers and bathing the Buddha
12:00 PM Lunch
Bathing the Buddha will continue for the whole day!
During the celebration, there is the ceremony of bathing the Buddha, symbolizing letting go and ridding oneself of delusion. It is for
purification of the mind, so that it returns to its natural state, in which thoughts come and go without suppression or clinging.
Purifying the mind means to move from ignorance to understanding, from delusion to awakening, which is our original state.