Followers to commemorate Buddha's Enlightenment.(Religion)

The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR) | December 2, 2006 | Copyright

Byline: FROM HEART TO HEART By the Rev. Oswin Hollenbeck For The Register-Guard

On Dec. 8, Buddhist traditions with East Asian roots - China, Korea, Japan, Vietnam - celebrate the Buddha's Enlightenment, or Awakening.

After six years of fruitless punishment of his body through ascetic practice, the former prince returned to the meditation of his childhood. He sat quietly with a bright mind beneath a giant fig tree through the night, and awoke to his true nature as the morning star arose in the Eastern sky. He discovered that his true nature was inseparable from the true ...

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