Notes from the 2017 Vesak (Buddha's Birthday) Celebration

Blue Cliff Monastery offered a Vesak Retreat May 5-7, 2017.  This was also the tenth anniversary of Blue Cliff Monastery (since May 7 of 2007). Vesak is a celebration of the baby Buddha, with a ceremonial washing or bathing of the baby Buddha.  At the end of the 3 day retreat, many more people arrived to join the celebration.  A large group of ethnic Vietnamese from Canada arrived Sunday morning and enjoyed a dharma talk in Vietnamese by brother Phap Lac, with Sister True Vow simultaneously translating into English through headsets offered by the Monastery.  The event was attended by four Cedar Cabin Sangha members.

Photo courtesy of R & D