Vesak 2010: Vesak Night After

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It was all quiet when we woke up in SSB. A perfect place for a retreat no doubt but when it was after Vesak celebration, with the devotees and all the pomp and gaiety gone, SSB was all too quiet for comfort. I suppose that has to do with this attachment one has; and in this case,we have, the I or the attacher, to which is attached this feeling of not being alone when devotees and fun are around. The Buddha, I read, taught that seeing oneself and everything else this way is a delusion which is a cause of our unhappiness. Perhaps, it would help then to forget about Vesak Night and get to some serious work - clearing up what was left of the lamps for that was why we were there in the first place.

After Vesak Night...

After Vesak Night...



...there's clearing up to do...


Comments

Liudmila said…
Ufff... Every feast is so: not so much feasting how much cleaning...
September 24, 2010 at 7:23 AM
footiam said…
There is much to do before a feast too!
September 26, 2010 at 5:12 AM
Liudmila said…
Sometimes I listen the neighbours blame their parents and their family feasts using really bad words. But they continue to organize them. I do not understand: so much work to have the pleasure to blame everything till the next feast... Human nature.
September 26, 2010 at 6:07 AM
footiam said…
this happens here too. People alwaays do things that they are not happyabout.
September 27, 2010 at 11:14 PM
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