Vesak Day at the Kwan Im Temple
May 8th 2012 About a third of Singaporeans identify themselves as Buddhist. Vesak Day is a big deal on the Buddhist calendar, commemorating the birth, enlightenment, and death of Buddha. (Kind of like Christmas, Epiphany, and Easter all rolled into one.) It happened to fall on May 5th this year, my second day in Singapore.
A caveat is in order here. I am not a Buddhist, and any mistakes I make i
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