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Kids Sangha & Dharma School – English
April 6 @ 10:30 am - 12:00 pm
The Kids Service begins each Sunday morning from 10:30-10:50 am. Please arrive a few minutes early to get settled.
Following the service, the children go downstairs with their teacher to participate in the classroom program.
Everyone is welcome. We hope to see you each week!
April’s theme – Sakyamuni Buddha – Hanamatsuri
HANAMATSURI or “Flower Festival”, is held to honour the birth of Siddartha Gautama (Sakyamuni) Buddha in Lumbini Garden. A flower shrine known as a hanamido, is set up at the front of the main altar as a symbol of Lumbini Garden. In the hanamido, stands a statue of the infant Buddha, with his right hand pointing toward the heavens and his left hand towards the earth. People pour sweet tea over the Buddha statue. The pouring of tea represents the gentle rain that was said to have fallen in Lumbini Garden when Siddhartha was born. This re-enactment of the Buddha’s birth signifies the happiness that filled the world at this event.