2026 Bathing Buddha Ceremony

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If you wish to make offerings during the ceremony, please select your preference in advance on the offering page.

Devotees wishing to offer flowers or Bathing Buddha water may make an advance donation via the website to help the monastery prepare the floral arrangements.

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The Origin: The Birth of Prince Siddhartha

Over 2,600 years ago, Queen Maya gave birth to Prince Siddhartha under an Ashoka tree in Lumbini Garden. Upon his birth, the Prince took seven steps and declared: "Above and below heaven, I alone am the World-Honored One." This signified his perfection of practice over countless eons and his impending Buddhahood. Two streams of celestial water cascaded from the heavens to bathe him, a divine event that inspired the annual tradition of the "Buddha Bathing Ceremony."