Hi all,

Two new articles for you, both culturally oriented:

Vesak or Saga Dawa - Celebrating Buddha Day
May 27th 2010 was celebrated as Vesak or 'Buddha' Day in many Buddhist cultures. Learn more about this major Buddhist holiday.
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art44153.asp

Caves of the Thousand Buddhas
The Mogoa Caves or Grottoes, also known as the Caves of the Thousand Buddhas, is a collection of more than 600 Buddhist cave temples in China, containing some of the most revered Buddhist art in the world.
http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art67139.asp

In closing, a passage from Nagarjuna on the sequence of cessation (as quoted by the Dalai Lama in his book The Middle Way, which I will review this summer):

Through the cessation of this and that
this and that do not manifest;
in this way the entire mass of suffering
ceases completely.

In Peace,
Lisa Erickson,
Buddhism Editor
http://buddhism.bellaonline.com

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