happy mahayana!. mahayana is a celebration for all buddhists, it is celebrated at this time of the...
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Happy Mahayana!
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Mahayana is a celebration for all Buddhists, it is celebrated at this time of the year.
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Many Buddhists will remember Buddha and how he taught them to live a good life.
This is Buddha under the Bodhi tree – notice the leaves are heart shaped
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On Mahayana day, Buddhist people will visit a Buddhist temple
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or a Buddhist centre to join in the celebrations.
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There are lots of Buddhist temples….
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all over the world and some are very beautiful…
some are very colourful…
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and others have interesting shapes…
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Which is your favourite?
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Perhaps you could try to draw or build one of the temples?
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On Mahayana day, Buddhists think of the teachings of the Buddha.
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Buddha told his followers to find time to sit quietly and think – this is called ‘meditation’.
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These ladies are meditating – they say it helps them to feel good.
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These Buddhist monks are also meditating on Mahayana day. The orange robes are their uniform.
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These children are learning to meditate in school – they are sitting quietly and closing their eyes.
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These children are meditating in the garden - would you like to try? Can you sit very still?
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Buddhists will often fly prayer flags during Mahayana celebrations – sometimes at the temple
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or out in the countryside – this man is adding his flag to many other flags hanging above the river.
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These flags are all put together to make a model.
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Sometimes the flags are in very long chains.
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The flags are always five different colours:blue for windwhite for waterred for firegreen for spaceyellow for earth
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We are going to make prayer flags for Mahayana day which colour will you choose?
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After praying for a happy world, it is also nice to share sweet treats for Mahayana in the temple.
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Now it’s time for us to do lots of exciting activities for Mahayana day – Happy Mahayana!
Drawing and building Buddhist temples
Baking miracle cookiesMaking prayer flags
Making sweet treatsMeditating