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Appreciating Home Altar Statues and Celebrating Bodhi Day

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Rev. Shoda Kanai, upper left, offers special year-end purification ceremony for home altar statues.

Greatly enjoyed today’s the Nichiren Buddhist Kannon Temple of Nevada online service celebrating the enlightenment of Śākyamuni (traditionally marked on Dec. 8) and Rev. Shoda Kanai’s special blessing for Buddhist statues on home altars.

Rev. Shoda Kanai discusses Bodhi Day in front of Buddha statue and bodhi tree.