Greetings Beloved Kin,
I chose a place along the Verdigris River in the country north of Coffeyville, KS for my Wasek Offering. (We call it ver dee gree in Kansas.) The pull-off was a big mud hole after the rains yesterday. The climb down was muddy and steep, reminding me of the embankment and my fall on my last visit to the woods. The offering of roses, daisies, and fresh berries was placed halfway down in a spillway for the “living bodies of water” in Mother Nature.
LIONSROAR.COM – Celebrating WESAK/VESAK, or “Buddha Day”
Vesak, also known as “Buddha Day” falls on May 5 this year. It marks the birth, enlightenment, and death of the historical Buddha, Siddhartha Gautama, born 2,600 years ago. These three significant events in the Buddha’s life are all said to have happened on the same day many years apart.
Vesak is observed on different days year-to-year, as celebrations are planned for the first full moon of May, the month of Vesakha in Hindu and Buddhist calendars. Buddhists in China, however, follow the Chinese lunar calendar to plan their Vesak celebrations, and observe the holiday on the eighth day of the fourth month of the lunar year. If it’s a leap year, the day often falls in June.
In each place where Vesak is celebrated, devotees typically assemble in their local temples for a ceremonial hoisting of the Buddhist flag and a singing of hymns praising the three jewels. Offerings of flowers, candles, and burning incense are made. From there, the method of celebration varies from place to place. Paper lanterns are lit and released into water and sky in South Korea and Indonesia, while extravagant light displays illustrate the Buddha’s life in Sri Lanka.
April 9, 2023 Sun activity fiery 3272
Earth’s geomagnetic field continues calm. And the Earth-facing side of the sun has just two sunspot regions, plus a vanishing coronal hole. AR3270 appears on the sun’s southwest limb (edge) and it is now departing. All eyes are turned to AR3272, which recently rotated into view in the sun’s southeast quadtrant. During the past day, AR3272 increased in size and in the number of spots maintaining its beta-gamma configuration. Flaring productivity also increased (detailed below). NOAA forecasters increased their analysis of chances for C flares from AR3272 to 95%, which is now moving into a geoeffective position. That is a place on the sun where any possible CMEs from this region might affect Earth and cause auroral displays.
