Bodhi Day Service

Bodhi Day is the day Buddhists celebrate the Buddha’s Enlightenment. According to tradition, Buddha (Siddhartha) had forsaken years of extreme ascetic practices and he resolved to sit under a Pipul tree and simply meditate until he found the root of all suffering, and how to liberate one's self from it. Reverend Katsuya Kusunoki is the Head Minister of the Seattle Betsuin Buddhist Temple. He was born in Nagasaki, Japan, the second son of a temple family and is a certified Special Rituals Buddhist Minister.