[Photo] Buddha’s birthday

Posted on : 2008-05-13 13:13 KST Modified on : 2019-10-19 20:29 KST

Ten thousand Buddhists join hands to celebrate the 2,552nd anniversary of Buddha’s birth at Jogye Temple in the Jongno district of Seoul on May 12, a national holiday in South Korea.

The venerable Ji-kwan, the administrative head of the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism, said in his speech that the counterparts of the world - humans and nature, citizens and leaders, South Korea and North Korea, employers and employees, left wing and right wing - should all respect one another.

Ceremonies to deliver Buddha’s message of mercy to the world were held at all ten thousand of South Korea’s Buddhist temples.

Photo by Park Jong-sik/The Hankyoreh.

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