お坊さんと落語のブログ A blog of Buddhism and rakugo

お坊さん(浄土真宗)です。落語も好きで、歴史にも興味あります。 I am a Buddhist priest of Jodo Shinshu Hongwanji-ha. I like rakugo (Japanese traditional comic storytelling) I am interested in history.

The Buddha's birthday

I wrote this in Japanese here.
この記事を日本語でも書いています。

April 8 is the Buddha's birthday. According to tradition, the Buddha spoke “In the heavens above and the Earth below, I alone am honored” at his birth.
Anyone feels that oneself is most important. So, we should respect each other.