Bodhi Day

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Bodhi Day is a Buddhist holiday that celebrates the Buddha’s enlightenment under the Bodhi tree.

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Label Occurrences
Bodhi Day canonical 1
Rohatsu 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Buddhist holiday
religious observance
alsoKnownAs Bodhi
Laba Festival
Laba Festival
surface form: Laba Jie

Bodhi Day
surface form: Rohatsu

Rōhatsu
associatedWith Bodh Gaya
Bodhi tree
surface form: Bodhi tree at Bodh Gaya

Buddhist texts
surface form: Buddhist sutras

acts of compassion
chanting
kindness to living beings
meditation
zazen
commemorates Buddha’s awakening under the Bodhi tree
attainment of bodhi
enlightenment of Gautama Buddha
countryOfOrigin India
dateType fixed date in Gregorian calendar in Japan
lunar calendar date in some traditions
etymology named after the Bodhi tree under which Buddha attained enlightenment
follows Gautama Buddha’s enlightenment
hasCulturalEquivalent Laba Festival
surface form: Laba Festival in Chinese Buddhism
hasMainSubject Bodhi tree
Shakyamuni Buddha
surface form: Gautama Buddha

enlightenment
languageOfName English
modernDateInJapan 8 December
observedBy Buddhists in China
Buddhists in Japan
Buddhists in Western countries
Mahayana
surface form: Mahayana Buddhists

Pure Land Buddhism
surface form: Pure Land Buddhists

Zen
surface form: Zen Buddhists
partOf Buddhist liturgical year
religion Buddhism
symbolizes attainment of nirvana
awakening
liberation from suffering
traditionalDateInJapan 8th day of the 12th lunar month
typicalPractice all-night meditation in Zen monasteries
chanting of the Buddha’s name
decorating Bodhi trees or ficus trees
extended meditation
offering of food to monks
offering of food to the poor
recitation of sutras
reflection on the Eightfold Path
reflection on the Four Noble Truths
serving special meals

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Bodhi tree commemoratedBy Bodhi Day
Bodhi Day alsoKnownAs Bodhi Day
this entity surface form: Rohatsu