No one saves us but ourselves, no one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path but Buddhas clearly show the way.
-Dhammapada Ch. 165
Today is Bodhi Day, the 8th of December, which some Mahayana schools of Buddhist thought celebrate as the day Siddhartha Gautauma achieved enlightenment. Bodhi Day is big news in Japan under Zen traditions. Not so much in Boise, ID.
I doubt Siddhartha Gautauma would have minded that much though.
Today is also the coldest day of the year so far in Boise, with 3" of snow, temperatures below 0° F, and less than a week before I leave for Maui. Apart from year round warm temperatures, beaches, and volcanoes, Hawaii also has the largest demographic of Buddhists in the United States. Bodhi Day in Maui? Probably more likely than Bodhi day in Boise.
