Buddha’s Birthday Festival

Overview

An opportunity to celebrate the birthday of a famous religious leader and founder at one of his renowned, infamous parties only comes around once a year. So unless you want to wait impatiently for another 365 days to receive your invitation, you should drop by South Bank between 29 April and 1 May and take part in the 15^th Buddhist Birthday Festival.

This celebration for the pious wonders of life, or in other words, all the things Buddhists endorse, is the biggest of its kind worldwide. Over the three days, South Bank will host a range of events in memory of the founder of Buddhism, Prince Siddartha Guatama. Coordinated by the Buddha’s Light International Association of Australia and Chung Tian Temple, both organisations have combined their knowledge in a hope that new crowds will get to experience their lifestyle.

With this big-deal birthday comes the chance to partake in some authentic activities that are a daily part of practicing Buddhists lifestyles. The Ringing of the Peace Bell ritual is just one of many available. There are also heaps of other stuff to get you in the mood for Buddhism, like complimentary meditation and tai chi classes. All in all it has the potential to be a life changing experience (you never know) or at the very least a pretty peaceful time.

And if I haven’t given you enough reasons to attend already, do you really want to be rude and not attend a birthday party you’ve been personally invited to?