{"id":207,"date":"2010-04-09T02:21:24","date_gmt":"2010-04-09T07:21:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onmarkproductions.com\/Buddha-Statues\/?p=207"},"modified":"2020-07-20T05:37:47","modified_gmt":"2020-07-20T10:37:47","slug":"buddhas-birthday-in-japan-april-8th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onmarkproductions.com\/Buddha-Statues\/?p=207","title":{"rendered":"Buddha&#8217;s Birthday in Japan &#8211; April 8th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The birthday of the Historical Buddha is celebrated in Japan on April 8th in a ceremony called Kanbutsu-e \u6f45\u4ecf\u4f1a. In commeration of this event, our store is offering a FREE prayer-bead bracelet to all customers who purchase any product valued at $70 or more during April and May. Visit our store for details. <a href=\"https:\/\/buddhist-artwork.com\/html\/buddha-birthday-campaign.html\">https:\/\/buddhist-artwork.com\/html\/buddha-birthday-campaign.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-209 size-full\" title=\"buddha-birthday-campaign\" src=\"https:\/\/onmarkproductions.com\/Buddha-Statues\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/buddha-birthday-campaign.jpg\" alt=\"buddha-birthday-campaign\" width=\"420\" height=\"295\" srcset=\"https:\/\/onmarkproductions.com\/Buddha-Statues\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/buddha-birthday-campaign.jpg 420w, https:\/\/onmarkproductions.com\/Buddha-Statues\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/buddha-birthday-campaign-300x210.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 420px) 100vw, 420px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Shaka Buddha at Birth<br \/>\nStanding, H = 47.5 cm<br \/>\nBowl C = 89.4 cm<br \/>\nBronze coated with gold (tokin \u934d\u91d1)<br \/>\nToudaiji Temple \u6771\u5927\u5bfa, Nara Era<br \/>\nPhoto: Ogawa Kouzou<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Known as Tanjoubutsu \u8a95\u751f\u4ecf (Buddha at Birth).<br \/>\nAccording to legend, when born, the infant Buddha<br \/>\ntook seven steps forward while pointing his right hand<br \/>\nto the heavens and left hand to earth, saying:<br \/>\n&#8220;I alone am honored in heaven and on earth. &#8221;<br \/>\nSimilar statues are used each year even today<br \/>\nin the Kanbutsu-e ceremony, held every year<br \/>\nin Japan on April 8, to commemorate Buddha&#8217;s birthday<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The birthday of the Historical Buddha is celebrated in Japan on April 8th in a ceremony called Kanbutsu-e \u6f45\u4ecf\u4f1a. In commeration of this event, our store is offering a FREE prayer-bead bracelet to all customers who purchase any product valued at $70 or more during April and May. Visit our store for details. https:\/\/buddhist-artwork.com\/html\/buddha-birthday-campaign.html Shaka [&hellip;]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-buddha-and-buddhist-statues-in-japan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/onmarkproductions.com\/Buddha-Statues\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/onmarkproductions.com\/Buddha-Statues\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/onmarkproductions.com\/Buddha-Statues\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onmarkproductions.com\/Buddha-Statues\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onmarkproductions.com\/Buddha-Statues\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=207"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/onmarkproductions.com\/Buddha-Statues\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1500,"href":"https:\/\/onmarkproductions.com\/Buddha-Statues\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207\/revisions\/1500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/onmarkproductions.com\/Buddha-Statues\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onmarkproductions.com\/Buddha-Statues\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/onmarkproductions.com\/Buddha-Statues\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}