Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 exptools 1/6/84; site ihuxj.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!ihuxj!amra From: amra@ihuxj.UUCP (Steven L. Aldrich) Newsgroups: net.religion Subject: A Simple Quiz....(The Answer!) Message-ID: <773@ihuxj.UUCP> Date: Sat, 8-Dec-84 09:40:26 EST Article-I.D.: ihuxj.773 Posted: Sat Dec 8 09:40:26 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 9-Dec-84 03:48:58 EST Organization: AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL Lines: 37 A few weeks ago I posted the following item: ********** Can you guess what Other Religious Holy Day is celebrated in December? I'd be interested to know how many know what Day this falls on and when it occurred? I welcome your input on this matter.... Thanks in advance! I'll post a summary in "mid-December" if there is enough interest. Have A Truly Joyful Holiday Season Everyone! See you in the air-waves.... *********** To which I will now relate the "Answer" for all who are interested. The Answer Is....... On Dec 8 in the 6th century B.C, Shakyamuni Buddha gained perfect enlightenment after glimpsing the planet Venus in the morning sky. His first utterance after gaining "enlightenment" was, "Wonder of wonders! Intrinsically all living beings are Buddhas, endowed with wisdom and virtue, but because men's minds have become inverted through delusive thinking they fail to perceive this." Shakyamuni Buddha had been doing zazen exclusively for a period of six years previous to his enlightenment. The above is according to the Kegon (Avatamsaka) sutra. Peace & Best Wishes To Each One Of You,.... May Your Hoiday Spirit Last All The Year Through! Steve Aldrich (ihnp4!ihuxj!amra) "Your Daily Life Is Your Temple & Your Religion! Whenever you enter into it, take with you your all!" From "The Prophet"