The theme of this week is that it is the week of Peace.
The old ladies, saying rosaries in the back of church (to whom I turn to in all matters of religious instruction) tell me that this week is supposed to remind us that the person who arrived on Christmas came to be the Prince of Peace.
If you are not so inclined – Today is Bodhi Day — the Buddhist holiday commemorating the day when the Buddha first experienced enlightenment (in sanskrit, known as bodhi) while sitting under a tree and meditating.
The former prince, Siddhartha Gautauma, had recently given up years of self-enforced fasting, service, and poverty and resolved to sit under a tree and simply meditate until he could finally find the root of suffering and how to liberate oneself from it. It took him more than 40 days.
Feel proud as punch (I was going to say feel ‘piss proud‘ but it didn’t seem right while discussing the old ladies,) for now knowing that.
The Haus of Dcaligari 