Last Sunday my friends and I had a fulfilling moment helping out at the Young Buddhist Association Malaysia (YBAM) booth at the Shah Alam Buddhist Association in Bukit Rimah, Shah Alam. Our role was to get subscribers for YBAM's quarterly publication called Eastern Horizon.
Coincidentally our booth was just in front of the Wesak Wishing Tree. Thus, we also took the opportunity to encourage devotees to write their Wesak wishes on a card (in the form of a heart shape, similar to the leaves of a Bodhi Tree). When the Sunday School students finish class, our booth was surrounded by adorable children. I can't resist approaching them and encouraging them to write their wishes on those paper Bodhi leaves and hang them on the tree.
The children are naturally pure in thoughts. They wished for their parents to be happy, their sisters/brothers to be well, that they will grow tall and healthy and even that they will love their parents, and some older ones who are in Standard 6 (examination year) wish they would score 7As in their exam at the end of the year!
I had a really good time chatting with the children and hanging up their leaves for them! The children bring so much joy to me. And we even met some old friends. It was such a meaningful moment, well-spent!
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2 comments:
Nice to see that again; wishing tree.
Haven't seen it for awhile now.
Alexander
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Nice way to express the wishes. The video is nice, the boy is so cute.
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