Buddhism is a nontheistic religion[citation needed] that encompasses a variety of traditions, beliefs and practices largely based on teachings attributed to Siddhartha Gautama, who is commonly known as the Buddha, meaning “the awakened one”. According to Buddhist tradition, the Buddha lived and taught in the eastern part of the Indian subcontinent sometime between the 6th and 4th centuries BCE.[1] He is recognized by Buddhists as an awakened or enlightened teacher who shared his insights to help sentient beings end their suffering through the elimination of ignorance and craving by way of understanding and the seeing of dependent origination, with the ultimate goal of attainment of the sublime state of nirvana

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ABS Temple _ Kathina Ceremony 2017

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ABS Temple Kathina Ceremony 2017 _ Part II

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ABS Temple Kathina Ceremony 2016 – Friends Caught on Camera

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ABS Temple Kathina Ceremony October 2016 – Kathina Robe Offering & Buddha Puja

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ABS Temple Kathina Ceremony 2016 – Dana and Robe Offering in the Morning

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ABS Temple Kathina Ceremony 2016 – Procession of the Kathina Robe

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ABS Temple Vesak Celebration 2016

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ABS Annual Children’s Day 2015

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ABS Temple Kathina Ceremony 2015

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Closing Day of Six Month Blessing Ceremony. 6-28-2015

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ABS Vesak Celebration 5/3/2015

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Sri Lankan New Year Blessing Ceremony – 2015

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ABS New Year Blessing Ceremony – 1/1/2015

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Uduwap Full Moon Poya Puja 12/7/2014

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2014 Walk to Feed the Hungry in Sacramento Team at ABS Temple

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Kathina Ceremony, Day Service – October 26, 2014

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Kathina Ceremony, Evening Service – October 25, 2014

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Wednesday afternoon in West Sacramento

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Poya and Sramadana / Demolishing old structure

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Srama Dana at Temple 2014-10-07

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Vap/October Poya Puja – 10/04/2014

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Practice of sharing

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Annual ABS Food Fair Festival – 9/20/2014

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Binara Full Moon Service – 9/6/2014

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Collecting for Garage Sale

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Nee & Vincent’s Visit to ABS Temple 08/04/2014

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Under the ABS Bodhi Tree

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Esala Full Moon Poya Puja – Vas Aradhana – 2014

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Poson Full Moon Poya Puja – Special Atavisi Buddha Puja 6/14/2014

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BCNC Vesak at JSC Berkeley 2014

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Vesak Celebration 2014

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Bak Full Moon Poya Puja 2014-04-19

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Sri Lankan Traditional New Year Celebration 2014.04.12

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Vincent’s Family in Sac’to

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Puerto Rico – 2014

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Navam Full Moon Poya Puja (Atavisi) & Opening of New Ran Weta (Golden Fence) around the Bodhi Tree !

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Bhante’s Visit to India 2013

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New Year Blessing & Dana Ceremony 2014-01-01

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Images from India

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