Gather the children's ideas and conclude: 'Bodhi Day is marked in Buddhist homes by mediation and by decorating a small fig tree with coloured beads and lights. Families enjoy Jataka tales too ...

Dec. 8 marks the celebration of Bodhi Day in Japanese Buddhism. Bodhi means enlightenment or awakening in Sanskrit. It commemorates the enlightenment of Siddhartha Gautama, who became the Buddha.

In Buddhism, Bodhi Day celebrates the day that the Buddha reached enlightenment under a peepal tree, after years of extreme ascetic practices. “Bodhi” means “to awaken”. The holiday is ...