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QAGOMA Bodhi Tree Blessing

April 28, 2017 @ 10:30 am - 1:00 pm

Free

Celebrate the Buddha Birthday Festival 2017, with a special blessing ceremony of the Gallery’s Bodhi Tree by the Abbess and members of Chung Tian Buddhist temple at 1.30pm on Friday 28 April. In 2006, artist Lee Mingwei developed the Bodhi Tree Project specifically for the space near the entrance to the Gallery of Modern Art. The Bodhi Tree, sacred to both Hindus and Buddhists, is the oldest depicted tree in Indian art and literature and is described as the mythical ‘Tree of Life’. This Bodhi Tree has direct lineage to the original tree in the Indian state of Bihar where Siddhartha Gautama, the founder of Buddhism, is said to have achieved enlightenment. For more information, visit www.qagoma.qld.gov.au.

Details

Date:
April 28, 2017
Time:
10:30 am - 1:00 pm
Cost:
Free

Venue

The Bodhi Tree
1/416-418 Oxford Street
Mount Hawthorn, Western Australia 6016 Australia
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Phone
(08) 9444 9884
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