WHY CELEBRATE BIRTHDAYS, ANYWAY?

I will be giving a presentation entitled "Why do we Celebrate Birthdays, Anyway?" on Sunday, May 11, at 1 p.m. at the Dae Yen Sa International Buddhist Temple and Meditation Center at 19 Kinsey Road in New Hartford. The event is free and open to the public. A light Korean lunch will follow the presentation.

This is the day Buddhists celebrate the birth of the Buddha, so I want to talk about celebrating the Buddha's being born in our hearts every day and what that means in terms of doing good in the world," said Vaugh, who is vice abbot of the temple. "I hope families will come and that children will enjoy a story about the Buddha maybe for the first time and that we can all stop and consider what we can do for others.