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Buddhists around the world are celebrating Bodhi Day. Also called Buddha’s Enlightenment Day, it commemorates when Siddhartha Gautama attained awakening or enlightenment some 2,600 years ago, becoming the Buddha. Japan celebrates on Dec. 8, following the Western calendar. It varies elsewhere in East Asia, but generally, the holiday falls between the winter solstice […]