Saka Dawa Düchen

The full moon day, or fifteenth day of the month, of Saka Dawa is one of the four great holy days of the Tibetan Buddhist calendar, commemorating Shakyamuni Buddha's enlightenment and parinirvana. Martin Hoellrigl and I visited the Land of Medicine Buddha retreat center in Soquel celebrate the event, and to do a bit of hiking on the center's trails.  There were very few other visitors.