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Bo-tree

Bo-tree

tree of perfect knowledge under which Gautama attained enlightenment and so became the Buddha. [Buddhism: Benét, 124]
See: Trees
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By comparison celebrations in Myanmar will involve the ceremonial watering of the Bo-tree: the tree beneath which Lord Buddha achieved enlightenment.
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