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This is a Buddhist temple in Singapore.

It's Vesak day.

Vesak is a special day for Buddhists.

It's Buddha's birthday.

Buddha loves all animals.

So people can bring their pets to the temple.

The animals receive a special prayer.

This shows Buddha's love.

Buddhists believe people are born again.

This happens when we die.

This is the same for pets too.

So Dennis

And also we, we, we see our animals as a family and also as - in our, in our animal realm.

So we like to accumulate merit for, for my pets, so that in future he may be, he may be, become a human just like us and not be an animal."

Owners brought lots of different pets to the temple.

It took us quite a while, for, for us to get close to her.

And now that she has warm up to us, we feel that adopting to being blessed together with us in a Vesak Day even will bring all of us closer."

Lots of people took photos with their pets.

Some families had special lights for their pets.

Singha Rinpoche: "We pray to plant a seed of enlightenment for the pet.

Because in - we believe that even a pet will become a Buddha one day."

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