Lhabab Düchen Part 2 – Shakyamuni Buddha Puja with Khedrup la

Lhabab Düchen Part 2 – Shakyamuni Buddha Puja with Khedrup la

Zoom Meeting Online

time 7:00 PM

2022-11-15

When: Tuesday, November 15, 7:00 – 8:00 pm EST, online

Khedrup la will lead us in a recitation of the Shakyamuni Buddha Puja. It is one of the practices Lama Zopa Rinpoche recommends to do on the four great holy days and eclipses. A beautiful and deeply inspirational puja, its extensive seven-limb practice includes an homage to the Buddha that recollects his heroic and compassionate deeds as a bodhisattva in his previous lives. The text will be shown online as we recite the puja. If you would like to download the puja, it can be found here.

Lhabab Düchen is one of the four Buddhist festivals commemorating four events in the life of the Buddha, according to Tibetan traditions. Lhabab Düchen occurs on the 22nd day of the ninth lunar month according to Tibetan calendar and is widely celebrated in Tibet and Bhutan. Lhabab Duchen celebrates the Buddha’s return to earth after teaching the Dharma to his mother in the God Realm of the Thirty-Three.

Merit created on this day is multiplied 100 million times so it is a wonderful opportunity for us to practice online together.

Please register to attend on zoom.

Learn more about Part 1 of Celebrations on Lhabab Düchen here.

Specific advice from Lama Zopa Rinpoche for practices to do on merit multiplying days can be found on FPMT.org, including advice to recite the Sutra for Remembering the Three Jewels. If you choose to recite the Sutra of Golden Light on this special day, you might like to report your recitations using the facility on FPMT.org, which you can find on the Sutra of Golden Light reporting page.

On merit multiplying days, the FPMT Puja Fund sponsors a large number of pujas and practices offered by thousands of sangha on behalf of the entire FPMT. These prayers are dedicated to all FPMT centers, projects, and services; all students, volunteers, and those who offer service in FPMT; and to all beings in general.

Supporting the Dharma is an incredibly powerful and necessary action.

This is the highest form of generosity, sharing with others the path to full awakening. Offerings to the Dharma create the causes to never be separated and to have conditions to realize the teachings. It deepens your connection with Dharma teachers, and you become connected with our community.