*** In addition to this scheduled practice, a recorded teaching about Avalokiteshvara’s (Chenrezig’s) mantra by Geshe Sonam will be made available for viewing on The Day of Miracles, Friday, March 14th.
The Fifteen Days of Miracles begins with the Tibetan New Year, Losar, which is on Friday, February 28th this year, and ends on The Day of Miracles which falls on Friday, March 14th. These are considered merit-multiplying days.
The Fifteen Days commemorate the special time when Guru Shakyamuni Buddha showed miraculous powers in order to subdue six tirthikas, or non-Buddhist teachers, who lacked faith in him, and to inspire more faith in his followers. It begins on Losar and culminates on, Chotrul Duchen (March 14, 2025), the full moon on the lunar calendar.
All fifteen days are merit multiplying days, when the merit of virtuous actions performed on each of these days is multiplied by 100 million, according to the Vinaya text Treasure of Quotations and Logic.
When: Friday, March 14th, 2025, 7:00 – 8:00 pm ET
Where: Register ahead to watch on Zoom.
In honour of the Day of Miracles, will be doing a practice of Avalokiteśvara who is the Buddha of compassion and the patron deity of Tibet. The mantra Om Mani Padme Hum is a powerful invocation of his compassionate energy. In a time of great conflict and distress in the world, this practice provides an opportunity to ground ourselves in the principles of love, compassion, and peace.
We will be using the Chenrezig guru yoga composed by His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso when he was nineteen years old.
You can download The Sadhana of the Inseparability of the Spiritual Teacher and Avalokiteśvara here.
Learn more about the benefits of chanting OM MANI PADME HUM in this teaching by Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche here.
Dave Gould will lead this practice.
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