Hello,
With Losar, Tibetan New Year on Friday, February 12, followed by the Days of Miracles, it’s a good time to create merit. There are many worthwhile opportunities, here is one of them.
How lucky we are to have an opportunity to directly offer lights and flowers to the Mahabodhi Stupa in Bodhgaya, where Buddha reached Enlightenment! The FPMT center in Bodhgaya, The Root Institute, annually offers the Festival of Lights and Merit. It takes volunteers days of preparation to set up all the lights. If interested in donating, please continue reading!
With blessings,
Doc
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Festival of Lights and Merit
Celebrating Losar & Chotrul Duchen
Lord Buddha's 15 Days of Miracles
February – 12 to 27 – 2021
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Please join us in celebrating the annual Festival of Lights and Merits (FLAM) over the auspicious days of Losar (Tibetan New Year) followed by the 15 Days of Miracles culminating in the full-moon day of Chotrul Duchen by participating in and sponsoring several meritorious activities including the offering of tens and thousands of lights all around the Mahabodhi Stupa in Bodhgaya, the place of Shakyamuni Buddha’s enlightenment.
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These days are the anniversaries of the days that Shakyamuni Buddha showed his followers and people who doubted his enlightenment many miracles in order to inspire their faith. All fifteen days are merit-multiplying days, when the merit of virtuous actions performed on these days is multiplied by 100 million, as cited by Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche from the Vinaya text Treasure of Quotations and Logic. Activities include flower and light offerings, prayer flag offerings, Guru Puja, Tara Puja and Protector Pujas by the Namgyel monks of the Tibetan Monastery at Bodhgaya.
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Accumulate skies of merit for you, your loved ones and for all mother sentient beings during these 15 Days of Miracles by Lord Buddha!
“Even just making one sound, or a cymbal offering, Even just offering one single flower, To the form of one who has gone to bliss (buddha) on a stone wall, Even if they make the offering with an angry attitude, Those living beings will gradually see ten million buddhas.” - White Lotus Sutra
ROOT INSTITUTE IN YOUR SERVICE
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