Powerful Days
On these powerful days, karmic results are considered to be increased many millions of times. They provide good opportunities for us to accumulate merit, purify negativities and pray for wellness and success.
Gen Namgyel-la has advised some practices for the students and some practices that can be sponsored by the students, so that there is a range of advice for different minds. The students themselves need to decide what is appropriate and what they rejoice in.
Upcoming Powerful days
Losar & Chotrul Duchen (Tibetan calendar: the 1st to 15th of the first month)
|| Date: 21st February - 7th March 2023
Losar (Tibetan New Year) falls on 21st February 2023, starting the year of the Water Hare. Followed by the fifteen Days of Miracles, it is a very special and auspicious time of the year. It commemorates when Shakyamuni Buddha performed a different miracle each day to inspire faith & devotion in the Buddha Dharma. It culminates on Chotrul Duchen, which falls on 7th March 2023, the fifteenth day of the Tibetan lunar calendar.
During these fifteen days of miracles (21 February - 7 March 2023), all karmic results—good and bad—are considered to be multiplied by millions.
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Gen Namgyel-la's special advice for this time:
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Take the 8 Mahayana Precepts daily
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“Prostrations to the 35 Buddhas” daily
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Clean the house, refresh the altar…..keep the good heart all day!
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Offer lights daily
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Recite "King of Prayers" daily
Make offerings for auspicious Dharma activities:
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Make Light Offerings
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Sponsor Special Practices and Pujas: Wealth; Long life—Namgyalma and White Tara; Guru Puja; Palden Lhamo and Mahakala protector pujas.
You are welcome to sponsor specific pujas or make offerings to the Merit Fund - which includes all of the activities.
Powerful days in 2023
How to make offerings for auspicious Dharma activities:
Step 1:
Please provide your information in the form below at least 24 hours before the relevant powerful day (or your name/dedication cannot be conveyed to Gen-Namgyel-la and/or the monastery/nunnery in time for the Dharma activity).
If you cannot see the form, please go to: https://www.jotform.com/form/220328477635460
Step 2: Send your donation through PayPal, DonorBox or direct bank transfer.
Step 3 (no action needed) :
Once your donation has been received, Online Sangha will arrange the Dharma events and the dedication on the powerful days. No further confirmation will be sent.
Any questions, please click here.