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

Lama Tsongkhapa Day (Tibetan calendar: the 25th day of the tenth month) || Date: 14 December 2025

This day is to commemorate the parinirvana of the great Lama Tsongkhapa (1357-1419), who is one of Tibetan Buddhism’s greatest scholars and yogis. Lama Tsongkhapa’s brilliant and illuminated essence of Buddha’s teachings guides Tibetan Buddhists worldwide to this very day. He is the author of Lam Rim Chen Mo—The Great Treatise on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment—and other profound texts.

Lama Tsongkhapa was the founder of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism, which is the tradition of Gen Namgyel-la—and Lam Rim is the framework that Gen-la’s teachings are based upon.

On this auspicious day, 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 day:

Recite "Foundation of All Good Qualities"
Recite "King of Prayers"

Make offerings for auspicious Dharma activities

Sponsor Special Practices and Pujas: Lama Tsongkhapa Guru Puja
Make Light Offerings with Gen Namgyel-la
Merit Guru Sangha Health Fund: Sponsor monthly pujas and provide medical support to Gen Namgyel-la and the monastery and nunnery in Nepal.
Merit Fund: Make offerings to the Merit Fund which will be used for all kinds of pujas, prayers and virtuous activities.

Make Light Offerings

Sponsor Powerful Day Pujas

Make Offerings to Health Fund

Make Offerings to Merit Fund

Losar (Tibetan New Year) falls on 28th February 2025, starting the year of the Wood Snake. 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 14th March 2025, the fifteenth day of the Tibetan lunar calendar.

During these fifteen days of miracles (28 February - 14 March 2025), 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:

Take the 8 Mahayana Precepts daily
“Prostrations to the 35 Buddhas” daily
Clean the house, refresh the altar…..keep the good heart all day!
Offer lights daily
Recite "King of Prayers" daily, available in prayer book in Library (for member only)

Make offerings for auspicious Dharma activities:

Sponsor Special Practices and Pujas such as: Wealth; Long life—Namgyalma and White Tara; Guru Puja; Palden Lhamo and Mahakala protector pujas
Make Light Offerings with Gen Namgyel-la
Merit Fund: Make offerings to the Merit Fund which will be used for all kinds of pujas, prayers and virtuous activities.
Guru Sangha Health Fund: Sponsor monthly pujas and provide medical support to Gen Namgyel-la and the monastery and nunnery in Nepal.

A Lunar Eclipse is considered highly auspicious. 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 day:

Take the 8 Mahayana Precepts
“Prostrations to the 35 Buddhas”
Recite many mantras
Recite "King of Prayers", available in prayer book in Library (for member only)

Make offerings for auspicious Dharma activities:

Sponsor Special Practices and Pujas
Make Light offerings with Gen Namgyel-la
Merit Fund: Make offerings to the Merit Fund which will be used for all kinds of pujas, prayers and virtuous activities.
Merit Guru Sangha Health Fund: Sponsor monthly pujas and provide medical support to Gen Namgyel-la and the monastery and nunnery in Nepal.

A Solar Eclipse is considered highly auspicious. 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 day:

Take the 8 Mahayana Precepts
“Prostrations to the 35 Buddhas”
Recite many mantras
Recite "King of Prayers", available in prayer book in Library (for member only)

Make offerings for auspicious Dharma activities:

Sponsor Special Practices and Pujas
Make Light offerings with Gen Namgyel-la
Merit Fund: Make offerings to the Merit Fund which will be used for all kinds of pujas, prayers and virtuous activities.
Merit Guru Sangha Health Fund: Sponsor monthly pujas and provide medical support to Gen Namgyel-la and the monastery and nunnery in Nepal.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO OUR PRECIOUS DHARMA TEACHER!

5th April is the birthday of Gen Namgyel-la. We express our deepest gratitude to Genla for leading us on the path to Buddhahood. Having the opportunity to meet a great, compassionate Guru is so fortunate!

May we always have strong and positive Dharma connections with our unmistaken Dharma teacher, Gen Namgyel-la. "Thank you and please live a long and healthy life! Please continue to lead us to enlightenment."

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Whenever you can throughout the day, recite the two long life mantras specifically for Gen Namgyel-la:

1. Long Life Mantra for Gen Namgyel-la:

OM A GURU VAJRADHARA SUMATI VIJAYA SARVA SIDDHI HUM

2. White Tara Long Life Mantra for Gen Namgyel-la:

OM TARE TUTTARE TURE GURU SUMATI VIJAYA AYUR PUNYE JNANA PUSHTIM KURU YE SVAHA

> Click here for the audio clip

To celebrate Genla's birthday this year, Merit Fund will sponsor a long-life puja and animal liberation in Nepal, for the long life of our precious guru and the removal of our obstacles for receiving Dharma teachings.

>Click here for the details

Vesak commemorates the birth, enlightenment, and death (Parinirvāna) of the Buddha, as observed in Theravada, Tibetan Buddhism, and Navayana traditions. It is a significant Buddhist festival also recognised as Buddha Jayanti, Buddha Purnima, Visak Bochea, and Buddha Day, is traditionally celebrated by Buddhists across South and Southeast Asia, as well as in Tibet and Mongolia.

Vesak is celebrated on the full moon day of the Vaisakha month, 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:

Join Green Tara Online Group Practice on 12th May 2025
Take precepts
Recite Praise to Shakyamuni Buddha
Recite mantra of Shakyamuni Buddha: “Tayata Om Muni Muni Maha Muniye Soha”
Offer lights

Make offerings for auspicious Dharma activities:

Merit Fund will sponsor special pujas in the Buddhist Centre in Mumbai, India.
Make Light Offerings with Gen Namgyel-la

Shakyamuni Buddha's birth, enlightenment and parinirvana are celebrated during Saka Dawa, which is the most important month in the Tibetan calendar. The 15th day of this lunar month, the full moon day, is called Saka Dawa Duchen which is the single most holy day of the year for Tibetan Buddhists. In 2025, Saka Dawa Duchen falls on 11 June.

Known as the month of merits, during Saka Dawa month (28 May - 25 June 2025) 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:

Recite “Sanghata Sutra” at least once
Recite "Praise to Shakyamuni Buddha"
Recite "King of Prayers", available in prayer book in Library (for member only)
Light offerings are very beneficial

Make offerings for auspicious Dharma activities:

Sponsor Special Practices and Pujas: 16 days of 8 Nyung Nye practices (intense practice of fasting, reciting mantras and prostrations); Fire puja; Blessing the Ground ceremony
Make Light Offerings with Gen Namgyel-la
Merit Fund: Make offerings to the Merit Fund which will be used for all kinds of pujas, prayers and virtuous activities.
Merit Guru Sangha Health Fund: Sponsor monthly pujas and provide medical support to Gen Namgyel-la and the monastery and nunnery in Nepal.

The First Turning of the Wheel of Dharma

Shakyamuni Buddha gave his first teaching—of the Four Noble Truths—at Sarnath on this day over 2500 years ago, after seven weeks of his attaining enlightenment in Bodhgaya. This event is known as “The First Turning of the Wheel of Dharma,” resulting in great benefit for countless sentient beings.

On this auspicious day, 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 day:

Recite "Heart Sutra" up to 108 times
Recite "King of Prayers", available in prayer book in Library (for member only)
Recite Shakyamuni Buddha mantra at least 108 times: TAYATHA OM MUNI MUNI MAHA MUNIYE SVAHA

Make offerings for auspicious Dharma activities:

Make Light offerings
Sponsor Special Practices and Pujas: Monastery - 16 Arhat Puja; Nunnery - Tara Puja and Praises.
VNOS Merit Fund: Make offerings to the Merit Fund which will be used for all kinds of pujas, prayers and virtuous activities.
Guru Sangha Health Fund: Sponsor monthly pujas and provide medical support to Gen Namgyel-la and the monastery and nunnery in Nepal.

A Lunar Eclipse is considered highly auspicious. 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 day:

Take the 8 Mahayana Precepts
“Prostrations to the 35 Buddhas”
Recite many mantras
Recite "King of Prayers", available in prayer book in Library (for member only)

Make offerings for auspicious Dharma activities:

Sponsor Special Practices and Pujas
Make Light offerings with Gen Namgyel-la
Merit Fund: Make offerings to the Merit Fund which will be used for all kinds of pujas, prayers and virtuous activities.
Guru Sangha Health Fund: Sponsor monthly pujas and provide medical support to Gen Namgyel-la and the monastery and nunnery in Nepal.

A Solar Eclipse is considered highly auspicious. All karmic results—both good and bad—are considered to be multiplied by millions.

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Gen Namgyel-la's special advice for this day:

Take the 8 Mahayana Precepts
“Prostrations to the 35 Buddhas”
Recite many mantras
Recite "King of Prayers", available in prayer book in Library (for member only)

Make offerings for auspicious Dharma activities:

Sponsor Special Practices and Pujas
Make Light offerings with Gen Namgyel-la
Merit Fund: Make offerings to the Merit Fund which will be used for all kinds of pujas, prayers and virtuous activities.
Guru Sangha Health Fund: Sponsor monthly pujas and provide medical support to Gen Namgyel-la and the monastery and nunnery in Nepal.

Buddha Shakyamuni's Descent from the Heaven of Thirty-Three

To commemorate Buddha Shakyamuni’s return to earth after three months giving teachings in the heaven realm where Buddha's mother had been reborn, in order to repay her kindness and to benefit the gods. This day signifies Buddha’s compassion to continuously teach and benefit beings; extremely important for Buddhists.

In 2025, Lhabab Duchen falls on the 11 November. 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:

Burn incense and offer special prayers to Lord Buddha
Take the 8 Mahayana Precepts
Offer lights
Recite "King of Prayers", available in prayer book in Library (for member only)

Make offerings for auspicious Dharma activities:

Sponsor Special Practices and Pujas: 16 Arhat Puja; Tara Puja and Praises to 21 Taras.
Make Light offerings with Gen Namgyel-la
Merit Fund: Make offerings to the Merit Fund which will be used for all kinds of pujas, prayers and virtuous activities.
Guru Sangha Health Fund: Sponsor monthly pujas and provide medical support to Gen Namgyel-la and the monastery and nunnery in Nepal.

Lama Tsongkhapa was the founder of the Gelug school of Tibetan Buddhism, which is the tradition of Gen Namgyel-la—and Lam Rim is the framework that Gen-la’s teachings are based upon.

On this auspicious day, 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 day:

Recite "Foundation of All Good Qualities"
Recite "King of Prayers", available in prayer book in Library (for member only)

Make offerings for auspicious Dharma activities:

Sponsor Special Practices and Pujas : Lama Tsongkhapa Guru Puja
Make Light offerings with Gen Namgyel-la
Merit Fund: Make offerings to the Merit Fund which will be used for all kinds of pujas, prayers and virtuous activities.
Guru Sangha Health Fund: Sponsor monthly pujas and provide medical support to Gen Namgyel-la and the monastery and nunnery in Nepal.

Tenzin Khedup Rinpoche is the reincarnation of Choeding Rinpoche who was a very special and compassionate Guru of Gen Namgyel-la. Choeding Rinpoche was the reincarnation of Geshe Ben Kungyal. In one of the famous stories in Lam Rim, he was a thief but later became a great lojong practitioner, and finally became enlightened.

Choeding Rinpoche (Gen Namgyel-la's Dear Guru)

Tenzin Khedup Rinpoche (Reincarnation of Choeding Rinpoche)

This is a special day for us to make connections and show appreciation of our lineage. Every year V.N.O.S. will make special offerings to Tenzin Khedup Rinpoche to support him in his life in the monastery.

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Make offerings for auspicious Dharma activities:

Special offerings to Tenzin Khedup Rinpoche : May Rinpoche live long with good health and continuously benefit countless sentient beings in this lifetime. May we have the merit to receive teachings from Rinpoche in this life.
Sponsor Special Practices and Pujas : Guru Puja at Rinpoche’s monastery in Pokhara
Make Light offerings with Gen Namgyel-la
Merit Fund: Make offerings to the Merit Fund which will be used for all kinds of pujas, prayers and virtuous activities.
Guru Sangha Health Fund: Sponsor monthly pujas and provide medical support to Gen Namgyel-la and the monastery and nunnery in Nepal.

Powerful days in 2025

Sponsor Puja

How to make offerings for Powerful Day Pujas:

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).

Please fill in the form: https://www.jotform.com/form/230234643103442

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.