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
Saka Dawa (Tibetan calendar: the 4th month) || Date: 20th May - 18th June 2023
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 2023, Saka Dawa Duchen falls on June 4th.
Known as the month of merits, during Saka Dawa month (20 May - 18 June 2023) all karmic results—good and bad— are considered to be multiplied by millions.
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【Special】Peaceful Living Peaceful Dying Virtual Retreat
deepen your practice and connect with the wisdom of the Buddha
Dates｜ 20th - 21st May 2023 (Saturday & Sunday)
Led by Gen Namgyel-la
Details & registration: www.venerable-namgyel-online-sangha.com/virtualretreat
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Gen Namgyel-la's special advice for this time:
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Recite “Sanghata Sutra” at least once
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Recite "Praise to Shakyamuni Buddha"
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Recite "King of Prayers"
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Light offerings are very beneficial
Make offerings for auspicious Dharma activities:
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Sponsor Special Practices and Pujas : Medicine Buddha puja and rituals; 16 days of 8 Nyung Nye practices (intense practice of fasting, reciting mantras and prostrations); Fire puja; Blessing the Ground ceremony
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Make offerings to the Merit Fund which will be used for all kinds of pujas, prayers and virtuous activities.
Special Practices and Pujas
Medicine Buddha Puja and Rituals
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By invoking the blessings of the Medicine Buddha and performing the practices with sincerity and devotion to receive protection, guidance, and blessings for oneself and others
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Healing physical and mental illnesses, removing obstacles to spiritual practice
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Purifying negative karma
16 days of 8 Nyung Nye Practices
(intense practice of fasting, reciting mantras and prostrations)
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An intense practice involves fasting, reciting mantras, and prostrations, and has profound benefits for one's spiritual development and for the benefit of all sentient beings.
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Through purification practices and intensive meditation and recitation, we aim to purify negative karma, accumulate merit, and generate compassion and wisdom.
Fire Puja
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This practice is to remove obstacles, purify negative karma, and generate merit.
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Through the offering of various substances into the fire, we symbolically offer the negative karma and defilements, transforming them into wisdom and compassion.
Blessing the Ground Ceremony
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Purifying and consecrating the land.
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Remove obstacles, dispel negative energies, and create a positive and conducive environment for spiritual practice.
Powerful days in 2023
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).
If you cannot see the form, please go to: 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.