online event
Friday, July 21, 2023 6:00 - 7:30am: Precepts and Sutra Recitation We are using the Zoom video conferencing system for this event. Please register below to receive the Zoom link. Texts may be downloaded using these links:
When the Prince, who later became Buddha, set out from his palace his aim was to find a way to end suffering. Having found it he was convinced to share what he discovered. His very first teaching was to explain that it is possible for everyone of us to end all suffering. Today is the day we celebrate the this teaching, Chokhor Duchen. We say it is the day the Buddha turned the 1st wheel of Dharma, teaching what is known as the Four Noble Truths.
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On the auspicious day of Chökhor Düchen karmic results are multiplied by one hundred million times!!! (As cited by Lama Zopa Rinpoche from the Vinaya text: Treasure of Quotations and Logic.) Lama Zopa Rinpoche recommends taking the Eight Mahayana Precepts, 24-hour vows, on days on which the karmic effects of positive actions are multiplied, Please join us in the Ocean of Compassion Virtual Gompa for an ideal launch sequence for Chokhor Duchen, taking the 8 Mahayana Precepts, followed by a recitation of the Sutra Remembering the Three Jewels.
We will take the Precepts together from our altars at home at 6:00am PDT. |
Make skies of merit on this special day by practicing generosity. Our Spiritual Director, Lama Zopa Rinpoche, citing the Vinaya text The Treasure of Quotations and Logic, tells us that the benefit from generous actions are multiplied one hundred million times on Merit Multiplying Days.
Read more of Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s advice about Merit Multiplying days. |