Lhabab Düchen Holy Day 2024

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Friday, November 22, (All day) 2024

Lhabab Düchen ~ Descent of Lord Buddha from the God Realm of the Thirty-three
Lhabab Düchen, one of the four great holy days of the Buddhist calendar, takes place this year on Friday, November 22, 2024.

Lhabab Düchen celebrates Guru Shakyamuni Buddha’s return to Earth from the God Realm of the Thirty-Three after teaching Dharma for several months to the gods, including his mother, Mayadevi, who had died a week after Buddha’s birth and been reborn there.  As a merit multiplying day, the karmic results of actions done on this day are multiplied 100 million times. This amazing result is taught in the vinaya text Treasure of Quotations and Logic.

SCHEDULE at KADAMPA CENTER on LHABAB DÜCHEN

  • 6:00 AM -- Center opens

  • 6:30 AM -- Geshe Gelek offers the Eight Mahayana Precepts - click HERE for detailed information

  • After the Precepts Ceremony, the Center will close

  • 12:30 PM -- The Center reopens 

  • 1:00 PM -- Geshe Gelek leads lamrim meditations and practices - click HERE for detailed information

MAKING OFFERINGS on LHABAB DÜCHEN

  1.  Sponsor Kadampa Center's Lhabab Düchen Holy Day activities, $108

    • Make your financial sponsorship HERE

    • Dedicate your generosity HERE

  2. Make offerings to Kadampa Center sangha by placing financial and/or notes of thanks and kindness in envelopes for our precious monks and nuns.

  3. Contribute to the FPMT Puja Fund ~ learn more about the Puja Fund and make your donation HERE