Saka Dawa Düchen 2022
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Tuesday, June 14, (All day) 2022
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Saka Dawa is the month when we honor Shakyamuni Buddha's birth, enlightenment and parinirvana (passing from this life). In 2022, Saka Dawa begins May 31 and ends June 29. Saka Dawa Düchen (June 14), is the full-moon day of the month. This day, and the entire month, are especially auspicious for spiritual practice — the karmic effects of all actions are multiplied one hundred thousand times.
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Geshe Gelek advises us to create merit by going around the stupa (or the entire Gompa), reciting mantras and sutras, liberating animals, saying prayers and doing charitable works.
Here is our schedule of Saka Dawa practices.
- 5:30 am: Geshe Gelek will offer the Eight Mahayana Precepts. In-person only at the Center.
- 6:00 am: Light breakfast
- 12:00 pm: A group reading of the Prostrations to the Thirty-Five Confession Buddhas, and of the Vajra Cutter Sutra. Online only via YouTube and Zoom (registration required for Zoom).
If you wish to take the Precepts online with a teacher, Lama Zopa Rinpoche has kindly made this option available here:
Location at Kadampa Center:
Gompa
