Lha Bab Düchen

Lha Bab Düchen, the ‘Festival of the Descent from Heaven‘ — one of the four major Buddhist holidays. It is the day commemorating the descent of Buddha from Indra’s heaven, where Buddha’s mother had been reborn. To repay her kindness and to liberate her, and also to benefit the gods, Buddha spent three months teaching in the realm of the gods. Our new stupa at the temple is called the ‘Descent from Tushita Heaven Stupa’ and commemorates this special day in the Buddha’s life.

On this day the effects of positive and negative actions are multiplied 10 million times.

Schedule

09.00am – 09.45am Meditation
All are welcome
Temple Main Shrine Room

10.00am – 11.30am Morning Practices
The Eight Noble Auspicious Ones
The Heart Sutra
Riwo Sangchö
Bodhisattva Vow
For Buddhist practitioners who are familiar with the practices
Temple Main Shrine Room

12.00pm – 1.00pm Buddha Prayers
Buddha Sadhana by Mipham Rinpoche
Homage to the Buddhas & Bodhisattvas
Buddha and the Arhats (in English)
Tung Shak
All are welcome
Temple Main Shrine Room

2.15pm – 3.00pm Loving Kindness
All are welcome
Temple Main Shrine Room

3.15pm – 3.30pm Lighting 108 Butterlamps

3.45pm – 4.05pm Life Release: The Practice of Tsetar
Buddhist practise of saving the lives of beings that were destined
for slaughter – lobsters will be released
Gather at South Door of Temple
All are welcome

4.30pm – 6.15pm Tendrel Nyesel Tsok
with ADPs, MGC and Narak Kong Shak
Temple (Guru Lhakhang)
Vajrayana Practitioners familiar with the practices

Financial Offerings to Support the Practices

If you would like to make an offering to support these practices, you can do so via the Dzogchen Beara website under ‘Offerings for Special Practices’ .This is also a wonderful way to support the practice if you cannot attend in person.