Dharma News | [Guanyin Temple] The Obon Festival in the Year of Xinchou and the Ming and Yang Liangl

1. Dharma conference time:

August 14 to August 22, 2021

(7th to 15th day of the seventh lunar month)

2. Memorial tablets, offerings, Dharma meetings, and Buddhist service registration offices:

Living room, where the stele is carved in the main hall

0769-85130001 (living room)

13712991055 (WeChat same number)

       The Bon Festival is one of the important Buddhist festivals on the 15th day of the seventh lunar month, and is also known in the Buddhist community as "Buddha's Happy Day" and "Sangha's Day". The famous disciple Moggallana saw his deceased mother falling into the realm of hungry ghosts, suffering from hunger and thirst. The Venerable couldn't bear the pain of his mother's hunger and thirst, so he hurriedly filled his own bowl with rice and used his magical power to send it to the realm of hungry ghosts to satisfy his mother's hunger. The mother happily stretched out her hands, took the bowl filled with rice, and started to eat. Suddenly, flames burst out of her mouth, and the entire bowl of rice turned into burnt charcoal. Then the Venerable Moggallana sincerely begged the Buddha for mercy and rescue, and the Buddha taught the Venerable Moggallana: "On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, all the monks should spend their free time, piously set up various offerings and food, and offer them respectfully to the Buddha and the Sangha. With the power of the Three Jewels, I can free my mother from the suffering of hunger and thirst in the realm of hungry ghosts!"

This day is the day when the monks meet the Buddha to report their practice achievements after three months of summer retreat. The Buddha was happy when he heard that his disciples had made progress in practice, so he called it Happy Buddha Day. On the happy day of the Buddha, you can make offerings to the monks (that is, offer food, clothing, bedding, medicine, etc.), and you can gain merit by relying on the power of the monks.

Blessing tablet: Register and pray for your family, receive blessings from the Buddha, keep your family safe, eliminate disasters, avoid disasters, increase blessings and extend life, and everything goes well!

The salvation tablet: set up a super recommendation for deceased relatives, children who died in infancy and abortion, for ancestors and enemies and creditors, to be blessed by the Buddha, to escape suffering and gain happiness, to lead the West, and finally become a Buddha!