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2024 LAND OF ENLIGHTENED WISDOM TEACHING PROGRAM and EVENTS |
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Analysis of Conditions Not from itself, not from another, Not from both, and not uncaused -- Nowhere does anything Ever arise. [1.1] |
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Nagarjuna's Seventy Stanzas Arising, enduring, and disintegrating; existing and non-existing; inferior, middling and superior do not have true existence. These terms are used by the Buddha in accordance with worldly conventions. [Stanza 1/70] |
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Analysis of View Thus, it is not other than appropriation, Nor are these two the same. The self does not exist without appropriation, Yet neither can it be ascertained as nonexistent. [27.8] |
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| MEDICINE BUDDHA PUJA and POTLUCK | |
| SATURDAY, MAY 11, 2024 | |
| Second Saturday of the Month at 11:00am |
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| There will be no Saturday Class After Puja |
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| SAKA DAWA DUCHEN - THE FULL MOON DAY Commemorates Buddha's Birth, Enlightenment and Parinirvana | |
| THURSDAY, MAY 23, 2024 |
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Saka Dawa Duchen commemorates the anniversary of the Buddha's birth, enlightenment, and parinirvana, all of which took place on the 15th day of the fourth lunar month of the Tibetan calendar. Saka Dawa is traditionally celebrated for one full month; any virtuous acts performed during this month are multiplied 100,000 times. The Lord Buddha was born in Lumbini, Nepal, achieved enlightenment in Bodhgaya, India, and passed to nirvana in Kushinagar, India. The temples have been built in these holy sites, to preserve and commemorate the memory of his holy life. In 2023, Geshe Sherap traveled with several of his students to the holy sites of Lord Buddha. The following pictures are from this trip to Lumbini, Nepal, Bodhgaya, India and Kushinagar, India. |
| MAYA DEVI TEMPLE - LUMBINI, NEPAL The Birth of Siddhartha Gautama, the Lord Buddha, in 623 B.C |
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| Maya Devi Temple at Lumbini, Nepal | Geshe Sherap leads prayers at Buddha's Birth Site |
| MAHABODHI TEMPLE - BODHGAYA, INDIA The Enlightenment of Lord Buddha under the Bodhi Tree |
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| Geshe Sherap and students at Bodhgaya, India | Mahabodhi Temple, the site of Buddha's Enlightenment. |
| MAHAPARINIRVANA TEMPLE - KUSHINAGAR, INDIA The Parinirvana of Lord Buddha, Gautama Buddha. |
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| Geshe Sherap and students at Kushinagar, India | Kushinagar, India - site of Buddha's Parinirvana. |
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