Avalokiteshvara (Guanyin) Bodhisattva’s Birthday Celebration Dharma Service
ABLS will celebrate Avalokiteshvara (Guan Yin) Bodhisattva’s Birthday on March 8th, 2020 (Sunday). Starting at 9 AM, there will be Buddha honoring service, followed by the assembly chanting the Avalokiteshvara Mantra (incantation), the Heart Sutra and the Universal Gate Sutra. Then Abbess Tian Cheng will introduce the doctrine and practice of Avalokiteshvara. Food offering for blessings will be conducted at noon. Starting again at 1:30 PM, participants will chant the Cundī Sutra and Cundī Mantra. For the evening session, there will be Eighty-Eight Buddha Repentance and Meng Shan Food Bestowal Ceremony.
Spring Avatamsaka Sutra Chanting Dharma Service for Ching Ming
In response to the expanding outbreak of COVID-19, and to prevent the spread of infections in crowds, the preplanned “Spring Avatamsaka Sutra Chanting Dharma Service for Ching Ming” will be changed to a One-Month Intensive Practice, from 3/12 to 4/12 (on the last day of 4/12: Dedication of Merit & Burning Name Plates). Please contact our office for more detailed information.
To comply with the latest Order of the Health Officer of the County of Santa Clara, ABLS will no longer hold public gatherings from 3/14 to 5/3 (tentative, would be in compliance with the latest Government Order).
We recommend that all our patrons limit their exposure in public places and avoid attending ANY public gatherings to ensure the safety and health of oneself and one’s families.
During this seven-week period, Morning and Evening Chanting Liturgy, Sunday Dharma Services, Ching-Ming Sutra Chanting Ceremony, and Bathing the Buddha Celebration Dharma Service will be closed to the public. Please Carry on the Dharma Practices at Home Simultaneously with the Masters here.
If you need to make offerings to the Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha, make light offerings, or set up blessing plates for the living or the deceased, please call the office during our regular hours ( 9：30－16：00 Tuesday to Sunday / TEL：(408) 942-0874 ).
You are all cordially invited to participate in these Dharma events. If you would like to establish a tablet for either the living or the deceased, please contact our office for more detailed information. The number is (408) 942-0874.
