Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva’s Enlightenment Day Dharma Service
ABLS will celebrate Avalokitesvara (Guanyin) Bodhisattva’s Enlightenment on July 21st, 2019 (Sunday). Starting at 9 AM, there will be Liturgy of Guanyin Bodhisattva, with the assembly chanting the Avalokiteshvara Mantra, Heart Sutra and 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, Cundī Mantra, followed by Eighty-Eight Buddha Repentance, and Meng Shan Food Bestowal Ceremony.
ABLS will hold an eight-day event (August 11th – 18th, 2019) to celebrate the Ullambana Festival. Starting from 9 AM on August 11th (Sunday), the Repentance Ritual of the Emperor of Liang will be conducted for six days.
Specially, on August 17th (Saturday) the assembly will make Grand Offerings to the Buddha and the Sangha, then chant the Ullambana Sutra, Filial Piety Mantra, Cundī Sutra, Cundī Mantra, and evening recitation.
On the last day of August 18th (Sunday), the congregation will chant the Practice & Voes of Bodhisattva Samantabhadra, then participate in the Liturgy of Medicine Buddha, as well as Amitabha Buddha Thrice Yearning and ChantingService.
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.