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Ceremonies and Events

  • Weekly sutra chanting sessions on Sundays and Upavasatha days
  • Lunar New Year Blessing Ceremonies
  • Vesak Day Ceremonies:
    • Bathing of the Buddha cum Candle Procession Ceremony
    • Candle Lighting cum Chanting Ceremony
  • Celebration of
    • Sakyamuni Buddha’s Enlightenment Day, Nekkhamma Day and Parinibbana Day
    • Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva’s Birthday, Enlightenment Day and Nekkhamma Day
    • Amitabha Buddha’s Birthday
    • Medicine Buddha’s Birthday (Ksama Ceremony)
    • Bhaisajya Raja Bodhisattva’s Birthday
    • Candraprabha Bodhisattva’s Birthday
    • Cundi Bodhisattva’s Birthday
    • Samantabhadra Bodhisattva’s Birthday
    • Suryaprabha Bodhisattva’s Birthday
  • Three-day Chanting of the Medicine Buddha Sutra
  • Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva Ceremonial Services
  • Yogacara Ulka Mukha Ritual
  • Prostration Ceremony with Recitation of 1,000 Buddhas’ Names
  • Taking of Eight Precepts
  • Releasing of Lives Ceremony
  • Ushering Blessings for the Nation
  • Dragon Boat Festival Celebration