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10月 25 2025
2025 The Double Ninth Festival Salvation Assemblies

October 28, 2025 – The Double Ninth Festival Salvation Assemblies

The Four Great Vows of the Bodhisattva：

Sentient beings are innumerable; I vow to liberate them all.

Afflictions are inexhaustible; I vow to overcome them all.

Dharma teachings are boundless; I vow to learn them all.

The Buddha’s supreme path is unsurpassed; I vow to attain it.

A global gathering in harmony, with humans and celestial beings united in heart.

May the entire universe resonate as one. With utmost sincerity, we offer our prayers.

Just as a child longs for its mother, and a mother longs for her child.

May we remember the Buddha and recite His name, and together be reborn in the Land of Ultimate Bliss.

May all beings across the three periods of time unite in one heart, and may the Buddhas of the ten directions guide us to liberation.
May we be directly shown the way home, and gather together in the Lotus Pond Assembly of the Pure Land.

The Double Ninth Festival Prayer Ceremony for Deliverance and Transcendence of All Beings now begins!

Namo Amitabha Buddha.
Namo Amitabha Buddha.
Namo Amitabha Buddha.
…………….
Recite “Namo Amitabha Buddha” for 60 minutes.

The Double Ninth Festival Prayer Ceremony for Deliverance and Transcendence of All Beings has now been successfully completed!

Infinite merits and virtues! May they be dedicated universally to all beings!

Boundless compassion! May all beings be delivered!

May countless spirits be freed from suffering and attain happiness!
May countless spirits repent and take refuge in the Three Jewels!
May countless spirits awaken their hearts and make sincere vows!
May countless spirits ascend to higher realms and be reborn in the Pure Land!
May countless spirits awaken to their true nature and guide others toward enlightenment!
May countless spirits transcend the cycle of suffering and attain liberation!
May countless spirits return together to the same source and walk the same path!
May countless spirits recognize their ancestors and return to their spiritual lineage!
May countless spirits find their way home and return to their true hearts!
May countless spirits rejoice together and celebrate together!

Namo Amitabha Buddha!
Namo Amitabha Buddha!
Namo Amitabha Buddha!

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7月 7 2024
Varanasi – Sarnath

Sarnath is a place located 10 kilometres north-east of Varanasi near the confluence of the Ganges and the Varuna rivers in Uttar Pradesh, India. The Deer Park in Sarnath is where Gautama Buddha first taught the Dharma.

Also referred to as Isipatana, this city is mentioned by the Buddha as one of the four places of pilgrimage his devout followers should visit. It was also the site of the Buddha’s Dhammacakkappavattana Sutta, which was his first sermon after attaining enlightenment, in which he explained the four noble truths and the teachings associated with them.

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6月 8 2024
Bodh Gaya

Bodh Gaya is a religious site and place of pilgrimage associated with the Mahabodhi Temple Complex in Gaya district in the Indian state of Bihar. It is famous as it is the place where Gautama Buddha is said to have attained Enlightenment under what became known as the Bodhi Tree.

For Buddhists, Bodh Gaya is the most important of the main four pilgrimage sites related to the life of Gautama Buddha, the other three being Kushinagar, Lumbini, and Sarnath. In 2002, Mahabodhi Temple, located in Bodh Gaya, became a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Traditionally, Buddha was born in 563 BC on the following auspicious Baisakhi purnima. As Siddhartha, he renounced his family at the age of 29 in 534 BC, and travelled and meditated in search of truth. After practicing self-mortification for six years at Urubela (Buddhagaya) in Gaya, he gave up that practice because it did not give him Vimukthi. Then he discovered Noble Eight-fold path without help from anyone and practiced it, then he attained Buddhatva or enlightenment. Enlightenment is a state of being completely free from lust (raga), hatred (dosa) and delusion (moha). By gaining enlightenment, you enter Nirvana, in which the final stage is Parinirvana.

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5月 9 2024
The Vulture Peak

The Vulture Peak, also known as the Holy Eagle Peak or Gādhrakūta, was the Buddha’s favorite retreat in Rajagaha (now Rajgir/Rajagrih). It was the scene for many of his discourses. Rajgir is located in Bihar, India. It is so named because it resembles a sitting vulture with its wings folded.

Vulture Peak Mountain is, by tradition, one of several sites frequented by the Buddha and his community of disciples for both training and retreat. Its location is frequently mentioned in Buddhist texts in the Pāli Canon of Theravada Buddhism and in the Mahayana sutras as the place where the Buddha gave certain sermons. Among the sermons are the Heart Sutra, the Lotus Sutra and the Śūraṅgama Samādhi Sūtra as well as many prajnaparamita sutras. It is explicitly mentioned in the Lotus Sutra, chapter 16, as the Buddha’s pure land:

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2月 9 2024
Venuvana Vihara

Venuvana Vihara, also known as Venuvana Monastery. A monastery situated in the northern part of Rajagriha in Magadha, India. It was built by King Bimbisara as an offering to Shakyamuni Buddha. According to one account, it was Kalandaka, a wealthy man in Rajagriha, who built the monastery and donated it to the Buddha. According to another account, Kalandaka offered his bamboo grove, and Bimbisara built a monastery there. Bamboo Grove Monastery and Jetavana Monastery in Shravastiwere the two major centers of Shakyamuni’s propagation activities.

In the vicinity of Venuvana is a large pond with a Buddha image at the centre. This pond is believed to be the site of the “Karanda Tank” mentioned in Buddhist text as the ‘Karanda Kanivapa’.

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