Lha Bab Düchen

Lha Bab Düchen (November 9, 2009 in the West) is celebrated on the 22nd day in the ninth lunar month of the Tibetan calendar, and marks the anniversary of the Buddha’s descent from the celestial realm to the earth. Buddha Shakyamuni went to the celestial realm, where his mother had been reborn. To repay her kindness and to liberate her, and also to benefit the beings there, the Buddha spent three months teaching before returning to earth. This is considered to be one of the great deeds of the Buddha among eight great deeds. It is part of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition to engage in virtuous activities and prayer on this day.

Lha Bab Düchen is considered a 10 million day - all the good (and bad) that you do is multiplied 10 million times.

May the merit of our activities be dedicated to the enlightenment of all beings, so that we may all cross the ocean to enlightenment with none left behind, to the long life of all of our teachers, and to the spread of the Dharma throughout all time and space.

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