Powerful Days
On these powerful days, karmic results are considered to be increased many millions of times. They provide good opportunities for us to accumulate merit, purify negativities and pray for wellness and success.
Gen Namgyel-la has advised some practices for the students and some practices that can be sponsored by the students, so that there is a range of advice for different minds. The students themselves need to decide what is appropriate and what they rejoice in.
Upcoming Powerful Days
Lama Tsongkhapa Day (Tibetan calendar: the 25th day of the tenth month) || Date: 25th December 2024
Losar (Tibetan New Year) falls on 28th February 2025, starting the year of the Wood Snake. Followed by the Fifteen Days of Miracles, it is a very special and auspicious time of the year. It commemorates when Shakyamuni Buddha performed a different miracle each day to inspire faith & devotion in the Buddha Dharma. It culminates on Chotrul Duchen, which falls on 14th March 2025, the fifteenth day of the Tibetan lunar calendar.
During these fifteen days of miracles (28 February - 14 March 2025), all karmic results—good and bad—are considered to be multiplied by millions.
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Gen Namgyel-la's special advice for this day:
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Take the 8 Mahayana Precepts daily
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“Prostrations to the 35 Buddhas” daily
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Clean the house, refresh the altar…..keep the good heart all day!
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Offer lights daily
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Recite "King of Prayers" daily, available in prayer book in Library (for member only)
Make offerings for auspicious Dharma activities:
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Sponsor Special Practices and Pujas such as: Wealth; Long life—Namgyalma and White Tara; Guru Puja; Palden Lhamo and Mahakala protector pujas
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Merit Fund: Make offerings to the Merit Fund which will be used for all kinds of pujas, prayers and virtuous activities.
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Guru Sangha Health Fund: Sponsor monthly pujas and provide medical support to Gen Namgyel-la and the monastery and nunnery in Nepal.
Powerful days in 2025
How to make offerings for Powerful Day Pujas:
Step 1:
Please provide your information in the form below at least 24 hours before the relevant powerful day (or your name/dedication cannot be conveyed to Gen-Namgyel-la and/or the monastery/nunnery in time for the Dharma activity).
Please fill in the form: https://www.jotform.com/form/230234643103442
Step 2: Send your donation through PayPal, DonorBox or direct bank transfer.
Step 3 (no action needed) :
Once your donation has been received, Online Sangha will arrange the Dharma events and the dedication on the powerful days. No further confirmation will be sent. Any questions, please click here.