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Celebration of Buddha’s Birth, Enlightenment and Paranirvana
June 17, 2019 @ 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
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Monday June 17th 7.30pm Palpung Buddhist Centre Banteer
Full Moon Day
Celebration of Buddha’s Birth, Enlightenment and Paranirvana
“No one saves us but ourselves” The Buddha
On his enlightenment at the age of thirty-five in Bodhgaya, the Buddha said
“Profound peace, natural simplicity, uncompounded luminosity, I have found a nectar-like Dharma.”*
*Dharma means truth
When Buddha lay dying in a forest grove in Kushinagara, surrounded by five hundred of his disciples, he said to them with his last breath: “It is in the nature of all things that take form to dissolve again. Strive with your whole being to attain perfection.”
When Buddha lay dying in a forest grove in Kushinagara, surrounded by five hundred of his disciples, he said to them with his last breath: “It is in the nature of all things that take form to dissolve again. Strive with your whole being to attain perfection.”
7.30pm – 8.30pm Meditation
8.30pm Offering of food (not meat), drink (non alcoholic ), flowers , incense , perfume, (eg scented candle, aromatherapy oil,) etc – things that please our senses.
8.45pm Tea and enjoy the feast!
Everyone is welcome, No charge for the Celebration, Do bring something to offer – food or non-alcoholic drink, flowers, candle etc – anything pleasing to the senses!