Four Buddha Days  

Four Buddha Days  

Date Posted:
July 2009

Rinpoche advised all FPMT centers in Taiwan to do the following practices on the four Buddha Days.

1. Losar: Four sessions a day. Do Chenrezig guru yoga, with meditation on the Eight Verses, in the first two sessions in the morning, and do Lama Tsongkhapa Guru Yoga, with meditation on the Three Principal Aspects of the Path in the last two sessions. We will do these practices in retreat mode at Shakyamuni Center during Losar. Also, we invited all FPMT nuns and monks in Taiwan to attend the retreat.

2. Saka Dawa: Shakyamuni Buddha Puja with extensive offerings.

3. First Dharma Wheel-turning Day: Morning—Lama Chöpa with tsog, plus Praise to Guru Shakyamuni Buddha.

4. Buddha's Descending Day: Tara Puja (Four Mandalas) with Praise to the Twenty-one Taras (as many as possible).