Up Coming Activities
The Buddhist Memorial Service
October 7- 10, 2010
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
The Buddhist memorial service for the departed beloved
ancestors. According to the Buddhism, the ordinary person who pass
away will be born again in many different kinds of forms such as
animal, human, spirit in hell. Particularly in this occasion, in the
Buddhist scripture, the king named Pimpisara was dreamed about his
relative who pass away many of years ago. The spirit was very hungry
and came up in the dream. The next morning, the king asked the
Buddha about the dream. The Buddha who knew the place of birth of
that spirit. He advised the king to dedicate food and necessary
things to the Buddhist monks and the needed people. Since that time,
the king never dream about that spirit again. We don't know the
place of birth of our ancestors who pass away many live-times.
Therefore, we donated necessary things to share our loving kindness
which is good action to ourselves. At the same time, we dedicate our
goodness to our beloved one who pass away and share to friends,
relatives, and the needed person. In order to preserve our good
traditions. Our communities wish to extend the invitation to all
Buddhists and non-Buddhist friends to take part in this occasion.
The offering could be fruit from your backyard, flowers, food. The
people will come to the temple and offer those things to the monks,
then every one will share lunch.
(By Ven. SW)
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