Chinese Lunar 7th Month will start on 4th Aug 2024.
Many will start preparing to do offering to the spirits while some will be doing merits for their parents or their ancestors. While cultivators like us will also remember our duties to help all from 6 realms.

For lunar 7th month we will be doing few events for you to participate and also few lesson for you to attend.

For lesson, please check on the next post for details.
For event we will have a prayer on 18 Aug 2024. This event is to do merits for all the wandering spirits and also to do prayer to seeking forgiveness. (see more detail under part C)

Details for the event for all to participate,

(A) Light Offering

One may do a light offerings. You may do it for Parents/grandparents/spouse/any elder in the family/ancestors/your departed love ones/anyone ill/for yourselves which often we forgot we need to love ourselves.

Why lights? Light means understanding because light represents wisdom. And light removes and dispels misunderstanding. All of our sufferings come from not knowing and not seeing. Offering lights indirectly removes confusion. To be successful in life we need to have clear ideas and a good understanding. And we should not just believe that success and good results are based on luck. Instead, when we have problems, we search for a clear understanding and wisdom to solve those problems.

Throughout the Buddhist world, in all traditions of Buddhist practice, devotees offer light. The life stories of accomplished men and women give examples of people beginning their path to liberation by offering light to an image or at a place of pilgrimage. We are lighting the way for ourselves and for other beings when we make the wish to dispel the darkness of ignorance!

Candle Offerings Energy Exchange:
A1) Full Month @$200 (price reduce from $300)

For the light you will need to provide me the names however the lights cannot mixed with any deceased person. You may msg me for more clarification on this part. Please note that I have limited sets available. You do not need to come down for this part.

(B) Offering of Statues

Buddha is saying that even though we cannot see the actual Buddha, if we make offerings to these holy objects symbolic of Buddha, the merit is equal to that of actually seeing Buddha and making offerings. It is not that the merit of those who met Shakyamuni Buddha in ancient times and were able to make offerings to him is not more than that of offering merely to a statue of Buddha. The result is exactly the same. This is very important to understand and very important to remember in our daily life. When we offer our food and drink, when we make offerings on the altar, whenever we do the practice of offering in our everyday life, we should feel great happiness.

Then Buddha said, “This is due to the blessings of Buddha. This is the reality but ordinary beings whose minds are undeveloped cannot see these benefits.”

“This is due to the blessings of Buddha” means that making offerings to statues has the same result due to the power of the holy object.”

Therefore we have made available 50 small Ksitigarbha (地藏王菩萨）statues for offering. Please note that the statues will be placed at Center’s 地藏王 Altar. This offering will be yearly basis. No choosing of location of statue. You may msg me for more clarification.

For those who had done this please let me know if you wish to continue. Please let me know by 1st aug so that I can release the slot to those who wants.

Statue Offerings Energy Exchange:
B1) One year (Lunar 7th mth 2024 to Lunar 7th month 2025[not inclusive of 7th month 2025])@$120 (Usual $270 per year) (Availability: unknown tentatively)
B2) Renewal of offering of statues@$100 (Usual $270)

Please provide me with the name to be placed at the statue. You do not need to attend for this part.

(C) Seeking Forgiveness Prayer

On 18th Aug 2024 we will be doing a prayer to 地官大帝 to seek forgiveness for things we have done for our past and present life（赦罪）.

Participants of this event will be recommended to attend this event if you can, and the timing is from 3pm to 7pm. However, if you are not available on the day please inform us and we will do the prayer for you. Please send me the name and let me know if you are attending.

C1) One name @$36 (Availability: 100)

(D) Prayer for Wandering Souls

On 18 Aug 2024 we will be also doing a prayer for wandering souls.
We have 49 lotus for this event. Please note that this is a prayer for helping wandering souls leading them in crossing the rainbow bridge. For those coming for the part C you may join us for this chanting at 8pm.

D1) Sponsorship of each Lotus @$72 (Availability: 49)

(E) Merits Lotus

On 2nd sept 2024 we will be doing a prayer to Ksitigarbha (地藏王菩萨）and during this event we will be offering 108 Merits Lotus to Ksitigarbha (地藏王菩萨). For more details on the purpose for this offering you may check on my previous post August | 2019 | 神帥居（慈玄） (cixuanasia.com) or msg me for any queries.

For this Lotus, you may wish to offer in your name or for your parents or departed loved ones or departed furkids or even wandering spirits.

E1) Sponsorship of each Lotus @$72 (Availability: 108)

Overview for this event,
Whole of 7th month – Part A and B
18 Aug 2024- Part C and D
2 Sept 2024- Part E