Lhabab Duchen Celebration
With Venerable Gyalten Chimé and Venerable Yangchen
November 11, 2025
Join us for Lhabab Duchen on November 11th!
4:30-5:30 pm: Animal Liberation
In person at the Stupa with Venerable Yangchen
6:30-8:00 pm: Group Recitation of The Sutra of Golden Light and The Sutra Remembering the Three Jewels
In the Gompa and online via Zoom with Venerable Chime
About Lhabab Duchen:
Lhabab Duchen—literally “Great Day of Divine Descent”—is one of the four major holy days in Tibetan Buddhism, commemorating the moment when Shakyamuni Buddha returned to the human realm after teaching the gods in the Heaven of the Thirty-Three. It is a powerful merit-multiplying day, when the effects of all karmic actions—positive or negative—are multiplied one hundred million times.
On this special day, we will gather in community to recite The Sutra Remembering the Three Jewels and The Sutra of Golden Light. We also encourage students to take the eight Mahayana precepts.
Students wishing to take the eight Mahayana precepts on this merit multiplying day may watch a specially created video of Lama Zopa Rinpoche offering the precepts below:
We also invite students to join Venerable Angie online at 8:30 am for a Medicine Buddha Puja through our sister center, Vajrapani Institute.
Benefits of Liberating Animals:
“For the person who liberates animals, or whoever wants to dedicate the merit to those with life obstacles, this practice helps them to obtain long life. Even if you don’t expect it, the karma will cause you to have a long life.” – Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche.
“By doing prayers and chanting powerful mantras for the animals, they receive a higher rebirth and liberation. This practice purifies immediately the oceans of samsaric suffering.” – Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Benefits of reciting The Sutra of Golden Light:
During times of climate crisis, and social, political & economic instability in our country and around the world, we need a powerful practice. Reciting this holy sutra counters this harm while offering innumerable benefits. The sutra is often read aloud in groups to build up positive force (“merit”) in our mindstreams, creating world peace, protecting one’s country, and averting natural disasters. Lama Zopa Rinpoche from FPMT made the heartfelt request for as many people as possible to recite this sutra to help relieve the suffering in the world and to support peace and prosperity.
Digital Text of The Sutra of Golden Light: https://shop.fpmt.org/The-King-of-Glorious-Sutras-called-the-Exalted-Sublime-Golden-Light-eBook-PDF_p_2348.html
Sponsorship:
Please click HERE to sponsor worms for animal liberation. This is a wonderful way to accumulate merit and benefit sentient beings, even if you can’t join us in person.
Dedication: If you’d like to submit names for the dedication of Animal Liberation, please do so when you register.
Leaders
Venerable Gyalten Chimé (Lisa DuPont, M.S.), is an American Buddhist monastic in the Tibetan, Gelug tradition with over 25 years of experience in study and retreat in Tibetan Buddhism with numerous Tibetan Masters. Ven. Chimé also brings her many years of training & experience in psychology/neuroscience and is a certified instructor…
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Ven Yangchen has been a nun for 23 years, she is a lifelong learner, and has dedicated much time to study, practice, and retreat. She has a deep and enduring connection with Land of Medicine Buddha (LMB) and has also offered service at Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s house in CA., Shantideva…
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