Date & Time Details: Tuesday Dec 24
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm PST

Location: In-Person at the Stupa Project

Address: 5800 Prescott Road, Soquel, CA, USA

Contact: Denice Macy
[email protected]

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Lama Tsongkapa Day Celebrations at the Stupa Project

December 24, 2024

In-Person Only

4:00 pm – 6:00 pm 

Please join us for the annual Lama Tsongkapa Day Celebrations at the Stupa Project. We are so fortunate to have been able to offer this event annually since 2020. 

Please feel free to drop in any time between 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm to offer lights at the Stupa. You’re most welcome to park up by the Stupa Project or Wish Fulfilling Temple

“If we want to develop Dharma wisdom, then offer light.” – Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche

If you would like to sponsor lights please use the link below:

SPONSOR LIGHTS HERE

Lama Tsongkapa Day is a celebration of the anniversary of the parinirvana of Lama Tsongkhapa (1357-1419), the founder of the Gelug tradition of Tibetan Buddhism.

So said Lama Zopa Rinpoche during a teaching in Singapore in 2013. What are the results of offering lights? Rinpoche explained, “It is mentioned that if we make offerings of light or incense, do prostrations and so forth, we collect numberless great merits … By making light offerings, you are able to dispel the darkness of ignorance and achieve wisdom. By offering light, you are never in darkness while you are circling in samsara. There will always be light. And offering light just one time to Buddha creates the karma to have great wealth for many hundreds or thousands of lifetimes … [We also attain] a higher rebirth, in a pure land. We quickly achieve nirvana, and not only nirvana but also the great nirvana, enlightenment. These are the benefits of offering light.”