Qing Ming Festival
Season of Gratitude and Remembrance
29 March to 10 April 2024
Qing Ming is a long-standing Chinese tradition wherein filial piety is expressed through offering prayers to ancestors and our departed loved ones. Shakyamuni Buddha has always emphasised the interconnectedness of all beings who have either been our father or mother for countless eons. Hence, let us extend love and compassion to those karmically linked to us during this season of remembrance.
Throughout our Qing Ming Festival event, our resident Sanghas will conduct prayers and offerings for 13 consecutive days, dedicating merits to the dearly departed to transcend samsara and swiftly transmigrate to Amitabha’s Pure Land. We welcome all to join us in amassing collective merits and dedicating these merits extensively to benefit sentient beings in the ten directions.
Compassionate Samadhi Water Repentance
《慈悲三昧水忏》
Date:
Part 1 – 29 Mar (Fri), 2pm
Part 2 – 1 Apr (Mon), 8pm
Part 3 – 4 Apr (Thu), 8pm
The Compassionate Samadhi Water Repentance was written in Tang Dynasty by Venerable Wuda for us to reflect and repent on the negative karma that we have accumulated over numerous lifetimes. Join us in this ritual to help the deceased abide in serenity and gain rebirth in Buddha’s Pureland.
The Sutra of Great Liberation
《圣大解脱经》
Date:
Part 1 – 4 Apr (Thu), 9am
Part 2 – 5 Apr (Fri), 9am
Part 3 – 6 Apr (Sat), 9am
Part 4 – 7 Apr (Sun), 9am
Our Sangha will be reciting this sutra on the actual day of Qing Ming. This sutra was expounded by Shakyamuni Budda before he entered Parinirvana. It covers a wide variety of topics, including the three vehicles, the three refuges, and how to confess and purify our karma. It also mentions names of numerous buddhas of the past, present and future, and numerous names of bodhisattvas, and it brings great benefit to whoever reads or hears it.
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Charity Sur Puja
《烟供施食法会》
Date:
9 Apr 2024 (Tue), 5pm
Sur puja is beneficial especially for intermediate state beings to get food and Dharma teachings. The aroma that you offer serves as food for them, bringing them happiness, and the Dharma teachings they receive free them from the cause of all their torments and sufferings. This practice is also a way of collecting extensive merit and pacifying obstacles to your Dharma practice, projects, or business.
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The Grand Finale
法会圆满
Date:
10 Apr 2024 (Wed)
2pm -
Bountiful Food Offering Ceremony
Recitation of "Great Repentance to the 88 Buddhas" and "Amitabha Sutra" (Chi)
On this day, all offered tablets will be brought to our Main Hall for Grand Dedication of Merits. If you would like to pay respects to your dearly departed on this day, it's best to do so before 1pm. Bountiful Food Offering ceremony will be held concurrently with Prayers Recitation on this day.
Namgyalma Puja
《尊胜佛母法会》
10 Apr 2024 (Wed), 9am
Namgyalma is a deity for long life and purification. Namgyalma practice is especially effective and powerful in removing obstacles and cleanses negative karmas that hinders good health and long life; pacifying negativities, purifying obscurations, as well as fulfilling good wishes.
According to scriptures, her mantra has infinite benefits and blessings. It is said to be so powerful that anybody who hears it will never again be reborn in the lower realms. This puja is beneficial for the living and the dearly departed.
Include your loved ones in the prayer dedications by clicking the link below.
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Gratitude & Remembrance Tablets
孝亲报恩牌位Benefit your ancestors and departed loved ones by offering a tablet with their names, dedicating merits for them to transcend samsara and swiftly transmigrate to Amitabha's Pureland.
Grand Tablet for the Ancestors 堂上历代祖先牌位
Tablet for the Dearly Departed 往生者牌位
Tablet for the Past Creditors 累世冤亲债主牌位
Grand Tablet for the Past Creditors 冤亲债主大牌位
Tablet for the Unfortunate Unborn (Abortion) 堕胎婴灵牌位
Tablet for the Unfortunate Unborn (Miscarriage) 流产婴灵牌位
Charity Tablet for the Wandering Spirits 善施无主孤魂牌位
Gratitude & Remembrance Package
敬恩配套Each package comes with 10 essential offerings for a dedication tablet of your choice. Our Venerable Sanghas will personally bless the offerings and recite a special prayer according to the name indicated on the tablet, praying for the departed to have swift rebirth in Amitabha’s Pureland.
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Bountiful Food Offering
供佛回向十方法界Practice generosity by making bountiful food offerings! With the recitation of mantras and prayers by Singha Rinpoche and Sanghas, these offerings will be visualised as wonderful delicacies that will be offered to the Three Jewels and all sentient beings in the ten directions. Upon completion of the ceremony, all food items will be donated to charity, making it even more meritorious!
Exquisite Ceremonial Offering
内坛御食五供We will be setting up elaborate shrine offerings in the main hall before the Dharma Throne with ceremonial wares holding light, incense, flowers, fruits and vegetarian delicacies. These will be offered to all Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, realised masters, protectors and celestial beings. Through this offering, may you have a deep connection with Buddha and have all aspirations fulfilled!
Prayers for Dearly Departed Pets
为已逝的宠物祈愿
Did you know? If you have had a pet, you can send gifts of love and prayers to your dearly departed pet through a dedication tablet. As Buddha advocates for the equanimity of all beings, Sutras and Mantras that were taught by Buddha are beneficial to all beings including animals as well, even after they have departed from this world.
In our Qing Ming Festival event, these tablets with names of deceased pets will be placed at the temple, where our resident Sanghas will dedicate merits everyday to pray for their higher and more fortunate rebirth.
Qing Ming Festival Opening 2022
Let us remember & express gratitude to our departed loved ones, something we pass down to our next generation - the precious virtue of filial piety and the importance of treasuring kinship.
Purpose of Writing Dedication tablets
Find out why we write dedication tablets during prayer and puja sessions.
A Tribute Film: Last Act of Love
As our Qing Ming event comes to a close, let us remember the kindness of our departed loved ones, including our pets. In this tribute film entitled ‘Last Act of Love’, we feature a special story of Choh family and their beloved pet, Mingyur Russell Choh.
Uncle Douglas
~ a Senior Disciple and Mentoring Senior of Chinese Chanting Class
Many from the younger generation find it hard to understand the purpose of the chanting rites. Many are foreign to the culture or unfamiliar with the prayers. It is very important for us to share with you that these should not stop you from stepping up and finding out more with us. With our qualified Sangha and many seniors who are always ready to help answer your query, come spend time with us as we find both understanding and personal meaning in the prayers, chanting and rites.
Remember Qing Ming
The Qing Ming Festival may be a traditional Chinese festival, deeply rooted in the Chinese culture, but it is not just an occasion where we give reverence to our own ancestors. It is also a time where we dedicate prayers to our loved ones who have passed on, and to remember and share our love with those who are karmically linked to us. Come join us as we perform both Tibetan and Chinese transmigratory prayers for all sentient beings.
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These prayers bring about many benefits. You dedicate and help your ancestors, bless your family, your children and their offspring, brings about great relief to countless sentient beings.
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