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| − | SINCE BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI attained enlightenment 2,500 years ago and dispelled the darkness of ignorance that obscures the mind's true nature, lamp offerings in Buddhist practices have symbolized his realization. Each lamp offering celebrates the Buddha's enlightenment and thus is associated with great good fortune. | + | SINCE [[BUDDHA]] [[SHAKYAMUNI]] attained [[enlightenment]] 2,500 years ago and dispelled the darkness of [[ignorance]] that obscures the [[mind]]'s true nature, lamp [[offerings]] in [[Buddhist]] practices have [[symbolized]] his [[realization]]. Each lamp [[offering]] celebrates the [[Buddha]]'s [[enlightenment]] and thus is associated with great good fortune. |
| − | For Tibetan Buddhist practitioners, a lamp offering also carries the wish to attain buddhahood and the aspiration to recognize the clear light at the time of death, thereby experiencing liberation in that moment. In this way lamp offerings are associated with transitions in one's life. | + | For [[Tibetan]] [[Buddhist]] practitioners, a [[lamp offering]] also carries the wish to attain [[buddhahood]] and the aspiration to recognize the clear light at the time of [[death]], thereby experiencing [[liberation]] in that moment. In this way [[lamp offerings]] are associated with [[transitions]] in one's life. |
| − | Lamp offerings are best made before consecrated representations of fully awakened wisdom, loving-kindness, and compassion. With its magnificent Buddha rupa, statues of major bodhisattvas, and the stupa containing relics of the Sixteenth Gyalwa Karmapa, the main shrine room at KTD offers a most auspicious setting for making lamp offerings. Here, lamps burn continuously each day, radiating the prayers and aspirations made by numerous sangha members and visitors. | + | [[Lamp offerings]] are best made before consecrated representations of fully [[awakened]] [[wisdom]], [[loving-kindness]], and [[compassion]]. With its magnificent [[Buddha]] [[rupa]], statues of major [[bodhisattvas]], and the [[stupa]] containing relics of the Sixteenth [[Gyalwa Karmapa]], the main [[shrine]] room at KTD offers a most auspicious setting for making [[lamp offerings]]. Here, lamps burn continuously each day, radiating the prayers and aspirations made by numerous [[sangha]] members and visitors. |
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Revision as of 17:10, 30 June 2013
SINCE BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI attained enlightenment 2,500 years ago and dispelled the darkness of ignorance that obscures the mind's true nature, lamp offerings in Buddhist practices have symbolized his realization. Each lamp offering celebrates the Buddha's enlightenment and thus is associated with great good fortune.
For Tibetan Buddhist practitioners, a lamp offering also carries the wish to attain buddhahood and the aspiration to recognize the clear light at the time of death, thereby experiencing liberation in that moment. In this way lamp offerings are associated with transitions in one's life.
Lamp offerings are best made before consecrated representations of fully awakened wisdom, loving-kindness, and compassion. With its magnificent Buddha rupa, statues of major bodhisattvas, and the stupa containing relics of the Sixteenth Gyalwa Karmapa, the main shrine room at KTD offers a most auspicious setting for making lamp offerings. Here, lamps burn continuously each day, radiating the prayers and aspirations made by numerous sangha members and visitors.
