{"id":69063,"date":"2025-07-18T23:21:46","date_gmt":"2025-07-19T06:21:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nalandabodhi.org\/?p=69063"},"modified":"2026-03-26T11:24:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T18:24:13","slug":"the-power-of-practice-on-saga-dawa-duchen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nalandabodhi.org\/nl\/2025\/07\/18\/the-power-of-practice-on-saga-dawa-duchen\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>The Power of Practice on Saga Dawa D\u00fcchen<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"69063\" class=\"elementor elementor-69063\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f90d96b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f90d96b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-adaaba8\" data-id=\"adaaba8\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-49eeea0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"49eeea0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Power of Practice on Saga Dawa D\u00fcchen\n<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6686459 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6686459\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On June 11, 2025, we honored and celebrated the Buddha\u2019s <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">birth, awakening, and parinirv\u0101\u1e47a on the sacred day of Saga Dawa D\u00fcchen. This festival is one of the four major Buddhist holidays, during which the merit of virtuous actions is said to multiply by millions. Seizing this rare and precious opportunity, we diligently engaged in spiritual practice at <a href=\"https:\/\/nbtaichung.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Namkha \u00d6sal<\/a> to accumulate merit and deepen our aspiration and faith in the Dharma.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-347fffe elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"347fffe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Symbolic Offerings<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ec48252 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ec48252\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">During Nalandabodhi Taichung\u2019s activities on this auspicious occasion, Acharya Jampa presided over special offerings and shared teachings on their meaning. At our Dharma gathering, we offered a thousand lamps before the Vajrasattva Mandala\u2014symbolizing wisdom\u2014and, for the first time, performed 108 sets of the \u201cEight Offerings\u201d before the seat of the Buddha. These offerings, rich in meaning, originate from the traditional rituals of ancient Indian culture: water for drinking, water for washing, flowers, incense, light, perfume, food, and music.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The symbolic meaning of each of these offerings can be briefly described as follows:\u00a0<\/span><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Drinking Water \u2013 Symbolizes the purification of hearing and contemplation.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Water for Washing the Feet \u2013 Symbolizes the purification of afflictions.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Flowers \u2013 Represent the growth of inner compassion and wisdom.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Incense \u2013 Symbolizes pure moral discipline.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Light (Lamps) \u2013 Symbolizes the perfection of wisdom, dispelling the darkness of ignorance.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Perfumed Ointments \u2013 Symbolizes unwavering faith.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Food (Fruits) \u2013 Symbolizes the stability of meditative concentration.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Music \u2013 Symbolizes the widespread propagation of the Dharma.<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-09caa81 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"09caa81\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Prayers for our Teachers and the World\n<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d097a1e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d097a1e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-text-editor elementor-clearfix\">\n\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On this sacred day, we also joined together to chant the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sixteen Arhats Offering Prayer. <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This practice primarily is a prayer for the long life and continued presence of our precious teachers. It also invokes the compassionate presence and blessings of the sixteen arhats upon the mandala and all Dharma practitioners.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Finally, we recited the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Samantabhadra\u2019s King of Aspiration Prayers<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, a practice intended to accumulate the resources of awakening for ourselves and to pray for greater peace and harmony in our chaotic and unsettled world.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #000000;font-family: Arial, sans-serif;font-size: 9pt;font-style: italic\">Written by Patty, friend of Nalandabodhi Taichung, on the occasion of the celebration of Saga Dawa at NB Taichung\u2019s home, Namkha \u00d6sal<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-460c883 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"460c883\" data-element_type=\"widget\" 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