mangal batra
New member
- Joined
- Dec 11, 2012
- Member Type
- Academic
- Native Language
- Tibetan
- Home Country
- India
- Current Location
- Nepal
The Great Prayer Festival
Monlam is one of the most important festival in every Tibetan Buddhist school because the purpose of the prayer helps to overcome obstacle to peace and generate conducive condition for everyone to live in harmony. As far as Monlam itself means reminder which we can remind deeply held principle such as helping others through showing the path of enlightenment, reminding yourself the essence of Buddha’s teaching and qualities. This festival is to pray for peace and harmony in their lives and throughout the world.
The word Monlam could be translated as "the path of aspiration". Tibetan Mon means a wish, aspiration and lam - a path. The Buddha taught that this kind of prayer is beneficial not only to the person reciting it, but it may also have an impact on the world by influencing the course of events.
It is said that the crowd of prayers is multiplied by group recitation. A single prayer recited in a group has more strength than recited individually. In addition, each participant of group prayers collects the amount of merit equal to the merit gathered by all participants.
This festival held in holly places such as Sakyapa held in Lumbini since 1991, leads by His Holiness the Sakya Trizin and other many great masters. This year I could only receive a long life initiation on the last day of Monlam.
Monlam is one of the most important festival in every Tibetan Buddhist school because the purpose of the prayer helps to overcome obstacle to peace and generate conducive condition for everyone to live in harmony. As far as Monlam itself means reminder which we can remind deeply held principle such as helping others through showing the path of enlightenment, reminding yourself the essence of Buddha’s teaching and qualities. This festival is to pray for peace and harmony in their lives and throughout the world.
The word Monlam could be translated as "the path of aspiration". Tibetan Mon means a wish, aspiration and lam - a path. The Buddha taught that this kind of prayer is beneficial not only to the person reciting it, but it may also have an impact on the world by influencing the course of events.
It is said that the crowd of prayers is multiplied by group recitation. A single prayer recited in a group has more strength than recited individually. In addition, each participant of group prayers collects the amount of merit equal to the merit gathered by all participants.
This festival held in holly places such as Sakyapa held in Lumbini since 1991, leads by His Holiness the Sakya Trizin and other many great masters. This year I could only receive a long life initiation on the last day of Monlam.