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6 June 2025 Thank you all for participating in our various events in celebration of the 2569th Vesak Day. We hope the Recitation of The Shurangama Sutra 楞嚴經 has given you a clearer understanding of the Buddha's Teachings such as the necessity of moral precepts for enlightenment, combating delusions in meditation, and distinguishing between the true mind and the worldly mind. It is the greatest fortune to encounter this supreme, subtle, most sophisticated Dharma! Having gone through countless lifetimes in ignorance, finally, now I have such blessings to receive it and to practice it! Delightfully, I shall strive to realize the Truth in the Buddha's sublime teachings! Opening Verse for the Shurangama Sutra With the above in mind, we will continue to expound the teachings of Sakyamuni Buddha and to cultivate compassion, loving kindness and wisdom for the benefit of all humanity. In this respect, Venerable Sek Meow Ee has started his monthly Dharma talks on the last Sunday of every month, from 9.30 am to 10.30 am. In addition, there will be a session on Sunday 13 July 2025 to allow you to take the Threefold Refuge (三皈依) and the Five Precepts (五戒). Registration is required and please refer to the 3-fold 5-precept attachment. Ullambana Festival(盂蘭盆節 The Buddhists celebrate the Ullambana Festival, as a month of joy and not a month of hungry ghosts. We observe this festival based on the story of Maudgalyayana and his mother. This is expounded in the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva Sutra (地藏菩薩本願功德經) which describes the past lives of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, who took it as his own responsibility to liberate hell-beings. He was moved by filial piety to rescue his deceased mother who was reborn in a woeful state of suffering and hence made his great vow to liberate all hell-beings. Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva's vow is that "if the hell is not yet empty, I vow not to become a Buddha." The Sutra also emphasises the miraculous powers that all sins be redeemed by reciting or hearing even a single phrase or verse of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva Sutra with earnest reverence. This year will recite The Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva Sutra ( 誦讀地藏菩薩經) daily from 23rd August to 13th September 2025 (except on Sundays when we continue with our regular prayers) and The Emperor Liang Repentance Sutra (拜梁皇寶懺) daily from 15th to 20th September 2025. The closing ceremony as well as the commemoration of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva' birthday will include The Yogacara Ulka-mukha (Puja) Dharma Service (施放瑜伽焰口) on 21st September 2025. 梁皇懺法﹝即慈悲道場懺法﹞為寶志禪師與高僧等十人所集。肇始於梁武帝，故俗稱梁皇寶懺。武帝笃信佛教，建寺設法會，一生精研究佛教教理，固持戒律，所以有「皇帝菩薩」之稱。武帝之原配郗夫人妒忌側室，動心發口有如毒蛇，三十歲時，忽然夭亡。夫人生前心懷嗔毒，致死後墮變蟒蛇。然而，郗氏靈性不昧，知其業因，至帝登基之次年，一晚現形宮中。夫人向帝解釋為何得蟒蛇之身，並訴其苦狀及所作諸惡業，求帝救拔離苦。武帝遂請寶志禪師等，依經律懺罪要義，制懺文十卷，為夫人懺悔。法會方畢，忽見一人，娥冠赤服，對帝謝曰: (我蒙佛力，得脫蟒蛇之身，生往忉利天，故來謝禮) 言訖不見。由此可見，懺悔功德不可思議。梁皇寶懺為佛教中懺悔滅罪之懺王，亦是經懺中生亡兩利之寶典。如懺文所載：(以此消災，災消吉至，因兹滅罪，罪滅福生，真是救病之良藥，乃破暗之明燈，恩沾九有，德被四方.) 故，龍華藏院會在盂蘭盆節拜梁皇寶懺，以此促進社會安和樂利，並以此功德，迴向國泰民安，風調雨順，眾善信增福增慧、平安吉祥。 If you wish to participate in any of our activities, kindly call Alice or Danny on telephone 6253 3532, WhatsApp 8950 1883 or visit our Monastery. Visits to Monastery (參觀龍華藏院) Many of you have embraced our call for a greener environment and did not bring joss papers and other paper offerings for offerings to your ancestors including during the recent Lunar New Year and Qing Ming Remembrance Festival. We strongly encourage you to continue with the 'clean' practice especially during the upcoming Ullambana Festival from 23rd August to 21st September 2025. May the Merits of the Triple Gems be Always with you!
Yours sincerely
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