Chotrul Düchen 2021
February 27, 2021
The Tibetan festival day of Chotrul Düchen – the full moon day that marks the end of the 15 Days of Miracles.
His Holiness usually gives a short teaching from the Jataka Tales in the morning at the Main Tibetan Temple. See His Holiness schedule here. As a precautionary measure for the covid-19 situation all engagements of His Holiness the Dalai Lama remain indefinitely postponed. Thank you for your understanding.
Instead His Holiness will give a Teaching via Live Webcast – don’t miss this very special opportunity!
His Holiness the Dalai Lama will give a short teaching from the Jataka Tales and also from Chapter 1 of Nagarjuna’s Precious Garland (rinchen trengwa) from approximately 9 am to 10 am (Indian Standard Time) on the occasion of the Day of Offerings – 15th day of the 1st Tibetan month (chotrul duechen). He will also confer the Ceremony for Generating Bodhichitta (semkye) at the request of Ladakh Semkye Tsokpa. Those interested may watch the live webcast in Tibetan, English, Chinese and other languages on the official websites and Facebook pages of the Office of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Viewers are requested to please follow their local social distancing rules.
For further information please see www.dalailama.com/live
This day is considered to be very auspicious for practice. To celebrate the occasion we will have a special online program at Tushita:
This event is part of our Days of Miracles 2021 program. If you are not registered yet, please click here.
For butter lamp offering, please click here.
- 7:30 am Light Offering Ceremony
- 4:00 – 5:30 pm Teaching by Serkong Tsenshab Rinpoche on The Four Noble Truths
Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s recommended practices for this special day: https://fpmt.org/teachers/zopa/advice/sakadawa/