Extensive Offerings to the Stupa

Join us for a meaningful evening of practice and devotion by offering lights to the stupa! 🌟

Event Details 📅

Date: Friday, February 27th
Time: 18:00 – 19:30
Location: In Person and Online
Zoom Meeting: Click here to join
Meeting ID: 828 9730 0045
Passcode: miracles

The Importance of the Stupa 🕊️

A stupa (Tibet: chörten) transcends mere architecture; it embodies the enlightened mind of the Buddha. Each component symbolizes a facet of the path to enlightenment, serving as a profound support for devotion and meditation. Notably, Lama Zopa Rinpoche has emphasized stupas as powerful sources of merit, facilitating:

• Purification of negative karma
  Even beings that circle a stupa can cleanse lifetimes of negative karma.
• Accumulation of immense merit
  Offerings or circumambulations help plant seeds for enlightenment, akin to offering to all Buddhas.
• Facilitating realizations
  Cultivating key understandings, particularly of bodhicitta and emptiness, essential elements of the Buddhist path.
• Protection from obstacles
  Stupas emit blessings, safeguarding beings from calamities and malevolent spirits.
• The ultimate goal: Enlightenment
  Rinpoche stated, 'Stupas are wish-fulfilling. Any prayer you make to a stupa will succeed.'

About the Teacher 🙏

Venerable Khadro brings extensive knowledge from her years of teaching Buddhist philosophy and meditation, rooted in the tradition of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Her insightful and pragmatic teaching style makes profound concepts accessible to everyone.

Location:
Birger Jarlsgatan 131B, SE-113 56 Stockholm, Sverige

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