05/31/2026
Happy Saga Dawa Düchen!
“Commit no wrongdoing, completely tame your mind, perfect your morality: this is the teaching of the Buddhas.”
We gathered today on this most sacred holiday that commemorates the Buddha’s birth, enlightenment, and parinirvana (death) to pray, to make offerings, to bathe and welcome the infant Siddhartha, and to dedicate the sum of all our good deeds to the enlightenment and liberation of all beings. We also enjoyed a potluck lunch generously offered by friends and members of the center.
Thank you to all our members who joined in person and online this morning, and to Khenpo Tshering Chophel of Karuna Buddhist Center and Master Zhong Hai of Triple Crane Retreat Center in Chelsea who joined us and led the ceremony today.