Category: About Festival and Special Days

Having Dedicated His Life for Sentient Beings, the Buddha Remains Fondly Remembered Till This Day
The Immense Willpower and Great Filial Piety of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva
Even Vows That Have Not Been Fulfilled Have Karmic Rewards
It Is Most Effective To Offer 78 Little Houses to the Deceased on the Birthday of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva in One Sitting
Allocation of Little Houses for the Deceased on the Birthday of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva
Mahasthamaprapta Bodhisattva: When Love Turns Into Hatred, Karmic Causes to the Three Lower Realms Are Sown
The Great Wisdom of Mahasthamaprapta Bodhisattva
Should One Decide To Continue Recitation After Offering the First Incense on Buddhas’ Birthdays, Continuous Offering of Incense Is Necessary To Avoid Attracting Foreign Spirits
The Ideal Number of Little Houses To Be Offered for a Toddler on Usual and Special Days
Is It Advisable for Critically-Ill Patients To Recite Additional Lifo on Special Days?
Offering of the First and Subsequent Incense on a Mini Buddhist Altar on Buddhas’ Birthdays
Wei Tuo Bodhisattva’s Words of Advice for Volunteers at Dharma Conventions and Other Related Questions
Master Lu’s Words of Advice on Wei Tuo Bodhisattva’s Birthday
Out of His Universal Love for Sentient Beings, the Buddha Renounces the World To Find the Path to Liberation
The Significance of the Lantern Festival From the Metaphysical Perspective
Extraordinary Scenes of Heaven on the Lantern Festival
The Saying About “Do Not Have Hair Cut in the First Lunar Month”
Is It Fine To Wash Hair on the 1st and 15th Days of the Lunar Month?
Questions Regarding the Recitation of the Eighty-Eight Buddhas Great Repentance on the Eve and First Day of Chinese New Year (Wenda20140126B 22:41)
Things To Know About the Jade Emperor’s Birthday Which Falls on the Ninth Day of the First Lunar Month
Which Period of a Month Should Little Houses To Resolve Conflicts With Tai Sui Bodhisattva Be Offered?
In the Year When Your Zodiac Conflicts With Tai Sui Bodhisattva, the Weekly Offering of Little Houses To Pray for Safety Should Continue as per Normal
The Recitation of Little Houses for Karmic Creditor and To Resolve Conflict With Tai Sui Bodhisattva Should Be Performed Alternately
Chinese New Year: Things You Should Know About Red Packets
In the Absence of a Buddhist Altar, One Should Not Recite Buddhist Scriptures Until Wee Hours of the First Day of Lunar New Year
Avoid Doing Laundry on the First Day of Lunar New Year
Things To Note When Paying Respect to the Deceased During Lunar New Year
You May Vow To Recite 10,000 Times of Xiao Zai Ji Xiang Shen Zhou in Times of Conflicts With Tai Sui Bodhisattva
Recite More Eighty-Eight Buddhas Great Repentance During Year End as It Helps Eliminate Substantial Karmic Obstacles
Scattered Foreign Spirits Will Demand for Their Karmic Dues During the Year End Period
Amitabha Buddha’s Words of Advice To Buddhist Practitioners of Guan Yin Citta Dharma Door
Master Jun Hong Lu’s Discourse on Amitabha Buddha’s Birthday
Things To Note During the Winter Solstice Period
It Is Best To Use Date of Offering on the Self-Cultivation Record Form of the Eighty-Eight Buddhas Great Repentance (LIFO)
Prayer Request When Offering the Self-Cultivation Record Form of the Eighty-Eight Buddhas Great Repentance (Lifo)
Is Winter Solstice Celebrated as a New Year in the Underworld?
Should One Celebrate His Birthday if It Falls on Winter Solstice?
Why Do We Eat Dumplings and Glutinous Rice Balls During Winter Solstice?
Is There a Difference Between Little Houses Offered During Winter Solstice and Those Offered on Regular Days?
It Is Best To Start Offering Little Houses a Week Before Winter Solstice to the Actual Day
It Is Best To Offer More Than 49 Little Houses to Your Karmic Creditors During the Winter Solstice Period
21 Is the Base Number of Little Houses To Be Offered to the Deceased in General
Lodging the Application for Change of Name on the Day of Winter Solstice
It Is Best To Move House After the Winter Solstice
Criteria To Perform All-Night Recitation After Offering First Incense on Winter Solstice
Daily Recitation of the Amitabha Pure Land Rebirth Mantra During the Winter Solstice Period Can Be Regarded as Part of the Vow of 10,000 Repetitions One Makes
Pregnant Women May Offer No More Than 49 Little Houses to Each Deceased Person, as well as Karmic Creditors on Winter Solstice
Women Who Have Yet To Reach the First Trimester of Their Pregnancy Can Recite Three Batches of 108 Repetitions of the Amitabha Pure Land Rebirth Mantra Each Daily During the Winter Solstice Period
The Additional Amitabha Pure Land Rebirth Mantra Recited During Menstruation Can Be Regarded as Part of the Add-on Recitation Performed During the Winter Solstice Period
Can We Recite More Amitabha Pure Land Rebirth Mantra for Babies From Winter Solstice to the Third Day of Lunar New Year?
Children Must Be at Least 12 To Recite the Three Batches of the Amitabha Pure Land Rebirth Mantra Daily From Winter Solstice to the Third Day of Lunar New Year
The Recitation of the Amitabha Pure Land Rebirth Mantra From Winter Solstice to the Third Day of Lunar New Year (Wenda20181209A 00:47)
The Significance of Solar Terms From a Metaphysical Perspective
Be Prepared in Advance for Winter Solstice
Do Not Move House by up to a Month After Chong Yang Festival
The Significance of “Height Ascending” During the Chong Yang Festival
Vows That One Can Make During the Chong Yang Festival
It Is Not Advisable To Have Renovation on Chong Yang Festival
Is It Alright To Recite the Combination of Mantras Meant for Chong Yang Festival on Normal Days?
Question Pertaining to the Recitation of the Ru Yi Bao Lun Wang Tuo Luo Ni and the Great Compassion Mantra on Chong Yang Festival
Why Are We Allowed To Recite 63 Times of the Eighty-Eight Buddhas Great Repentance on Chong Yang Festival?
The Meaning of Chong Yang Festival
The Significance of Chong Yang Festival
The Significance of Mid-Autumn Festival
Words of Advice for Buddhist Practitioners in the Upcoming Mid-Autumn Festival
Is It Appropriate To Hang Decorative Lanterns During Mid-Autumn Festival Event?
It Is Best To Refrain From Any Evil Thoughts or Deeds on the 15th Day of the 8th Lunar Month
Bodhisattvas Will Visit the Human Realm on Mid-Autumn Festival – A Solar Term Recognised by Heaven and Earth
Avoid Buying Shoes During the 7th Lunar Month
When Paying Respect to the Deceased on Special Occasions, Is It Alright To Burn Little Houses for Them Without Displaying Their Photos?
Stay Upbeat During the Ullambana Festival; Spirits Are Easily Attracted to Those Who Are Sad or Worried
Avoid Having a Haircut During Periods of Mourning
Paying Respect to the Deceased During the Ullambana, Ching Ming, and Winter Solstice Festivals
How Should We Deal With Fruit Offerings to the Deceased?
It Is Not Advisable To Set up a Buddhist Altar During the Ullambana Festival; Exercise Greater Care When Performing Life Liberation During This Period
Avoid Home Renovation on the 15th Day of the 7th Lunar Month
It Is Best To Offer More Little Houses to the Karmic Creditors of the House When Moving House in the 7th Lunar Month
How Does the 15th Day of the 7th Lunar Month Differ From the 15th of the Other Lunar Months?
It Is Best To Set a Targeted Number of Little Houses To Be Offered to a Specific Ancestor During the Ullambana Festival
Do Not Hold Weddings on the Dragon Boat, Ching Ming, Ullambana and the Winter Solstice Festivals
Start Offering 49 Little Houses a Month Prior to the Ullambana Festival
Do Not Change Beds During the 7th Lunar Month; Exercise Caution When Calling One’s Soul Back
Ways To Handle the Portrait of a Deceased After Third Death Anniversary
Recite More Little Houses and the Great Compassion Mantra During the Ullambana Festival
It Is Not Advisable To Lodge an Application for Change of Name on the 15th Day of the 7th Lunar Month
Tooth Extraction During the Ullambana Festival
Offer Little Houses to the Deceased on the 15th Day of the 7th Lunar Month
How Many Little Houses Are Needed To Ensure Our Safety During the Ullambana Festival?
Performing Virtuous Deeds on Behalf of the Deceased and the Related Prayer Request for the Transfer of Merits
Things To Be Aware of During the Ullambana Festival
Master Lu’s Guidance on the Ullambana Festival
Would the Burning of Joss Papers by Others Affect the Little Houses Offered to the Deceased?
The Issue of Catching a Cold or Fever Before the Ullambana Festival
Adjustment to the Recitation of Buddhist Scriptures During the Ullambana Festival
It Is Not Appropriate To Wish Others ‘Happiness’ During the Dragon Boat or Ching Ming Festivals
It Is More Efficacious To Perform Recitation During the 24 Solar Terms and the First and Fifteenth of Each Lunar Month
Avoid Major Undertakings in the Fifth Lunar Month
Is It Appropriate To Celebrate Traditional Festivals Within One Year of Family Members’ Passing?
Recite 10,000 Times of the Mantra To Untie Karmic Knots Before Undergoing Surgery in the Fifth Lunar Month
It Is a Good Practice To Prostrate and Recite More Heart Sutra Before and After the Dragon Boat Festival and Other Solar Terms
How the Human Body Regulates Itself During the Fifth Lunar Month – The “Month of Poison”
Prayer Request When Paying Respect to Ancestors
Do Not Leave the Memorial Tablets of the Deceased on the Offering Table for a Prolonged Period
It Is Not Advisable To Set up the Buddhist Altar on Ching Ming Festival
Avoid Setting up the Buddhist Altar on Ching Ming Festival, Winter Solstice or Zhong Yuan Festival
Should We Offer Little Houses in Front of the Deceased’s Tablets or the Buddhist Altar on the Day of Ching Ming Festival?
What Should We Do if We Have To Leave Our Home Empty Due to Business Trips During Ching Ming or Zhong Yuan Festivals?
It Is Not Advisable To Perform the Calling of One’s Soul During the Period Before and After Ching Ming Festival
Can We Offer Flowers and Alcoholic Drinks When Paying Respect to the Deceased?
It Is Advisable To Wear Plain Clothes to the Cemetery To Perform Tomb Sweeping During Ching Ming Festival
Do Not Bring Home Any of the Offerings to the Deceased; How Should We State Our Prayer When Offering Little Houses to the Deceased in Front of Their Graves?
How Many Days Before Ching Ming Festival Is It Most Appropriate To Perform Tomb Sweeping?
Reasons for Not Being Able To Perform Recitation, and Why Illness Makes a Comeback During Ching Ming Festival, Zhong Yuan Festival or Winter Solstice
Performing Recitation on the Lantern Festival
The Efficacy of Little Houses Offered on the Lantern Festival Differs From Those Offered on Normal Days
Which Buddhist Scriptures Should We Step up Our Recitation on the Lantern Festival?
Chinese New Year Decorations Can Be Taken Down After the 15th Day of Lunar New Year
It Is Best To Adopt a Vegetarian Diet on the Fifth Day of the Lunar New Year, the Day When the Bodhisattva of Wealth Brings Good Fortune
Increase the Recitation of the Xiao Zai Ji Xiang Shen Zhou During the First Lunar Month
All Buddhas and Bodhisattvas Gather at the Southern Heavenly Gate on the First Day of Lunar New Year
Important Prayer When Offering the First Incense on the Night of Chinese New Year’s Eve
Chinese New Year Dos and Don’ts
Outings on the First Day of Lunar New Year
Questions Regarding the Recitation of the Eighty-Eight Buddhas Great Repentance on the Eve and First Day of Chinese New Year (Wenda20140131 39:37)
Why Playing Card Games and Mahjong Are Inadvisable
We Can Put Forth a Prayer Request Targeting at Our Ill Health When Reciting the Eighty-Eight Buddhas Great Repentance on the Eve and First Day of Lunar New Year
The Custom of Not Sweeping the Floor on the First Day of Lunar New Year
No Particular Auspicious Dates To Observe for the Commencement of Business or Work During Chinese New Year
Which Aspect of Our Karmic Obstacles Should We Seek Repentance on When Reciting the Eighty-Eight Buddhas Great Repentance on the First Day of Lunar New Year?
On the First Day of Lunar New Year, Do Not Focus on Reciting a Specific Buddhist Scripture; It Is Beneficial To Recite All of Them
It Is Best To Perform More Recitation for Oneself on the First Day of Lunar New Year as the Energy Derived From Your Recitation Is Three Times More Powerful
Pre-Chinese New Year Etiquettes
The Chinese Character 福 (Fu) Should Not Be Pasted Upside Down
Recite More Eighty-Eight Buddhas Great Repentance (LIFO) and Other Scriptures Before the Year Ends as It Is Able to Eliminate Substantial Karmic Obstacles; Things to Observe on the First Day of Lunar New Year
Tidying and Cleaning up Should Be Performed Before the Eve of Lunar New Year; This Also Applies To Having a Haircut
Discourse on Buddhas’ or Bodhisattvas’ Birthdays
Discourse on Mid-Autumn Festival
Are There Karmic Ramifications if We Regift Alcohol or Cigarettes?
It Is Best Not To Give Alcohol or Cigarettes as New Year Gifts
Should Little House Be Offered on the Eve or the First Day of Lunar New Year
How Should We Resolve a Conflict With Tai Sui Bodhisattva; About the Bodhisattvas Worshipped by Guan Yin Citta Practitioners
Winter Solstice 2020: Quantity of the Eighty-Eight Buddhas Great Repentance and Little Houses That Can Be Recited
Special Note on the Birthday of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva
As There’s No 30th Day on the Seventh Lunar Month in Year 2020, Which Day Shall We Regard as the Birthday of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva?
The Ullambana Festival: Recitation of Eighty-Eight Buddhas Great Repentance and Offering of Little Houses
The Maximum Number of Little Houses That Can Be Offered on the Enlightenment Day of Guan Yin Bodhisattva and the Birthday of Mahasthamaprapta Bodhisattva
Q&A 173. Dragon Boat Festival (Duanwu Festival)
Dragon Boat Festival: Recitation of Eighty-Eight Buddhas Great Repentance and Offering of Little Houses
The Key To Effective Prayer
Amitabha Buddha Birthday (12 December 2019)
Special Note on the Birthday of Mahasthamaprapta Bodhisattva and Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva
What Is the Significance of the Dragon Boat Festival?
On the 1st Day of Lunar New Year: Regarding Recitation of Gong de Bao Shan Shen Zhou and How To Make the Relevant Prayer Request
Question: For the Mid-Autumn Festival Tomorrow, May We Recite 27 or 49 Times of the Eighty-Eight Buddhas Great Repentance?
Things To Note When Performing Life Liberation on the Ullambana Festival (Zhong Yuan Festival)
Latest Discourse by Guan Yin Bodhisattva: On the Enlightenment Day of Guan Yin Bodhisattva, You May Recite up to 3 Batches (Comprise of 25 in Each Batch) of Eighty-Eight Buddhas Great Repentance (Total of 75) – Each Batch Is To Go With 7 Little Houses
Recite Additional Heart Sutra and the Great Compassion Mantra During the Lantern (Yuanxiao) Festival
Do’s and Dont’s on the First and Fifteenth Day of the Lunar Calendar Month
Performing Recitation and Offering Incense on the Eve of September 19th on Lunar Calendar (The Renunciation Day of Guan Yin Bodhisattva)
Pray for Peace and Reunification During the Mid-Autumn Festival, Avoid Any Act of Killing
Things To Note on Guan Yin Bodhisattva’s Enlightenment Day
Serving Non-Vegetarian Dishes at a Wedding Banquet – How To Minimise the Repercussions to the Newlyweds
Wedding and Burial Days: Best To Choose Even and Odd Numbered Dates Respectively
Recite More Eighty-Eight Buddhas Great Repentance (LIFO) and Other Scriptures Before the Year Ends as It Is Able To Eliminate Substantial Karmic Obstacles; Things To Observe on the First Day of Lunar New Year
Little Houses for Resolving the Conflict With Tai Sui Bodhisattva Can Be Offered in Batches
Burning Little Houses To Offset Conflicts With the Tai Sui Bodhisattva
Master Jun Hong Lu’s Discourse on the Commemoration of Guan Yin Bodhisattva’s Birthday
Connection to the Heavenly Energy Is Better on the 1st and 15th Days of Lunar Months, and Other Significant Buddhism Festivals
Q&A 166. Performing recitations on Chong Yang Festival (Double Ninth Festival)
Q&A 161. Reciting the Eighty-Eight Buddhas Great Repentance on special days and Buddhist commemorative days
Q&A 141. Lantern Festival
Q&A 131. Welcoming the Bodhisattva of Wealth during Chinese New Year
Q&A 96. Offering the First Incense and performing recitations on the first day of Chinese New Year
Q&A 79. Zhong Yuan Festival (Ullambana Festival)
Q&A 75. Ancestral tablets
Q&A 54. Guan Yin Bodhisattva’s Birthday
Q&A 53. Ching Ming (Tomb-sweeping) Festival
Q&A 31. Paying respect to Buddhas and Bodhisattvas on the first day of Chinese New Year
Q&A 30. Setting off firecrackers during Chinese New Year