Celebration of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama’s 91st Birthday

Monday, July 6
8:00am – 9:00am PDT (Pacific Daylight Time)
online

Program Category: Buddhist Prayers and Practices

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Dalai Lama
Dalai Lama, image by Christopher Michel (www.christophermichel.com)

The great festival of His Holiness the Dalai Lama's birthday is celebrated globally on July 6. This occasion serves as an international Day of Compassion, when devotees and admirers honor his legacy of nonviolence, interfaith harmony, and his lifelong work for the well-being of all sentient beings.

Please join us for this special puja to pray for His Holiness’ long life and success!

Lama Zopa Rinpoche offered advice on how to celebrate His Holiness the Dalai Lama’s birthday. In the advice, Rinpoche discusses what prayers to recite and in what order, remarking that


Doing [these prayers for His Holiness the Dalai Lama] will help your practice very much; you will get the realizations of the path.

Rinpoche later requested that this advice be given to all FPMT centers, projects, and services.

FPMT International Office has collated Rinpoche’s advice into this booklet, How to Do the Great Festival of His Holiness’ Birthday in the Best Possible Way.

The practice includes some of the following prayers:


  • Prayers for the Long Life of His Holiness the Dalai Lama
  • Prayer that Spontaneously Fulfills all Wishes
  • Remembering the Kindness of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and the Tibetan People, and
  • Prayer for Tibet

The practice also includes offering a group kata to the throne of His Holiness at Vajrapani, which His Holiness taught from during his visit in 1996.

Come join us to make special prayers and dedication for His Holiness to live a very long healthy life and all His bountiful wishes to be fulfilled.

This event is hosted by Vajrapani Institute.

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