THE KAGYUR and TENGYUR PROCESSION

The holiest of Saka Dawa is the full moon day, the 15^th day of the month which is associated with Buddha’s birth, enlightenment and parinirvana. This year it fell on 17^th June. Unlike last year this year the cultural committee of the school organized the Kagyur and Tengyur procession around Dzongsar Monastery. On this sacred day the students of class 7 to 10 carried the holy Kagyur scriptures on their shoulders and started the sacred procession from the school gate to Dzongsar Monastery chanting “Jangchup Semchok Rinpoche” They circumambulated the monastery with the holy scriptures. It was a holy march and everyone felt blessed.

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KAGYUR READING

Saka Dawa is considered the most sacred Tibetan Buddhist festival celebrating Lord Buddha’s birth, enlightenment and parinirvana.  Saka Dawa is called the meritorious month. In Tibetan Dawa means “month” while Saka means the name of  the closet star to the earth. In this month any good deeds performed  are rewarded with one hundred million times merits. It falls in the fourth month in the Tibetan Lunar Calender.

To commemorate this holy month the cultural committee of the school organized Kagyur Reading on 12^th and 13^th June at Lother Hall. According to an internet site “Kangyur” is the translated words of the Buddha. It is the entire collection of texts regarded as “Buddhavacana” or “Buddha word,”  translated into Tibetan. The texts are considered to be “Buddha word” are records not only of the Buddha’s own discourses, but also of teachings and explanations given by others – often by his close disciples with his approval, or by other enlightened beings. Also included are systematic compilations of the Buddha’s pronouncements on particular topics, eg. the rules of monastic discipline in the Vinaya texts

The teachers and the students above class 7 assembled in the hall to read the holy scriptures. ( Kagyur )  The students of class 3 to 6 recited prayers at their respective classes and class 1 and 2 students chanted the mantra “Om Mani Padme Hun” at their homes led by their home mothers. The stage was decorated with religious symbols, decked with butter lamps and tsoks. Refreshments like tea, juice, hot water, bun, biscuit and samosa were served for all. Everyone got an opportunity to earn merits and felt blessed on this auspicious month.  

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KAGYUR READING

Kagyur Reading in progress.

Saka Dawa is the most sacred Buddhist festival. It falls on the fourth month in the Tibetan Lunar calendar. This is the month to earn merits as it is believed that one merits is equal to one hundred thousand times. Monasteries were flocked around by people to pray and recite scriptures. It is the month where every Buddhist gets engrossed in the spiritual atmosphere.

Kagyur Reading in progress.

Likewise in our school on 22^nd may to 23 may we have KAGYUR READING? Every students and teachers participate in the reading.  Every year we have the reading in the class but this year we saw some difference. Reading the scripture is same but the place was different.

This year the KAGYUR Reading was held in the school Loter hall.  There was a feel of spiritual atmosphere in the whole school.  The stage was decked with Thanga, butter lamp; colorful tables etc. to get ready us all ready to read the scripture.  In the classes we can hear junior classes reciting the prayer and then at homes we can hear small children reciting mantra OM MANI PAD ME HUN.

Tea and snacks were distributed in abundant to the whole school. Everyone felt blessed on those special days. Keep on earning merits!!!!!! God Bless

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Kagyur Reading

As per Buddhist calendar, every fourth month is observed as ‘Saka Dawa’ which began from 26 May 2017. It is one of the most sacred Buddhist festivals in which we celebrate the birth, enlightenment and death of Buddha Shakyamuni. The merits of any good deeds that you perform during this month are considered to be multiplied as one hundred thousand times and vice versa.

So every year during this month we do ‘Kangyur’ reading for two days which means we do reading of the Tibetan Buddhist sacred texts to remove and protect ourselves from all evil and bad spirits and most importantly purify one’s own mind and deeds. ‘Kangyur’ or ‘Translated Words’ consists of work in about 108 volumes supposed to have spoken by the Buddha himself.

The Staff read the scriptures in the school chapel where as the students above class 7 read them in their own respective classes. The main organizer of this event is the school Cultural Committee who shoulders the responsibilities of the refreshment and all.

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KAGYUR READING

As a Buddhist we must have knowledge of reading our Buddhist scripture. So, the cultural committees of T.C.V Chauntra organized Kagyur reading for the purpose of prevailing peace for all the sentient beings on this Earth and longevity of His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Starting from 7.30 am to1.20 p.m, all the students from class 7-10 gathered at their respective class room to read Kagyur Rinpoche and other teacher were gathered at School temple to continue reading the same scripture. Junior Section students gathered at Loder hall to recite Mantra (OM MANI PADME HUM) which took two days. At last this Kagyur reading was successful and good deeds obtained by the staff and the students of this school will be forever cherished.

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Ka-Gyur Reading

Forth Month of the Tibetan Calendar is religiously believed to be significant and auspicious month in a year. There in this month four among the twelve auspicious and significant days coincide such as the birth anniversary, the day of enlightenment and the death anniversary of the Lord Buddha. The month particularly by Buddhists all over the globe believes sacred and popularly celebrates the month as Saka Dawa. Performance of religious rituals such as reciting mantras, circumambulating monasteries, going vegetarian and being more compassionate and many more are practiced throughout the month.

Here in our school the religious and cultural committee organizes two days Ka-gyur reading once in a year during Saka Dawa and this year they organized the program on 21st and 22nd May respectively. Both students and teachers had a meaningful time reading Ka-gyur for world peace and long life of His Holiness the XIVth Dalai Lama and immediately for the people of Nepal for their quick recovery from both mental and physical traumas after the recent Earthquake.

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