Buddha Enlightenment Day

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05-01-2017
10:45am Noon Offering
08:00pm 88 Buddhas Great Repentance
*Free La Ba Congee during lunch hours

The Twelve Lunar Month is known as "La Yue". During ancient times, the most significant day of this Quarter Moon is called "La Ri" or "La Ba". In early China Qin Dynasty, public worship their ancestors, devas and deities to have good harvest and fortune on that very day.

Based on the Life of Buddha, the ascetic Sakyamuni Buddha attained enlightenment after he accepted the milk rice offered by a maiden.

Hence, it has become a custom, especially among the Chinese who will prepare congee that mixes rice with fruits, as food dana offering to The Buddha as well as devotees.