Shravasti Summer Retreat Food Offering

A unique merit accumulation opportunity to offer all the food for HH KYABGON CHETSANG aspiration Summer Retreat Project at Shravasti

The first retreat His Holiness organized in Shravasti, took place in 2019 with Theravada tradition monks from different countries. The second one, was this 2023, with nuns from all over the world.

This is a universal Buddhist practice, the essence of Buddhadharma.

For the following years of the Summer Retreat project in Shravasti, Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche committed with His Holiness to do the food offering for the next editions. His aspiration is to get as many sangha donors as possible to offer all the food for the monks and nuns attending the retreat and therefore, receive all the merits accomplished by this act of generosity. This is a major blessing and a lot of benefit for all the sangha donors.

45 days Summer Retreat, 108 monastics

BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI

… spent 30 years of his life in Shravasti where he did 25 times the practice of the Summer Retreat for the monks. He used his miracle powers to subdue the Tritikas so that this event could happen.

HH Kyabgon Chetsang

… built the Three Yanas Temple, in Shravasti with the vision to restore Buddha Shakyamuni’s Summer Retreat tradition.

The first retreat His Holiness organized in Shravasti took place in 2019 with Theravada tradition monks from different countries. The second one, was this 2023, with nuns from all over the world.

This is a universal Buddhist practice, the essence of Buddhadharma.

For the following years of the Summer Retreat project in Shravasti, Khenpo Samdup Rinpoche committed with His Holiness to do the food offering for the next editions. His aspiration is to get as many sangha donors as possible to offer all the food for the monks and nuns attending the retreat and therefore, receive all the merits accomplished by this act of generosity. This is a major blessing and a lot of benefit for all the sangha donors.

SOME HISTORY

One of Buddha’s disciples, Moggallana, while practicing, saw his mother who had recently passed away, deeply suffering in the hungry ghosts realm. Buddha told him he could help his mother by offering food to the monks so they could do dedications to her.

He did so, and due to his merit, the power of the sangha, and the power of dedication, they could liberate his mother.

The idea of this project is to support the parents for everything they have given to us and do merit accumulation for the benefit of them and every being.

Now we have this opportunity along with the vision and blessings of HH Kyabgon Chetsang, anyone who wants to offer to this project will be able to.