🔶 Understanding Manjushri Bodhisattva
Manjushri Bodhisattva, Sanskrit Mañjuśrī, meaning “Wonderful Auspiciousness,” is revered as the Teacher of All Buddhas. Throughout this Fortunate Aeon, every Buddha arouses the Bodhi Resolve through Manjushri’s guidance. Together with Samantabhadra Bodhisattva, he supports Shakyamuni Buddha and is honored as one of the “Three Saints of the Avatamsaka.”
🔶 Vast Aspirations of Great Compassion
In ancient times, Je Tsongkhapa—regarded as an emanation of Manjushri—performed magnificent offerings, praying for the Buddhadharma to flourish and remain long in the world. Today, we disciples follow the footsteps of the great masters: with sincere devotion, we make offerings and generate vast aspirations for the prosperity of the sacred teachings. Through this profound merit, may we plant the seeds to encounter the authentic Dharma, meet qualified spiritual masters, perfect both study and realization, and uphold the complete teachings of the Buddha.
🔶 Merits of the Lantern Festival
🪔 Offer Ten Thousand Lamps — pray for wisdom and generate great aspirations
🪔 Visit the Je Tsongkhapa Educational Exhibition — reflect on the kindness of our lineage masters
🪔 Make offerings of an exquisite Great Mandala Plate — accumulate boundless merit and wisdom
🪔 Circumambulate the majestic Great Mahayana Scriptures Stupa — pray for the swift realization of emptiness
🔶 Event Details
Date: 20–21 December 2025 (Two Days)
Venue: Ban Foo Monastery (Ulu Tiram, Johor)
✨ Lighting Hours
Day 1 — 20 Dec (Sat): 10am–5pm
Day 2 — 21 Dec (Sun): 10am–3pm
🌳 Merits Dedicated to Donors and Their Families:
“May your household be blessed with peace and auspiciousness; may you enjoy physical and mental well-being; may all illnesses, obstacles, and afflictions be purified. May this life be long and filled with a hundred blessings; and in future lives, may you enjoy heavenly or human rebirth, endowed with wealth, virtue, abundant resources, dignified appearance, and the love of all beings. May you always be protected by the Triple Gem, give rise to the Bodhi Mind, possess all conducive conditions for learning and practicing the true Dharma, perfect merit and wisdom, and swiftly achieve Buddhahood.”
🍃 We warmly invite all devotees to join us—may we share in the Dharma’s blessings and grow in merit and wisdom together!
📝 Online offering deadline:
17 December 2025 (Wednesday), 9:00 PM
📝 For dedication names and engraving names that do not follow the required format, Ban Foo Monastery reserves the right to make the final decision.
📝 Any remaining balance will be used to support temple construction and Dharma activities, continuously generating merit.
