GY301 Collective Offering to the Auspiciously Adorned Mandala

 ◈ By gathering the collective karmic forces of all participants, an exquisitely adorned mandala is established as an offering to Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva (Guanyin), with the aspiration that it may delight the Bodhisattva and receive compassionate blessings.

💫 Merits of the Offering
The Sutra of Past and Present Cause and Effect states:
“Among all fields of merit, the Buddha-field is supreme. If one seeks great fruition, one should make offerings to the Buddha-field.”
Offering exquisite and auspicious objects to the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas leads to rebirth in noble and virtuous families in both heavenly and human realms, with complete enjoyment, abundance, prosperity, and auspiciousness.
🪔 Offering jeweled adornments: one is born into noble and virtuous families, endowed with abundant worldly and Dharma wealth.
🪔 Offering fragrant vegetarian meals: accumulates vast merit, ensuring abundance in clothing and food.
🪔 Offering incense and flowers: results in a pure, dignified, and beautifully adorned appearance.
🪔 Offering fresh fruits: brings peace, joy, and swift attainment of Buddhahood.
🪔 Offering scented flowers and water: symbolizes purification of the mind, removing defilements, and cultivating a fragrant, peaceful body and mind.

💫 Supporting the construction of the temple, allowing the True Dharma to endure and spread far and wide.

💫 Blessings & Dedication
🪔 Monastery will prepare a Collective Offering Auspicious Mandala Grand Plaque on behalf of the donors, respectfully placed before the Buddhas for blessings.
🪔 A Light of Blessings Lamp will be offered for one day, praying for the constant protection and blessings of the Triple Gem.
🪔 Sponsors may collect blessed items from the counter on the day.
🪔 With the profound merits of this puja, dedication is made for the donor: “Through this recitation, offerings to the Buddhas, and Sangha Dana, may the boundless merits be dedicated to the removal of all karmic, illness, and obstructing demons. May all favorable conditions increase, all obstacles to learning the Dharma be purified, present-life blessings flourish immediately, and in future lives, may food, clothing, and resources be abundant. May you always be embraced by the Triple Gem in every life.”