Dear Dharma Friends,

The 2026 Ullambana Festival (the month of filial piety) is approaching soon. To emulate the Arhat Maudgalyayana’s memorialization of his mother and promote the virtue of filial piety and repaying kindness, Hsi Lai Temple will be conducting theFilial Piety Emperor Liang Repentance Dharma Servicefrom Aug 9–Aug 16and the Yogacara Offering Service on Jul 19& Aug 16. Merits gained from these Dharma services will be dedicated to the ancestors and departed loved ones so that they may be reborn in the Buddha’s pure land. This is also a good opportunity to repent transgressions, purify the mind, and nurture wisdom.

The annual Sangha Day is also approaching. According to the Buddhist tradition, one may cultivate tremendous merits by making offerings to the Sangha, and practice filial piety by dedicating the merits to their parents and ancestors, and to all the sentient beings. The best way to make offerings to the Triple Gem and support the monastery is to make offerings to the monastic community rather than to just one person or a small number of people; to make offerings for the entire year rather than for only one meal; to make offering consistently rather than just for the present. In this way, one is supporting the Sangha and helping them practice and spread Buddhism, and therefore make this practice with deepened meaning. To thank all the devotees and Dharma friends for their kind support, Hsi Lai Temple will conduct a Yogacara Offering Service in the afternoon of Sangha Day for them.

In addition, during the entire seventh lunar month (from August 13 to September 10), the monastics will lead devotees to chant the Ksitigarbha Sutra every morning and evening in the Main Shrine and dedicate all merits to the devotees and benefactors’ loved ones. You and your family are most welcome to attend the services and share in the Dharma joy.

May the Triple Gem bless you and your family!

Yours in the Dharma,
Fo Guang Shan Hsi Lai Temple


Date
Wednesday, 8/13 ~ Sunday, 9/10

Offering to the Sangha
(1) Initiator　(2) Robe　(3) Food　(4) Medicine　(5) Open donation

>> Please Click to Register Offerings to the Sangha