Ullambana - Collective Offering of Repaying kindness & Filial Piety (Single Name)

💫 Significance of Ullambana
🌻 Even though Moggallana was foremost in possessing psychic powers, he could not save his mother from the hungry ghost realm with his powers. Buddha advised Moggallana that he could only achieve doing so through offering 4 items (food, clothings, living necessities, and medicine) in a receptacle to the Sangha on the completion day of their Vassa retreat/rain retreat.  
Moggallana followed Buddha’s advice and through the power of making offering to the Sangha, his mother was able to be reborn in Trāyastriṃśa heaven to enjoy bliss. Buddha also said that the merits accumulated from such offerings can eliminate the negative karmic sins of our current and past parents from 7 lifetimes. 
🌻 End of Vassa retreat for the Sangha is also Buddha’s day, and on this day, let’s make offering for our parents, family and ourselves during Ullambana , where offering to the Sangha in the 10 directions, the merits accumulated are limitless, in the 10 directions, repaying the kindness of our parents!
🌻 It is stated in the Ullambana sutra that, if one offers food, beddings, medicine, clothings to the limitless Sangha in the 10 directions during Ullambana, the merits accumulated through the virtues of the Sangha, it can allow one’s parents from the past 7 lifetimes, current parents, family members and relatives  to be freed from the 3 miserable realms, and also allow current lifetime parents and donors’ to have longevity and be healthy, free from sickness and worries, abundance of clothings and food, body and mind are happy and at ease. 

💫 Merits of sponsors: merits accumulated from supporting the monastery to propagate the Dharma to benefit all beings, will be dedicated to sponsors to seek blessings.

💫 Monastery will acknowledge donations by:
🌻 Offer an Ullambana receptacle containing a pack of 5 grains on behalf of donors: abundance of clothings and food every lifetime, and enjoy unlimited bliss and joy.
🌻 In addition, offering of various food items in the receptacle: will be equipped with all the smooth conditions to learn the Dharma life after life.
🌻 Exquisitely designed and crafted card for offering to the Sangha on the day of Ullambana. Name for dedication would be written and placed inside the receptacle.
🌻 Merits accumulated from recitation of Ullambana Sutra and Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva sutra, Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva Repentance, offerings to Buddha and Sangha, and all rituals from seeking blessings and departed loved ones: eliminate all karmic obstacles and obscurations, calamities for longevity, healthy body and mind, successful career, increasing wealth, prosperity and honour, all matters auspicious with increasing bliss and wisdom, meeting the Triple Gem life after life, develop spirit of enlightenment to attain Buddhahood.

💫 Note: After the Sangha has received the offerings and given blessings during the Ullambana puja on 18/08/2024, donors can come to the monastery to collect the 5 food offerings and share with family members.