Ceremonies
Seasonal pujas and merit ceremonies in the True Buddha School tradition.
01 — WHAT A CEREMONY IS
Ceremonies, or pujas, are the formal communal rituals through which Buddhist communities mark sacred times, honour the lineage, and accumulate merit on behalf of all beings. In Vajrayana, a ceremony is not a performance to be observed but a field to be entered — the chants, the offerings, the visualizations, and the presence of the assembled practitioners together create a sacred space in which blessing and prayer converge.
The ceremonies at Veil Parasol Temple follow the True Buddha School tradition transmitted by Living Buddha Lian-sheng, each led by the temple master with the assembled sangha joining in chanting, visualization, and dedication of merit. Every detail — the mandala, the mantra, the mudra, the substance offerings — carries meaning transmitted through centuries of unbroken lineage.
02 — THE YEAR’S CEREMONIES
Held at fixed dates through the year
Chinese New Year
Opening the year with blessing and the accumulation of merit.
Qingming
Ancestral remembrance — dedicating merit to departed relatives.
Buddha’s Birthday
Honouring the Buddha in the fourth lunar month.
Ullambana
In the seventh month, for the liberation of suffering beings.
Year-end
The year-end accumulation and dedication of merit.
A LARGER FIELD
Your wish, gathered with many
A ceremony differs from individual practice in that personal intention is offered into a much larger field. A practitioner who attends with a particular wish — for a sick relative, a difficult family situation, the deceased — finds that wish gathered into the collective merit of the entire assembly and dedicated alongside hundreds of other intentions, carrying weight beyond what any individual could generate alone.