MAHAMUDRA
CENTRE FOR UNIVERSAL UNITY
Mon, 28 Jul
|Mahamudra Centre for Universal Unity
Chokhor Duchen
Celebrates the Buddha's first teaching at Deer Park in Sarnath, India. It is a day when the karmic results are multiplied by 300 million times.
Time & Location
28 Jul 2025, 5:00 am – 9:00 pm
Mahamudra Centre for Universal Unity, 2183 Colville Road, Colville 3584, New Zealand
About the event
All Welcome
Join us for a meaningful day of practice to commemorate Chokhor Duchen, one of the four major holy days in the Tibetan Buddhist calendar. This sacred day celebrates the Buddha’s first teaching after his enlightenment — the turning of the Wheel of Dharma — at Deer Park in Sarnath, India.
According to Buddhist tradition, the karmic effects of actions performed on this day are multiplied by 300 million times, making it an especially powerful time to engage in virtue, prayer, and dedication.
Program for the Day:
5:00am – Taking the Mahayana Precepts & Prostrations
9:00am – Recitation of the Great Liberation Sutra