Chotrul Düchen (Festival of the Buddha’s Great Miracles)

Chotrül Düchen (Festival of the Buddha’s Great Miracles) 
Tuesday, March 7, starting at 11 am

Brief description of Chotrul Düchen:

Chotrül Düchen — “Festival of (Buddha Śākyamuni’s) Miracles” — is one of the four great deeds and four great Buddhist festivals. It occurs on the fifteenth day of the first Tibetan month. The first fifteen days of the year celebrate the fifteen days during which, in Śrāvasti, the historical Buddha Śākyamuni displayed a different miracle every day to increase the merit and the devotion of present and future disciples and sentient beings, helping them to attain great advancement. This festival is therefore also called Chonga Chöpa (Tib. cho lnga mchod pa = 15th offering). Therefore, during this time, it is believed that the effects of both positive and negative actions are multiplied ten million times.