The Healing Festival

Complementing the year-round community services that Thekchen Choling offers in providing free traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) consultations and healing reiki sessions, the Healing Festival marks Medicine Buddha Day, Chenrezig’s Day of Enlightenment and also celebrates Arya Dzambala, an emanation of Chenrezig.

This festival, usually held in the months of October and November, facilitates healing on several levels including the mind and body.

Medicine Buddha
Prayers to Medicine Buddha create the causes for healing both in this life and in future ones as well.

In the Medicine Tantras, Shakyamuni Buddha describes Medicine Buddha as an enlightened being who has special powers of healing. The special healing blessings of Medicine Buddha may be obtained by reciting his name or mantra.

Chenrezig
The Buddha of Compassion goes by various names – “Guan Yin”, “Chenrezig” or “Avalokiteshvara” and appears in various forms such as the 4-Armed or 1000-Armed Chenrezig emanations.

Through his loving compassion and boundless great compassion, Chenrezig hears the pleas of help and heals the suffering of all sentient beings. Prayers to the compassionate Lord Chenrezig helps in transforming our deluded thoughts. With a positive mind, we can only be happier beings.

Dzambala
An emanation of Lord Chenrezig, Arya Dzambala is commonly known as a wealth deity. Whilst prayers to Dzambala create the causes for wealth, this wealth not only encompasses material wealth but includes a wealth of happiness and good health as well.

When making prayers to Dzambala, it is important to cultivate a motivation to create good conditions in our lives so that we can practice the perfection of generosity, without attachment and grasping to material wealth.

For more information of The Healing Festival, please refer to specific programme details found on our current events page. Check out the various merit accumulation opportunities that are available for you, your loved ones and even your enemies! See you soon!