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    The venue set up with offerings for the Great Prayer Festival 2019 commemorating Lama Tsongkhapa's 600th memorial anniversary at Aotea Centre in Auckland.
    Opening ceremony procession for the Great Prayer Festival inviting His Holiness the Dalai Lama and sangha on stage.
    Sangha making khata offerings to His Holiness the Dalai Lama at the Great Prayer Festival.
    Trashi Ganden Choepel Ling Tibetan Buddhist Centre director Shiong-Ming Low giving opening address at the Great Prayer Festival.
    Geshe Dhonam of Trashi Gomang Buddhist Centre giving a historical account of Lama Tsongkhapa's life at the Great Prayer Festival.
    Geshe Dhonam giving a historical account of Lama Tsongkhapa's life, with Rinchen Dhondup providing English interpretation.
    Sangha chanting during the first prayer session of the Great Prayer Festival.
    Ven. Lhagon Rinpoche of Dhargyey Buddhist Centre presiding over the assembly at the Great Prayer Festival.
    Geshe Dhonye of Dhargyey Buddhist Centre leading the prayers as chant master, with Karma Gyasey of Jam Tse Dhargyey Ling beside him at the Great Prayer Festival.
    Sangha and volunteers at the Great Prayer Festival walking to lunch.
    The first meal offered to sangha and volunteers during the Great Prayer Festival.
    Geshe Sangyey Thinley of Jam Tse Dhargyey Ling giving a summary teaching on Lama Tsongkhapa's "Three Principal Aspects of the Path," assisted by interpreter Rinchen Dhondup at the Great Prayer Festival.
    Geshe Sangyey Thinley of Jam Tse Dhargyey Ling giving a summary teaching on Lama Tsongkhapa's "Three Principal Aspects of the Path," assisted by interpreter Rinchen Dhondup at the Great Prayer Festival. Sangha listening in the background.
    Sangha on stage for a prayer session on the second day of the Great Prayer Festival.
    Sangha on stage for a prayer session on the second day of the Great Prayer Festival.
    Making offerings to the sangha at the Great Prayer Festival.
    Making offerings to the sangha at the Great Prayer Festival.
    Sponsor making offerings to sangha at the Great Prayer Festival
    Ven. Lhagon Rinpoche of Dhargyey Buddhist Centre leading the bath offering ritual at the Great Prayer Festival.
    Geshe Thupten Wangchen of Dorje Chang Institute providing a brief explanation on the meaning of the Maitreya procession at the Great Prayer Festival.
    Offerings of saffron water, flowers, incense, lights, fruit, and auspicious symbols at the Great Prayer Festival.
    Statue of Maitreya in Aotea Square waiting for the procession to begin at the Great Prayer Festival.
    The start of the Maitreya procession in Aotea Square headed by the sangha playing conch shells and cymbals at the Great Prayer Festival.
    Ven. Lhagon Rinpoche of Dhargyey Buddhist Centre leading the way for Maitreya's palanquin being carried by lay people during the procession in Aotea Square at the Great Prayer Festival.
    Sangha leading the Maitreya procession in Aotea Square at the Great Prayer Festival.
    ABOUT US

    The 2019 Great Prayer Festival was hosted by Trashi Ganden Choepel Ling, a Tibetan Buddhist centre following the Gelug lineage in Glenfield, Auckland. Gelug centres from all around the country participated, and we hope to continue the tradition of the Festival in a new  city with new hosts each year.

    VENUE

    2 & 3 November 2019
    Hunua Rooms, Aotea Centre

    Auckland CBD

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    CONTACT

    E-mail: tgcling@gmail.com

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