BUDDHA PURNIMA PROGRAMME IN KALIMPONG 

FROM 15-17 MAY, 2011

THREE DAYS’ PROGRAM SCHEDULE

FOR

BUDDHA JAYANTI CELEBRATION

Shri Diwakar Buddhist Institute

11th Mile

 Kalimpong

                                 May 15 - 17, 2011                                                                                                                                                1st day : 15/05/2011

TIME:                                      Morning Program :               

08-09:30 AM :                         Praise to Buddha and the Sixteen Arhats

10-11:30 AM :                         Manjushree Puja

                                                 Afternoon Program:

01:30-03 PM :                          Aspiration Prayers (Monlam)

03:30-05:30 PM :                     Teachings by His Holiness the 17th Gyalwa Karmapa

                                                 Evening Program:

05:30-06:30 PM:                      Mahakala Puja

                                  2nd day : 16/05/2011

                                                 Morning Program:

07-08:30 AM:                          Praise to Buddha and the Sixteen Arhats

09-11:30 AM:                          Graduation ceremony at Shri Diwakar Vihara (second generation of graduates)

                                                 Afternoon Program:

01:30-03 PM :                          Symbolic reading of the holy Kagyur

03:30-5:30 PM:                        Teachings by His Holiness the 17th Gyalwa Karmapa

                                                 Evening Program:

05:30-06:30 PM                       Mahakal Puja

                                  3rd day : 17/05/2011

                                                 Morning Program:

06:30-07:30 AM :                    Praise to Buddha and the Sixteen Arhats

08-09 AM :                              Preparation for the Procession

09 - 11:30 AM :                       Buddha Purnima Procession for world peace (Chokor)

                                                Afternoon Program:

01:30 PM :                               Initiation of Buddha Amitayus by His Holiness the 17th Gyalwa Karmapa

                                                 and Mandala Offering to His Holiness by the first generation of graduates from Shri                                                                 Diwakar Vihara

                                                 Evening Program:

05:00 PM :                               Mahakala Puja

07-09:00 PM :                          Religious debate between

                                                 Shri Diwakar Buddhist Institute in Kalimpong                                                                                                                                                                              and

                                                 Vikrama Shila Buddhist Institute in Pokhara, Nepal.