CandleNight@Terra: A Series of Chanting and Candle Vigil in Japanese Temples for the Peace in Tibet and on the Earth
▼△▼The Third CandleNight@TERRA at Ryokusenji Temple in Asakusa▼△▼
#Date & Timing:
17:00-20:30 on Saturday, 13 September 2008
#Place: Ryokusenji Temple, 3 min. walk from Subway Ginza Line Tawaramachi Stn.
The temple is close to famous Kappabashi shopping area for wax sample foods and kitchen tools.
#Events：
Litting candles in the prayer hall, Address by the Advocate, Ms Izumi Umeno
Buddhist prayers both in Tibetan and Japanese (Mr. Kunchok of Potala College leads the chanting)
Talk on the recent Tibet situation by the editor of Buddhist Magazine, Jippo
Concluding remarks by Ven. Kakuho Aoe of Ryokusenji Temple
#Admission: Free
#Photos of the previous event: http://nekomimi.la.coocan.jp/free_tibet/ft080510/index.htm
#Organizer: CandleNight@TERRA Organizing Committee
#Supporters: Tibet Support Network Japan (TSNJ)
IBA
What is "CandleNight@TERRA"?
To remember the sufferings and the lives lost in Tibet and to pray for the peace, Buddhist temples are the best places to do so. The Organizing Committee has been proposing the Japanese Buddhist monks and temples for their cooperation and participation in this program. "Terra" refers to temple in Japanese and the earth in Latin, as well.
Today, at this moment, still many are suffering and struggling with great difficulties in Tibet and many other places on this plannet. If you believe in the power of non-violence and wish for peace, please come join us to lit your candle for inner and outer peace, at a Japanese temple where our Buddhist tradition has been preserved for 1500 years. We also want you to start organiging this program in your nearby temples.
We look forward to seeing as many candles as possible to lit for peace at every temple in Japan, and spreading all over the world.
