🌸 MERIT OF OFFERING FOR STUPA CONSTRUCTION ZANGDOG PALRI (THE GLORIOUS LOTUS LIGHT PALACE) PROJECT at Dudjom Tersar Monastery, Duldun Raptenling – Odisha, India 🌸

🌿 **RESPECTFULLY INVITING BUDDHIST DEVOTEES & DHARMA FRIENDS** 🌿

On the path of practice and the cultivation of merit, offering support to **build sacred stupas** is an exceptionally noble and praiseworthy act, highly praised by all Buddhas.

🏯 A **stupa** is not only a sacred symbol of the Buddhadharma, but also a place to:
• Accumulate immeasurable merit
• Sow seeds of liberation for all beings
• Generate long-lasting blessings for those who make offerings

✨ **Those who contribute to building stupas will:**
• Increase their merit and purify negative karma
• Experience peace, harmony, and favorable conditions in life
• Plant seeds of awakening across many lifetimes

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🌼 **THE MEANING OF THE 8 STUPAS** 🌼
Each stupa represents a significant event in the life of the Buddha:

1. **Birth of the Buddha**
→ Symbolizes the arising of the light of enlightenment

2. **Enlightenment of the Buddha**
→ Represents the victory over ignorance and attainment of perfect wisdom

3. **Turning the Wheel of Dharma**
→ Marks the first teaching, opening the path of practice

4. **Display of Miracles**
→ Demonstrates supreme spiritual power, strengthening faith

5. **Descent from Tushita Heaven**
→ Symbolizes filial piety after teaching the Dharma to His mother

6. **Reconciliation of the Sangha**
→ Represents harmony, purity, and unity within the monastic community

7. **Longevity of the Buddha**
→ Symbolizes the extension of life for the benefit of beings

8. **Parinirvana (Final Nirvana)**
→ Reminds us of ultimate liberation beyond birth and death

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🌿 Each stupa is not merely a physical structure, but an **infinite field of merit** for all beings.

No matter the size of the offering, all contributions:
👉 Plant wholesome seeds
👉 Accumulate immeasurable merit
👉 Dedicate blessings for oneself and one’s family

🙏 We sincerely invite all devotees and benefactors to join in making offerings, contributing to the construction of these stupas—creating a place of pure practice and long-lasting benefit for future generations.

💛 Every offering, large or small, is deeply precious and worthy of praise.
Devotees may sponsor a full stupa or offer according to their capacity.

**Donation details:**
Account Name: Tran Thanh Ha
Account Number: 968950334
Bank: VIB
or payal: yeshimelong@gmail.com
🙏 May all be auspicious and blessed.
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