Let’s Brighten Up Our World!
让我们一起点亮世界吧！
Each Vesak Day, our temple will facilitate the offering of “Merit Lanterns” and lighting up of lotus candles to enable our members and devotees to generate merits by making a voluntary donation to help run the temple and its charitable activities.
每逢卫塞节，巴礼莱佛寺将为佛友点亮福德灯及莲花烛、以便佛友祈福。通过佛友的随喜布施，所有的捐款将有助于寺庙的日常运作。
The Merit Lanterns will be hung up in the main shrine hall along with the identities of the donors or those to whom the donors wish to dedicate the merits. This is symbolic of the presence of the donor in our main shrine hall, joining the daily morning and evening chanting sessions, partaking of the dedications of merits every day. Merits are dedicated by the Sangha each time they gather for the morning and evening chanting and this engenders the blessing of our donors during the period in which the lanterns are hung up.
捐赠者可为福德灯写上受益者的姓名。随后，附有姓名的福德灯将会被挂置在大殿里。这具有象征意义的供养如同受益者每天都参与巴礼莱佛寺的早课和晚课，并从僧团回向的功德中受惠。
The lighting up of lanterns and candles symbolize the opening of our sight in a darkened room whenever light is brought to it. Similarly, the teachings of the Buddha enable us to open our hearts and minds to the realities of existence, of stress/suffering and their root causes. With this understanding and by following the Buddha’s Noble Eightfold Path of practice, we will then be able to overcome all stress and suffering and eventually attain release from repeated rounds of births, suffering and death.
点灯犹如一道光普照着黑暗的房间。同样的，佛陀的智慧与教导使我们敞开心扉面对并且接受现实存在的苦及其根源。带着对八正道的信心与理解，我们将能克服人生所有的苦，并最终从生死轮回中解脱。
This year, we will be enabling the submission of these donations electronically. Members and devotees can make use the online forms to submit the details of your donations to the temple’s administrators. Please access the attached link https://bit.ly/2Vhq39O to obtain the instructions and forms for your donation.
今年，我们将开启以电子方式接收这些捐款。佛友能通过在线表格向寺庙管理员提交您的捐赠详情。请浏览所附连接 https://bit.ly/2Vhq39O 以获取捐赠说明和表格。
“Anumodana” for your generosity and may your act of merit be a supporting condition for your long-term welfare and happiness, freedom from stress and suffering and attainment of Awakening.
随喜您的功德。愿您的善举成为免于压力和痛苦、觉知觉醒及获得长期幸福的支持条件。
Best wishes to your good health,
The Sangha and Board of Management