2025 Lunar New Year Obstacle Removal Ceremony & 2026 Lunar New Year Auspiciousness Receiving Ceremony
Feb 13 @ am10:00 – Feb 27 @ pm5:00 亚洲时间
February 13-27, 2026. Pre-empowerment Ceremony with Venerable Master Bao.
Zoom Live Meeting ID: 868 678 9868 Password: 334134
2025 Lunar New Year Clearing Ceremony
February 13 (Friday) Pre-empowerment Ceremony with Hayagriva (Banqiao Beizhi)
Asia Time: Friday, February 13, 2026, 10:00 AM
New Zealand: Friday, 3:00 PM
PST: Thursday, February 12, 2026, 6:00 PM
2:00 PM Torma Offering Clearing Ceremony
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February 14 (Saturday) Pre-empowerment Ceremony with Dorje Drolma Offering Clearing Ceremony (Keelung Lianyan)
Asia Time: February 14, 2026, Saturday, 10:00 AM
New Zealand: Saturday, 3:00 PM
PST: February 13, 2026, Friday, 6:00 PM
2:00 PM Great Pessimistic Bodhisattva’s Offering
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February 15 (Sunday)
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February 16 (Monday) (Lunar New Year’s Eve) Opening Ceremony Before the Lion Dakini Torma Empowerment (Taichung Miaocheng Dharma Garden)
Asian Time: February 16, 2026, Monday, 10:00 AM
New Zealand: Monday, 3:00 PM
PST: February 15, 2026 6 PM (Sunday)
2 PM (Evening)
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February 17th (Tuesday), Lunar New Year’s Day, Water Offering to the God of Wealth (Taichung Miaocheng Dharma Garden)
Asian Time: February 17th, 2026, Tuesday, 10 AM
New Zealand: Tuesday, 3 PM
PST: February 16th, 2026, Monday, 6 PM
2026 Lunar New Year Auspicious Offering Ceremony
February 17th (Lunar New Year’s Day)
5:30 AM, Offering to Samsara and Nirvana
7:30 AM, Tsog Offering (Internal)
10:00 AM Offering to the God of Wealth
4:30 PM Evening Service (Smoke Offering, Dharma Protector Offering)
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February 18th (Wednesday) (Lunar New Year’s Day) Offering to the God of Wealth and Good Fortune
10:00 AM at Huitian Zen Temple (Vajrayana School) / Noon Spring Gathering and Spring Discussion at the Zen Temple
Meeting Point:
8:30 AM at Shengang Miaocheng Dharma Temple or
9:30 AM at Miaoli Dahu Junior High School
Please ask Brother Duan to take the Dharma to Zhongtan Buddhist Hall in February
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February 19th (Thursday) (Lunar New Year’s Day)
10:00 AM Guru Rinpoche Wealth Deity Water Offering/Smoke Offering and Dharma Protector Offering
Location: Huayan Temple, Taichung University
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February 20-22 (Lunar New Year’s Day 4-6) Location:
Wanshan Temple Banqiao Cultural Plaza – 220 No. 242, Section 2, Wenhua Road, Banqiao District, New Taipei City, 10th Floor, Buddhist Hall
Please have Brother Fulin provide transportation from Zhongtan Buddhist Hall to Wanshan Temple Banqiao Cultural Plaza
February 20 (Friday), Lunar New Year’s Day 4: Opening Ceremony before the Preliminary Empowerment of the 13 Deities of Guru Rinpoche
Asian Time: February 20, 2026, Friday, 7 PM (Departure at 6 PM – Return to Zhongtan around 9 PM)
PST: Friday, 3 AM Point
New Zealand: Saturday, February 21, 2026, 12:00 AM
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February 21 (Saturday), the fifth day of the Lunar New Year: Opening Ceremony before the empowerment of the 13 deities of Guru Rinpoche (Spontaneous Manifestation)
Asian Time: Saturday, February 21, 2026, 2:00 PM
New Zealand: Saturday, 7:00 PM
PST: Friday, February 20, 2026, 10:00 PM
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February 22 (Sunday), the sixth day of the Lunar New Year: Opening Ceremony before the empowerment of Mahakala Tohma (Lord of the Assembly)
Asian Time: Sunday, February 22, 2026, 1:00 AM 10 AM
New Zealand: Sunday, 3 PM
PST: Saturday, February 21, 2026, 6 PM
2 PM Mahakala Practice
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Packing Baggage February 23rd (Monday), the 7th day of the Lunar New Year / February 24th (Tuesday), the 8th day of the Lunar New Year / February 25th (Wednesday), the 9th day of the Lunar New Year
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February 25th-26th Location: Taichung Miaocheng Dharma Garden
February 25th (Wednesday) (9th day of the Lunar New Year) 2 PM Mahakala Practice and Offering
February 25th (Wednesday), the 9th day of the Lunar New Year, Opening Ceremony Before the Golden Vajrasattva Five Stages Preliminary Empowerment
Asian Time: February 21, 2026 Wednesday, February 25th, 7 PM
PST: Wednesday, 3 AM
New Zealand: Thursday, February 26th, 2026, 12 AM
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Thursday, February 26th, Lunar New Year’s Day: Before the main empowerment of the Fifth Stage of the Vajrasattva initiation
Asia Time: Thursday, February 26th, 2026, 9:30 AM
New Zealand: Thursday, 2:30 PM
PST: Wednesday, February 25th, 2026, 5:30 PM
Thursday, February 26th, Lunar New Year’s Day: Guru Rinpoche’s First Tenth Tsog Offering Day (Zoom Opening)
Asia Time: February 26, 2026, Thursday, 2:00 PM
New Zealand: Thursday, 7:00 PM
PST: February 25, 2026, Wednesday, 10:00 PM
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February 27 (Friday) North American Guru Rinpoche First Tenth Offering Ceremony – Zoom Live Broadcast
8:00 AM at Banqiao Buddhist Hall – Zoom Live Broadcast
February 27 (Friday)
Location: Taiwan Dega Meditation Center / 3rd Floor, No. 2-1, Lane 8, Chengtian Road, Yicheng District, New Taipei City 236
10:00 AM: Guru Rinpoche Wealth Deity Empowerment
2:00 PM: Guru Rinpoche Wealth Deity Practice and Offering
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