BUDDHAS BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION

INVITATION

BUDDHIST CALENDAR YEAR 2562

NAMO SHAKYAMUNI BUDDHA

Dear fellow Buddhist practitioners and followers,

On the first full moon of the fourth Lunar month, Buddhist practitioners from every corner of the world enthusiastically participate in the grand celebration of the day that marked Shakyamuni Buddha's holy arrival into this world. Buddha descended to this world to benevolently shine the golden light of compassion and wisdom to enlighten and liberate sentient beings from the perpetual cycle of eternal sufferings and deaths.

To honor and give thanks to Buddhas monumental birthday, which falls on Tuesday, May 29th, 2018 this year, KNT Foundation is blessed to have an opportunity to organize a commemoration of the divine Buddha and his auspicious attributions of ameliorating humanity. For the first time in the history of the San Jose area, we are very fortunate to have the presence of many Buddhist Sanghas from different countries attending this virtuous celebration: Viet-Nam, Sri Lanka, Tibet, Thailand, Cambodia, Lao, Myanmar, etc.., and all Buddhist followers from afar to near.

Therefore, we sincerely invite you to attend this momentous event to commemorate the Buddhas birthday.

Date & Time: Tuesday May 29, 2018 from 8:00 am - 8:00 pm

Location: Yerba Buena High School, 1855 Lucretia Ave., San Jose, CA 95122

Below are the many sacred and merit-worthy events that will take place throughout the celebration:

8:00 AM - 8:10 AM:

Honorable Sanghas and Buddhist followers greet the sacred Shakyamuni Buddha's Relic

8:10 AM - 9:00 AM:

Procession of Offerings to the Shakyamuni Buddha's Relic andStatue by around 100

Honorable Sanghas and 250 Buddhist practitioners in traditional Vietnamese long dress.

9:00 AM - 11:15 AM:

Ritual Chanting and Buddha Bathing Ceremony

11:15 AM -12:15 PM:

Dana Offerings to all Honorable Sanghas in attendance and in ten direction

12:15 PM - 1:00 PM:

Light Vegetarian Lunch - for participants and guests

1:30 PM - 3:00 PM:

Parade of the Shakyamuni Buddhas Relic - a procession of Buddhist flag-decorated cars

throughout the City of San Jose to convey Buddha's compassion and blessing to all sentient

beings

3:30 PM - 5:00 PM:

Dharma Teaching and Refuge

5:15 PM - 5:45 PM:

Light Vegetarian Dinner

6:00 PM - 7:30 PM:

Shakyamuni Buddha Candle Light Offering Ceremony

7:30 PM - 8:00 PM:

Merit Dedication Ceremony

Your attendance is a tremendous contribution to help preserve and advocate Buddhism, our preeminent and venerated religion, and to prolong and augment the prosperous success of our marvelous dharma assembly.

San Jose, April 26, 2018

Sincerely,

The Organizing Committee of the Buddhas Birthday Celebration

KNT Foundation

For more information, please contact:

- Email: knt@knt-foundation.org- Thinley Topgyal (Nhan) (408) 598-6837

- Thinley Pelmo (Thanh)(408) 992-1873- Kelsang Tashi (Tung) (408) 892-6083