Happy Chotrul Duchen, the day Shakyamuni Buddha miraculously demonstrated his teachings to preserve them for us. This is one of the four most important days in the Buddhist calendar. Please be extra careful today not to bring harm to oneself or to others, and even better to cultivate compassion, and even better than that, to cultivate Bodhicitta or universal compassion to every living being, and even better still, to cultivate universal compassion from the perspective of the wisdom realizing emptiness. Please enjoy this most special day.
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