The One Hundred Thousand Butter Lamps & Monlam Ceremony at Pullahari Monastery

in Nepal began just a few days ago, on March 3, 2026. This annual tradition, which takes place during the first month of the Lunar calendar, the Buddha Miracle Month, was started in 1991 in Bodh Gaya, India, by The Third Jamgon Kongtrul Rinpoche, founder of the Rigpe Dorje Centre.

The offering of lamps to the Three Jewels is dedicated, with the purest of motivation and sincerest of aspiration, to all beings in the ten directions of the thousand universes.

This weeklong ceremony will conclude with a Grand Amitabha Jangchok puja dedicated to the deceased. May the blessings, and the vast gathering of meritorious deeds, dispel the darkness of ignorance in the midstream of all beings and may the inner light of their wisdom shine forth, illuminating all space, and bring about peace and prosperity in the world.

You are invited to participate in this Offering of butter lamps as a sponsor. Your donation of any amount will be forwarded to Pullahari Monastery. You are also invited to submit the names of your loved ones who have passed away so that their names are included in the Grand Amitabha Jangchok puja.

Please submit the names you wish to have included in this puja by email to centre@rigpedorjemontreal.org.

To make a donation and in this way become a sponsor of this event: https://rigpedorjemontreal.org/en/dons-3/

Please specify that your donation is for the Butter Lamp Offering.