On 3 June 2022, Bodhi Meditation Singapore specially held a Dragon Boat Festival event, allowing Bodhi Meditation practitioners who have not seen each other for a long time due to the pandemic to gather at the centre with their families!
On that day, we welcomed many participants in the main hall of the meditation centre. Some brought their children along and it was very lively. Awaiting our participants as they entered the hall were all the ingredients for dumpling making.
Teacher Shan Bao announced the official start of the event, and led everyone to recite “Grandmaster Jinbodhi’s Golden Words”, sending blessings into the dumplings. After which, everyone began to wrap the dumplings, both young and old!
Not only did everyone have fun learning how to make dumplings, they also had the good fortune to taste both the sweet jujube red bean dumplings and vegetarian Nyonya dumplings prepared in advance by our volunteers. The volunteers also kindly stewed the Bian Que 3-bean soup, which was delicious and healthy!
After wrapping the dumplings, everyone gathered in the centre of the main hall to wish Grandmaster JinBodhi an auspicious Dragon Boat Festival!
Afterwards, everyone sat together. While enjoying the dumplings, dessert, and tea, they actively shared their benefits from meditation. Some practitioners benefited a lot from the 8.5-Day Health and Happiness Retreat; some followed Grandmaster JinBodhi’s online chanting classes, and learnt how to observe our health through our facial features, and to take preventive measures. One practitioner shared his benefits from his persistent practice in Energy Bagua, and everyone rejoiced in his transformational change. In the end, everyone expressed their eager wish for Grandmaster JinBodhi to visit Singapore again. Being able to meet Grandmaster JinBodhi is the wish of every practitioner!
As the pandemic situation improved, our courses, group practice, and various activities gradually resumed too. Finally, everyone would be able to happily learn and meditate together again. In this meditation hall that was full of auspicious blessings, everyone felt the warmth of home, and they were extremely grateful to be able to follow Grandmaster JinBodhi to practise meditation and gain better health and happiness.
On the next day, everyone’s dumplings were steamed and ready for collection. These auspicious dumplings made with gratitude and blessed energy were given to the other practitioners who later visited the centre. Wishing everyone an auspicious and healthy Dragon Boat Festival!
Watch video of event:
https://www.facebook.com/BodhiMeditationSingapore/videos/707845320316797