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The Great Compassion Repentance Dharma Service (Renunciation Day)
Sat, 08 Nov
|Tathagatha Hall
On the 19th day of the 9th lunar month, the anniversary of Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva’s renunciation day
Time & Location
08 Nov 2025, 9:30 am – 12:30 pm
Tathagatha Hall, 1034 Underwood Rd, Priestdale QLD 4127, Australia
About the event
Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva 'responds to cries for help' to relieve the suffering and hardships of sentient beings, allowing them to be free from fear.
On the 19th day of the 9th lunar month, the anniversary of Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva’s renunciation, you are invited to worship Avalokitesvara together, practice the Great Compassion Repentance, and learn the miraculous powers and virtues of Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva with a thousand hands and eyes.
What is The Great Compassion Repentance Dharma Service?
In our daily lives, when our clothes become dirty, we wash them with water. When our minds are polluted by greed, anger, and delusion, we become worried and troubled. In Buddhism, devotees practice repentance to cleanse their minds, and rid themselves of worries.
The Great Compassion Repentance Service is based on the Great Compassion Mantra. The full name of the Great Compassion Mantra literally means, “Thousand-arms and thousand-eyes Avalokitesvera Bodhisattva’s all-embracing great compassion Dharani.” The mantra…