August 5 in 2023 or the 19th day of the sixth lunar month is Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva’ s Enlightenment Day. On the occasion of special causes and conditions, China Songshan Shaolin Temple, the ancestral monastery of Chan sect and the holy land of Kungfu, held the dharma assembly to mark Bodhisattva’ s Enlightenment Day, including blessing, chanting, sacrifice offering and other Buddhist rituals, solemnly and majestically. The event was presided over by the great monk Shi Yongxin, abbot of Shaolin Temple.
Morning reciting for blessings
Offering sacrifice to Buddha
Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva
The Ciyun Hall of Shaolin Temple (Also known as Guanyin Pavilion in which Thousand-Armed and Thousand-Eyed Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva with four faces honored)
Guanyin Bodhisattva’ s 12 great vows
The image of the thousand-armed and thousand-eyed Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva in Shaolin Temple
The Guanyin Hall in Shaolin Temple (the image of white jade Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva offered)