Lhabab Duchen
One of the treasured merit-accumulating practices in Mahayana Buddhism is the recitation of The Sutra Remembering the Three Jewels. According to the teachings, reciting this Sutra only one time, purifies negative karma, illuminates the mind, cultivates concentration, propagates the Dharma, protects the Dharma, delivers the deceased, and prays for blessings.
This short Sutra, when recited on one of the eighteen Sacred Buddha Days, has “Karmic results multiplied one hundred million times.” according to Lama Zopa Rinpoche.
Join us in celebrating Lhabab Duchen, the day when the Buddha descended from the God Realm of Thirty-Three after sharing the Dharma with the gods and his mother. This holiday is a Buddha Multiplying Day when karmic actions are one hundred million times stronger.
Today, just like any other day, is a perfect opportunity to engage more earnestly in one’s practice. Please join Venerable Kalden who will we lead us in a reading of The Sutra for Remembering The Three Jewels.
Video
Practices
The Sutra for Remembering the Three Jewels (Available on the password protected page.)
Prayers for Lhabab Duchen (PDF)
Recordings
Past recording of Ven. Amy Miller in 2022 celebrating Lhabab Duchen with the Shantideva Center community. Teaching with Ven. Kalden in 2025 will be posted here, Archive page and on our YouTube channel afterwards.
About the Teachers
Venerable Thubten Kalden (Marcos Troia) is a Brazilian monk currently sharing the Dharma through talks and meditation in different places. Born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and raised in a small town in the mountains outside of Rio, Venerable Kalden left Brazil and the corporate world of investment banking when he was 25 years old to travel. He landed in Nepal and India where he began to study the Dharma in Kopan Monastery and the Tibetan language at both Dharamsala and Sera Je Monastery in South India. He has served in several centers around the world in Spain, UK, France, Nepal, etc. He has completed many retreats and attended numerous teachings with His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Lama Zopa Rinpoche, Khandro-la and Ling Rinpoche as well as other teachers from different lineages and schools of Tibetan Buddhism. Venerable Kalden took ordination with Lama Zopa Rinpoche in January 2020 and gelong (full ordination) with His Holiness the Dalai Lama in March 2023. He is following Rinpoche’s advice to help FPMT in whatever way possible. He continues to dedicate his life and unify his Dharma studies and skills with the wish to help coordinate different FPMT projects all over the world and to help people find the precious authentic Dharma and apply it to their minds so they can achieve enlightenment for the benefit of all sentient beings. Venerable Kalden is a certified lawyer and accountant and holds an MBA in corporate finance.
Venerable Amy Miller has been teaching extensively since 1992 and was ordained as a Buddhist nun in June 2000 by the great Tibetan master, Venerable Choden Rinpoche. She has previously directed several FPMT centers and projects for decades and has completed a seven-month solitary retreat. Her teaching style emphasizes a practical approach to integrating Buddhist philosophy into everyday life. She is happy to help people connect with meditation and mindfulness in an effort to gain a refreshing perspective on normally stressful living. Venerable teaches and leads retreats and pilgrimages around the world. Her teaching schedule and other information can be found at www.AmyMiller.com.
