Fo Guang Shan Kansas Buddhist Center

Dearest Dharma-protectors and Devotees: Amitabha Buddha!
We will celebrate the Buddha’s Birthday on Sunday, May 24th, 2026, starting at 10:00 AM. We will pray for the health and spiritual well-being of all walks of life and world peace during the Bathing the Buddha Ceremony.  Please join us to celebrate the birth of the World’s Unexcelled Honored One – Sakyamuni Buddha. 

 恭逢佛陀聖誕，聖路易佛光山於國曆 5月24日(日) 10:00am 舉辦浴佛法會，祈願藉由浴佛的殊勝功德，回向祝禱所有人身心安泰、社會安和樂利、世界祥和圓滿。 歡迎闔府蒞臨參加。 

 Fo Guang Shan's Light Offering is a Buddhist practice where devotees make a lamp offering to symbolize the dispelling of ignorance with wisdom. These offerings are made through regular Dharma services, especially on new and full moon days, and are dedicated to the well-being of the offerer, loved ones, and all beings. The practice aims to inspire compassion and is a core part of the annual New Year Festival of Light and Peace. The practice of Light Offering

• Symbolism: The light represents wisdom and enlightenment, while darkness symbolizes ignorance. Lighting a lamp is an act of illuminating the mind to dispel inner darkness.
• Types of offerings: Offerings can be made for various purposes, such as personal wishes (Light of Wishes), dispelling fear and bringing health (Light of Hope), or enhancing peace of mind (Light of Peace).
• Dedication of merit: The merits gained from the light offering are dedicated to the well-being of the offerer, their family, and all beings, with the aspiration of attaining liberation from suffering.
• Merits: Offering a lamp is traditionally said to bring ten merits, including gaining wisdom, dispelling darkness, and receiving great merit.