July 7th 2009 Universal Day 在台藏人首次煙貢節

Every year Zamling Chisang is celebrated on 15th day of 5th lunar month, Zamling Chisang was originally meant to commemorate guru Rinpoche’s subjugation of the local deities and the founding of Samye Monastery. That’s why Zamling Chisang is the one of big day for the all the Tibetans all over the world, when I was in school today is holiday for us and which means Universal prayer day in Tibetan.

This year today 7th July 2009 we all gathered on Lai Lai Mountain to celebrate Zamling Chisang which was organize by friends community of Taoyaun and this is the first time that we all gathered to celebrate this occasion.

(Preparing for the pray flags)

The ceremony begun with prayers started by Rinpoche and Lama, while they were praying in the tent some Tibetan friends was busy in hanging praying flags on the trees. On the other side some people they were burning sang (incense) the smoke of sang was floating up in sky with praying flags.

(Group photo)

Above our head on top of the tree we can see praying flags floating with sang and at same time we can hear the prayers. This kind of atmosphere brings so much inner peace in our hearts and feeling was inexpressible.

(Taiwanese prayers)

You can see all pictures here.