To welcome the arrival of the Year of the Monkey and to pray for blessings and prosperity for all, Yanshan Leizang Temple in Sydney, Australia hosted a series of auspicious Dharma activities from the eve of Chinese New Year's Eve through to the first day of Chinese New Year 2016. Many fellow practitioners and devotees joyfully participated, and the ceremonies concluded with great Dharma joy and completeness.
澳洲雪梨嚴山雷藏寺在2015年除夕前夕至2016年初一主辦一系列殊勝法務活動，迎接猴年的到來，祈求諸佛菩薩加持賜福。許多善信大德同門歡喜參與法喜圓滿。
The Dharma activities held over these auspicious days included:
在這幾天殊勝的法務活動包括：
☸ Yellow Jambhala Homa Ceremony — fire offering to invoke the blessings of Yellow Jambhala
☸ Thanking the Tai Sui and Setting the New Tai Sui (謝太歲安太歲) — a traditional Chinese ceremony of gratitude to the outgoing year deity and welcome to the incoming
☸ Reciting the True Buddha Sutra and Offering the First Incense (誦真佛經上頭柱香) — the most auspicious incense of the new year, offered at midnight
☸ Grand Offering Before the Buddha (佛前大供) — a full ceremonial offering of flowers, incense, candles, food, and precious gifts to all Buddhas and Bodhisattvas
☸ 黃財神護摩法會 — 以火供方式迎請黃財神降臨加持
☸ 謝太歲安太歲 — 感謝舊年太歲神，迎請新年太歲神
☸ 誦真佛經上頭柱香 — 在新年子時燃點最殊勝的頭柱香
☸ 佛前大供 — 向諸佛菩薩獻上花、香、燈、食、寶等莊嚴供品
The Yellow Jambhala (黃財神, Skt. Vaiśravaṇa) is the principal wealth deity among the Five Jambhala Wealth Gods in Tantric Buddhism. He is associated with abundance, the removal of poverty, and the bestowing of wealth and prosperity upon all who sincerely practise his Dharma. The Homa (護摩) fire offering is considered one of the most powerful methods of invoking the deity's blessings, purifying negative karma, and manifesting one's wishes.
黃財神（梵文：Vaiśravaṇa）是密教五財神中的主要財神，主掌豐盛、消除貧困、賜予財富與福德。護摩（Homa）火供法會被認為是迎請本尊降臨加持、消除業障、實現心願的最殊勝方法之一。
Yanshan Leizang Temple extends sincere gratitude to all fellow practitioners and volunteers whose dedication and joyful participation made these auspicious ceremonies a complete success, ushering in the New Year with the light of the Dharma.
嚴山雷藏寺衷心感謝所有發心義工同門及善信大德的護持參與，使這一系列殊勝法會圓滿成功，以佛法的光明迎接新年的到來。
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