Grand Completion of the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva Yoga Food Bestowal Ceremony at Yan Shan Temple: Profound Benefits for Both the Living and Deceased

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16 August 2026, 1:30 PM · Yanshan Leizang Temple, Sydney · Presided by Vajra Master Lian Ming (Canada) · Supporting: Masters Lian Tong, Lian Zhan, and Lian Jing (Melbourne)

2026年8月16日下午1時30分 · 悉尼嚴山雷藏寺 · 釋蓮鳴金剛上師主壇 · 護壇：釋蓮桐法師、釋蓮湛法師、釋蓮睛法師（墨爾本）

At 1:30 PM on 16 August 2026, Yanshan Leizang Temple commenced the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva Yoga Food Bestowal Ceremony (瑜伽燄口法會). Vajra Master Lian Ming, specially invited from Canada, presided over the ceremony, with Master Lian Tong, Master Lian Zhan, and Master Lian Jing — who had travelled from Melbourne — serving as supporting priests. Fellow practitioners and devotees gathered together in the hall to share in the Dharma benefits, and the entire venue was filled with Dharma joy.

2026年8月16日下午1時30分，嚴山雷藏寺啟建「地藏王菩薩瑜伽燄口法會」，特別恭請來自加拿大釋蓮鳴金剛上師主壇，並由釋蓮桐法師、釋蓮湛法師及遠道來自墨爾本的釋蓮睛法師共同護壇。同門信眾齊聚堂宇，同霑法益，現場法喜充滿。

On the day of the ceremony, the mandala of Yanshan Leizang Temple was arranged with exceptional solemnity and splendour. At the centre of the mandala, the golden form of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva was enshrined with a compassionate and serene countenance. Before the mandala, multi-tiered offering platforms were meticulously arranged, surrounded by fresh flowers, apples, oranges, incense towers, and nectar water — a vivid expression of the sincere reverence that the disciples hold for all Buddhas and Bodhisattvas.

法會當日，嚴山雷藏寺壇城佈置得極為莊嚴華貴。壇城中央尊奉地藏王菩薩金身，法相慈祥。壇城前精心擺設了多層由鮮花、蘋果、鮮橙、香塔及甘露水圍繞的圓滿供台，展現出同門對諸佛菩薩的至誠敬意。

As the ritual commenced, Vajra Master Lian Ming, welcomed with reverence by the supporting masters and fellow practitioners, ascended the Dharma throne. Amid the solemn and dignified sounds of Sanskrit chanting, the presiding Master followed the liturgy of the Essential Collection of the Yoga Food Bestowal Ceremony (《瑜伽燄口施食要集》), performing the pure esoteric Dharma — establishing the boundary of protection, blessing the offerings, and summoning the beings of the dark realms. Thereafter, the Master and Dharma teachers led the assembly in broadly distributing the blessed nectar food to all six realms of existence, enabling beings in the dark realms — through the power of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva's great compassionate vow — to be filled with the taste of the Dharma, to be liberated from suffering, and to ascend together to the Pure Land.

儀軌開演時，主壇釋蓮鳴金剛上師在護壇法師與同門虔誠迎請下登上法座。在肅穆莊嚴的梵唄聲中，主壇上師依循《瑜伽燄口施食要集》儀軌，演施清淨密法，進行結界、加持供品與召請幽冥眾生。隨後，上師與法師帶領大眾將加持後的甘露法食廣施六道，藉由地藏王菩薩的大悲願力，令幽冥眾生得飽法味、離苦得樂、同登淨土。

At the close of the ceremony, Vajra Master Lian Ming gave a profound and illuminating Dharma talk on the doctrine of "dependent origination and the emptiness of inherent existence" (諸法緣起性空) from Nagarjuna Bodhisattva's Mūlamadhyamakakārikā (中論, the Fundamental Verses on the Middle Way). The Master cited the central verse of the Mūlamadhyamakakārikā:

法會尾聲，釋蓮鳴金剛上師特別針對龍樹菩薩《中論》的「諸法緣起性空」為大眾做精闢開示。上師引用《中論》核心偈頌：

因緣所生法，我說即是空，
亦名為假名，亦即中道義。

"Whatever arises through dependent origination, that I declare to be emptiness.
It is also a conventional designation, and it is the meaning of the Middle Way."
— Nāgārjuna, Mūlamadhyamakakārikā, XXIV.18

Through this verse, the Master analysed the cultivation of wisdom for the assembly in two dimensions:

向同門剖析智慧的修持：

「因緣所生法，我說即是空」— Dependent origination, therefore emptiness:
All phenomena in the world arise from the coming together of various conditions and causes, and have no eternal, unchanging, self-subsisting essence (own-nature, svabhāva). To understand "emptiness of inherent existence" is not to deny the existence of phenomena, but to recognise that their nature is impermanent — and thereby to release the bonds of clinging and affliction.

因緣所生法，我說即是空：世間萬事萬物皆由各種因緣和合而成，並無永恆不變的自主實體（自性）。理解「性空」，並非否認萬物的存在，而是明白其本質無常，進而放下對執著與煩惱的綑綁。

「亦名為假名，亦即中道義」— Conventional designation and the Middle Way:
Although the nature of phenomena is empty, within the conventional truth there remains the functioning of cause-and-effect and phenomena — this is "conventional designation" (prajñapti). Not falling into the extreme view of "true existence" (eternalism), nor into the extreme view of "absolute nothingness" (nihilism) — the wisdom that walks between emptiness and existence, departing from both extremes, is the "Middle Way" reality.

亦名為假名，亦即中道義：雖然現象本性為空，但在世俗諦中仍有因果與現象的運作，這便是「假名（名相）」。不落入偏執「實有」的常見，也不落入偏執「虛無」的斷見，行走於空與有之間的智慧，即是離兩邊的「中道」實相。

The Master encouraged everyone to apply the wisdom of "dependent origination and emptiness" in their daily lives and esoteric practice — to build wholesome affinities broadly with a selfless heart of compassion, while at the same time liberating themselves from afflictions through the pure wisdom of emptiness. The entire ceremony came to a close in an atmosphere of complete dedication of merit, purity, and auspicious peace — benefiting both the living and the deceased, its merit boundless and immeasurable.

上師鼓勵大眾，將「緣起性空」的智慧運用於日常生活與密法修持中，以無私的慈悲心廣結善緣，同時以清淨的空性智慧解脫煩惱。整場法會在圓滿迴向與清淨祥和的氣氛中落幕，冥陽兩利，功德無量。

Grand Completion of the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva Yoga Food Bestowal Ceremony at Yan Shan Temple: Profound Benefits for Both the Living and Deceased嚴山雷藏寺地藏王菩薩瑜伽燄口法會圓滿：冥陽兩利，功德無量