August 1st  @8:00 am pacific 
Vajrayana Foundation Holy Day Livestream Puja 
Chokhor Duchen – Buddha Puja – 
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Chokhor Duchen commemorates the day that Buddha Shakyamuni first taught the Four Noble Truths in Sarnath, India, and first turned the wheel of the dharma after attaining enlightenment.

The Four Noble Truths are:

• the truth (or reality) of suffering (Tib. སྡུག་བསྔལ་གྱི་བདེན་པ་, Skt. duḥkha-satya) which is to be understood,
• the truth (or reality) of the origin of suffering (Tib. ཀུན་འབྱུང་བའི་བདེན་པ་, Skt. samudaya-satya), which is to be abandoned,
• the truth (or reality) of cessation (Tib. འགོག་པའི་བདེན་པ་, Skt. nirodha-satya), which is to be actualized, and
• the truth (or reality) of the path (Tib. ལམ་གྱི་བདེན་པ་, Skt. mārga-satya), which is to be relied upon.

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