The Dharma Service refers to various gatherings for activities such as Dharma talks, offering to the Buddha, offering to the monk, and giving alms. Generally speaking, the monastery's morning and evening class recitations, the regular open to public practice sessions, and the confession and vows according to different Sutras of the Buddha and the Bodhisattva are belong to the category of the Dharma Service.

法會是各種說法或供佛、供僧及布施等活動的集會，其根本精神是“以法相會，如法修行”。一般來說，寺院的朝暮課誦、定期舉行的共修，以及根據不同經典、含攝佛菩薩誓願的經懺佛事，皆屬於法會的範疇。

Contemporary Dharma Service, which integrate various practices such as chanting Sutra, offerings, worship, reciting Buddha’s Name, chanting mantras, visualization, etc., can be said to be unique to Chinese Buddhism.

當代的法會，集梵唄、供養、誦經、禮拜、念佛、持咒、觀想、對佛的虔敬與憶念等多種修行法門於一身，可說是漢傳佛教所獨有。

People need to rely on Buddhism to solve their spiritual pain. Through the Dharma meeting, a platform for interaction between the monks and the lay people can be established, allowing sentient beings to come into contact with the Dharma, and gradually establish a relationship between teachers and friends, and have the opportunity to practise they have learn from the Dharma with their own lives. Participating in the Dharma Service, there is the perseverance of bodhicitta, every word and deed, every thought can be the cause of liberation and the cause of Buddhahood.

人究竟解決心靈的痛苦，需要依靠佛法。通過法會，可以建立僧俗互動的平台，讓眾生有因緣接觸到佛法，逐步建立起師友緣，能夠有機會把自己平時所學的佛法和自己的生命結合起來的機會。參加法會，有菩提心的攝持，一言一行，每個起心動念，都可以成為解脫的因，都可以成為成佛的因。

Dharma Service provides a great opportunity for many people practice together: to pray wholeheartedly to eliminate one's own karma and the karma of all sentient beings, to develop compassion to all sentient beings, to accumulate merit and wisdom, to pay respect and remembrance of Buddha and Bodhisattva. So participating in the Dharma Service is one of the very important and necessary spiritual activities in Buddhism. Different types of Dharma Service activities have their own merits and meanings.

一心一意發願，消除自己的業障以及一切眾生的業障，便是發慈悲廣大之心。而很多人在一起集體修行，是積累福德資糧和智慧資糧的上佳機會。所以參加法會對於信眾來說是十分重要和必要的修行活動之一了。不同類型的法會活動各有其功德意義。