Sponsorship for 18 Arhat (Luohan) Stone-carved Statues

供奉湛山十八羅漢石刻像

“Free from All Afflictions, Achieved Nirvana without the Cycle of Rebirth.”
除盡煩惱 了脫生死

The original 3 definitions of being Arhat are: no rebirth, dharma protector, can receive offerings. These meanings are expanded as follows:
羅漢的原意有無生、護法、應供三層含義，分別爲：

1. Able to assist all beings to end the cycle of rebirth and reach nirvana
2. Able to protect and assist all beings to end all afflictions
3. Able to accept worship and offerings from all beings
一、可以幫助供奉者除去生活中一切煩惱
二、 可以幫人不再受輪回之苦
三、 可以接受天地間人天供養

The 18 Arhats were the original disciples of Sakyamuni Buddha who had attained the four stages of enlightenment and freed from the cycle of rebirth.
Prior to the Buddha reaching nirvana, he instructed the 18 Arhats to spread the Buddhadharma throughout the world and perform good deeds to help others. Even though they were freed from the cycle or rebirth, they remained on earth to continue their cultivation, assisting all beings under the right condition, forging a close connection with everyone.
十八羅漢也是釋迦牟尼佛的得道弟子。佛陀涅槃前，囑咐他們到世間弘法、利益衆生。他們已解脫生死，但仍住世間，梵行清淨，隨緣度化有緣衆生，對大衆最爲親近。

Cham Shan Temple is offering sponsorships for all the stone-carved Arhat statues which had been worshipped for decades outside the Kṣitigarbha Hall and the Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva Hall.
湛山精舍將地藏殿、觀音殿四周外面供奉幾十年的羅漢聖像，發起供養十八羅漢之功德，永久供奉在湛山精舍。

Sponsorship (permanent): CAD $5,800 each statue, with 1 to 10 donor names inscribed on each statue.
每位羅漢可刻10位供奉者的名字，每位$5800元。機會難得，因緣殊勝。

To Donate please contact

捐款詳情請洽:

Cham Shan Temple Front Desk

加拿大佛教會湛山精舍 香油台

Address 地址:7254 Bayview Ave., Thornhill, Ont. Canada， L3T 2R6

Call Front Desk （香油台）電話: 905-886-6481

1-905-886-1522 X內線-234 / X內線-292