District Lotus Sutra Exhibition outing : Oct-17

2017 October was significant for SSA as we held our first and maybe only Lotus Sutra Exhibition in Singapore, in conjunction with our 50th anniversary of SSA.  We had encouraged our members to participate and also bring along their friends to LSE since beginning of 2017.  After so many months, 13th October finally marked the day where we  gathered for Eunos West to visit the LSE.  Thanks to our chapter leaders, logistics was well planned with buses and food to ensure our members were safely fetch to and fro from the Art House and not hungry.

Shakayamuni preached the Lotus Sutra in his last 8 years of his life and expounded that it was the ultimate teaching which he wanted to teach in his entire life with an intention for everyone to attain the same wisdom as him.  In Lotus Sutra, it said that every human being possessed the Buddhahood in their life and then later, Nichiren Daishonin taught us that by chanting NamMyoHoRenGeKyo, each individual would definitely be able to manifest this Buddhahood in their lifetime, overcoming challenges and obstacles and achieve happiness.  As such, we were all excited to visit this exhibition to understand more about this king of the sutra, Lotus Sutra, which our practise was fundamentally based on.

Each district LSE visit was catered for 2 hours and there were 5 sections to visit.  Honestly, it was too rush to truly appreciate the exhibition within the allocated duration.  After the visit, many members went back again a few times to revisit some sections which they were unable to cover.  LSE in Singapore achieved a remarkable 51000+ in attendance, a great success to SSA!