Won-Buddhism tradition has 2 Great Memorial Services yearly (June 1st, December First),to commemorate our parents, ancestors, great teachers- Buddhas and sages, and all sentient beings. Last Sunday, the 2nd of June, we gathered to commemorate Sotatesan's nirvana, all the Buddhas and sages, all sentient beings, and our parents and ancestors. So we began our service by lighting our lotus lanter..
