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How to take refuge in Living Buddha Lian-sheng
There are two ways of taking refuge in Living Buddha Lian-Sheng:
At 7:00 a.m. (your local time) of either first or fifteenth of every lunar month, face the direction of the rising sun. With palms joined, reverently recite the Fourfold Refuge Mantra three times: "Namo Guru bei, Namo Buddha ye, Namo Dharma ye, Namo Sangha ye" and prostrate three times.
Send a letter to the True Buddha Foundation request a refuge empowerment. State your name, address, age, and enclose a voluntary offering. Upon receiving the letter, the True Buddha Foundation will send a certificate, a picture of the Living Buddha Lian-Sheng, and a note stating the level of practice you should start with. The address of the True Buddha Foundation is:
True Buddha Foundation
17110 NE 40th Ct.
Redmond, WA 98052, USA
Tel: (425) 885-7573
Fax: (425) 883-2173
Living Buddha Lian-sheng Sheng-Yen Lu
17102 NE 40th CT.
Redmond, WA 98052-5479
U.S.A.
True Buddha Foundation
17110 NE 40th CT.
Redmond, WA 98052-5479
U.S.A.
Tel: (425) 885-7573
Fax: (425) 883-2173
Ling Shen Ching Tze Temple
17012 NE 40th CT.
Redmond, WA 98052-5491
U.S.A.
Tel: (425) 882-0916
Fax: (425) 883-7360
No-reply email address for blessing request only：tbsblessing@gmail.com
To avoid redundancy, if one has forwarded a request by email prior to mailing a request letter or donation by regular mail, please note the date of the emailed request in the letter posted by regular mail.
Bank account details for offerings to Grand Master are as follows:
Bank name：Bank of America
Bank address：10572 NE 4 St., Bellevue, WA, 98004 U.S.A
SWIFT code：BOFAUS3N
Routing number：026009593
Beneficiary name：Sheng yen Lu
Beneficiary Address: 17102 NE 40th Ct Redmond WA. 98052 USA
Beneficiary Account number：1381 2709 7512
(Note：If remitter wishes to make an offering via a personal account from a US domestic bank, please use this routing number: 125000024)
Additional notes:
Update to Designated Account for Offerings to Grand Master
Links for taking refuge:
Personal:
https://tbssupervisorteam.wufoo.com/forms/r187m2221dxs6ln/
For deceased / ancestors:
https://tbssupervisorteam.wufoo.com/forms/w1ob9pnn0cctvyg/
For earth deities / house spirits:
https://tbssupervisorteam.wufoo.com/forms/wzy4k0k1ozy96t/
For karmic creditors / entangling spirits / fetus spirits:
https://tbssupervisorteam.wufoo.com/forms/prfos3r0wk4zpv/
* Note: The above online services are made temporarily available only for the duration of the pandemic, as postal services may not be able to operate normally during this time. When postal services resume and are in full operation, TBF's service would return to its original method of correspondence via mail.
