Blessings on millions of "mani pills":

Very early this morning, hundreds of Tibetan lamas, monks, nuns and lay people gathered in the Namgyal temple to start a 7-day annual ritual aimed to confer blessings on millions of tiny precious "mani pills". Highly treasured as pills that liberate from sufferings those who come into contact with them, the “mani pills” will be distributed by monks to people all around the year on various occasions. In this ceremony, the practitioners, together, will pray Avalokiteshvara (the Buddha of Compassion) and recite his mantra, OM MANI PADME HUNG (called the mani) millions of times….
If you want to take part in the blessings, you can recite the mantra OM MANI PADME HUNG as many times as you can during the next 7 days…it will pacify your thoughts, and fill your mind with feelings of peace and joy. Try it !
This annual ritual takes place around the full moon of April or May. This is an important Buddhist festival that commemorates the Buddha’s birth, enlightenment and death.