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The Wesak Festival

April, 1969

When Lord Gautama completed his Mission on the Earth, He was granted permission by the Cosmic Law to return once in every twelve-month cycle to bless the people of Earth. This yearly Visitation has become known as the Wesak Festival and takes place on the evening of the full moon in the mystic month of May each year.

While this Festival takes place in India, the pilgrims of Earth are not apprised of its specific location, but are guided by the Light within their hearts until they come into the radius of the Light of the Buddha. However, a Dispensation was later granted whereby the chelas who are cognizant of this outpouring of Light are now permitted to attend in their etheric garments by asking, upon retiring, that their sponsor of the month take them to this Sacred Ritual to receive of its glorious blessing.

In 1966, the Beloved Gautama appeared in the atmosphere at the Festival in his glorious Ascended Master Body, and directly below him, Lord Maitreya, the present Buddha, received the Power and Love which Beloved Gautama formerly dispensed to the pilgrims. Since that evening, it has been the privilege of Lord Maitreya to appear in his Luminous Presence in the Wesak Valley to re-enact the activities of this yearly Festival.

The radiation continues through the 24-hour period and wise is the chela who, through the heart pull of Pure Love, waking or sleeping, tunes in to this Holy Ceremony. Like the pilgrims of India, the Light within each one's heart is the magnet which will make them cognizant of the actual Ceremony when it is at its zenith.