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Total Recitations of the Sutra of Golden Light
Shakyamuni Buddha statue at Kachoe Dechen Ling, Aptos, California. Photo by Chris Majors.
“I would like to make this request with my two palms together,
to please recite the Sutra of Golden Light for world peace as much as you can.”
– Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Latest Count
Complete sutra recitations: 46,241
Recited in 90 countries
Last updated January 1, 2019
Recent Recitations by Country
We began tracking the counts by country beginning in 2018 Last updated January 1, 2019
| Argentina | 1 | Denmark | 75 | Netherlands | 11 | United States | 96 |
| Aruba | 1 | Finland | 1 | Nepal | 400 | Venezuela | 1 |
| Australia | 44 | France | 9 | Panama | 5 | Wallis Island | 1 |
| Belgium | 1 | French Polynesia | 1 | Philippines | 1 | ||
| Brazil | 21 | Germany | 100 | Portugal | 2 | ||
| Canada | 5 | Hong Kong | 1 | Reunion | 1 | ||
| Chile | 1 | Hungary | 4 | Russia | 44 | ||
| Colombia | 2 | India | 10 | Singapore | 102 | ||
| Costa Rica | 12 | Indonesia | 1 | Slovakia | 1 | ||
| Croatia | 1 | Ireland | 6 | Spain | 8 | ||
| Cyprus | 11 | Italy | 10 | Taiwan | 1 | ||
| Czech Republic | 1 | Mexico | 77 | UK | 30 |
*Country Unknown = 46
Recitation Totals in Previous Years
Note: reporting did not track specific counts by country until March 2018, so below are only the total numbers of complete recitations worldwide.
2017 – 2,840
2016 – 9,731
2015 – 5,105
2014 – 4,502
2013 – 3,807
2012 – 4,635
2011 – 3,352
2010 – 1,606
2009 – 3,400
Up to Dec. 31, 2008 – 6,117
Countries Where Recitations Have Been Completed
Below the map is a list of every country that a completed sutra recitation has been reported.
“[The Sutra of Golden Light is] extremely powerful for world peace, for your own protection and for the protection of the country and the world. Also it has great healing power for people in the country.” – Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Albania, Antarctica, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Belorussia, Bhutan, Bosnia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Republic of Buryatia, Cambodia, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cyprus, Denmark, England, Ethiopia, Finland, France, French Polynesia, Germany, Greece, (U.S. Territory of) Guam, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malaysia, Malta, Mauritius, Mexico, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Commonwealth of Northern Mariana, Norway, Panama, P. R. China, Palestine, Panama, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Scotland, Serbia, Singapore, Slovenia, South Africa, South Georgia Island, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Ukraine, United States, Vietnam
Please take a moment to rejoice!
