Kathina is a special event to accumulate tremendous merits that Buddhists eagerly look forward to each year. It is one of the more difficult merits to perform as compared to other merits due to the following reasons.
1) Restriction of time – Kathina has to be conducted within one month after the final day of Buddhist Lent;
2) Restriction in the type of offering – the offering is made to the entire monastic community, not to any one particular monk like other offerings;