Meditation Prayers
Heart Jewel
Heart Jewel is the heart essence of Kadampa Buddhism and all followers of Je Tsongkapa memorise it and practice it regularly. Buddhas or enlightened beings can appear or emanate as anything, and especially as spiritual teachers and protectors. In this practice, we pray to and rely upon the Wisdom Buddha Manjushri in both of these ways.
Wishfulfilling Jewel
Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays (with tsog offering) and Sundays, 7:00-8:15pm
Times may vary.
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Wishfulfilling Jewel is a special practice for developing compassion, wisdom and spiritual strength by relying on the Wisdom Buddha Je Tsongkhapa, and for overcoming obstacles and difficulties in our meditation (Dharma) practice by relying on the Dharma Protector, Dorje Shugden.
On Friday evenings, this practice includes vegetarian tsog offerings, which you can bring with you to the puja or simply imagine.
Offering to the Spiritual Guide
On or around the 10th & 25th of each month, 7:00 – 8:45pm
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This is a special practice of relying upon our Spiritual Guide as a Buddha and making praises and requests to him, but it also contains beautiful essential instructions on all the stages of the path to enlightenment and training the mind, as well as both the generation and completion stages of Highest Yoga Tantra.
We also make specific prayers for our friends, family members, Sangha and others who are suffering or who have died. This practice includes a vegetarian tsog offering, which you can bring with you to puja or simply imagine.
The Hundreds of Deities of the Joyful Land according to Highest Yoga Tantra
Sundays, 7:00 – 8:30pm
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This is a special practice for developing compassion, wisdom and spiritual strength by relying on the Wisdom Buddha Je Tsongkhapa. It is perfect preparation for Mahamudra meditation. Through engaging in this practice of Guru yoga – a special way of relying upon our Spiritual Guide – we can quickly receive the blessings of all the Buddhas.
Melodious Drum
Extensive Prayers to Dorje Shugden
On or around the 29th each month, 6:00 – 9:00pm
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This monthly practice takes place on or close to the 29th of each month, Protector Day. The practice consists principally of prayers to our Dharma Protector, the Wisdom Buddha Dorje Shugden.
A Dharma Protector is an emanation of a Buddha or Bodhisattva whose main functions are to avert the inner and outer obstacles that prevent practitioners from attaining spiritual realizations and to arrange all the necessary conditions for their practice.
Dorje Shugden is a Dharma Protector, which means that he specializes in helping us keep our minds off delusions and on Dharma. One way he does this is by helping us transform all appearances into the spiritual path, opening our wisdom eyes so that we know what to do in each situation as it arises, generating Dharma minds such as renunciation, compassion and wisdom.
This practice includes a vegetarian tsog offering, which you can bring with you to puja or simply imagine.
Tara Puja- Liberation from Sorrow
Monthly
On or around the 8th of every month, 7:00 – 8:15pm
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Join us for this powerful puja during which we recite Liberation from Sorrow, Prayers and Requests to the 21 Taras and deeply request the Blessed Mother to bestow her blessings on all living beings so that all sickness and other obstacles are quickly removed. Everyone is welcome to join in.