My dearest teacher is coming to Singapore again! After one whole year, the popular Grand Puja @ MBS which everyone is waiting for is here again, happening this coming weekend! Exciting weekend ahead!
White
Umbrella Goddess Demon-Subduing Grand Puja
Pacify
major obstacles, demonic forces & supernatural harassment. Those who own the White
Umbrella Goddess khorlos may bring it along for recharge of blessings.
28/2/15 (Sat) 10:00am
to 12:30pm
This
grand puja is a ritual based on the practice of the White Umbrella Goddess, and
is one of the most powerful and sacred puja amongst various Buddhist rituals.
One procedure of this ritual is to consecrate and offer tormas
(ritual cakes) to counterattack negative forces such as illnesses, mental
disturbances, disputes, enmities, defilements, misfortune, premature death,
factors against congenial surroundings and 84,000 bad forces. Hence, this puja
is named DUKAR TORTHOG in Tibetan, literally meaning - counterattacking
negativities through torma offerings.
By
this ritual, we drive away all harms and evils by the blessings of the White
Umbrella Goddess and her surrounding deities in the form of tormas (one big
torma in the middle representing the Goddess, and surrounded by 33 white flags
representing the deities). More than 30 different kinds of ingredients are
required for this puja - whereby it serves to offer to specific deities, and
seek their protection for different kinds of obstacles. By participating in
this puja, one gains the
protection from dangers of fire, water, weapons, poisons, malediction, untoward
accidents and untimely death. It also pacifies the chances of epidemics,
harmful spells, contagious diseases, conflicts and wars. In addition, we also
receive the benefit and protective care of a myriad of divine guardians and
goddesses.
During the puja, visualize all your obstacles
& negativity of your past & present lives are being taken away by the
substitute figurine. Throw away your shirt （symbolic of obstacle-clearing, and generate in
your mind infinite food and money offerings to offer to all your debtors. Once
the substitute is being sent out, think you have no more relationship with all
these supernatural beings, and all your obstacles are ceased.
Cittamani Tara Grand Cleansing Puja of Immediate
Rescue from Poor Health & Danger
28/2/15 (Sat) 3:00pm
to 5:00pm
Cittamani Tara Blessing Initiation
28/2/15 (Sat) 7:30pm
to 9:30pm
The Cittamani Tara practice is a special
method of Tibetan Buddhism to dissipate interferences and to liberate all
living beings from any form of fear or danger. And this grand puja is the most
extensive ritual amongst all healing pujas, to alleviate the sufferings and
bestow blessings to aid recovery of all patients.
This Cittamani
Tara Grand Cleansing Puja is
especially conducted for people whose force of bad karma is very great. When
bad karma ripens, many obstacles arise and we face various problems in our
career, family, things do not go smoothly for us in various aspects, and the
most disturbing of all is none other than that of our health problems. When the
negative karma is heavy and strong, then the obstacle that manifests from its
ripening is greater. We require the huge merit and blessings of our daily
practice and pujas to overcome all our hindrances.
This puja is
especially beneficial towards the purification of the 4 types of obstacles
mentioned below:
- Serious illnesses, including prolonged medical
conditions and strange diseases which doctors are unable to treat /
diagnose
- Curses and other unorthodox methods / negative
actions to instill harm done onto you
- Black magic, witchcraft, evil spells
- Offended nagas, Landlord Gods and other
worldly gods or protectors
The merit and
power of this grand puja is inconceivable. It helps us to avoid all sufferings
of the health, stay peaceful, auspicious and healthy; and even for patients on
the verge of dying, this puja can instantly bring you to safety – just like how
a miraculous force of power saves you from falling to your death from a cliff.
Unless all conditions for death has fully ripened, otherwise under other
circumstances of death due to exhaustion of merit, or premature death, this
puja is certain to aid significantly in recovery and redeem back one’s life. In
case where the person cannot be saved, especially those who have committed
heavy bad karma to be reborn in the animal realm, this puja can help save them
from the lower realm rebirths.
This puja text
is a ritual from Tantric practice and requires an elaborate set of torma
(ritual cakes), human effigies made from dough, special puja offerings and
other necessary items to be used during the ritual. And together with chanting
of secret mantras and performing mudras, this puja is very powerful.
Cittamani
Tara, the Wish Fulfilling Mother, is the embodiment of the heart-jewel wisdom
and energy of the Buddha. Of the various types of Tara practice, Cittamani Tara
is a unique practice of the Highest Yoga Tantra class, which possesses the
heart-jewel method of developing the five deep awareness, or
Buddha-Wisdoms. It has a special efficacy for developing the wisdoms of
accomplishing activities and overcoming outer and inner obstacles in one's
lifespan, clearing obstructions in the path to enlightenment. We are
fortunate that H.E. Dagyab Rinpoche has compassionately agreed to bestow upon
us the blessing jenang initiation of this practice to all of us.
The Elements Cleansing Healing Grand Puja is ranked second class
amongst all healing pujas in Tibetan Buddhism, and Cittamani Tara Grand Cleansing Puja belongs to the first class of
healing rituals. These two grand pujas are considered to be the two most
beneficial pujas effective and most helpful for the masses, especially the ill.
Cleansing pujas are very beneficial as it aids in quick recovery of illnesses.
The more cleansing pujas one attend, the greater the benefit towards recovery.
Note: All participants must attend the puja
personally to receive the blessings and effectiveness of the puja. All are
required to bring along a small amount of bathed water (water from your own
shower) on that day for participation of the puja. There are also specific
items that are required for this ritual and this can be invited at an offering
of $10 per set at the puja.
Leng
Chag Torma Puja to Repay Karmic Debts
Specially to repay karmic debts of past lifetimes, preventing/resolving
supernatural harassment.
1/3/15 (Sun)
10:30am to 12:30pm
Since
beginningless time, we have been trapped in this uncontrolled cyclic existence
of samsara, and have undergone countless reincarnations. Although we are unable
to recall what we did in our previous lives, it is certain that we must have
committed many acts of greed and hatred out of our ignorance - which explains
why we are still unable to be liberated from samsara. It is also certain that
we must have accumulated many debts in all these lifetimes, ie. we could have
owed someone a sum of money, or even a mere sack of rice, or in serious cases,
we could have harmed others or caused their deaths.
When
we do not repay such debts and they accumulate, these creditors may one day
return to seek revenge against us, especially during times when we are
experiencing low luck. They can cause us various obstacles, from illnesses to
problems at work, sleepless nights, nothing seems to go smooth, or in worse
scenarios, could be even fatal. Through the performance of this Leng Chag Torma
Puja - by offering torma (ritual cake offerings) to the Buddhas, Bodhisattvas
and Protectors, and together with the immaculate blessings by the Holy Speech
of the Buddha’s texts, we purify the negative karma that we have accumulated
over the reincarnations and pay off these incurred debts.
Note: Interested participants may invite the dough offering
(to repay karmic debts) at $2 per set at the puja. You may also like to offer
on behalf of your family or friends.
Five Dzambalas Wealth
Congregating and Fortune Blessing Puja
Invoke wealth
blessings of all directions for increase of positive conditions in work and dharma
practice
1/3/15 (Sun) 3:00pm
to 5:00pm
Five
Dzambalas Blessing Initiation
1/3/15 (Sun) 7:30pm
to 9:30pm
The
five Dzambalas are the manifestations of the compassion of Buddha and
Bodhisattvas to guide sentient beings along the path to enlightenment. They
have the essence of generosity and represent the activities of increasing
benefit.
In
Buddhism, fortune and wealth refers to ‘merit’ - because everything good that
we possess is established from merit. Every form of success, every piece of
happiness, every kind of enjoyment can only be materialized should there be
enough merit to support it. To have merit means to have wealth and assets; if
there is no or insufficient merit, then one encounters many negative conditions
and obstacles. Even in the Buddhist path, you also need to practise and fulfill
both merit accumulation as well as karma purification to be able to attain
Bodhicitta.
This
wealth grand puja summons immense positive wealth energies upon the puja
participants, and is a very effective method to invoke positive wealth energy
of the universe and its inhabitants. Though getting rich is a result of one’s
past actions, participating in such wealth-congregating pujas play a
significant role in its own way to change the course of one’s financial
situation. With a sincere motivation to accumulate merit, purify our negative
karma, as well as make prayers for all sentient beings to be freed from all
poverty and all sufferings, without doubt - one will certainly receive the vast
blessings and protection of the five Dzambalas.
Note: Interested participants, please feel welcome
to bring along your wealth vases, fortune wands and amulets for recharge of
wealth blessings and energies during the puja. Interested participants can
invite the Namtose Wealth Incense.
Green Dzambala: Will enable all endeavors to be
perfectly accomplished and purify all bad luck and obstacles, prevent theft, bad debts and loss of wealth.
White Dzambala: The compassionate manifestation of the Bodhisattva Chenrezig (Kuan Yin). By practising White Dzambala one can remove the suffering of poverty and sickness, purify non-virtuous karma and karmic obstacles.
Yellow Dzambala: By practising Yellow Dzambala, can remove poverty within the six
realms, increasing virtues, life span and wisdom. All material and spiritual needs shall be met.
Red Dzambala: By practisng Red Dzambala, one can attract people, wealth and fame.
One will enjoy wealth in abundance and shall be well respected and supported by people.
Black Dzambala benefits the poor and those in solitary retreat. If a person’s
mind is always virtuous, Black Dzambala will always take care of him/her.
Wealth Deity Practice with the Correct Motivation
It is a common misconception to believe that one could obtain wealth by
making offerings and reciting the mantras of wealth deities. The wealth deities
in Buddhism have manifested as Protectors driven by the bodhicitta mind to
benefit all beings. Hence should we wish to achieve success and wealth by
engaging in their wealth practices, one should be driven by the positive
motivation to benefit others, uphold the dharma, make offerings to the three
jewels and the like. If it is solely for one’s own self benefit, we shall not
be able to receive the blessings of the wealth deities despite extensive effort
of practice. With pure motivation to benefit others, dharma practitioners shall
receive boundless blessings and protection to achieve both material and
ultimate prosperity.
Recently in Dec 2014, during the Jangchup Lamrim teachings bestowed by His Holiness Dalai Lama in Gaden Monastery, Dagyab Rinpoche and the people of Dagyab offered a long life offering to His Holiness. It was an auspicious and joyous occasion. Here is the context.
