Tuesday Chanted Prayers – Meet the Buddhas

7.00 pm to 8.15 pm

Weekly, except May 26 (Term Break)

With Gen Kelsang Yankyi

Chanted prayers (also known as pujas) are ritual ceremonies of prayers performed to request blessings, purify negative karma, and cultivate spiritual merit.

These classes are free to attend; however, if you wish to offer a donation, you are most welcome.

Here is a list of  pujas we shall be doing

Medicine Buddha puja (healing ourselves and other)
Whit Tara puja (Long life and wisdom)
Amitayus puja (Long life and wisdom)
Green Tara puja (normally on the 8th of each month)
Avalokiteshvara ( Four armed) puja ( compassion)
Thousand armed Avalokiteshvara puja (compassion)
Powa (Prayers for the recently deceased) at least once a month.
Manjushri puja (wisdom)
Vajrapani Puja (spiritual power)

We also have daily Heart Jewel Prayers and other regular pujas and weekend practices here at the centre please see our calendar and below for further information.

The female Buddha of active compassion who, as the manifestation of the ultimate wisdom of all the Buddhas, is known as the ‘Mother of the Conquerors’. She is also known as the ‘Great Liberator’ who pacifies all sickness, poverty, misfortune, fighting and quarrelling, and causes the Dharma and all good fortune to flourish. Her green-coloured body symbolizes that she is also the manifestation of the fully purified wind element of all the Buddhas, and like the wind is quick to respond to the prayers of those in need. Her right leg extended also indicates her readiness to help others. This painting shows Tara seated on a lotus arising from a lake. It is said that when Compassion Buddha Avalokiteshvara, the Buddha of Compassion, saw the immensity of suffering in the world he started crying, and Tara was born from a lotus that arose from his lake of tears.

Offering to the Spiritual Guide, or Lama Chopa in Tibetan, is a special Guru yoga of Je Tsongkhapa in conjunction with Highest Yoga Tantra. It was compiled by the first Panchen Lama, Losang Chokyi Gyaltsen, as a preliminary practice for Tantric Mahamudra. The main practice is meditation on reliance upon our Spiritual Guide, but it also includes all the essential practices of the stages of the path (Lamrim) and training the mind (Lojong), as well as both the generation and completion stages of Highest Yoga Tantra. By relying upon our Spiritual Guide as one with Je Tsongkhapa, our compassion, spiritual power, and especially our wisdom will naturally increase. A complete commentary to this practice can be found in Great Treasury of Merit.