~ Chanted Prayers ~

Traditional chanted prayers are a special way to purify our negativities, garner positive mental energy, and receive blessings.

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Regular Practices include:

Wishfulfilling Jewel and Lamrim meditation

Monday-Saturday, 4:45 - 6:00pm
Sunday 8:15 - 9:15am (with tsog)

This is the heart practice of Kadampa Buddhism. It has two parts. The first is a special Guru yoga of Je Tsongkhapa in which we visualize our Spiritual Guide as Je Tsongkhapa, himself a manifestation of the Wisdom Buddha Manjushri. The second part invokes Je Tsongkhapa's Dharma Protector, Dorje Shugden, asking him to overcome obstacles to our practice and create conditions that nurture and increase our Dharma realizations. The Wishfulfilling Jewel puja is combined with 20 minutes of meditation on one of the 21 Lamrim meditations, also known as stages of the path to enlightenment.

Lama Chöpa Puja
(Offering to the Spiritual Guide)

Monthly on the 10th and 25th

A special Guru yoga of Je Tsongkhapa in conjunction with Highest Yoga Tantra. This is a practice in which we develop conviction that our Spiritual Guide is the same nature as Je Tsongkhapa, himself an emanation of the Wisdom Buddha Manjushri. It is practiced twice a month at all NKT Centres.
(Duration: 2 hours)

 

 

 

 

 
Kängso
(Melodious Drum Victorious in All Directions)

Monthly on the 29th

Extensive prayers and requests to the Dharma Protector, Dorje Shugden. This longer version of Wishfulfilling Jewel, always includes a Tsog (or food) offering, and is practiced at all NKT Centres on the 29th day of each month.
(Duration: 3-4 hours).
Tara
(Liberation from Sorrow)

Monthly on the 8th

A practice of making praises and requests to Buddha Tara, a female Buddha who is the manifestation of the ultimate wisdom of all the Buddhas. If we rely upon Mother Tara sincerely and with strong faith she will protect us from all obstacles and fulfil all our wishes.
(Duration: 45 minutes).

Precepts
(A Pure Life)

Monthly on the 15th
6:30 - 7:00am

The practice of taking and keeping of the eight Mahayana precepts for a 24-hour period is a special practice of moral discipline that is performed with bodhichitta motivation. This practice is offered once a month at Joyful Land.
(Duration: 30 minutes).

Medicine Buddha

First Friday of every month at 7:00 pm

The practice of relying upon Medicine Guru, a Buddha doctor whose function is to release living beings from outer and inner sickness by bestowing blessings upon them.
(Duration: 1 hour).

Prayers for the Deceased

Last Friday of every month
7:00-8:00pm

Prayers and requests to Avalokiteshvara, the Buddha of Compassion.

Occasional Practices include:  
Amitayus
(Yoga of Buddha Amitayus)

A special method for increasing life span, wisdom and merit through receiving the blessings of Buddha Amitayus.
(Duration: 1 hour).
The Bodhisattva's Confession of Moral Downfalls

A purification practice of the Mahayana Sutra of the Three Superior Heaps, generally practiced with half- or full-length prostrations.
(Duration: 30-60 minutes).
Manjushri
(Treasury of Wisdom)

Prayers and requests to Manjushri, the Buddha of Wisdom.
(Duration: 45 minutes).
Vajrasattva
(Meditation and Recitation of Solitary Vajrasattva)

A powerful purification practice.
(Duration: 45 minutes).
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