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Tara is known as "mother of all the Buddhas" for she is the wisdom of reality from which all the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas are born. The Tara puja includes offering and requests to Mother Tara to help us overcome the many inner and outer obstacles to our practice and to achieve successful Dharma realization in our mental continuum.

 Guru Puja is an important practice to please and thank our gurus whose kindness and guidance help us to progress on our path to Buddhahood. Participation in a Guru Puja helps one not only to purify one's negative karma but also to accumulate immeasurable merits. Guru Puja is held twice a month in the Centre.

 A special prayer, paying homage to Je Tsong Khapa. The founder of Yellow sect (Gelug Sect) of Tibetan Buddhism. Je Tsong Khapa is seen as an emanation of Avalokiteshvara, Manjushri and Vajrapani. Monks will chant verses from Lama Tsong Khapa Guru Yoga. 

 NYURZEMA RECITATION

PRAISE OF THE SIX ARM DHARMAP PROTECTOR MAHAKALA

 A special prayer, paying homage to six armed Mahakala (Gonpo), the great black one. Though fierce in his trampling upon the evil spirits of delusion and greed, he is actually considered to be the agent of Avalokiteshvara or Chenrezig, the angelic Bodhisattva of great compassion. Mahakala is frightening in appearance because his responsibility is to protect all beings from evil. This verse was composed by a great Indian yogi Drubchen Shawari who had a vision of Mahakala while meditating and was inspired to compose these verses of praise during a vision of Mahakala that appeared to him gradually from the feet upwards. This prayer request Mahakala to protect the Dharma and to remove all obstacles of all sentient beings. 

This ritual is for pacifying and exterminating negative and destructive forces involves chanting and meditation on the teachings contained in the Heart Sutra (Ch. 般若心經). On the contrary to externalized performative rituals, this Heart Sutra ritual involves internalized chanting, meditation, and visualization.

For the well-being, prosperity, and peace of individuals, the center or the country.

The Four Mandala Offerings to Cittamani Tara is a ritual to celebrate the meditational deity Tara. On the 8th day of the month of the lunar calendar, we make offerings to Tara and request that she come to our swift aid to remove obstacles from our lives and to protect us from fear. These offerings usually consist of bounties of fruit, vegetables, candies, and cakes, and water, which represent the hospitality given to a guest upon entering an Indian home. Traditionally, four mandalas are given, which symbolize offering the entire universe to the meditational deity. In this particular manifestation, we praise the Jewel (or Treasure) Mind of Tara, Cittamani.

You can dedicate the puja to friends, relatives, the sick, or the success of particular projects.

 Medicine Buddha is the Healing Buddha who promised to help all those who are sick and who are dying. He is depicted in holding a bowl containing fine kinds of medicines. The puja is often performed to help clear obstacles to health, to have a successful surgery, and to help those who have already passed away. Especially meant for the sick and ailing and said to bring quick recovery because of the repetition of the blessed names of the 8 Tathagathas and their aspiration to heal others. This can be also considered as a 'Healing rite"

 A rite of invocation, propitiation, and entreatment to protectors to remember their prayers and vows to protect Dharma and its practitioners. Also a renewal of the vows and pledges one should keep to receive their protection. 

 This prayer is liturgies of three short texts performed in all Gelugpa monasteries, especially in the debate courtyard as preliminary prayers before the debates and also during congregational ceremonies of Drepung Gomang monastery.  And said to be very effective because of its contents, it removes obstacles, hindrances to life, property and health also in averting harms coming from humans or non-humans. A common practice among Tibetans is having these liturgies printed on "prayer flags"  or scrolls. While these are hung amongst the high passes, mountain tops, roof of the house or any high place, the later is made into amulets for protection either hung over doors or even worn around the neck.

This puja is performed to remove all obstacles for one's long life.

Namgyalma is one of the three Long-life Deities (white Tara, Amitayus, Namgyalma) Making requests to these deities helps to remove obstacles to one's lifespan (for example accidents, possibly fatal illness, as well as improve the quality of one's life. During this puja extensive offerings are made to accumulate merit and to purify all the hindrances to one's long life.

Prayers are performed to avert and clear the three types of obstacles, conditions that prevent us from achieving our worldly and spiritual goals

Namgyal ma, the buddha of Longevity, 1000 offerings are made to the Triple Gem; The main purpose of this Puja is to generate long-life, healing, purification and the generation of compassion for all the sentient beings, as well as for the removal of obstacles.

Purpose: Removal of obstacles in one’s life and health.

Dolkar Tsedup (White Tara recitation) for long life (longevity prayer). 

Prayer for the success of an auspicious task and for the task to benefit the donor and as well as all sentient beings.

It will help one escape from the many kinds of harms caused by nagas. It will help one develop authority, power and prosperity. The environment will become auspicious, peaceful and favorable. It will help eliminate many kinds of epidemics and long-lasting deceases. It will liberate humans and cattle from any sickness. It will help one appease insanity, psychosis, savage behavior, mental illness and the like. It is also said that this rite is best for the person who has committed five heinous crimes or severe actions. Similarly, those who have deteriorated their spiritual commitments, vows, pledges and promises, should participate in this Repelling Rite.

Gyashi  / Gyab-zhi is one of the most widely practiced ceremonies in Tibetan Buddhism. The ritual involves four sets of 100 offerings: 100 butter lamps to eradicate delusion; 100 ritual cakes (tor-ma) to overcome desires; 100 human effigies (made of dough) to subdue the demon of death; and 100 tsa-tsa (stamped clay votive images) to overcome tainted aggregates. The intention of the Four Hundred Offerings is to aid in overcoming inauspiciousness, disease, untimely death, and challenging supernatural forces.

Butter lamps are part of traditional daily Tibetan puja and serve a variety of purposes, including: Aiding focus and meditation, providing a symbolic flame to light the path towards liberation, and facilitating the cultivation of merit for those who sponsor the lamps’ fuel (usually butter or oil). Your sponsorship of this offering will provide fuel for 100 butter lamps.

Sher Nying du dok/She-Nying Du-Dok . This puja involves the continuous chanting of the Heart Sutra. Purpose: Assist in the removal of harmful forces and in removing the karmic obstacles.

So Soel/tru sul   Trusol  (Extensive Ritual Bathing Offering to all of the Lineage Gurus). Purpose: Purification of obstacles and the creation of great merit.

Prayer offering to one's protector for the continuous blessing for the success on work related to the buddha, dharma, and sangha, and for all sentient beings. A prayer invoking the protector to facilitate help and support towards the achievement of one's goal and success.

Pujas include Drug-chu-ma, a sixty-fold ritual cake offering that requires invocation and propitiation of one of the most compassionate and powerful deities—Lord Vajrabhairava (Jigjey). This ritual is dedicated to the fifteen directional protector deities and minion guardians in the Pure Land of Vajrabhairva, who are called upon to help in our eradication of all evil forces and influences. A special puja of Goddess Shridevi (Palden Lhamo) will also be conducted, wherein the goddess and all other Dharma protectors and guardian deities will be invoked through a brief meditation. These pujas are intended to eliminate negative forces, bad energy, ill omens, and obstacles and to usher well being, happiness and success for the coming year.

More elaborate and longer form of dugchu ma

 Shag thor   - Cake (torma) ritual and offering to deities asking for clemency, forgiveness on sins committed knowingly or unknowingly, for the continuous blessing to achieve success, good health and prosperity.

Elaborate offering of Shagthor

Lhamo Shagthor -Cake (torma) ritual and offering to Palden Lhamo deity asking for clemency, forgiveness on sins committed knowingly or unknowingly, for the continuous blessing to achieve success, good health and prosperity.

Chak-sum is an offering of three ritual cakes (tor-ma): One to the protectors of the Buddha Dharma, another to local spirits, and a third to the suffering beings of the “Hungry Ghost Realm.” These offerings are intended to aid in the purification of negativities.

Breakfast for monks

Approximately Rs.27520 for best bf with jam/butter- Rs.18994/-for normal bf

Lunch for monks

Approximately Rs.69788/-for best lunch with fruit, water etc--- Rs.45662/-for normal lunch

Dinner for monks

Approximately best dinner with fruit etc. Rs.55,000/- and Rs.40,000/-normal

Butter Lamp offering (100 nos)

Rs.700/-

Butter Lamp Offering (1000 nos)

Rs.4000/-