This puja is being held to benefit William Hirsch on the 49th day of his passing, sponsored by his daughter, Sandi Mitchell. The community is invited to attend to show support to Sandi and her family by doing this powerful practice together.
9:00 am Sunday, October 28, 2012
Khen Rinpoche Lobsang Delek sent advise that instead of Kadampa Center sponsoring a long-life puja for Lama Zopa Rinpoche at Sera Je, it would be more beneficial if we held it right here at Kadampa Center. (Funds were already raised for this puja.) We will be holding this special Namgyalma Long Life Puja with extensive offerings for the benefit of our precious spiritual director, teacher and guide. The puja will be chanted by the monks in Tibetan, while students recite the short Namgyalma mantra. If you'd like to attend, we suggest bringing a potluck dish to share so we can all eat lunch together, then the puja will begin right after lunch (around 1:00pm).
Location at Kadampa Center:
Gompa
3:00 pm Friday, June 29, 2012
Guru Puja is a practice consisting of making offerings to and requesting inspiration from the Spiritual Master. Spiritual vows and commitments which might have degenerated are also restored through the practice of tsog offering (feast offering). In this practice, we unite our minds with the holy mind of the Spiritual Master, who is considered the root and life-force of the spiritual path in order to receive blessings and generate realizations on the path to enlightenment.
We need merit, or positive energy, for our enlightened potential to grow and become perfect and one of the best ways to do that is to make beautiful offering and prayers to the Three Jewels and to our Spiritual Teachers. This is what happens in the Guru Puja. A special type of offering called tsog is made. Here we offer platefuls of fruits and biscuits, which are distributed afterwards to the participants. The tsog can be eaten by oneself or shared with friends who have faith in the Three Jewels, but should not be given to animals or thrown in a dirty place.
