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PUJAS AT
TUSHITA
 "It
is mentioned in the Kadampa teachings that it is a hundred times more
powerful to make prayers with your community than alone in your
room."
- Lama
Zopa Rinpoche
A puja consists
of meditations, visualisations and prayers, including taking refuge and
generating bodhicitta, followed by an elaborate version of the seven
limb practice: making prostrations and offerings, confessing
one’s negativities, rejoicing in the good deeds of oneself and
others, requesting the Buddhas to remain in samsara and teach, and
dedicating the merits (positive energy) thus created. Mantras,
praises and requests are also usually recited.
The purpose of a puja is to
purify one’s negative energy thus clearing away obstacles in life
and spiritual practice for oneself and others. One also creates
new positive energy and this is dedicated for the fulfillment of
one’s own wishes and the wishes of others, including the most
profound and expansive wish of all: to become a fully enlightened
Buddha for the benefit of all beings.
Everyone is welcome to join the pujas at Tushita!
You may participate at whatever level you feel
comfortable: simply observing or reciting along with the
group. Just come and see!
Most of our pujas are in the early evening (usually
starting around 6:30pm) or late afternoon and are 1 - 2 hours long.
Our pujas are usually conducted in English or Tibetan
(phonetics provided) or a combination of both.
Tushita offers the following pujas:
- Protector prayers
in English & Tibetan (performed privately most evenings by Tushita
Monastics)
Tushita's monthly pujas are scheduled according to Tibetan dates
of the lunar calendar. Please note that the Tibetan calendar is very
different from the standard Western dating system, and that a date in a
Tibetan month will not match a ‘normal’ calendar.
For Western dates of each of
these pujas, please see the Calendar of Events
Please contact the Tushita
office for more information & exact times and if you would like to
make a donation & dedication for the puja (not required!).
MAY ALL BEINGS
BE HAPPY!
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