Chanted Prayers
Come and experience a different side of DMC! Join us for our weekly and monthly pujas & precepts.
Pujas (chanted prayers) are an important component of training in a spiritual life. They help us to still our mind, connect with the Buddhas and receive blessings. Below is the list of the pujas we practice together at the Center. Please check the online calendar for any schedule changes. All pujas are free of charge.
All of our prayers and meditation practices are recited in English with CD accompaniment. These chanted prayer practices are suitable for beginners as well as more advanced practitioners.
Heart Jewel Chanted Prayers and Meditation
The daily puja at Kadampa Buddhist Centers is Heart Jewel, with a short meditation on Lamrim. By relying upon this practice, we can purify negativity, accumulate merit, and receive blessings. In this way, we will naturally accomplish all the realizations of the stages of the path and attain a very special Dharma wisdom. Monday - Friday 6-6:40p
Green Tara Chanted Prayers
At Kadampa Centers worldwide, the eighth of the month is Tara Day. Tara is a female Buddha, whose name means Rescuer; she is the embodiment of swift compassion. If we rely upon Tara sincerely and with strong faith, she will protect us from all obstacles and fulfill all our wishes. Everyone welcome and invited to join us for Tara's chanted prayer practice, Liberation from Sorrow.
Monday March 8 6:00pm
Saturday Mar 27 5:00pm
Offering to the Spiritual Guide Puja
At Kadampa Centers worldwide Offering to the Spiritual Guide is recited on the tenth and twenty-fifth of each month. Offering to the Spiritual Guide is a special Guru Yoga of Je Tsongkhapa. By relying upon Je Tsongkhapa our compassion, wisdom, and spiritual power will increase. Because Je Tsongkhapa is an emanation of the Wisdom Buddha Manjushri, his faithful followers never experience difficulty in increasing their wisdom. Everyone welcome. Please bring an offering of food or drink to share.
Wednesday March 10 7-9pm
Thursday March 25 7-9pm
Saturday April 10 6-8pm
NO OSG on April 25th due to Festival
Melodious Drum Long Protector Puja (Kangso)
The purpose of this practice is to remove obstacles and gather all favorable conditions for our spiritual practice. Everyone welcome. Please bring an offering of food or drink to share.
Monday, March 29 2-5:30pm
Thursday April 29th 2-5:30pm
Medicine Buddha
Medicine Buddha is a Buddha Doctor whose function is to release living beings from outer and inner sickness by bestowing blessings upon them. Buddha’s Truth Body, or Dharmakaya, appears in the form of Medicine Buddha, with a blue-coloured body, one face and two hands, holding a jewelled bowl and a medicinal plant.
By relying upon Medicine Buddha sincerely, living beings in these impure times can be cured of heavy physical and mental disease, and find release from the internal pain of the three poisons: attachment, anger, and ignorance. They can also receive protection from many other dangers and obstacles. Since beginningless time, we have experienced the pain of the three poisons and all the sufferings to which they give rise. Now, by relying upon this Buddha Doctor, we can be released from this pain forever. Moreover, by practising the sadhana of Medicine Buddha sincerely, we receive a special power of body, speech, and mind, which we can then use to help others through healing actions.
March 13 - 5:00pm March 20 - 5:00pm
Chanted Prayers for the Dying and Deceased
Powa Ceremony, a beautiful and powerful ritual practice drawn from the Buddhist tantras, enables us to benefit the deceased by coming together as a group and making prayers and offerings on their behalf. Then, through the power of our compassionate intention, strong prayers, and concentration on the practice, we transfer the consciousness of the deceased to the Pure Land of the Buddha of Compassion so that they will experience a pure and lasting peace and finally be freed from the painful cycling of suffering and its causes. Everyone is welcome, please bring an offering of food or flowers if you wish.