Daily Meditation Prayers (Pujas)
The Center holds regular sessions of chanted prayers, or pujas, which are often combined with meditation, visualization and mantra recitation (see the weekly calendar for details).
Below is a list of all the practices performed at the KMC. Click on a practice for more information about it.
Bodhisattva’s Confession of Moral Downfalls
Drop of Essential Nectar (fasting retreat)
Essence of Good Fortune (Buddha Shakyamuni)
The Great Mother (Prajnaparamita)
Meditation and Recitation of Solitary Vajrasattva
Melodious Drum (Long Protector Puja)
Offering to the Spiritual Guide
Treasury of Wisdom (Manjushri)
Wishfulfilling Jewel (Je Tsongkhapa & Dorje Shugden)
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| 2011 | |
Dharma Movie |
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| 2012 | |
| 10 June |
Tsog DayEach month there are two days, the 10th and 25th, on which it is especially important for practitioners of Highest Yoga Tantra in general, and of Heruka and Vajrayogini in particular to perform a tsog offering. The tsog offering is very important for renewing commitments and averting obstacles. It is a special method through which we come under the care and guidance of the Dakas and Dakinis who bestow completion stage realizations. Our wealth, merit, and great bliss will increase through this practice. A `tsog’ is an assembly of Heroes and Heroines. The terms `Hero and Heroine’ and `Daka and Dakini’ are interchangeable. Shantideva said that a real Hero or Heroine is someone who has destroyed their self-cherishing mind, has conquered their delusions, and has developed the courage to help many living beings. When we make a tsog offering we should regard both those to whom the offering is made and those who are making the offering as Heroes and Heroines. We offer the tsog offering to the Field for Accumulating Merit, which includes the entire assembly of Heroes and Heroines. When we gather together in a group to do a tsog offering puja it is very important that we regard everyone as an assembly of Heroes and Heroines. If we do this puja alone we should visualize ourself surrounded by all beings in the aspect of Heroes and Heroines. Kadampa centers usually arrange an Offering to the Spiritual Guide puja together with a tsog offering on the 10th and 25th of each month. |
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29 January
6:00 PM − 9:30 PM |
LP Tsog |
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8 June
2:00 PM − 3:00 PM |
Tara Prayers |
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19 May
8:00 AM − 9:15 AM |
WFJThe Guru yoga of Je Tsongkhapa combined with the sadhana of his Dharma Protector |
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29 May
6:00 PM − 9:30 PM |
Long Protector (4 hours) |
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15 June
6:30 AM − 7:15 AM |
Precepts |
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17 May
7:00 AM − 9:00 AM |
Quick Path (HYT only M-F)Vajrayogini self-generation sadhana The instructions on the Highest Yoga Tantra practice of Venerable Vajrayogini were taught by Buddha Vajradhara in the forty-seventh and forty-eighth chapters of the Condensed Root Tantra of Heruka. This particular lineage of instructions, the Narokhachö lineage, was passed directly from Vajrayogini to Naropa, and from him through an unbroken lineage of realized practitioners to the present-day Teachers. After Buddha Vajradharma had taught the practice he left the mandalas of Heruka and Vajrayogini intact in twenty-four auspicious places in this world. Thus even to this day there are countless manifestations of Vajrayogini in this world who help sincere practitioners to gain realizations by blessing their mental continuum. In many respects the practice of Vajrayogini is ideally suited to the present day. By relying upon this practice sincerely, with a good heart and a mind of faith, it is definitely possible to attain full enlightenment; but to accomplish such results we must practise the extensive sadhana regularly. This particular sadhana, Quick Path to Great Bliss, was composed by the great Lama Phabongkha Rinpoche. Compared to other sadhanas it is not very long, but it contains all the essential practices of Secret Mantra. To practise the sadhana successfully we should first receive the empowerment of Vajrayogini, and then study authentic instructions on the practice such as those found in the bookGuide to Dakini Land. This sadhana is suitable both for our regular daily practice and for retreat; and we can practise it alone or in a group. |
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17 May
5:00 PM − 6:15 PM |
WFJ Meditation |
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20 May
7:30 AM − 8:30 AM |
Dakini Yoga (HYT Only Sunday) |
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1 June
7:00 PM − 8:00 PM |
PowaThis practice of transference of consciousness, known as ‘powa’, can be done either by a group of practitioners or individually. The purpose of doing this is to lead countless deceased beings to the Pure Land of a Buddha. |
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20 May
1:30 PM − 2:30 PM |
WFJ TsogThe Guru yoga of Je Tsongkhapa combined with the sadhana of his Dharma Protector |
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18 May
7:00 PM − 8:00 PM |
Medicine Buddha |
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25 May
8:00 AM − 9:30 AM |
Offering to the Spiritual Guide (25) |
