Chanted prayers (Pujas) offered at KMC Georgia
You are welcome to drop in for any of these chanted prayer (puja) sessions, unless otherwise noted. There is no charge for attending these pujas.
Weekly Pujas for April
We are trying these new times as a trial for the month of April. We hope you can join us.
MONDAY | 5–6pm | Heart Jewel prayers with silent meditation
TUESDAY | 8–9:30am | Quick Path to Great Bliss **note this puja is only for those who have received Highest Yoga Tantra Empowerments
TUESDAY | 5–6pm | Heart Jewel prayers with silent meditation
WEDNESDAY | 5–6:15pm | Wishfulfilling Jewel prayers with tsog offering. A tsog offering is a special food offering. You are welcome to bring an offering of food to place on the shrine for this puja.
THURSDAY | 5–6pm | Heart Jewel prayers with silent meditation
FRIDAY | 5–6pm | Heart Jewel prayers with silent meditation
Recurring Monthly Pujas
Powa | Prayers for those who have recently died
Saturday April 8, 3–4pm | Saturday May 13, 3–4pm | Saturday June 10, 3–4pm
Offering to the Spiritual Guide Puja with tsog offering
Held on the 10th and 25th of each months - check back here for specific times
A tsog offering is a special food offering. You are welcome to bring an offering of food to place on the shrine for this puja.
Long Protector Puja (Melodious Drum) with tsog offering
Held on, or just before the 29th of each month - check back here for specific times
A tsog offering is a special food offering. You are welcome to bring an offering of food to place on the shrine for this puja.
You can find out more about the meaning of each of these special practices below
Heart Jewel Prayers
The daily puja at Kadampa Buddhist Centers is Heart Jewel, which is a Guru yoga of Je Tsongkhapa combined with the condensed sadhana of his Dharma Protector and a short mediation on Lamrim. This puja includes two practices revealed by the Wisdom Buddha Manjushri. The first is a special Guru yoga in which we visualize our Spiritual Guide as Je Tsongkhapa, who himself is a manifestation of Manjushri. 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 of Sutra and Tantra, and in particular we will attain a very special Dharma wisdom.
The second practice is a method for relying upon the Dharma Protector Dorje Shugden. Through this, we can overcome obstacles to our practice and create favourable conditions so that we can nurture and increase our Dharma realizations. If we rely upon the Dharma Protector Dorje Shugden sincerely, our faith in Je Tsongkhapa will naturally increase and we will easily gain experience of the pure Buddhadharma transmitted directly to Je Tsongkhapa by the Wisdom Buddha Manjushri.
These two practices are the very essence of the New Kadampa Tradition of Mahayana Buddhism. If we practice them regularly and sincerely, we will reap a rich harvest of pure Dharma realizations, and eventually come to experience the supreme joy of full enlightenment. (1 hour 7 min.)
Powa Prayers
If you would like to add someone who has recently passed away to our Powa prayers, please join us.
Quick Path to Great Bliss
This practice is for those who have received Highest Yoga Tantra Empowerments.
Vajrayogini is a female enlightened Deity of Highest Yoga Tantra who is the manifestation of the wisdom of all Buddhas. By relying upon this practice sincerely, with a good heart and a mind of faith, it is definitely possible to attain full enlightenment. 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 commentary The New Guide to Dakini Land.
Long Protector Prayers (Melodious Drum)
Offering Spiritual Guide Prayers
Wishfulfilling Jewels Prayers
Prayers to Je Tsongkhapa and Dorje Shugden
This practice is the heart essence of Kadampa Buddhism. In the first part we visualize our Spiritual Guide as Je Tsongkhapa and make prayers and requests to purify negativity, accumulate merit, and receive blessings. This prepares our mind for a twenty-minute meditation on the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment. After the meditation we make prayers to our Dharma Protector, Dorje Shugden. Through this we can overcome obstacles to our practice and create favorable conditions so that we can nurture and increase our pure Dharma realizations. This practice includes a tsog offering (feast offering) so you can bring a vegetarian food offering with you if you wish. (1 hour 15 minutes.)