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The Personal Website of Tibetan Buddhist Monk Khenpo Rinpoche Jangchup Choeden |
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PUJAS / BLESSINGS / SERVICES
IN TIBETAN
IN ENGLISH
LACHOED TSOGKHOR*
Tsog offering with Guru Puja (Mentor worship)
DUG SHE SENG SUM
Combination of 3 prayers for clear obstacles
DORJE NAMJOM THUE**
Vajravidaran healing ablution (Bath)
THINCHOL
Protector Puja (Tea offering)
MOLAM LACHOED
Prayers for deceased
MENLA
Menla Puja (Medicine Buddha worship)
TEN THUE YUL THUE
Vajravidaran Environment cleansing
RABNE
Consecration / House blessings
THUSOL RABNE***
House Blessings (Extended)
DOLCHOG
Tara Puja (Tara worship) BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO PUJA
Pujas are spiritual practices performed to assist any one in
their quest to eradicate the sufferings of Samsara and achieve
enlightenment in order to benefit others. Tibetan lamas of all
traditions often on request perform special spiritual practices
(pujas) for the benefit of individuals, who are in trouble, sick
or deceased or for the community, state or nation in need. LACHOED TSOGKHOR* Tsog offering with Guru Puja blessings
In the Tantric Buddhism of Mahayana tradition, mentor worship is
core practice. Without mentor worship practice there is no way
to achieve anything through practices. Mentor is personified
form of all the enlightened beings and it represents complete
blessings of Body, Mind, Speech and mission of enlightened
beings.
Mentor is closest point or most accessible source of spiritual
energy. For a common being there is no other way better then
worshiping one's own mentor to collect great amount of merit and
receive blessings of enlightened beings. It is very important to
know special emphasis put on mentor worship by great many
classical tantric treatises. In many classical tantras
Vajradhara repeatedly stress on importance of mentor worship. It
is also taught to be the highest form of worship common human
being can engage in this world.
DUG SHE SENG SUM
Problems like being possessed by harmful spirits, getting
influenced by unfavorable zodiac signs, planetary spirits and
various hunting spirits. A real world of invisible spirit
consisting various groups and levels exist as similar to the
mortal world of us. Many of these spirits just live by hunting
on human beings. So, occasionally people fall prey to them, but
unknowingly try to remedy themselves through improper method of
modern medicine and technology. As a result they get no benefit
at all even though they consult best brains in the field or
access best technology available.
Millennium ago spirit world interfered with life of the students
and devotees of Buddha. Buddha was begged for help by those poor
people; motivated by great compassion and armed with
super-wisdom Buddha revealed various effective methods to tackle
such problems of human beings. After that those methods were
used, tested and approved very effective for centuries in
different societies of India, China, Tibet, Mongolia, Japan,
Korea and many other countries throughout the Asia.
With a pure and strong motive to help people we bring the same
art of healing to west. Dug-She-Seng-Sum is combination of three
highly revered and effective remedy out of thousands of such
methods revealed by Buddha. It is so popular in
Tibetan community that almost every household knows about these
prayer and often arrange to have these done for them.
Vajravidaran is a specialized cleansing deity of esoteric
Buddhism. It is very powerful in cleaning body, speech and mind
of living beings from all the possible spiritual and material
contaminants. For millennium great Tibetan yogis lived long,
healthy and prosperous life by relying on the practice of Vajravidaran. Through infinite power of Vajravidaran one can
benefit self and others by purifying body, speech and mind from
impurities.
This healing ritual target to clean impurities besides
eliminating the influence of external obstructions caused by
imbalance in nature, unfavorable stars, planets and zodiac signs
etc. After the cleaning and eliminating the impurities, a
diamond shield protection is created, which protects the subject
from similar kind of influences in future.
With the power of Mantra, Mudra and Samadhi the supreme power of
Vajravidaran are activated and directed to benefit the subject.
Benefit of the ritual will be felt mentally, physically and
emotionally. The ritual contributes greatly to harness positive
energy, and increase mental and physical faculties.
THINCHOL
This world is home of innumerable kind of living beings
including all kinds of spirits. Invisible spirits has been
living on earth from time unknown as we the mortals are. Unaware
of existence of community of invisible spirits, many people
occasionally unintentionally disturb or cause harm to them.
Invisible spirit world's reaction to such things are disturbing,
uncomfortable and dangerous, which sometimes become so serious
that person affected may meet with sudden death. Development of
technology and medical science is incapable to protect our
society from such elements.
Civilization with long history like Tibet has profound
understanding and experience in how to deal with such matters.
For millennium Tibetans relied on powerful protector deities to
protect themselves from various such harmful spirits. Protector
deities are good spirits and long ago enlightened mortal beings
put them under oath to protect mortals from any kind of harm
that comes from harmful spirits. Most famous Buddhis protectors
are Mahakala, Kalarupa, Kalidevi, Vaisharvana and Mahayaksha as
well. Although the protectors are under oath to protect mortals,
in order to receive complete protection it is important to
worship them and direct their energy to protect self and others.
MOLAM LACHOED
In mundane world we help living beings through charity and
various act of kindness. Similarly, we can also help the dead
ones through doing specific pujas and proper dedication. Similar
to living beings dead ones too need help, especially while they
are in period of transition from this world to other.
As soon as a person passes away from this world he or she goes
through various unfamiliar mysterious stages of path to next
world. Similar to as we need guidance and help to go to new
place, they too need lot of help and guidance of positive energy
and blessings of enlightened beings to smoothly and peacefully
cross the path to the other end.
To meet this requirement to help deceased person, in Tibetan
culture we observe 49 days of final rites for each deceased one.
During the 49 days of final rites Assembly of Buddhas are
invited, worshiped and then the merits accumulated from that is
dedicated to benefit the particular deceased person and all who
passed away.
MENLA
TEN THUE YUL THUE
Vajravidaran is a specialized cleansing deity of esoteric
Buddhism. It is very powerful in cleaning environment and
eco-system. For millenniums, great Tibetan yogis avoid
degradation of environment and Tibetan eco-system by relying
upon the practice of Vajravidaran. Through infinite power of
Vajravidaran one can reinstate the vitality of the environment
and eco-system.
This healing ritual target to wash impurities besides
eliminating the influence of external obstructions caused by
imbalance in nature, unfavorable stars, planets and zodiac signs
etc. After cleaning the impurities, a diamond shield protection
is created to protect the environment from similar things in
future.
RABNE
At the end merit accumulated through the divine activities are
dedicated to benefit the benefactor and all living beings. It is
followed by chanting the lines of auspiciousness and prosperity.
THUSOL RABNE***
DOLCHOG By doing practice of Tara, one can collect great deal of merit, avoid suffering and lower rebirth, quickly attain the Enlightenment and receive initiation from enumerable Buddhas. Blessing of Tara is specially effective and appropriate for a person, who got many virtuous missions to accomplish.
CONCLUDING REMARKS
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