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SEPTEMBER & OCTOBER 2011 ISSUE
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MEDICINE BUDDHA'S BIRTHDAY
Lead By: His Holiness Karma Kuchen Rinpoche.
According to
Chinese Lunar Calendar, on the 30th Day of the 9th Lunar
Month (which is 26th Oct 2011) is Medicine Buddha's
Birthday. On this day, our centre will conduct the Medicine
Buddha Puja to pray for good health & well being of all
sentient beings.
We are fortunate
that His Holiness Karma Kuchen Rinpoche has
agreed to attend and personally lead this puja to pray for
all sentient beings.
Medicine
Buddha is known as the Healing Master of Lapis Lazuli
Radiance, with a distinctive Deep Blue body color. He is the
manifestation of the healing energy of all enlightened
beings. During the puja, prayers are offered to request for
the blessing of Medicine Buddha to heal diseases, sickness,
as well as to overcome obstacles, achieve temporary and
ultimate goals and happiness for all sentient beings.
At the puja,
we will distribute bottles of blessed water for devotees.
All these water will be specially blessed by the ritual
master during our centre 1 day Medicine Buddha Puja.
The program
is as follows:
Please be
advised that devotees who are attending this puja are
required to be on vegetarian.
| Date |
Time |
Programs |
26/10/11
Wed |
10.00am - 12.00pm |
Medicine Buddha Puja |
| 2.00pm
- 4.00pm |
Devotees may
contribute towards this puja by register for the
following:
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Category |
Amount |
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Lamp Offering |
S$10 per person |
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Flower
Offering |
S$5
each |
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PROGRAM
HIGHLIGHTS
September, we are celebrating the Mid-Autumn
Festival. We will like to invite students and members to
join us in this gathering for a night of foods, games &
lucky draw on 10th Sep.
In December, we will organize our yearly
Nyung Ne Retreat. This year, the retreat will be lead by
Khenchen Tsewang Gyatso Rinpoche (Khenpo Guru). Registration
for the retreat is open now and based on first come first
served.
We are also organizing an oversea trip to
Yogyakarta, Indonesia to visit Borobudur together with our
resident teacher and lama. More information for this tour is
available inside this newsletter.
| Date |
Programs |
| 10/09 |
Mid Autumn Festival Celebration |
| 24/09 |
Sher Nying Dud Dhog
(Dispelling Obstacles
through Prajna Paramita) |
| 25/09 |
Gyazhi Puja (Four Hundred
Offerings) |
You may also accumulate
merits in our monthly pujas (e.g. Medicine Buddha Puja, Green Tara Puja
& etc.) by making lamp offering to the Buddhas, which is available
at S$5 per lamp.
Click
to download monthly pujas lamp offering sform.
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MID AUTUMN FESTIVAL CELEBRATION
Date & Time: 10th September 2011 (Sat, 7.00pm - 9.30pm)
Ticket: $5 per person
(entitled you to one lucky draw coupon, foods, drinks,
lantern & games! )
Our centre will be celebrating the mid-autumn festival on
10th September together with our resident teacher, Ven.
Samten Rinpoche. There will be pot luck dinner, mooncakes,
lanterns, games and lucky draws! If you wish to contribute
your signature dish for the night, please contact Shiyun at
98770726 to register and confirm. We welcome all of you to
join us for a night full of foods, fun and laughter!
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SHER NYING DUD
DHOG
Sher Nying Dud Dhog is known as "Dispelling
Obstacles through Prajna Paramita". "Sher" means "Paramita",
"Nying" means "Essence", "Dud" means "Maras" and "Dhog"
means "Obstacles".
During the time of Sakyamuni Buddha, there
was a Hariti (known as the mother of bhutas) and her five
hundred sons. In order to feed her sons, she would abduct
and killed the human's children. Buddha knew about it, stole
one of her son and hid him under his rice bowl. She realised
that one of her son was missing and went desperately
throughout the universe to search for him. Finally, she went
to the Buddha and pleaded for his help. The Buddha pointed
out that she was suffering because she had lost one of her
sons and asked if she could imagine the suffering of parents
whose only child had been devoured. She replied contritely
that their suffering must be many times greater than hers,
and vowed not to abduct or killed the children and pleaded
with Buddha to return her missing son. Hariti was also
worried that without food, her sons would be hungry. Buddha
knowing this, took out the leftover food from his rice bowl
and gently pressed it together to form the imprint of his 5
fingers, blessed it and gave it to Hariti to release the
hunger of her sons. Buddha also mentioned that he will
preach the offering of "len-chang" which mean the leftover
potion of the food, as an offering to Hariti and her five
hundred sons and hope that they will not caused harmed to
the human again.
The benefits of this puja are:
1) To reverse diseases and harms generally.
2) To remove obstacles like bad dreams, bad
signs and omens.
Participants interested to participate in
this puja are requested to bring fingernail cutting,
a small piece of fabric worn by the
participant and strands of hair.
Below is the program:
| Date |
Time |
Programs |
24/09/11
Sat |
10.00am - 12.00pm |
Sher Nying Dud Dhog
(Dispelling Obstacels
through Prajna Paramita) |
| 2.00pm
- 5.00pm |
Devotees may
contribute towards this puja by register for the
following:
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Category |
Individual |
Family |
Company |
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Eliminate of Obstacles |
S$10 |
S$20 |
S$50 |
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Lamp Offering |
S$10 |
S$20 |
S$50 |
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Sponsor of
"Len-Chang" material |
S$5 each |
Sponsor 1
set Offering for
Sher Nying Dud Dhog |
S$60 per set |
* One
set of offering for Sher Nying Dud Dhog include Lamp,
Len-Chang, Torma and meat. There are total 24 sets
available based on first come first served, please
register in centre.
* The "len-chang"
symbolized the leftover food offering to Hariti and her
five hundred sons.
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GYAZHI PUJA (FOUR HUNDRED
OFFERINGS)
Gyazhi Puja known as the Four Hundred
Offering Puja from Lord Buddha Sakyamuni. All obstacles that
we experienced were caused by the Four Maras. These are the
Mara of Aggregate represented by yellow torma, the Mara of
Heaven-Son represented by white torma, the Mara of
Defilement represented by red torma and the Mara of Death
represented by black torma. They symbolized the 4
obscurations.
Through making the offering, it helps to
pacify the following:
1) Offering of 100 lamps, one would have pacified the Mara
of Heaven-Son and be freed of obscuration of knowledge
2) Offering of 100 tsha-tsha, one would have pacified the
Mara of Defilement and be freed of the obscuration of the
five poisons.
3) Offering of 100 human form figures, one would have
pacified the Mara of Aggregates and be freed of the
obscuration of
habitual tendencies.
4) Offering of 100 tormas, one would have pacified the Mara
of Death and be freed of obscuration of karmic causes
Approaching to the final part of puja, these
tormas accompanied by offerings will be ousted from the
shrine to specified locations according to instructions. The
act symbolized departure of all obsurations from you.
Therefore, the puja is excellent in
dispelling the following
1) Bad omens, misfortune or bad dream
2) Severely sick, deadly conditions or life threatening
situations with no possible alternative solutions
3) Defilement and suffering
Participants interested to participate in
this puja are requested to bring fingernail cutting, a
small piece of fabric worn by the participant and strands of
hair.
Below is the program:
| Date |
Time |
Programs |
25/09/11
Sun |
10.00am - 12.00pm |
Gyazhi Puja
(Four Hundred Offerings) |
| 2.00pm
- 5.00pm |
Devotees may
contribute towards this puja by register for the
following:
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Category |
Individual |
Family |
Company |
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Eliminate of Obstacles |
S$10 |
S$20 |
S$50 |
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Lamp Offering |
S$10 |
S$20 |
S$50 |
Sponsor 1
set Offering for
Gyazhi Puja |
S$60 per set |
* One set of offering
for Gyazhi Puja include 1 Lamp, 1 Tsha-Tsha, 1 Torma and 1
Human Form Figure. This offering form part of the Four
Hundred Offering of 100 lamps, 100 tsha-tsha, 100 tormas
and 100 human form figures. Those interested are
required to register early as there are only 100 sets
available for sponsor.
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5D 4N
YOGYAKARTA TOUR PACKAGE
(INDONESIA)
We are organising a 5 days 4 nights
Yogyakarta Tour in Indonesia together with our resident
teacher & lama. We will be visiting Borobudur temple
(UNESCO World Heritage Site), Tara temple, Sari Temple,
Prambanan temple and etc. Please refer to the following
itinerary.
Scan the QR code for more info on this
tour or click here for more info on
5D 4N Yogyakarta Tour Package.
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NYUNG NE RETREAT 2011
This year, we will be holding our Nyung Ne Retreat 2011 from
7th to 10th December 2011. We are pleased to invite Khenpo
Tsewang Gyatso Rinpoche to lead the retreat for this year.
Registration for
retreat is open now and closing date for registration is
30th November 2011. Those interested may download the
Nyung Ne Retreat Registration form
and submit to us together with the registration fee.
Click here for
more information on
Nyung Ne Retreat 2011.
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