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JULY & AUGUST 2007 ISSUE |
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TIBETAN CLASS FOR BEGINNERS
Conducted By: Palyul Nyingma Buddhist Association
Interested
students are required to register in our association by 31st
July 2007 with full payment for the class. Students who are
interested to learn but are having financial difficulty can
approach us for assistance where we will access on a case by
case basis.
End of
registration date: 31st
July 2007
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Teacher: |
Ven. Yu Shi (Chinese Speaking
teacher)
He is from Taiwan and has assisted in
Chinese translation during our program by His
Holiness and Khenpos. |
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Commencement Date:
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20th August 2007 |
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Duration: |
10 days lessons in 2 weeks |
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Fees: |
S$50.00 per person (inclusive of
notes given during class) |
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Class Venue: |
Palyul Nyingma Buddhist
Association (721 Geylang Road Singapore 389 632) |
Persons-in-charge: Mr Yeo (9106 9778) / Ms
Shiyun (9877 0726)
Class outline
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Learn to write and recognize all the Tibetan
letters
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Learn the proper pronunciation of the letters
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Basic conversational words
Class schedule
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22/08
(Wed) |
8.00pm
- 9.30pm |
29/08
(Wed) |
8.00pm
- 9.30pm |
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24/08
(Fri) |
8.00pm
- 9.30pm |
30/08
(Thu) |
8.00pm
- 9.30pm |
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25/08
(Sat) |
2.30pm
- 5.00pm |
31/08
(Fri) |
8.00pm
- 9.30pm |
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26/02
(Sun) |
2.30pm
- 5.00pm |
01/09
(Sat) |
2.30pm
- 5.00pm |
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27/08
(Mon) |
8.00pm
- 9.30pm |
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HIGHLIGHTS……
July is a
month for us to engage in virtuous activities and August is
for us to commemorate on our deceased loved ones. Our centre
has lined up the following programs for you to participate
in these activities with us.
You may also
accumulate merits in our monthly pujas (e.g. Medicine Buddha
Puja, Green Tara Puja & etc.) by making lamp offering, which
is available at S$5 per lamp.
Interested participants can fill up the attached form and
mail it to us with your payment.
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CHOKHOR DUCHEN (18/07/2007)
Chokhor Duchen,
also known as the Anniversary of Lord Buddha’s Turning of
the Dharma Wheel for the first time. It is one of the four
great Duchens of the year during which the effects of
positive or negative actions are multiplied 10 million
times.
There will be a Buddha Sakyamuni prayer
session on 18th July (Wednesday at 8pm),
specifically to enable participants to accumulate merits.
Devotees can also register for flower and
lamp offering at $10 per
person.
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ACCUMULATION OF 1.3 MILLIONS SEVEN LINES PRAYERS TO GURU
RINPOCHE
Accumulation Period : 17/06/2007 to
24/07/2007
In conjunction with the Birth Anniversary of Guru Rinpoche, our centre is
currently accumulating the Seven Lines Prayer to Guru Rinpoche. Devotees are
strongly encourage to participate in this virtuous accumulation to help us achieve
the targeted 1.3 millions counts of prayers.
Click here
for
full information on the
accumulation and instruction on prayers submission.
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ANNIVERSARY OF GURU
PADMASAMBHAVA'S BIRTH (24/07/07)
 The tenth day of the sixth Tibetan month (24th
July, Tuesday) is the anniversary of Guru
Padmasambhava‘s birth from a lotus at Dhanakhosha Lake
amid wondrous signs. Also known as Guru Rinpoche and the
second Buddha, he was the emanation of Buddha Amitabha, and
whose coming was prophesised by Lord Buddha in the Sutras
and Tantras. It is said that the more delusions and
difficulties there are, the swifter and more powerful he
is. When the Tibetans need blessings or protection, their
natural reflex is to invoke Guru Rinpoche, and when great
masters face crises, even they call out to him as their
ultimate source of refuge.
Listed below
is an excerpt from a song sung by Guru Rinpoche just before
his departure.
It was directed at his disciples who were begging Him to
take them along:
“As I now take leave in
a miraculous way,
You cannot follow me with your material bodies.
Exert yourself constantly in making supplications,
And you will always be in my presence.”
On this meritorious day,
our centre will organise the following puja:
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24th July
2007 (Tuesday) |
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Guru Rinpoche Puja |
10am - 12pm |
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Guru Rinpoche Tsog Offering &
Mahakala Puja |
2pm - 5pm |
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Guru Rinpoche Puja &
1.3 Millions 7 Lines Prayers Dedication |
8pm - 9.30pm |
Devotees are
welcome to register for this puja as indicated below:
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Category |
Individual |
Family |
Company |
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Tsog Offering |
S$10 each |
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Flower Offering |
S$5 each |
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Lamp offerings |
S$10 |
S$30 |
S$50 |
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Clearing of
obstacles |
S$10 |
S$30 |
S$50 |
Torma Sponsorship
There will
only be 3 tormas that are available for sponsor. The
availability of the torma will base on first come first
serve basis.
1) Guru Rinpoche Torma: S$888
For Guru Rinpoche Torma sponsorship, the sponsor will
receive a wealth vase and a Guru Rinpoche pendant in copper,
blessed by Penor Rinpoche.
2) Ekajati Torma (Mahakala): $280
3) Silma Torma (Mahakala): $280
For Mahakala Torma sponsorship, the sponsor will receive a
Guru Rinpoche pendant in copper, blessed by Penor Rinpoche.
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RIWO SANG CHÖT
(29/07/07)
Riwo Sang Chöt is a powerful puja that
enables participants to accumulate plenty of merits and
blessings. It facilitates the purification of our bad karma,
sicknesses and obstacles, paying off the karmic debts of our
previous lives, as well as increasing wealth and life span
for our present as well as future lifetimes.
Our centre will be conducting this prayer on
29/07/2007 (Sunday, 10am).
Interested participants
can contribute
$10 per person, $20 per
family or $50 per company
for the purchase of smoke offering items.
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LIVES RELEASE (12/08/07)
Date: 12th August 2007 (Sunday)
Meeting Time & Venue: 9.30am at Changi Ferry Terminal
Saving the
lives of animals on the verge of being killed is considered
an 'intensified' virtuous activity, resulting in the
accumulation of merits which surpasses many others. Sponsors
as well as participants of this event will acquire great
merits that will help to clear one’s obstacles and enhance
one’s life span.
The cost of
boat trip is S$15.00 per
person. Interested participants are
advised to register early to avoid disappointment.
Voluntary contributions are welcomed for the purchase of sea
creatures to be released.
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HUNDRED DEITIES & VAJRASATTVA CHANG CHOD PUJA (17/08/07
to 19/08/07)
The Chang
Chod Puja allows us to remember and honour our beloved
deceased relatives or friends. Our centre will be
conducting the Chang Chod Puja from 17th to 19th August
2007
by Sonam Dorje Rinpoche and Lamas.
Sonam
Rinpoche is the spiritual master at Tainan Nyingmapa Palyul
Jangchub Dhargyeling Buddhist Center in Taiwan. It is one of
the 6 centres in Taiwan that belongs to H.H. Penor Rinpoche.
Sonam Rinpoche has completed the 3 years 3 months retreat in
Namdroling and has also received numerous oral transmissions
and empowerments from great accomplished masters like H.H.
Penor Rinpoche, H.H. Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche and H.H. Jigme
Phuntsok Rinpoche. You may click here to find out more on
Sonam Rinpoche's biography
in Chinese.(http://www.palyul.org.tw/palyultainan/zerpochi.htm)
Click on
the following to download Chang Chod Puja Registration Form
Chinese version
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English version
(in
MS word format)
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Date |
Time |
Program |
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17/08 & 18/08
(Fri & Sat) |
10am -
12pm |
Hundred Deities
&
Vajrasattva Chang Chod Puja |
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2pm - 5pm |
Mahakala
Puja |
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8pm -
9.30pm |
Hundred Deities &
Vajrasattva Chang Chod Puja
and Smoke Offering |
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19/08
(Sun) |
10am -
12pm |
Hundred Deities &
Vajrasattva Chang Chod Puja |
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2pm - 5pm |
Mahakala Puja &
Chang Chod Smoke Offering |
One
Hundred Deities are originally found within, which is a
kind of Mahayoga practice. It is said that at that time,
the Hundred Deities text had descended on the rooftop of
the India King of Ja's palace. On it
appeared the golden body of Vajrapani, which is about
one inch tall. Thus the king practice the Hundred
Deities text for six months and he saw Varjrasattva who
bestowed blessing to him, which allow him to have the
full understanding of the text. Upon realization of the
text, the king transmits all the teachings on the text
to Padmasambhava (Guru Rinpoche). When Padmasambhava was
on his way to the Westsouth of Roksha, he transmitted
the Hundred Deities' teachings to his disciples. Lady
Yeshe Tshogyal then uses the golden ink to inscribe the
teachings on a piece of paper and concealed it in a cave
for the benefits of future generations, where she
instructed the protector to protect it. The teachings
was later revealed by Karma Lingpa, who
transmitted it to his disciple, Orthon Jiangpon
and all the way down to Palyul lineage master, His
Holiness, Penor Rinpoche.
It is
said that whoever see, hear or touch the text of the
Hundred Deities will be blessed. Just like a white
magical pill that can cure all kinds of illness or a
wish-fulfilling jewel that can fulfill all the wishes of
the sentient beings. If ones are able to receive the
Hundred Deities Empowerment, practice it and abide by
the samaya (precepts), ones will gain realization, be
cleared of all the obstacles for this lifetime and also
have all their wishes come true. Then in their next
life, they will be able to realize the nature of the
Hundred Deities within them.
The benefits of Chang Chod puja: -
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Merits accumulated from making offerings are
dedicated to the deceased ones to help them in their
karma purification and liberation.
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The
extensive prayers serve as an offering of assistance
to those in the intermediate or Bardo state, in
order to show them the path to liberation.
Puja Registration
Participants may register for the Hundred Deities &
Vajrasattva Chang Chod Puja for their deceased loved
ones, ancestors or voluntary contribution towards the
smoke offering stuffs.
For the living, you may participate in
the accumulation of merits by registering for lamp
offering to the Buddhas during the 3 days puja.
Registration for other also include elimination of
obstacles, creditors of the ten directions, past-lives
parents and other sentient beings and voluntary
contribution for Mahakala Tsog offering, Hundred Deities
Torma and Sanghas' meals.
Participants may also opt for the
special registration at
S$150 which includes the following:
1)
In memory of 1 family surname ancestors
2)
Creditors of the ten directions,
past-lives parents and other sentient beings
3)
Elimination of obstacles for 1 family
4)
Lamp offering for 1 family
5)
Flowers & offerings during the 3 days
puja.
Interested participants please download
the attached forms. For those sending through postage
mail, please ensure that your form together with cheque
payment only reached us by 15 August 2007. You may also
come to our centre to register using cash payment.
Click on the following
to download Chang Chod Puja Registration Form.
Chinese version
/
English version
(in
MS word format)
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E-Newsletter
The latest
newsletter can now be view at our revamped website at
www.palyulsg.org. If you would like to help us reduce
the financial burden of bimonthly printing, envelopes and
stamp costs, kindly indicate your wish to opt out of the
hardcopy newsletter mailing service by emailing your
particulars to
enews@palyulsg.org. Thank you.
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For cheque payment, please made payable to
Palyul Nyingma Buddhist Association
and mail
it to 721 Geylang Road, Singapore 389632.
Please
indicate your name(s) and the respective items/events that
you are registering for together with contact numbers for
our reference. Alternatively, you can come personally to our
Centre for registrations and payments. |
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