Heart Jewel Dec 18

December 18 @ 5:30 pm - 6:15 pm

Join us for prayers for wisdom, compassion and spiritual protection. Chanted prayers (pujas) are an important component of training in a spiritual life. They enable us to purify negativity, accumulate merit, and receive blessings.

The practice of Heart Jewel is the heart essence of Kadampa Buddhism. In the first part we visualize our Spiritual Guide as Je Tsongkhapa and make prayers and request. By relying on this practice we can purify negativity, accumulate merit and receive blessings. In this way, we shall naturally accomplish all the realizations of the stages of the path of Sutra and Tantra, and in particular we shall attain a very special Dharma wisdom. This prepares our mind for a fifteen-minute unguided lamrim meditation.

After the meditation, we make prayers to our Dharma Protector, Dorje Shugden. By engaging in Heart Jewel prayers, we overcome obstacles and create favourable conditions for our spiritual practice. In this way, we can nurture and increase our Dharma realizations. (1 hour).

Everyone welcome.

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How to attend prayers

How to Attend Prayers

Join In Person

All of our prayers are held on site at Avalokiteshvara Kadampa Buddhist Centre. You do not need to bring anything. We have chairs, mats and cushions available for your meditation. And we also provide sadhana (prayer booklets) for you to use. These booklets can also be purchased in our shop if you would like to maintain a personal practice at home.

You do not need to sign up to attend. Just come along!

Prayers are free. There is no cost to attend. If you are attending Offering to the Spiritual Guide, Wishfulfilling Jewel or Melodious Drum prayers, please bring a small vegetarian food offering.

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