Shakyamurni Buddha Day Coinciding with Partial Solar Eclipse

Tadyata Om Muni Muni Maha Muniye Soha

September 13, 2015 is the new moon day and it’s the Shakyamurni Buddha day according to the Tibetan calendar. On this day, the auspicious Buddha day is coinciding with a natural phenomenon as follows:-

1. Shakyamurni Buddha new moon Prayer Day. 
2. Partial solar eclipse.
3. [The maximum eclipse is at 06.55 GMT, with a magnitude of 0.788.It is visible from Southern Africa, Southern Indian ocean and Antarctica]

On this day,  the effects of  positive or negative actions are said to be multiplied by * Hundred million times during Solar and lunar eclipses according to the Vajrayana Buddhism. If you have committed a positive good action, and you will be blessed with the positive Hundred million times of positive Karma actions, but if one has committed the negative actions and it will be multiplied by Hundred million times of bad and negative action. 

The power of prayer is well known over centuries and in all different religious beliefs. According to Buddhism, the world in which we live and all that happens to us is a result of our past actions. Past harmful actions create unhappy results and skillful actions create happy results. 

           Tadyata Om Muni Muni Maha Muniye Soha

One way to purify obstacles we experience due to our past harmful action is through prayers and pujas. A puja is a special ceremony in which prayers are offered to the Buddhas to request their blessings or invoke their help. But most importantly, making prayers and offerings to the enlightened beings, and to the Sangha community generates and increases merit, our positive potential. Merit is needed to have success in all activities. 

Shakyamurni Buddha's holy sacred relics.

Pujas are performed to avert and clear the three types of obstacles which arise due to the lack of merit, which prevent us from achieving our worldly and spiritual goals. Removing these obstacles will help us to achieve happiness and good fortune in all our activities.

How to request a Puja

While some prayers are of universal benefit, there are others that help with specific problems. It is always advisable to ask a lama or other knowledgeable person for advice on what puja is suitable for one's specific situation or problem.

        Shakyamurni Buddha's holy sacred finger relic

There are three types of obstacles:

1. Affecting our  day to day life,relationships, business, and finances. 
2. Affecting mental and physical health in the form of strong emotions, confusion, and associated physical problems.
3. Obstructing the attainment of wisdom, experienced as difficulties in Dharma practice.

Pujas can be performed for various purposes:

1. To help pacify their mind, and decrease fear during the time of death.
2. To bless and guide their mind to a higher state of rebirth and liberation. 
3. To remove obstacles to mental and physical health.
4. To remove obstacles to success in all activities, be they worldly or spiritual.

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Nagarjuna's Dedication of Merit
So nam di yi tham chay zig pa nyi

Thob nay nye pa'i dra nam pham jay nay

Kye ga na chi'i ba lab thrug pa yi

Si pa'i tso lay dro war drol war shog.

Nagarjuna's Dedication of Merit [English translation]

By this merit may we obtain omniscience then.

Having defeated the enemies wrong-doings.

May we liberate migrators from the ocean of existence.           With its stormy waves of birth, old age, sickness and death.

Homage And Praises To The Twenty-One Taras

Homage and praises to the Green Tara and Twenty-One Taras

贊頌二十一個救度佛母

[OM TARE TUTARE TURE SOHA]

OM to the transcendent subduer, Arya Tara, I prostrate,

Homage to the glorious one, who frees with TARE,

With TUTARE, you calm all fears,

You bestow all success with TURE,

To the sound SOHA, I pay great homage. 
  

Green Tara is known as the “swift One” or the “swift Liberator” due to her immediate response to those who request her help. Green Tara reaches out her hand in the gesture of granting protection, freeing one from fear, obstacles, and difficulties. With her right foot stepping forward, she is alert, determined and ready to actively help all who call upon her.

There are so many inner obstacles to the development of our minds and these inner obstacles create many outer obstacles. Therefore, for the success of our Dharma practices, of our actualizing the graduated path to enlightenment, we must rely upon a special Yidam or Buddha such as the Compassionate Goddess of Mother Tara.

Many great Indian Yogis, an example is the great Pandit Lama Atisha relied upon mother Tara. Lama Atisha was able to bring extensive benefits to the Buddha’s teachings and sentient beings. All his success came from Tara. So it is important to have a full trust, confidence and devotion when reciting the mantra, and the praises to the twenty-one Taras prayer at dawn or dusk, at any time of the day or night.

Reciting the Tara mantra or praises to the twenty-one Tara’s practice. Tara can be able to help us overcome many problems in our life. She will liberate us from the untimely death, help us recover from diseases, bring success in business, help us to get job.

H.E Lama Zopa Rinpoche has once said, if we recite the twenty-one Taras’ prayer once every evening, it is impossible one will or to die of starvation.

Praises to the Twenty-One Taras
	OM je tsün ma phag ma dröl ma la chhag tshäl lo
1	Chhag tshäl dröl ma nyur ma pa mo Chän ni kä chig log dang dra ma Jig ten sum gön chhu kye zhäl gyi Ge sar je wa lä ni jung ma
2	Chhag tshäl tön käi da wa kün tu Gang wa gya ni tseg päi zhäl ma Kar ma tong thrag tshog pa nam kyi Rab tu chhe wäi ö rab bar ma
3	Chhag tshäl ser ngo chhu nä kye kyi Pä mä chhag ni nam par gyän ma Jin pa tsön drü ka thub zhi wa Zö pa sam tän chö yül nyi ma
4	Chhag tshäl de zhin sheg päi tsug tor Tha yä nam par gyäl war chö ma Ma lü pha röl chhin pa thob päi Gyäl wäi sä kyi shin tu ten ma
5	Chhag tshäl TUTTARA HUM yi ge Dö dang chhog dang nam kha gang ma Jig ten dün po zhab kyi nän te Lü pa me par gug par nü ma
6	Chhag tshäl gya jin me lha tshang pa Lung lha na tshog wang chhug chhö ma Jung po ro lang dri za nam dang Nö jin tshog kyi dün nä tö ma
7	Chhag tshäl TRAD che ja dang PHAT kyi Pha röl thrül khor rab tu jom ma Yä kum yön kyang zhab kyi nän te Me bar thrug pa shin tu bar ma
8	Chhag tshäl TURE jig pa chhen po Dü kyi pa wo nam par jom ma Chhu kye zhäl ni thro nyer dän dzä Dra wo tham chä ma lü sö ma
9	Chhag tshäl kön chhog sum tshön chhag gyäi Sor mö thug kar nam par gyän ma Ma lü chhog kyi khor lö gyän päi Rang gi ö kyi tshog nam thrug ma
10	Chhag tshäl rab tu ga wa ji päi U gyän ö kyi threng wa pel ma Zhe pa rab zhä TUTTARA yi Dü dang jig ten wang du dzä ma
11	Chhag tshäl sa zhi kyong wäi tshog nam Tham chä gug par nü ma nyi ma Thro nyer yo wäi yi ge HUM gi Phong pa tham chä nam par dröl ma
12	Chhag tshäl da wäi dum bü u gyän Gyän pa tham chä shin tu bar ma Räl päi khur na ö pag me lä Tag par shin tu ö rab dzä ma
13	Chhag tshäl käl päi tha mäi me tar Bar wäi threng wäi ü na nä ma Yä kyang yön kum kün nä kor gäi Dra yi pung ni nam par jom ma
14	Chhag tshäl sa zhii ngö la chhag gi Thil gyi nün ching zhab kyi dung ma Thro nyer chän dzä yi ge HUM gi Rim pa dün po nam ni gem ma
15	Chhag tshäl de ma ge ma zhi ma Nya ngän dä zhi chö yül nyi ma SVAHA OM dang yang dag dän pä Dig pa chhen po jom pa nyi ma
16	Chhag tshäl kün nä kor rab ga wäi Dra yi lü ni nam par gem ma Yi ge chu päi ngag ni kö päi Rig pa HUM lä dröl ma nyi ma
17	Chhag tshäl TURE zhab ni deb pä HUM gi nam päi sa bön nyi ma Ri rab Mandhara dang big je Jig ten sum nam yo wa nyi ma
18	Chhag tshäl lha yi tsho yi nam päi Ri dag tag chän chhag na nam ma TARA nyi jö PHAT kyi yi ge Dug nam ma lü pa ni sel ma
19	Chhag tshäl lha yi tshog nam gyäl po Lha dang mi am chi yi ten ma Kün nä go chha ga wäi ji gyi Tsö dang mi lam ngän pa sel ma
20	Chhag tshäl nyi ma da wa gyä päi Chän nyi po la ö rab säl ma HARA nyi jö TUTTARA yi Shin tu drag pöi rim nä sel ma
21	Chhag tshäl de nyi sum nam kö pä Zhi wäi thü dang yang dag dän ma Dön dang ro lang nö jin tshog nam Jom pa TURE rab chhog nyi ma Tsa wäi ngag kyi tö pa di dang Chhag tshäl wa ni nyi shu tsa chig
	OM TARE TUTARE TURE SOHA

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Nagarjuna's Dedication of Merit

So nam di yi tham chay zig pa nyi
Thob nay nye pa'i dra nam pham jay nay
Kye ga na chi'i ba lab thrug pa yi
Si pa'i tso lay dro war drol war shog.

By this merit may we obtain omniscience then.
Having defeated the enemies wrong-doings.
May we liberate migrators from the ocean of existence.

With its stormy waves of birth, old age, sickness and death.

Auspicious Amithabha Buddha Day and Sojong Practice 八關齋戒 on August 29, 2015

 Homage to the Amithabha Buddha

August 29, 2015 is the 15th full moon day and is an auspicious day according to the Tibetan calendar, on this day is the auspicious prayer day to be practiced as follows:-

1. Amithabha Buddha Prayer Day. 
2. Sojong Practice.

On this day,  the effects of  positive or negative actions are said to be multiplied by *100 times according to the Tibetan Vajrayana Buddhism. If you have committed a positive good action, and you will be blessed with the positive 100 times of positive Karma actions, but if one has committed the negative actions and it will be multiplied by 100 times of bad and negative action. 

Amithabha  Buddha he is represents the Padma family. He is the Buddha of the West direction.

His Mantra is " OM AMI DEVA HRIH " 

His Mantra in Chinese is " 南無阿彌陀佛 " 

His syllable is "Hrih" 

His color is in red.

His element is signifies or represents fire 

His symbolism is the Lotus.

His wisdom is signifies as Inquisitive and the wisdom of observation.

His hands mudras are signify as Meditation.

He is symbolizes or associated with summer season.

His consort is Pandara.

His Dhyani Bodhisattva is Avalokiteshvara.

His Pure Land is called Sukhavati, the Western Pure Land.

Dewachen is the celestial mandala or the Amithabha Buddha pure land, and in Sanskrit name is Sukhavatī and in Chinese is         西方極樂淨土.

Dewachen Prayer to Amithabha Buddha pure land /Sukhavatī往生西方極樂淨土經文

E ma ho

Ngo tshar sang gye nang wa tha ye dang

Ye su jo wo thug je chhen po dang

Yon du sem pa thu chhen thob nam la

Sang gye jang sem pag me khor gyi kor

De kyi ngo tshar pag tu me pa yi

De wa chen zhe ja wai zhing kham der

Dag ni di ne tshe pho gyur ma thag

Kye wa zhen gyi bar ma chho ba ru

De ru kye ne nang tha zhal thong shog

De ke dag gi mon lam tab ba di

Chhog chu sang gye jang sem tham che kyi

Geg me drub par jin gyi lab tu sol

Tat ya tha pen tsan dri ya a wa Bodha ni so ha

Chhog du gyal wa se che gong

Tshog nyi dzog la je yi rang

Dag gi du sum ge sag pa

Kun chhog sum la chho ba bul

Gyal wai ten pa phel gyur chig

Ge wa sem chen kun la ngo

Dro kun sang gye thob gyur chig

Ge tsa tham che chig du te

Dag gi gyu la min gyur chi

Drib nyi dag ne tshog dzog te

Tshe ring ne me nyam tog phel

Tshe dir sa chu non gyur chig

Nam zhig tshe pho gyur ma thag

De wa chen du kye gyur chi

Kye ne pe mai kha je te

Lu ten de la sang gye shog

Jang chhub thob ne ji si du

Trul pe dro wa dren par shog