Short verses of offering and aspiration to the Dharma protectors

Dharma Protector prayer day, according to the Tibetan month calendar and the Dharma Protectors prayer day is to be done on the 29th of the Tibetan lunar month calendar, and this is also to be known as the 'Dharmapala' day. 

There are certain days are considered auspicious day for certain practices, and on these particular days of the practices,  the effects of positive or negative actions are multiplied 100 times. 

From their looks you might think they are evils and the demonic terrifying appeances. But Dharmapalas are wrathful bodhisattvas who protect Buddhists and the Dharma. Their terrifying appearance is meant to frighten forces of evil. 

Short verses of offering and aspiration to the Dharma protectors

Ngontse orgyen chenpo chen nga ru

I offer to all the Dharma protectors who long ago.

Chozhin drupar chepe gang zag la

have promised, in the presence of the Great Uddiyana.

Mayi bu zhin kyongwar zhal zhe pe

To protect, like a mother protects her child.

Chokyong sungma namla chopa bul

Those who practice in accordance with the Dharma.

Ngontse orgyen chenpo chen nga ru

May there be the auspiciousness of all the Dharma protectors who long ago.

Chozhin drupar chepe gang zag la

Have promised, in the presence of the Great Uddiyana.

Mayi bu zhin kyongwar zhal zhe pe

to protect, like a mother protects her child.

Chokyong sungma namkyi tashi shog

Those who practice in accordance with the Dharma. 

The above texts are offered to the sangha to practice. Although it is not necessary to have received specific empowerments or oral transmissions to read these texts, there is nevertheless great blessing and benefit if you can receive the oral transmissions for them. 
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For those who had received the empowerment of this Tantric practice, you are reminded not intentionally or unintentionally to disclose the mantra to the public or anyone who may not have the empowerment or permission to practice, and by disclosing the mantra intentionally or unintentionally is a form of breaking your Tantric Samaya vows to the lineage masters and Dharma protectors. 

Please consult your Guru or a qualified lineage master for Vajrayana practice! Should a devotee even want to start studying and contemplating the Vajrayana practice, then it is truly necessary to first have completed the preliminaries and to be certain and sure that Bodhicitta has arisen and developed in one’s mind.

Vajrayana features countless skillful and powerful methods which, if they are practiced in the proper way, can make the process of accumulation and purification incredibly swift and direct. It is absolutely necessary to have the pure motivation and to know that Vajrayana practice is not carried out to increase one’s own ego, power and self-interests.

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Aspiration For Bodhichitta

For those in whom the precious Bodhichitta has not arisen

May it arise and not decrease

But increase further and further.

Dedication of Merit

By this merit may we obtain omniscience then.

Having defeated the enemies wrong-doings.

May we liberate migratory from the ocean of existence.

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

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Lhabab Duchen Festival November 19, 2019 - Buddha descent from the God realms

Tuesday, 19 November 2019 , it is known as the Lhabab Duchen. Lhabab Duchen is one of the four Buddhist festivals commemorating four events in the life of the Buddha, according to Tibetan traditions. Lhabab Duchen falls on the 22nd day of the ninth lunar month, according to Tibetan calendar and widely celebrated in Tibet and Bhutan. 

The festival is  celebrated to observe the descent of Buddha Sakyamuni from the heaven back to the earth. On that day, there are a large number of pilgrims in Lhasa. Ladders are painted afresh on rocks around many monasteries to symbolize the event.

It is said that the Buddha had left for heaven at the age of 41, having ascended to the Heaven of Thirty-Three (Trayastrimsa) in order to give teachings to benefit the gods in the desire realms and to repay the kindness of his mother by liberating her from Samsara. 

The Buddha was exhorted by his follower and representative Maugalyayana to return, and after a long debate managed to return. This is considered to be one of the eight great deeds of the Buddha. He returned to earth by a special triple ladder prepared by Viswakarma, the god of machines.

On Lhabab Duchen, the effects of positive or negative actions multiply ten million times. It is part of Tibetan Buddhist tradition to engage in virtuous activities and prayer on this day. 

Tibetan people hold Buddhist activities on this day each year, celebrating the Buddha's return to the human world and promoting Buddhism. According to the local custom, people paint the outside walls of their own houses or the temples on this special day to greet the Buddha's return.

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May it arise and not decrease

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May we liberate migratory from the ocean of existence.

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Inauspicious days for raising new Tibetan prayer flags

Inauspicious days for raising new Tibetan prayer flags

Inauspicious Days (Baden) for the Earth-Pig Year 2146 (2019 ) according to the Du-Khor Be-kar - Astrology of the Kalachakra. 

According to the Tibetan Calendar there are certain days when a "Baden entity" is present. Those days are inauspicious for raising new Tibetan prayer flags. A Baden Senpo is a demon of the naga class of elemental spirits. Raising flags when that energy is active can actually have a negative effect.

The following dates as stated below are days that are considered inauspicious to raise  Tibetan prayer flags:

Earth-Pig Year 2146 (2019) 

• February : 12, 23, 26 
• March: 13, 24, 27
• April: 9, 20
• May: 2, 8, 19  
• June: 1, 4, 6, 17
• July: 11, 24   
• August: 7, 19
• September: 3, 15, 29
• October: 11, 23
• November: 6, 19
• December: 3, 15, 30
• January (2020): 11, 22, 25
• February: 7, 18   

Please note that the dates are just days that are not good for initially planting the flags. Some people have written to ask if they need to take down prayer flags on these days. Certainly not; once they are up, it's okay to keep them up until they disintegrate or until they are replaced with new flags.

As far as what days are best for raising new prayer flags: that really depends on a person's individual astrology. Without consulting an astrologer, I would say the best time to put up new flags are in the mornings on sunny, windy days. 

Mondays are considered especially good. Offering prayers can be done before raising the flags. 

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May it arise and not decrease

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May we liberate migratory from the ocean of existence.

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When is the favourable and unfavourable days for hair cutting in the Tibetan lunar calendar ?

What is the favourable and unfavourable days for hair cutting in the Tibetan lunar calendar? Cutting one's hair on these days will lead to a loss of vitality.

Tibetan calendar is based on the Moon phases and it is not possible to transfer it directly into Gregorian system, because due to precise calculation every year, certain days are omitted (e.g. after the third lunar day, the fifth one follows), or doubled (e.g. there are two forth days, one after another). 

Consequently, the tenth day after the new moon (calculated according to western calendar), for instance, doesn't always correspond to the tenth day of the lunar calendar; it may be the eighth or the eleventh day – depending on omitted or doubled day before.

Below, there are dates of favourable and unfavourable days for hair cutting. The dates were taken from the calendar by Tibetan astrologists, including changes (omitted or doubled days) mentioned above.

Favourable days of the lunar month for cutting the hair are:

The 8th to bring longevity - December 15,  January 14, 2019, February 13, 2019
The 9th to bring attractive energy - December 16,  January 15, 2019, February 14, 2019
The 10th to bring magnetism - December 17,  January 16, 2019
The 11th to bring intelligence - December 18, January 17, 2019  February 15, 2019
The 26th to bring happiness - December 3 & 4 , January 1 & 2, 2019 January 13, February 01,  March  2 &3, 2019
The 27th to bring happiness - December 3 & 4 , January 1 & 2, 2019 January 13, February 01,  March  2 & 3, 2019

Unfavourable days of the lunar month for cutting the hair are:

The 1st, 2nd, 7th, 12th, 16th, 18th, 21st, 25th, 28th and 29th days of the lunar month. Cutting one’s hair on these days will lead to a loss of vitality.

Results of cutting hair on different days according to the Tibetan lunar calendar and custom:

1st day - short life
2nd day - slander / One will have many diseases
3rd day - wealth
4th day - increase in virtue
5th day - increase in wealth
6th day - lawsuit (court case)
7th day - one's body complexion will disappear
8th day - long life
9th day - attractive energy
10th day - greater wang tang (great power)
11th day - intelligence

12th day - poverty / danger to pone's life

13th day - increased longevity
14th day - increased comfort and wealth
15th day - auspiciousness
16th day - obstacles
17th day - the color of your flesh will turn blue
18th day - one's will receive possession
19th day - increase in longevity / meet good people will help you
20th day - hunger and thirst 
21st day - fear of sickness
22nd day - gaining clothes and food
23rd day - increase in comfort and wealth
24th day - sore eyes 
25th day - sickness
26th day - well being and happy
27th day - one's virtue will increase
28th day - strife and quarrels
29th day - one's life / spirit potential will wander
30th day - purification of negative actions and obscurations

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Verses of the Eight Noble Auspicious Ones

Verses of the Eight Noble Auspicious Ones 

By Mipham Rinpoche

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It is very important to recite this through once before starting on any activity; whatever the project, it will work out exactly as you wish.

Om, nangsi namdak rangshyin lhundrubpe

Om! Homage to the Buddha, Dharma and Noble Sangha

Tashi chok chu shying na shyukpa yi

All that dwell in the auspicious realms of the ten directions,

Sangye cho dang gendun pakpe tsok

Where appearance and existence is completely pure, its nature spontaneously perfect,

Kun la chaktsal dakchak tashi shok

May everything be auspicious for us all,

Dronme gyalpo tsalten dondrup gong

Dronme Gyalpo, Tsalten Dondrup Gong,

Jampe gyen pal gedrak paldampa

Jampe Gyen Pal, Gedrak Paldampa,

Kunla gongpa gyacher drakpa chen

Kunla Gongpa Gyacher Drakpa Chen,

Lhunpo tar paktsal drakpal dang ni

Lhunpo Tar Paktsal Drakpal,

Semchen tamchela gong drakpe pal

Semchen Tamchela Gong Drakpe Pal,

Yitsim dzepa tsal rab drakpal te

Yitsim Dzepa Tsal Rap Drakpal Te,

Tsen tsam tope tashi pal pelwa

Homage to you, the Eight Sugatas, 

Dewar shekpa gye la chaktsal lo

Merely hearing your names increases auspiciousness and success,

Jampal shyonnu palden dorje dzin

Youthful Manjusri, glorious Vajrapaṇi,

Chenrezik wang gonpo jampe pal

Lord Avalokitesvara, protector Maitreya,

Sa yi nyingpo dribpa nampar sel

Ksitigarbha, Sarvanīvaraṇaviṣkambhin,

Namkhe nyingpo pakchok kuntuzang

Akasagarbha, and Samantabhadra noblest of all,

Utpal dorje pekar lushing dang

Utpala flower, vajra, white lotus, naga-tree,

Norbu dawa raldri nyima yi

Jewel, moon, sword and sun,

Chaktsen lek nam tashi pal gyi chok

Gracefully holding your emblems, and supreme in granting auspiciousness and success,

Changchub sempa gye la chaktsal lo

Homage to you, the Eight Bodhisattvas,

Rinchen duk chok tashi ser gyi nya

The most precious umbrella, the auspicious golden fishes,

Do jung bum zang yi ong kamala

The wish-fulfilling vase of goodness, the exquisite kamala flower,

Nyendrak dung dang püntsok pal be'u

The conch of fame and glory, the glorious knot of prosperity,

Minub gyaltsen wanggyur khorlo te

The eternal banner of victory and the all-powerful wheel,

Rinchen tak chok gye kyi chaktsen chen

Holding these eight most precious emblems,

Chok du gyalwa cho ching gye kyema

Are the creators of delight, making offerings to the buddhas of all directions and times,

Gek sok ngowo drenpé pal pelwe

Homage to you, the Eight Auspicious Goddesses—Beauty, Garlands, Song, Dance, Flowers, Incense, Light and Perfume,

Tashi lhamo gye la chaktsal lo

Merely thinking of you makes success grow more and more,

Tsangpa chenpo dejung semebu

Mighty Brahma, Siva and Visnu,

Mik tong den dang gyalpo yulkhor sung

Indra the thousand-eyed, the kings Dhṛtarastra,

Pak kyepo dang luwang mikmizang

Virudhaka, Virupakṣa the lord of nagas,

Namtose te lhadze khorlo dang

And Vaisravaṇa—each one holding your divine emblem,

Trishula dang dungtung dorje chen

Wheel, trident, lance, vajra,

Piwam raldri choten gyaltsen dzin

Viṇa, sword, stupa and banner of victory,

Sa sum ne su gelek tashi pel

Homage to you, the Eight Guardians of the World,

Jikten kyongwa gye la chaktsal lo

Who make auspiciousness and positivity grow in the three realms,

Dakchak deng dir jawa tsompa la

With all obstacles and harmful influences pacified,

Gek dang nyewar tsewa kun shyi ne

May the work we are now about to begin,

Dodon pal pel samdon yishyin drub

Meet with ever-growing fulfilment and success, and,

Tashi delek punsum tsokpar shok

Bring good fortune, prosperity, happiness and peace.

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Recite this prayer when you wake up, and you will accomplish all your aims for the day. Recite it when you go to sleep, and you will have good dreams. Recite it before a conflict, and you will be completely victorious. 

Recite it when you embark on any project, and you will be successful. If you recite this prayer every day, the length of your life, your splendour, renown, and wealth will all increase, you will find perfect happiness, you will accomplish your aims exactly as you wish, all harmful actions and obscurations will be purified and all your wishes for higher realms, liberation and omniscience will be fulfilled.” These are the words of the Buddha himself.

This prayer arose from the lake of Jampal Gyepe Dorje’s mind on the third day of the third month of the Fire Monkey year (1896), an auspicious time according to the configuration of planets, sun and constellations.

Vajrayana features countless skillful and powerful methods which, if they are practiced in the proper way, can make the process of accumulation and purification incredibly swift and direct. It is absolutely necessary to have the pure motivation and to know that Vajrayana practice is not carried out to increase one’s own ego, power and self-interests.

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Aspiration For Bodhichitta

For those in whom the precious Bodhichitta has not arisen

May it arise and not decrease

But increase further and further.

Dedication of Merit

By this merit may we obtain omniscience then.

Having defeated the enemies wrong-doings.

May we liberate migratory from the ocean of existence.

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

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Chokhor Duchen - The First Turning of the Wheel of Dharma

Chokhor Duchen - The First Turning of the Wheel of Dharma

There are four major Tibetan Buddhist holidays — Duchen or ‘Great Occasions’— marking the four events known as the ‘great deeds’ of the Buddha. 

The first is Chotrul Duchen, which falls on the first full moon of the year and celebrates the time when the Buddha is said to have displayed a different miracle each day to spur on his disciples. 

The second is Saga Dawa, which remembers the Buddha’s enlightenment, death and parinirvana. 

The third is Chokhor Duchen, which commemorates the Buddha’s first sermon and the teaching of the Four Noble Truths.

Chokhor Duchen

One of the four great holy days of the Tibetan calendar is today July 16, 2018. It is known as the Festival of Turning the Wheel of Dharma, Chokhor Duchen commemorates the anniversary upon which Shakyamuni Buddha first began teaching the Dharma. 

On today the effects of positive or negative actions are to be multiplied by 10,000,000 ten million times.

For seven weeks after his enlightenment, the Buddha did not teach. Legend has it, both heavenly beings, the Indra and Brahma offered a dharmachakra and a conch shell and requested Shakyamuni Buddha to turn the precious Dharma. 

Accepting, Buddha Shakyamuni turned the Golden Wheel of Dharma for the first time at Sarnath by teaching on the Four Noble Truths. 

In Tibet it is a day of pilgrimage when believers visit particularly holy spots to leave offerings of incense and prayer flags. The whole community, cleric and lay people alike, join in processions bearing statues of the Buddha and copies of the scriptures.

Chokhor or prayer wheels are common religious objects in Tibet, part of daily life for both Buddhists and followers of the native Bon religion. Hand held wheels are hollow wooden or metal cylinders attached to a handle which, when turned are believed to spread spiritual blessing. 

Mantras—such as Om Mani Padme Hum, believed to invoke the attention and blessings of Chenrezig, the Buddha of compassion.

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For those in whom the precious Bodhichitta has not arisen

May it arise and not decrease

But increase further and further.

Dedication of Merit

By this merit may we obtain omniscience then.

Having defeated the enemies wrong-doings.

May we liberate migratory from the ocean of existence.

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

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Saga Dawa Festival of Vaishakha Day - May 29, 2018

What is Saga Dawa / Festival of Vaishakha's Day ?

Vaishakha Day is a major Buddhist holiday which commemorates three major events in the life of the historic Shakyamuni Buddha: his birth, enlightenment, and pairinirvana. 

Saga Dawa / Vesak Day or Sangye & Nyangde Duchen Day on May 29, 2018 is the 15th (full moon) day of the fourth lunar month. It’s known as the anniversary of Buddha Shakyamuni’s Enlightenment and Mahaparinirvana.  At the age of thirty-five Buddha attained enlightenment at Bodhgaya. This day also marks the anniversary of his parinirvana at Kushinagara. 

Saga Dawa / Vesak Day or Sangye & Nyangde Duchen Day, It’s one of the most sacred day for all Buddhists. The effects of all positive and negative actions are multiplied by  10,000,000 times!

The Saga Dawa Festival worships the life of Buddha and coincides with three crucial events in his life: birth, nirvana, and death. In Tibetan  "Saga" means "fourth” and "Dawa" means “month,” which is why the festival is celebrated through the whole 4th Tibetan month and is believed to be one of the most significant religious occasions solemnized in Tibet which casts aside all barriers of color, religion, or nationality. 

Within the framework of their tradition, Buddha, while dying, told one of his followers not to honour him merely with lights, flowers, and incense after his death, but by aiming to follow his teachings about being compassionate and kind and living a big-hearted life. That's why during the celebration, many people give out alms to the pleading and refrain from killing animals.

During this festival, a large number of pilgrims come to Lhasa to visit the monasteries and take part in the ritual walk around the Lingkhor path. A late afternoon picnic in the Dzongyab Lukhang Park is another excellent way to be connected during Saga Dawa, these outings to the foot of the Potala is a yearly ritual for Tibetan people. 

Celebrations are held all over Tibet, but one of the greatest and most famous can be found at Tarboche at the foot of Mt. Kailash. If you want to visit this sacred place, you might need a special permit.

Pilgrims come early in the morning and gather around the huge ceremonial flagpole with hundreds of colorful prayer flags attached to it. Before the ceremony starts, a group of lamas has come closer to the flagpole and play woodwind instruments. When the music begins, pilgrims begin to walk around the prayer flags. 

As soon as the 25m high flagpoles are raised, followers start to throw the Highland barley powder on themselves, which is believed to bring luck.

Thousands of pilgrims start to throw colorful prayers into the air. They are believed to be carried by the wind to heaven. When the ritual is finished, part of the followers make 13 circles around the flagpole and pray, and the other part starts their "kora," which is a sacred trek around Mt. Kailash.

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May it arise and not decrease

But increase further and further.

Dedication of Merit

By this merit may we obtain omniscience then.

Having defeated the enemies wrong-doings.

May we liberate migratory from the ocean of existence.

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

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