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WESAK DAY 3rd MAY, 2015

April 30, 2015 KL Lau Leave a comment

Namaste!

We are very blessed to have Venerable Tana Tulku Pema Rinpoche
with us this Wesak. Rinpoche was due to return to his Monastery in
India but we requested Rinpoche to stay for the Wesak to enable all of us
to generate merits. It is believed that any good deed done during this
Wesak, is multiplied a million times.

Wesak day is the most important day when Buddha Sakyamuni was born,
enlightened and attained Parinirvana. It is believed that soon after the
Buddha was born, he took 7 steps to all four directions and each step he
took there appeared a lotus where he stepped. He then pointed his finger at
the sky and proclaimed that he had come to save the world. The angels
also came and bathed the Buddha and thereafter robed him. To signify this
we are having the bathing of the Buddha to accumulate our merits and
purify our negativities on this most special and auspicious day that our
merits will multiply and be more effective than the normal days. We would like
you all to join this special day as whatever funds we raise on this day will
be sent to the Nepal earthquake relief fund. Tana Tulku Pema Rinpoche and
the monks will be doing the Medicine Buddha, Green Tara pujas for all those
who are suffering and monlam for all those who perished during the
earthquake and lamp offering. Please donate generously; any amount is
appreciated.

The purification and pujas will commence at 10am – 12noon on 3rd May, 2015.
Vegetarian lunch will be served.

Please wire or bank in your donation to:

Tana Dharma Society
Hong Leong Bank Account No: 045-0100-3887

Please email your donation to kathryntana@gmail.com.

Announcements, Events

Dzambhala Puja 28-June-2014

June 24, 2014 KL Lau Leave a comment

Namaste. Tulku Pema Rinpoche will return to the TDS residential centre at No. 5, SS17/2L, Subang Jaya this Saturday 28^th June, 2014. We have humbly requested Rinpoche to perform the Dzambhala puja for the benefit of all sentient beings.

Venue: TDS Centre

5, SS17/2L, Subang Jaya,

47500

Time: 7.30pm

Date: 28^th June, 2014

Dzambhala “is God of Wealth and appropriately a member of the Jewel Family (Ratnasambhava). Dzambhala is also believed to be an emanation of Avalokitesvara or Chenrezig, the Bodhisattva of Compassion to guide sentient beings along the path to enlightenment. They have the essence of generosity and represent the activities of increasing benefit. Their aspirations are to help the poor and those suffering from ill-fortune.

Dzam” means “Deity or gathering”. “Bhah” means “gold or wealth”. “La” means “to honor”. “Dzambhala” means “Precious Golden Deity, who gathers or brings the wealth of spirituality or Dharma and material security or accomplishment to our lives” The practice is to help eliminate poverty and create financial stability.

Om Jambhala Jalendraye Svaha

Practitioners should generate the altruistic intention of compassion (Bodhicitta), and practice generosity. It is said the practice can remove poverty within the six realms and increase one’s merits, wisdom and lifespan. All their material and spiritual needs will be met.

PARTICIPATION

You can encourage to participate in this puja by being present for the well being of all and especially oneself.

TANA DHARMA SOCIETY CENTRE

On a separate note, a generous donor have offered an upstairs shop lot in Petaling Jaya to TDS, rental free as a Centre. We had engaged an Architect to do up the plans which would include a Shrine, Lama’s room and office and practice area for pujas, teachings and with the blessings of Rinpoche we hope to get our own residential lama soon. As it is an old building currently used as a store, we need to do quite a fair bit of renovation and we are looking for donation and pledges to meet the renovation costs since Rinpoche is here to advise on the plans etc. Tulku Pema Rinpoche have personally pledged RM10,000 for the renovation costs, you are invited to participate in this most precious and merit generating cause to benefit all sentient beings in the fast approaching dark age.

With lots of Prayers,

TANA DHARMA SOCIETY –Kathryn

Events

WESAK 2014 Lamplighting and 100 Dieties Puja

March 31, 2014 KL Lau Leave a comment

The Tana Monastery will be doing the lamp lighting and 100 Dieties Jang Chog Puja on Wesak Day (the threefold commemoration of Lord Buddha’s birth, attainment of full enlightenment and entering into Mahaparinibbana) – 13^thMay, 2014. It is a great opportunity to do something for the deceased and karmic debtors during this very auspicious period. If you wish to participate in the 100 Dieties prayers on Wesak day, please remember to submit the name of the deceased or the living donor’s name for karmic debtor by informing us at pohchwee@hotmail.com or kathryntana@gmail.com. The donation for the puja is any amount.

For the lamp lighting: Individual & family is RM30, business: RM50. Please provide your name or business name as well. You may remit online or bank cheques into:

Hong Leong Bank Account: 045 0100 3887
Beneficiary: Tana Dharma Society

Once you have made your remittance, please don’t forget to inform us the remittance details as well as all the donors names for the Puja. Closing date to receive all remittances: 2 May 2014.

Details of the puja

The OriginThe 100 Deities are the attributes and activities of the 5 Buddhas and their female counterparts. They are the manifestations from the pure nature of our minds, and remain within us in the form of 5 faculties, 5 elements and 12 sources of perception and so on. By relying on the practice of the 100 deities or hearing the mantra, seeing the mandala and picture of the 100 Deities, one may either instantly or gradually realize the nature of one’s own mind is inseparable from the perfect wisdom of the 100 Deities. The Puja and Benefits During the performance of Jang Chog puja, the 100 Deities are invoked and various types of offerings are made to them. The merits accumulated from these offerings are dedicated to the deceased and karmic debtors to help them in their purification and liberation. The prayer is also an offering of assistance to those in the intermediate or Bardo state to show them the path to liberation and an accumulation of merit.

At the end of puja, the paper tablets of the deceased are burnt away. The fire used in the burning symbolizes the wisdom of the 100 Deities; the burning of the tablets symbolizes the cutting of the attachment of the deceased to a “self” which is the cause of their own suffering. Through the prayer and the ritual performed, the consciousness of the deceased are merged and become inseparable from the wisdom of the 100 Deities, thus they are liberated. By practicing the 100 Deities, like all tantric practices, one is able to purify one’s own mind’s manifestation and transform ordinary thoughts to extraordinary thoughts that leads to recognize the true natue of one self and nature of everything.

Yours in the Dharma,
Tana Dharma Society

Tel: 012-215 1886 (Kathryn), fax: 03-5632 3995

012-323 6553 (Poh Chwee)

Events, News

Prayers for MH370

March 26, 2014 KL Lau Leave a comment

3000 Lamps offering and prayers for the passengers and crew of MH370 at Mahabodhi Stupa, Bodhgaya on 25^th March, 2014

The TDS express great sadness for the sudden disappearance of MH370 passengers and crew on 8^th March, 2014. With the very little we can do, we offered 3000+ lamps at Mahabodhi Stupa grounds and our sincere prayers at the Mahabodhi shrine, Bodhgaya, led by Venerable Tulku Pema and Lama Karma Sherab on 25^th March, 2014. Our fervent prayers are with the passengers and crew of MH370 and their families. May they find peace during this most difficult times.

Tana Dharma Society