Kechara House conducts a variety of weekly pujas to cater to the needs of all spiritual seekers and Buddhist practitioners. These pujas are open to the public and we invite you to join us to savour the electrifying energy of these age-old prayer sessions that are staple practices in Gaden Shartse Monastery for 600 years.
Setrap Puja
Lord Setrap is the Enlightened Dharma Protector of Kechara House and Gaden Shartse Monastery. Setrap is the wrathful emanation of Amitabha Buddha and pujas propitiating Setrap are especially effective for the removal of obstacles, black magic and negative energy.
Setrap’s mantra is
OM MAHA YAKCHA TSA SOHA
Join us for our weekly Setrap pujas in both English and Chinese!
English Setrap Puja
Day: Monday
Time: 8.00pm – 10.00pm
Venue: Kechara House
Chinese Setrap Puja
Day: Tuesday
Time: 8.00pm – 10.00pm
Venue: Kechara House
Notes: The text used has been compiled specially by H. E. Tsem Rinpoche and prepared in a convenient Setrap Box Set, which can be purchased online or at the centre. Also bring along your vajra and bell (optional)
Medicine Buddha Puja
Before gaining enlightenment, the Medicine Buddha formed the aspiration:
May I relieve those afflicted by diseases which destroy life, destroy work, leave families broken, worsen suffering and take happiness away.
May I relieve them of their disease and suffering, relieve their inner, outer and secret diseases.
May I stop natural calamities and the diseases or unhappiness arising from that.
May I be the cause of people being freed from suffering.
The Medicine Buddha puja is extremely efficacious for people within the healing profession, as well as people seeking the right doctors, diagnosis and treatment.
Outwardly, Medicine Buddha helps us to overcome disease and its related sufferings. Pujas propitiating Medicine Buddha ensure faster recovery from illnesses, and an increase in the effectiveness and blessings of medicines.
On an inner, deeper level, Medicine Buddha heals us by ultimately destroying the diseases of our mind. He blesses us with the strength and clarity of mind to help develop inner peace.
Medicine Buddha’s mantra is
TAYATHA OM BEKANZE BEKANZE MAHA BEKANZE BEKANZE RANDZA SAMUGATHE SOHA
Join us for our weekly Medicine Buddha pujas!
Day : Wednesday
Time : 8.00pm – 10.00pm
Venue : Kechara House
Notes : Bring along your vajra & bell
Dzambala Puja
Dzambala is renowned for being the Buddha of Wealth and well, everyone wants money! His rich golden skin represents increase and growth and he holds a mongoose on his left hand spouting wish granting gems. In the short term, Dzambala can bring us material wealth and help us out of poverty. More importantly however, his practice can also bring us spiritual wealth and personal growth, helping us dispel miserliness which is the karmic cause of poverty.
Dzambala holds a fruit in his right hand to signify that if we do his practice, our efforts can bear fruit to gain spiritual attainments and ultimately, Enlightenment. Dzambala’s blessings and the value of his practice are universal; pujas propitiating Dzambala invoke his blessings of inner and outer wealth.
Dzambala’s mantra is
OM DZAMBALA DZALENDRAYE SOHA
Join us for our weekly Dzambala pujas conducted in English or Chinese.
Chinese Dzambala Puja
Day : Wednesday
Time : 8.00pm – 10.00pm
Venue : Kechara House
English Dzambala Puja
Day : Thursday
Time : 8.00pm – 10.00pm
Venue : Kechara House
Notes : Bring along your Dzambala ritual set
Tara Puja
Tara literally means ‘saviouress’ or ‘she who liberates’. She is a female meditational deity who is regarded as the embodiment of all the Buddhas’ enlightened activity. It was told that the Buddha Vairochana blessed Tara and prophesied to her that at the end of the aeon, in those lands and worlds where pujas, prayers, and rituals of Tara are recited. As a result of these prayers, the many diseases, troubles, and disturbances caused by evil spirits and by human beings would be pacified and resolved.
The practice of Tara is also very beneficial and effective for dharma centers, used in the spread of the teachings of Buddha.
Tara’s mantra is
OM TARE TUTARE TURE SOHA
Join us for our weekly Tara puja conducted in English.
Tibetan Tara Puja
Day : Tuesday
Time : 8.00pm – 10.00pm
Venue : Kechara House Multi-purpose Hall
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