Meditation and Prayers
If we train in meditation, our mind will gradually become more and more peaceful, and we will experience a purer and purer form of happiness. Eventually, we will be able to stay happy all the time, even in the most difficult circumstances.Below is a list of practices we engage in at Ganden Ling Kadampa Meditation Center:
Heart Jewel
Kadampa Buddhist Centers usually perform as their daily puja Heart Jewel, which is the Guru yoga of Je Tsongkhapa combined with the condensed sadhana of his Dharma Protector. This is generally combined with a short meditation on Lamrim.
Wishfulfilling Jewel with tsog
Wishfulfilling Jewel prayers with tsog (food and drink offerings). Please feel free to bring an offering.
Offering to the Spiritual Guide
Offering to the Spiritual Guide is a special Guru yoga of Je Tsongkhapa in conjunction with Highest Yoga Tantra. The main practice is relying upon the Spiritual Guide, but it also includes all the essential practices of the stages of the path (Lamrim) and training the mind (Lojong), as well as both the generation stage and completion stage of Highest Yoga Tantra.
Amitayus
A special method for increasing lifespan, wisdom, and merit.
Manjushri
Manjushri is the Wisdom Buddha, the embodiment of the wisdom of all the Buddhas. By relying upon Manjushri, we will naturally increase our wisdom. Wisdom is like an inner Teacher that we carry in our hearts, and like a Protector that protects us from engaging in wrong actions and having to experience their unpleasant results. With wisdom, our mind is always balanced and comfortable.
Tara
Praises and requests to the Twenty-one Taras. Tara is a female Buddha, a manifestation of the ultimate wisdom of all the Buddhas. Each of the Twenty-one Taras is a manifestation of the principal Tara, Green Tara. Tara is also known as the `Mother of the Conquerors'.
Avalokiteshvara
Prayers and requests to the Buddha of Compassion Avalokiteshvara is an enlightened being who is a manifestation of all Buddhas' compassion. He is known as the Buddha of Compassion.
The Great Mother
This prayer is a method to overcome hindrances and obstacles by reciting the Essence of Wisdom Sutra or Heart Sutra.
Medicine Buddha
By relying upon Medicine Buddha sincerely, living beings in these impure times can be cured of heavy physical and mental disease, and find release from the internal pain of the three poisons: attachment, anger, and ignorance. They can also receive protection from many other dangers and obstacles.
Vajrapani
By relying on Buddha Vajrapani, we develop spiritual power that helps alleviate our negative states of mind.
35 Confession Buddhas
This is a purification practice is also called The Bodhisattva's confession of Moral Downfalls. It includes doing 3 rounds of prostrations to 35 different Buddhas. It is a very powerful and revitalizing practice. A wonderful way to purify negativity and accumulate virtue for the future