Chanted Prayers

If you enjoy meditating with others, chanted prayer is a great opportunity for you to engage in group meditation. Chanted prayer is also known in Sanskrit as "puja", meaning "offering", or as "sadhana", which means "method for receiving attainments".

Using ancient prayers translated into English, we receive the blessings, protection and guidance of the holy beings. We can make requests for ourselves or for others who need help or protection. These spiritual practices create a strong connection with the Buddhas and help us purify our negativity and fill our mind with positive, healing energy.

Heart Jewel
with 15 minutes silent meditation

Thursday Mornings from 8:00 a.m. to 8:55 a.m., New Bedford
Thursday Evenings from 7:00 p.m. to 7:55 p.m., Providence
Tuesday Evenings from 5:30 p.m. to 6:25 p.m., Providence
Wednesday Mornings from 7:30 a.m. to 8:25 a.m., Providence.
The Guru Yoga of Je Tsongkhapa combined with the sadhana of his Dharma Protector Through these prayers we create merit, purify negativities and receive blessings. We can also overcome obstacles to our practice and create favorable conditions so that we can nurture and increase our Dharma realizations.

Wishfulfilling Jewel
The Guru Yoga of JeTsongkhapa with the sadhana of his Dharma Protector

Wednesday Evenings from 5:30 to 6:25pm, New Bedford
Through these prayers we create merit, purify negativities and receive blessings. We can also overcome obstacles to our practice and create favorable conditions so that we can nurture and increase our Dharma realizations.

The Bodhisattva’s Confession of Moral Downfalls
The purification practice of the Mahayana Sutra of the Three Superior Heaps

Tuesday evenings 5:15 p.m.
Wednesday mornings 8:00 a.m.
Since purification is the root of future happiness and spiritual realizations we use this practice to cleanse our mind of delusions and also to purify negative karma as well as downfalls of our commitments and vows. In this practice we make physical, verbal and mental prostrations through placing our hands at our heart in a gesture of respect or making full or half-length prostrations.

Liberation from Sorrow
Praises and Requests to the Twenty-one Taras

5:00 to 5:30
Tara is a female Buddha, a manifestation of the ultimate wisdom of all the Buddhas. If we rely upon Tara sincerely and with strong faith she will protect us from all obstacles and fulfill our wishes. Because she is a wisdom Buddha, and because she is a manifestation of the completely purified wind element, Tara is able to help us very quickly.

Long Protector Puja with Tsog
The extensive fulfilling and restoring ritual of Dorje Shugdän

6:00pm
An extensive method for dispelling obstacles to our practice by receiving assistance from our Dharma Protector, Dorje Shugdän. Feel free to arrive late or leave early. You may bring offerings of vegetarian food or flowers.

Offering to the Spiritual Guide with Tsog
Guru Yoga Practice of Je Tsongkhapa's Tradition

A special practice for receiving blessings through the practice of reliance upon our Spiritual Guide. By relying upon Je Tsongkhapa our compassion, wisdom and spiritual power naturally increase. You may bring offerings of vegetarian food or flowers, which we will enjoy and share afterwards.

A Pure Life
The Practice of Taking and Keeping the Eight Mahayana Precepts

This practice of moral discipline is performed with Bodhichitta motivation. When we take the eight Mahayana precepts, we promise to abstain for 24 hours from killing, stealing, sexual activity, lying, taking intoxicants, eating after lunch, sitting on high or luxurious seats or thrones or seats, and wearing ornaments, perfumes, etc, and singing and dancing. There will be a short teaching explaining the practice and its meaning and value.

Please check the calendar for all dates, times and locations.

Click here for detailed descriptions of Pujas.