Maha Tare Buddhist Centre takes the immense pleasure of announcing its deeply cherished plans to organize a mass prayer ceremony for recitation of six-syllable Avalokiteshvara mantra—Om ma ni pad me hung—one hundred million times. Scheduled on 5 and 6 September 2015, the mass prayer is planned to facilitate collective accumulation of merits in order to ensure peace, harmony and prosperity in the region and the world at large, and to create an atmosphere conducive to the cultivation of compassion through mass chanting and group meditation.
Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara; and Six-syllable mantra and its benefits
Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara (Tib. Chenrezig), according to the Mahayana tradition, embodies compassion of all Buddhas. Worshipped as Guanyin in the Chinese Buddhist tradition, Avalokiteshvara is a bodhisattva, who postponed his own attainment of Buddhahood in order to free every single sentient being from the miserable states of Samsara and to lead them to the joyous states of Nirvana. His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama of Tibet is looked upon as a living emanation of this selfless bodhisattva.
The mantra of Avalokiteshvara—Om ma ni pad me hung—has a mnemonic effect and contains the unequalled power of compassion. The mantra is employed in highly sophisticated visualizations and meditations in the Buddhist Tantra tradition. Widely referred to as “the six-syllable mantra”, it is the most common prayer uttered by millions of devout Buddhists across the Himalayas including Tibet, Mongolia, Bhutan, Sikkim, Ladakh, and parts of India and China.
The benefits of reciting Avalokiteshvara mantra are manifold. It condenses the essential qualities of compassion of all Buddhas; brings peace, harmony and tranquility in the land; provides happiness, joy and contentment to all sentient beings; purifies negative Karmic actions and deluded states of mind; provides peace and calmness in life and through the stages of dying; prevents one from falling into the hell, hungry ghost or animals realms; ensures rebirth in the higher states of Samsara and eventually in the pure land of Buddha Amitabha; will help in the cultivation of compassion and the altruistic spirit for enlightenment; and finally help one complete the spiritual paths and grounds to actualize the unsurpassed state of enlightenment.
胜者观世音及六字大明咒之功德简介
观音乃一切诸佛大悲所化现之本尊，由于总集一切诸佛之大慈大悲，因此更能相应一切有情，无论西藏或汉地，历代皆有无数修持观音法门之成就者，并且由于与众生相应，因此众生修持观音法成就更为容易且迅速。
而六字大明咒：嗡 玛尼 悲昧 吽。乃总集一切诸佛身、语、意、功德、事业之秘密咒，有过耳不忘之殊胜加持，嗡表示身语意；玛尼表示方便；悲昧表示智慧；吽表示无二无别，因此透过此咒能使一切诸佛之方便、智慧与自己身口意成为无二无别而解脱。
并且六字大明咒又代表六道能仁，由持诵咒语，亦能帮助六道有情解脱轮迴，除了自利、亦能利他，过去祖师讚美此咒乃是总集一切咒语功德、威力之唯一咒语，功德殊胜不可思议！
Retreat Teacher
The retreat will be conducted by Venerable Geshe Konchok who is the Minister of Religion at Maha Tare Buddhist Centre. He undertook educational training in the five major fields of Buddhist studies at Sera Jey Monastery and in 2012 he received a degree of Geshe upon completion of his studies. Geshe Konchok is also formally trained as an astrologer in both the Tibetan and Chinese tradition. He has visited many countries and has extended his spiritual guidance to numerous students and practitioners around the world. His main objective is to share his spiritual knowledge and experience of Buddhism with a sincere hope of creating much positivity in the life of as many people and the world we live in.
主法上师简介
此次主法上师乃中心常驻–坤秋杰增格西，是学自格鲁派色拉寺之格西，“格西”的意思是大善知识，只有在甘丹、色拉、哲蚌三大寺圆满学习五部大论，经历二十六年多光阴，深入经藏才能有此殊荣可以考取格西学位，无误通达教理、实修，因此才能称为“大善知识”，格西拉不仅精通佛学，还是少有的西藏历算师，能够善巧指导如何趋吉避凶之方便，在世界各国以佛法及历算利益众生，欢迎大众亲近格西，学习宝贵佛法！
Registration Methods
- Register with any of our authorised receipt booklet holders (向任何授权的收据册子持有人注册)
- Register personally at Maha Tare Buddhist Centre at 658A Geylang Road (亲临本中心注册)
- Call us @ 6745 9567 or 9096 6586
Event Details
Venue: Poh Ming Tse Temple Level 3438 Dunearn Road Singapore 289613 (普明寺. 三楼)
Date: 5 & 6 September 2015 (Sat & Sun) 2015年9月5和6日 (星期六和星期日)
Time: 9:00 am to 7:00 pm (上午9点至晚上7点)
Fee: $50 (2 days retreat includes vegetarian lunch and dinner) (两天法会抱括素食午餐和晚餐)
Off-site Jungwa Ritual
Jungwa ritual is a special Tantric ritual aimed at eradication of all obstacles that block the path of our deceased parents, relatives, friends and other sentient beings. It helps clear the path of release for those deceased beings, whose spirits are languishing in some unfavorable and lesser states of Samsara. The ritual involves series of Tantric visualization and transformation and burning of photos or belongings of the deceased person to provide them complete release from their dead states and find paths leading to Nirvana. Performed off-site immediately after the mass Avalokiteshvara mantra recitation, guests can bring photos or small/simple belongings of your deceased members of their family for the ritual. This does not constitute a part of the mass mantra recitation nor is it mandatory for anyone attending the recitation ceremony.
Fee: $20 per name (deceased / living) （往生者姓名或历代祖先 / 再生者姓名)