Maha Tare Buddhist Centre is proud to organise our 3rd 100 Million Avalokiteshvara Mantra Recitation Retreat on 27 and 28 August 2016 (Saturday and Sunday) at Poh Ming Tse Temple. This 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.
Bohisattva Avalokiteshvara and His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama
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 14th Dalai Lama is looked upon as a living emanation of this selfless bodhisattva. We will also be dedicating the accumulated merits from this retreat to our spiritual teacher His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, wishing him good health, long life to benefit everyone and may his wishes be fulfilled to the fullest.
Six-Syllable mantra and its benefits
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！
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 retreat.
Event details
Venue: Poh Ming Tse Temple, Level 3 (Hall of Boundless Light)
Address: 438 Dunearn Road, Singapore 289613 (Google map / streetdirectory.com)
Date: 27 and 28 August 2016 (Saturday & Sunday)
Time: 9:00 am to 6:00 pm
Tentative Timetable (27 & 28 August 2016)
| 09:00 – 10:30 | Prayer Session – 1 | 念诵 1 |
| 10:30 – 11:00 | Tea Break | 休息 |
| 11:00 – 12:30 | Prayer Session – 2 | 念诵 2 |
| 12:30 – 14:00 | Lunch | 午餐 |
| 14:00 – 15:30 | Prayer Session – 3 | 念诵 3 |
| 15:30 – 16:30 | Tea Break | 休息 |
| 16:30 – 18:00 | Prayer Session – 4 | 念诵 4 |
| 18:00 | -End- |
Registration
Free admission. If you wish to attend the 2-day retreat, please register with us by filling up an online registration form or contact the following person below:
- Kelvin @ 9681 1326 (Dzambhala @ My Place #01-26 Fortune Centre, Singapore 188979)
- Sharon @ 9662 7883 / Katherine @ 9766 9088 (Maha Tare Buddhist Centre @ 658A Geylang Road, Singapore 389588)
How to get there
Address: 438 Dunearn Road, Singapore 289613 (Google map / streetdirectory.com)
By Driving:
Limited parking space within Poh Ming Tse Temple. Please abide traffic rules if you are parking along Shelford Road.
By Bus:
Bus services along Dunearn Road (B41049) and along Bukit Timah Road (B41041 – Opposite side):
66, 67, 74, 151, 154, 156, 157, 170, 171, 174, 852, 961
Nearest MRT Station:
Tan Kah Kee MRT Station (Downtown Line – DT8) Exit B