Maha Tare Buddhist Centre is proud to hold our annual 100 Million Avalokiteshvara Mantra Recitation Retreat for the fourth consecutive year at Poh Ming Tse Temple from 16 to 17 September 2017. 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.
Six-Syllable Mantra
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 visualisations 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 actualise 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！
Event details
Venue: Poh Ming Tse Temple, Level 3 (Hall of Boundless Light)
Address: 438 Dunearn Road, Singapore 289613 (Google map / streetdirectory.com)
Date: 16 and 17 September 2017 (Saturday & Sunday)
Time: 9:00 am to 6:00 pm
Meals: Vegetarian lunch and tea breaks provided
Language: Live translation in chinese
Registration
Although admission is free, prior registration is required to facilitate us with the ordering of meals for the 2-day retreat. If you wish to attend the retreat, please contact one of the following persons below:
- Katherine @ 9766 9088 (Maha Tare Buddhist Centre @ 658A Geylang Road, Singapore 389588)
- Kelvin @ 9681 1326 (Dzambhala @ My Place #02-07 Fortune Centre, Singapore 188979)
Donation & Sponsorship
As this event is free of charge, we deeply appreciate kind donations or sponsorship to cover the running costs for this event. Please kindly contact Katherine @ 9766 9088 if you are interested to help us out.
Getting to Poh Ming Tse Temple
Address: 438 Dunearn Road, Singapore 289613 (Google map / streetdirectory.com)
Driving:
Parking lots are limited in 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):
Bus numbers: 66, 67, 74, 151, 154, 156, 157, 170, 171, 174, 852, 961
By MRT:
Nearest MRT Station: Tan Kah Kee (Downtown Line – DT8) – Exit B