100 Million Avalokiteshvara Mantra Recitation Retreat 2017, 16 to 17 Sep 2017

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…

Ushnishavijaya Puja & Vase Blessing, 26 Aug 2017

Ushnishavijaya, also known as Namgyalma in Tibetan, is one of three supreme Buddhas of longevity. Once Buddha Shakyamuni manifested in her form to help a deva named Susthita avoid a rebirth in the three lower realms. The puja, Namgyal Tsechog, is recommended to those who face life threatening situations as it is effective for overturning…

Heart Sutra Ritual 2017, 21 May 2017

Shernying Düdok This ritual is for pacifying and exterminating of negative and destructive forces involves chanting and meditation on the teachings contained in the Heart Sutra (Ch. 般若心經). On the contrary to externalised performative rituals, this Heart Sutra ritual involves internalised chanting, meditation, and visualization. With its earliest versions dated circa. 350 to 700 CE,…

Vesak 2017 @ Waterloo Street: Medicine Buddha Sand Mandala Ritual, 2 to 11 May 2017

Maha Tare Buddhist Centre is delighted to announce the observance of the Medicine Buddha sand mandala ritual will be held at the open area in front of Sri Krishnan Temple at Waterloo Street from 2 May to 11 May 2017. This sand mandala ritual is an extensive Mahayana Buddhist ritual that involves invocation and worship…