Yamantaka RÜL Vase

The Maha Vajrabhairava (Tib. Dorje Jikje) (Yamantaka) RÜL Vase, now available from our Centre, is prepared in accordance with the Wrathful Deity Vajrabhairava’s tantras, through a series of incantation, meditation and other rituals. The Vase contains five RÜL Protection Capsules. Four of the Capsules are placed on the sides of the Vase, representing the cardinal…

Chinese New Year Eve Puja 2020, 24 Jan 2020

As in previous years, this year’s Chinese New Year Eve puja is, in the main, that of Goddess Sitatapatra. This year the Centre shall in addition be performing a Zambhala milk offering. Goddess Sitatapatra’s puja is important as it is intended to eliminate all obstacles and negativities accumulated during the year, before one enters the…

Gyabshi Ritual 2020, 11 Jan 2020

Gyabshi Ritual “The Four Hundred”, popularly known as Gyabshi Choga in Tibetan, is a powerful extermination ritual based on Buddha Shakyamuni’s subdual of the four classes of evils (mara)—non-human spirits, death, afflictive thoughts and emotions, and a psycho-physical basis of a Karmic being—through his wisdom and compassion. In an extensive systematised form, the ritual makes…

Fire Rituals 2019, 28 & 29 Dec 2019

Fire Ritual Fire rituals are unique to the Mahayana Tantric tradition and are known to be amongst the most powerful of Tibetan Buddhist rituals. Our Centre regularly performs two main fire rituals, one in devotion to Buddha Vajrabhairava (Yamantaka in Tibetan), himself an emanation of Lord Manjushri, and the wealth god Dzambhala. These fire rituals…