On Sunday, 28 November 2021, the Extensive Most Secret Hayagriva Puja will be performed at our Geshe Lama Konchok’s alma mater, Sera Jey Monastic University in India. Sera Jey is one of the six great monasteries of the Gelugpa (Yellow Hat) order. The Maha Tare Buddhist Centre will be providing full sponsorship for this event,…
The statue of our Lord Maitreya was fully consecrated yesterday after three days of rituals carried out by our Geshe Lama Konchok with the help of 4 other kind members of the Sangha. The preparatory rituals involved, amongst other things, the placing of the zung and zoksiang, including the shigpa. The shigpa is a wooden…
Despite the fact that we live in degenerate times, we are fortunate to be able to listen to the sublime Dharma as propounded by Lord Shakyamuni Buddha. However, the sutras speak of a time when the Dharma will be forgotten or lost from this world system. That is when the next (5th) Buddha of this…
尽管我们生活在衰落时期，我们还是很幸运能够聆听到释迦牟尼佛的崇高佛法。然而，佛经上说，释迦牟尼佛所教的佛法在某个时期将在这个世界体系被遗忘或丢失。那就是下一个（第五）佛陀弥勒从兜率天降下，再次转动法轮的时期。
I’m very happy to announce today that work on the base of the Namgyalma (尊胜佛母）stupa, which was itself commissioned with the generous donations of many of you, was completed earlier today. Namgyalma is one of the three long life deities in Tibetan Buddhism and it is my wish that through all our virtuous acts, all…
Today is Chokhor Duchen, which is also the day on which we commemorate the anniversary of our Lord Shakyamuni Buddha’s first turning of the Wheel of Dharma at Varanasi in India. The first turning of the Wheel took place 49 days after Lord Buddha attained enlightenment. On this day, the merits of all virtuous actions…
Have you ever felt the wish to express devotion to the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, and hoped to have an image which you can venerate and offer your respects to, thereby generating immense merits that will assist you both in this and future lives? Have you also, at the same time, faced challenges in setting up…
Today is the 15th day of the 5th Lunar Month. It is also the birthday weekend of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama – His Holiness celebrates his 85th birthday tomorrow on 6 July 2020. Spending some time to reflect on this joyous occasion, it dawned on me that His Holiness means so many different things to different people, and…
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought about challenges for many in our community, country and worldwide. It is natural in these uncertain times for people to have fear of the future, and the Centre has recently heard voices of concern from many individuals far and wide. Continuing the tradition of extending a helping hand to all…
Over the two days of Empowerment given by His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama for the Thousand Hands Thousand Eyed Avalokiteshvara (Chenresig) Initiation and the Simhanada Avalokiteshvara Initiation which took place between 29-30 May 2020, a staggering number of about 4.5 million people from all over the world attended. It demonstrates that whilst the digital…