Update as at January 28, 2012

Year End 2011 Center’s Ritual Purification Program
Visiting Sakya College Chinese New Year Program

Dear Members and Friends,

Chinese New Year 2012 arrives early on 23rd January 2012.  Traditionally, our Centre will celebrate the festive season with two Program events. On the last week of the Lunar Year 2011, we will conduct a Centre Ritual Program for the local community for two purposes, namely:

1. To remember our beloved deceased ones by liberating them to better life with Akshobhya Changchog Ritual (13th  Jan to 15th Jan), and,

2. To purify and clear all members’ and Centre’s obstacles with the Vajrakilaya Gutor on the 29th Lunar Day (22nd Jan) before welcoming the Water Dragon Year 2012.

Note: Though physically we may have done a spring cleaning of our home, but mentally our mind is filled with all sorts of obstacles, therefore we need this Gutor ritual to purify our spiritual aspect before the New Year starts. Thus we will feel wholesome welcoming the New Year.
 
After the traditional Family Reunion Dinner, do come with your family and join us in the Temple together with the lamas to say goodbye to the old year and welcome the New Year with the traditional Countdown before 12 midnight. Then light the 1st lamp of the Year for 2012. This fond memory and auspiciousness will be the spur for us for a good year ahead.

The year ahead is fraught with uncertainty of a possible financial meltdown and recession that may hurt a large portion of our society. As forewarned by the authority, we must be aware of this situation which can become very bad and our growth projection had moved southwards. In order to attenuate this possible scenario and reduced much financial suffering, we will enhance our positive conditions with an increase series of wealth gathering rituals to augment the increasing wealth propensities and hopefully able to relief the unfavorable conditions of wealth depletion caused to the prevailing world karma. You are most welcome to attend a series of Wealth Rituals (refer to Program for dates) and make propitiation to the wealth deities including Red Jambhala, Kurukulle (including the Fire Puja) and Namtosay. The re-consecration of Centre’s Yellow Jambhala and continuously water offering to Jambhala through the festive period will definitely benefit us spiritually.

During this New Year (3rd Feb – 5th Feb) we will introduce the 9 Long-Life Deities Puja, with the 9 Deity Amitayus Mandala to bless our Centre a long existence and also the contained, all members and visitors a long, healthy and prosperous life. Though we may not able to determine how long we can live as a human life, but surely with the propitiation to the 9 Amitayus,  Their blessings can bestow us with long life benefits which includes wealth, prosperities, wisdoms and fame for the sake of the Dharma.

The most popular Puja of our Centre, and also the King of all Puja, the Great Drolma Yuldog Puja will be conducted from 8th February to 12th February 2012. We encourage everyone to participate in this ritual in full force in one form or another to get the full blessing directly from the great compassionate Mother Tara. Do make calls to all our families, friends, colleagues and acquaintances to participate especially in the burning of one’s effigies of negativities of bad luck, bad omens, bad characters, etc. Last year we have more than 650 participants in Effigies burning.

A special Program to conclude this Visit of the Sakya College Entourage, we will organize a Naga Puja of Wealth and Prosperity, and Health on the only great Naga Day 0f the month, 17th February 2012 on a Friday morning (see Program). Do participate by offering a Naga Wealth Vase on that day and also make a trip at sea for  the offering.

We wish all participants and their families will enjoy and benefit from the Program and receive all the blessing for the year 2012. May all wishes come true and may all be protected from calamities.

WE WISH ALL  A HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS CHINESE NEW YEAR!!

From 41ST EXCO

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Chinese New Year Celebration Program 2012
2012农历新春欢庆活动
Registration Form参加表格

18 Jambhala Yangdrup
十八藏巴拉财神招财纳福法会
Red Jambhala and Kurukulle Puja with Fire Puja
红财神及咕噜咕咧佛母聚财法会及火供

The Kurukulle Fire Puja with Tsok
咕噜咕咧佛母聚财火供和荟供

Instructions on Effigy Registration
注册指示

Male EFFIGY Registration Form
男性报名表格

Female EFFIGY Registration Form
女性报名表格

All programs are subject to changes
节目活动随时更新, 敬请密切留意

Update as at February 4, 2012

Puja of the 9 Long Life Deities
长寿九尊法会

3rd Feb 2012 to 5th Feb 2012
2月3日至2月5日

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Update as at January 20, 2012

Dharma Teaching on
‘Parting from the 4 Attachments’ and ‘Blue Flower Meditation’

By Khenpo Dr. Ngawang Jorden

Dear Dharma Friends,

The Chinese New Year Celebration will be ending soon and we are looking forward another year of our existence. Looking at the myriad of phenomena that appear in front of us and engaging them with the eight worldly concerns and the three poisons, lead us to a life of sufferings of birth, sickness, old age and death.

Liberation from sufferings cannot be sought from this world of existence. We need to look inwardly within ourselves. All physical activities, good or bad are guarded by our intention and mental habits. We need to change this mental disposition. Through the practice of mind training and calm-abiding meditation, our mind can be purified and all distracted thoughts will be transformed into the path to enlightenment. Thus our negative mental habit will change to good, and so are our worldly physical actions and verbal behavior. Clearing all these negative aspect, our practice of the Buddha Dharma will be smooth and effective.

Dr. Ngawang Jorden who is the Principal of IBA will conduct the Teaching on “Parting from the 4 Clinging” in which our founder Lineage Guru Sachen Kunga Nyingpo received it directly from Manjushri in His pure vision. These 4 verses contained the essence of all the Teachings in the Mahayana and is a very important mind training teaching of the Sakyapa Tradition. Dr. Jorden will present it in a simple and thorough manner so that all students attending can grasp the gist and the profundity at the end of the Teaching. We wish all those who attended will benefit greatly from it this time.

The Blue Flower Meditation is Shamatha Mediation, and is basically a continuation from the fourth parting. After turning our mind to the Path of the Buddha Dharma, we seek to develop a disciplined mind. For this we need to change our present mental disposition which is in the state of distraction and confusion. The practice of the Blue Flower Meditation in the Lam Dre Tradition by Virupa will lead us to attaining a state of calm abiding. This one-pointed concentration meditation will free us from distracted thoughts and render our mind a suitable vessel for insight meditation of the Buddha Dharma, a path which we will embrace till we attain the enlightened state.

The Shamatha Meditation is very essential for all beginners and practitioners of the Buddha Dharma. Recognizing this, Our Centre will start a weekly class on Shamatha Meditation after this Teaching. Khenpo Dr. Jorden will assist us in the formation of the Class and will inaugurate the 1st session at the end of the course. A date for the regular weekly session will be announced and our Resident Lama, Khentul Rinpoche will be conducting these weekly classes.

Therefore we call out to all members and friends, beginners or practitioners, who wish to proceed with the study and practice of the Buddha Dharma to attend these coming Teachings. Do register with the Office early.

May the Blessing of the Guru and The Three Gems be with us always,

The 41st EXCO
10 January 2012

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Program Details for Dharma Teaching
佛法课程

Registration Form参加表格

Update as at January 8, 2012

Renewal of Land Lease

Dear Members and Friends

WE APPEAL FOR YOUR PRECIOUS SUPPORT

Our Centre officially opened its door at Pasir Ris on the 31st December 1995. On the 31st of December this year is our Centre’s 17th Anniversary. This reminds us that we only have 9½ years of lease left (start date of lease is July 1991). We need to accumulate a fund targeted at $9 million to adequately cover the Land lease Renewal process.

Our financial forecast shows that if our operational collections from Major Events (Vesak, Changchog and Medicine Buddha) and other Centre Pujas, increase by 10% a year and expenses controlled at an increase of 5% a year, the operational fund and operational cash position will be in control.  Then we can fully focus on raising $9 million in 9 years with associated controlled 20% budgeted expenses for land lease renewal projects.  This has been discussed at Board and Exco level as well as with our Resident Rinpoche, His Eminence Doongsey Ratna Vajra Rinpoche.

To nurture the importance of these Land lease Renewal fund raising activities, we have requested our Resident Rinpoche His Eminence Doongsey Ratna Vajra Rinpoche to personally create and install the  "Wealth Deities; 9 male, 9 female" or 18 Jambala Wealth Vase for our Centre for the purpose of wealth attraction and accumulation.  After having instructed our Resident monk, Khentrul-la on the preparation procedures, our Resident Rinpoche, His Eminence Doongsey Ratna Vajra Rinpoche will inaugurate this vase installation by conducting the consecration and blessing of this newly prepared Wealth Vase on 1st January 2012 at Our Centre Main Hall (Please refer to the program).

We appeal to all members and friends to come out in full support on this occasion either or both in the form of puja registration or attendance. Your presence will create and increase the auspicious condition for the success of the future of our Centre as a place for Dharma propagation and benefit of our Community.

The Vase will be displayed permanently in the Main Hall after the inauguration for continuous wealth blessing for all and a constant reminder of the importance of donors and supporters for the continuity of Dharma propagation of our Centre after July 2021 when our Land lease runs out.

Your presence will inspire and motivate all to work together harmoniously and relentlessly to achieve this goal together with His Holiness, the Sakya Trizin and our Resident Rinpoche, His Eminence Doongsay Ratna Vajra Rinpoche, and in future, His Holiness' grandson, His Eminence Doongsey Akasha Vajra Rinpoche.

See you on 1st January 2012!

May the Blessing of Our Gurus and the Triple Gem be with all of us!

The 41 EXCO

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Land Lease (English)

Land Lease (Chinese)

Changchog Service for the Deceased

The links above are our programmes for the Year