H.E. Kyabje Lati Rinpoche - Grand Puja Events

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Dearest Dharma Brothers & Sisters!

We are here to announce a most exciting and rejoiceful news:
the program schedule of His Eminence Kyabje Lati Rinpoche has been confirmed! Attached are the program schedules of Rinpoche's program in Singapore. Smile

Other than the teachings scheduled in the centre itself, Dro-Phen Ling is also very happy to be able to organise two outdoor grand puja events during this visit by H.E. Lati Rinpoche:

1. Puja of Great Compassion & Merit-Increase
Date: 28/10/04 to 1/11/04 (5-Day Program)
Venue: Along Bencoolen St, tentage set up behind the Kuan Yin Temple

2. National Well-Being Peace & Progress Grand Puja
(Co-organised by Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Monastery)
Date: 9/11/04 to 16/11/04
Venue: Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Monastery

Do refer to the attachments to view the whole program timetable of Rinpoche's visit, as well as the Eng and Chinese descriptions of the respective grand puja events Smile

Thank you so much for everyone's support - now, our long-awaited visit by H.E. Lati Rinpoche is finally here!

For any enquiries at all, please do not hesistate to call us at the below nos.: 63449521 / 93823118 / 90075376.

May one and all benefit from the activities and events organised, and may all sentient beings gain sorrowless bliss soon.

Yours in the Dharma,
Management Committee of Dro-Phen Ling.

*His Eminence Lati Rinpoche's biography is attached/below as well. For those who just joined DPL, Rinpoche is a highly realised and deeply respected Master in Tibetan Buddhism, this is a most precious chance to create an affinity with Rinpoche! Sincerely hope that we can all cherish this opportunity to be blessed by Rinpoche.. Smile

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The Most Venerable

KYABJE LATI RINPOCHE

His Eminence Kyabje Lati Rinpoche was born in the Kham region of Eastern Tibet in 1922. After the famous Gongkar Rinpoche (previous incarnation) identified and recognized Him as a reincarnation of a great practitioner, Rinpoche consequently embarked on the fulfillment of His destiny by joining the local monastery in Tibet - at the age of ten.

By fifteen years old, Rinpoche was enrolled in Gaden Shartse Norling College, located in central Tibet. It is the most prestigious and renowned school in Tibet, and it was at Gaden Shartse Norling College where Rinpoche pursued his study of Buddhist scriptures, and eventually, earning Him the highest honours among the foremost scholars of His day. At that time, Rinpoches field of study included Pramana Vidya (Logic), Prajnaparamita (Perfection of Wisdom), Madhyamika (Middle Philosophy), Abidharma (Treasure of Knowledge), Vinaya (Spiritual Rules and Moral Law).

In 1959, after nineteen years of intensive study and training, Rinpoche sat for the Geshe Lharmapa examination. This major examination was held in the summer palace of His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, located in the capital of Tibet, Lhasa. Candidates were various scholars and top students from the 3 main monasteries, and yet Rinpoche still managed to emerge 2nd overall. In the next year, H.E. was officially conferred as Geshe Lharampa a qualification which is equivalent to the PH.D. degree in the Indian universities. And in that same year, Rinpoche joined the tantric college in Lhasa, and started intensive study in Tantra since. In the following years, H.E. taught many young incarnate lamas, as well as gave dharma talks to the mass public. In 1964, Rinpoche arrived in Dharamsala, and was subsequently appointed as Spiritual Assistant to His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama Rinpoche serves His Holiness faithfully till today.

In 1976, under His Holinesss suggestion, various universities in America invited Lati Rinpoche over, where H.E. gave illuminating dharma discourses to an appreciative public. In addition, Rinpoche taught at Namgyal Gomba (His Holinesss personal monastery), at the debating college, and has guided and taught many laypeople as well. In the same year, Rinpoche was appointed as the Abbot of the Shartse Norling College of Gaden Monastery, in South India. H.E. held this position for eight years where besides looking after the administration, law and order of the Sangha, Rinpoche also personally taught extensively on all aspects of Buddhism. Rinpoches contribution towards Gaden Shartse Norling College is widely recognized by all, and H.E. is deeply respected by many strong devotees all over the world.

Since His retirement, Rinpoche dedicated His life mainly on dharma practice, as well as propagating the dharma, guiding people along the sometimes complex path of the dharma. On repeated requests from many countries in Europe and America, Rinpoche has travelled extensively, benefiting dharma students in various parts of the world.

To His credit, Lati Rinpoche has authored many important books on Tibetan Buddhism, including:

v Death, Intermediate State and Rebirth.

v Mind in Tibetan Buddhism

v Meditative States in Tibetan Buddhism

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NATIONAL WELL-BEING PEACE & PROGRESS GRAND PUJA

CONDUCTED BY HIS EMINENCE KYABJE LATI RINPOCHE

Venue: Kong Meng San Phor Kark See Monastery

9th November - 16th November 2004 (Eight-Day Program)

DATE
TIME
PROGRAM
V

09-11-04

Tues
9.30am
Opening Remark by Kyabje Lati Rinpoche
-

10.00am - 12.00pm
Arya-Tara Averting Obstacles Offering Puja (i)
-

3.00pm - 5.00pm
Arya-Tara Averting Obstacles Offering Puja (ii)
-

7.30pm - 9.30pm
Teaching: Refuge & Karma
-

9.30pm - 10.00pm
Q&A Session
-

10-11-04

Tues
10.00am - 12.00pm
Palden Hlamo Subduing Evil Puja (i)
#

3.00pm - 5.00pm
Palden Hlamo Subduing Evil Puja (ii)
#

7.30pm - 9.30pm
Teaching: The Three Turnings of the Dharma Wheel
-

9.30pm - 10.00pm
Q&A Session
-

+11-11-04

Thurs
10.00am - 12.00pm
Medicine Buddha Wellness Offering Puja (i)
#

3.00pm - 5.00pm
Medicine Buddha Wellness Offering Puja (ii)
#

7.30pm - 10.00pm
Medicine Buddha Initiation & Brief Commentary
-

+ Birthday of Medicine Buddha

12-11-04

Fri
10.00am - 12.00pm
White Umbrella Obstacle-Clearing Offering Puja (i)
#

3.00pm - 5.00pm
White Umbrella Obstacle-Clearing Offering Puja (ii)
#

7.30pm - 9.30pm
White Umbrella Obstacle-Clearing Offering Puja (iii)
#

13-11-04

Sat
10.00am - 12.00pm
Namgyalma Long Life Offering Puja (i)
#

3.00pm - 5.00pm
Namgyalma Long Life Offering Puja (ii)
#

7.30pm - 10.00pm
Namtose Wealth Protector Initiation
-

14-11-04

Sun
10.00am - 12.00pm
Namtose Fortune & Wealth-Inviting Offering Puja (i)
#

3.00pm - 5.00pm
Namtose Fortune & Wealth-Inviting Offering Puja (ii)
#

7.30pm - 10.00pm
Namtose Fortune & Wealth-Inviting Offering Puja (iii)
#

15-11-04

Mon
10.00am - 12.00pm
Twenty-One Taras Offering Puja for Success (i)
#

3.00pm - 5.00pm
Twenty-One Taras Offering Puja for Success (ii)
#

7.30pm - 10.00pm
Green Tara Initiation
-

16-11-04

Tues
10.00am - 12.00pm
Preparatory Puja for Fire Puja (i)
#

3.00pm - 5.00pm
Preparatory Puja for Fire Puja (ii)
#

7.30pm - 10.00pm
Actual Fire Puja for Increase of Merits
#

*V for Venue

- represents: Venerable Hong Choon Memorial Hall, Level Four

# represents: Hall of Compassion

NATIONAL WELL-BEING PEACE & PROGRESS GRAND PUJA

Guest of Honour: Mrs Goh Chok Tong

Following the six-day National Well-Being & Calamities-Averting Grand Puja performed last

year, we are most honoured to invite His Eminence Kyabje Lati Rinpoche, as well as his entourage of 20 over Lamas from Gaden Shartse Monastery, to specially conduct this National Well-Being Peace & Progress Grand Puja again this year. In this series of pujas, which includes the Fire Puja for Increase, Arya-Tara Puja and White Umbrella Puja (to clear obstacles) and more, many are considered to be among the largest scale of pujas in Tibetan Buddhism. With blessings from the Three Jewels, and having Sangha members and a highly-realized Master to perform the pujas; we not only can purify negativities (which we have accumulated since beginningless time), we will also be able to clear obstacles of Singapore and her people, and aid in the nations overall progress and economic growth.

*There will be both English and Mandarin translations for all events:

Chinese Translator: Venerable Lobsang Mengur

Eng Translator: Prof Cheng Chen-Huang

Brief Explanations:
ARYA-TARA AVERTING-OBSTACLES OFFERING PUJA
Goddess Arya Tara is the epitome of the ten directional Buddhas, and is especially effective in clearing obstacles in assistance ones career. In this puja, we will first invoke Goddess Taras blessing with the Seven-Limb offering (prostration, confession, offering, rejoicing, dedication, etc), then prayers will be recited, requesting for her blessing. Together with the offering of sixty tormas, we can then prevent disturbances from the external environment (including the formless). This puja is rather complex, but is an undoubtedly rare and effective prayer ceremony.

GREEN TARA INITIATION

Green Tara is a very swift and powerful deity of activity who clears our obstacles, and helps us successfully accomplish both temporal and ultimate happiness. One will be able to dispel black magic, charms, & disturbances from the formless as well as prevent diseases and harm to oneself. It can also boost ones spiritual growth & other aspects career & academic studies. An empowerment gives one the permission to meditate on the deity. After receiving the deitys blessing of body, speech and mind, one becomes empowered to do the practice.

MEDICINE BUDDHA WELLNESS PUJA & INITIATION

The Medicine Buddha is also known as the King of medicines. He not only serves to heal all sentient beings from their physical illness, but also helps to eradicate all sources of sufferings which main source is ignorance. By eradicating ignorance, one will be liberated from the suffering of samsara.

Because we are not yet enlightened, we succumb to our afflictive emotions and delusions, especially the 3 poisons greed, hatred and ignorance. In total, there are 84,000 kinds of delusions that we will face; various illnesses and diseases arise due to them, and out physical body suffers under their torments. The Medicine Buddha made a strong wish to liberate all sentient beings, hence, by merely chanting His Mantra, one can not only prevent disasters and natural calamities, increases ones lifespan, one will also accumulate merits to be reborn in the Pure Land of Medicine Buddha.

PALDEN-HLAMO SUBDUING-EVIL PUJA

In many occasions in our daily lives, we go overboard in our behavior and cause hurt to other sentient beings, consequently accumulating bad karma for ourselves. Sometimes we may even offend spirits, ghosts and demons unknowingly, whereupon they will cause natural disasters and calamities and chaos to disturb us. The Subduing-Evil Puja is one of the most effective pujas to counter such problems. By requesting Palden-Hlamo for her help, and upon Her blessings, we can quickly purify all our negative karma, and prevent any disturbances from the external environment.

WHITE UMBRELLA RITUAL OFFERING PUJA

Asuras and gods reside in the region between the God and Demi-God realm (within samsara). There naturally grows a wish-fulfilling tree whenever the gods run into any difficulty, they would pray to this tree and their wishes will be fulfilled. This has however, incurred the wrath and jealously of the Asuras, and in a fit of hatred, raged attack towards the god realm. Not wanting to suffer defeat, the King of the God realm quickly approached Lord Buddha Shakyamuni to seek His blessings. At that moment, there shone a bright white light from the crown of the Lord Buddha. And it manifested into the intrepid and powerful White Umbrella Tara. With the pure merits of Lord Buddha, the White Umbrella Tara emanates a thousand arms and a thousand eyes, blessing and saving all the harm of the gods.

The benefits of a White Umbrella Khorlo:

Will not be affected by any poisons
Will not be injured by any weapons or machines
Will not be hurt by fire and extreme heat
Will not be drowned in deep waters
Will not be disturbed by the formless
Will not be affected by any curses or charms
Will be safe and free from accidents (if hung in the car)
Will be protected and blessed by all Vajra Dakas, Dakinis and Bodhisattvas

Within this Khorlo is a piece of White Umbrella mantra, as well as the secret mandala of the deity. The Khorlo has been blessed by a thousand over monks of the Gaden Shartse Monastery, and possesses unimaginable merits, and be free of obstacles.

NAMGYALMA LONG LIFE PUJA

The special benefits of this puja can be categorized in two different levels that of a national level, and that of an individuals basis.

To the collective karma at national level, this puja can help acquire the following Eight Qualities of Fully-Matured Karma:

Long life of the citizens
Pleasant appearance and outlook
Rebirth among the affluent
Fortune and wealth
Respectable speech
Rebirth to human life
Power and authority
Determination and strong will-power

On an individual level, one can acquire the following benefits:

You can purify the negative karma accumulated in the past thousand aeons just by listening to the chanting of this prayer text, and will not take rebirth in the three lower realms.
Will be able to quickly achieve the fully realized Bodhicitta.
With sincere requests to the deity, and by placing the prayer text or statue at the topmost area of the bed, inside the stupa, or any high area for that matter, one will be able to receive blessing via the reflection of the sun by shining upon the text, or when the wind blows onto us. We will be blessed and will be prevented from rebirth in the three lower realms.
At the time of ones death, if one were to have somebody chant this mantra for him 21 times, one will be able to avoid rebirth in the lower realms.
Will be able to obtain the desire happiness, and take rebirth in the pure lands.

NAMTOSE FORTUNE & WEALTH-INVITING PUJA & INITIATION

Namtose is a famous protector and wealth deity of Esoteric Buddhism. For centuries great Buddhist practitioners and yogis relied on his practice for wealth, protection and cultivation of the path. The Namtose puja summons immense positive wealth energies upon the puja participants, and is a very effective method to invoke positive wealth energy of the universe and its inhabitants. Though getting rich is a result of ones past actions, participating in the Namtose puja plays a significant role in its own way to change the course of ones financial situation.

FIRE PUJA FOR INCREASE OF MERITS

There are objects of offering of fire pujas, the offering to deities being the main focus.

They are:

Offering to (1) all Buddha, Bodhisattvas and deities

Offering to (2) Protectors and highly-realized godly beings

Giving to (3) all sentient beings

Giving to (4) all spirits and hungry ghosts.

Usually, the fire puja can be divided into four types: Peace, Increas, Power and Force. Participating in this fire puja can increase our merits, health, lifespan, wisdom, wealth and even our dharma practice. All the offerings and ingredients used in the fire puja process are all adhered strictly from prayer text, hence the fire puja is a very special ritual. It is so strict that even common layman are advised not to touch any of the puja offerings only the sangha members or those who has obtained the lineage or practice is allowed to process and perform the fire puja.

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PUJA OF GREAT COMPASSION & MERIT-INCREASE

CONDUCTED BY HIS EMINENCE KYABJE LATI RINPOCHE

Venue: Tentage Set-Up Along Bencoolen Street (Behind Kuan Yin Temple)

28th October 1st November 2004 (Five-Day Program)

Date
Time
Program

28/10/04

Thurs
10.00am -12.00pm
Opening Speech:

How to Change Your Human Body to that of a Buddha

3.00pm 5.00pm
Gyabshi Four Hundred Grand Offerings Puja (1)

7.30pm 9.30pm
Gyabshi Four Hundred Grand Offerings Puja (2)

29/10/04

Fri
10.00am -12.00pm
Arya Tara Obstacles-Clearing Puja (1)

3.00pm 5.00pm
Arya Tara Obstacles-Clearing Puja (2)

7.30pm 9.30pm
White Tara Initiation

30/10/04

Sat
10.00am -12.00pm
Lion-Faced Dakini White Umbrella & Heart Sutra Obstacles-Clearing Puja

3.00pm 5.00pm
Confession & Cleansing Purification Puja

7.30pm 9.30pm
Vajrasattva Initiation

31/10/04

Sun
10.00am -12.00pm
White Dzambala Wealth-Receiving Kangso Puja (1)

3.00pm 5.00pm
White Dzambala Wealth-Receiving Kangso Puja (2)

7.30pm 9.30pm
White Dzambala Initiation

01/11/04

Mon
10.00am -12.00pm
Prostration & Ritual Offerings to the Sixteen Arhats (1)

3.00pm 5.00pm
Prostration & Ritual Offerings to the Sixteen Arhats (2)

7.30pm 9.30pm
Four Armed Kuan Yin (Chenrezig) Initiation

Dro-Phen Ling is most privileged to have invited one of the most highly-respected Masters of Tibetan Buddhism (Gelugpa tradition) - His Eminence Kyabje Lati Rinpoche, to conduct this Puja of Great Compassion and Merit-Increase which will last over a duration of 5 days. Rinpoche is a deeply-realized practitioner, and have had received many lineage teachings and practices from various High Masters. It would certainly be our blessings and fortune if we were able to receive and attend the pujas and initiations conferred upon by Rinpoche during this grand puja event.

Four-Armed Kuan Yin (Chenrezig) Initiation 01/11/04 (Mon) PM 7.30 - 9.30

The four-armed Kuan Yin is the epitome of bodhicitta in all Buddhas and Bodhisattvas. To liberate sentient beings of various characteristics, Kuan Yin manifests in various forms, and is known as the Bodhisattva of Great Compassion, and has an especially close affinity with sentient beings like us.

The four-armed Kuan Yin, together with Manjushri and Vajrapani, symbolizes great compassion, wisdom and power whose practices all Mahayana Buddhist practitioners have to undergo. The scriptures record: The benefits and merits of the six syllable mantra is inconceivable, chanting it can alleviate and destroy sufferings of illnesses, punishment, fear of untimely death, increase ones lifespan, as well as invite wealth and fortune. The benefits are so aplenty that even at the time of death, doors to rebirth of the lower realms will be closed, and one will be able to gain a rebirth in the human or god realm.

The six syllable mantra is not only the source of all happiness, it is also the foundation of reaching the destination to the path of liberation, of opening up wisdom, of realizing great bodhicitta, as well as saving and benefiting all sentient beings of the six realms. Chanting the mantra is so meritorious, it purifies our negative karma accumulated from beginningless time, it also helps destroy our afflictive emotions and delusion helping us attain Enlightenment swiftly.

Gyabshi Four Hundred Grand Offerings Puja

28/10/04 (Thurs) PM 3.00 - 5.00, PM 7.30 9.30

The 400 grand offerings include: 100 light offerings, 100 stupas, 100 ritual cakes and 100 human effigies. After conducting the puja with chanting and offerings, we will not only be able to eradicate the four demons, namely demon of delusions, demon of desires, demon of death and demon of the five contaminated aggregates; we will also be able to purify our bad karma and negative energy hence, enabling our obstacles to be cleared.

Arya Tara Obstacles-Clearing Puja

29/10/04 (Fri) AM 10.00 - 12.00, PM 3.00 - 5.00

Goddess Arya Tara is the epitome of the ten directional Buddhas, and is especially effective in clearing obstacles in assistance of ones career. In this puja, we will first invoke Goddess Taras blessings with the Seven-Limb offerings (Prostration, Confessions, Offering, Rejoicing, Dedication etc.), then prayers will be recited, requesting for Arya Taras blessings. Together with the offering of sixty tormas, we can then prevent disturbances from the external environment (including the formless). This puja is rather complex, but is an undoubtedly rare and effective prayer ceremony.