Puja

Shakyamuni Buddha Puja

Lhoppon Rinpoche leads the Mipham Shedra sangha in the powerful and precious Shakyamuni Buddha Puja in honor of the four Great Festival Days.  These days are honored to signify the aspects of the life of Buddha Shakyamuni.  These auspicious days are powerful times to practice and it is believed that positive or negative actions are …

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Vajrakilaya Puja

Annually at Mipham Shedra, Lhoppön Rinpoche guides us in the practice of “Vajrakilaya” four days before Tibetan New Year, to purify obstacles, delusion and negativity that sometimes arises in the lives of dharma practitioners. This enables students to enter the upcoming year cleansed, refreshed and renewed. As a wrathful Heruka full of compassion who embodies …

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Green Tara Puja

  The first Saturday of each month we gather to practice Green Tara Puja for the benefit of all sentient beings. “In the course of the third turning of the Wheel of the Dharma, Buddha Shakyamuni gave many teachings on Tara…all of these became very popular in India and were brought to Tibet in the …

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