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Chanted meditations at Heruka Centre

The chanted meditations at Heruka Centre, known as ‘pujas’, follow a range of Buddhist prayer booklets prepared by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso and published by Tharpa Publications. These prayer booklets, known as sadhanas, can also be used for individual practice and are available from tharpa.co.uk.

Engaging in pujas is a special method for purifying negativity, accumulating

Hands in prayer posture
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From tharpa.com/uk:
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• Tara puja
• Offering to the Spiritual Guide puja
 
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merit and receiving blessings. It helps us to develop and maintain a positive mind, and is a powerful preparation for meditation.

Everyone is welcome to attend all the pujas apart from Highest Yoga Tantra pujas, which are for practitioners only. There is no need to book, and no fee.
 

Weekly puja schedule

  Morning Afternoon/Evening
Monday 6.00am - 8.00am: QP 4.00pm - 5.15pm: WFJ
Tuesday 9.15am - 11.15am: QP 4.00pm - 5.15pm: WFJ
Wednesday 9.15am - 11.15am: QP 5.00pm - 6.15pm: WFJ
Thursday 9.15am - 11.15am: QP 7.30pm - 8.45pm: WFJ
Friday 7.30am - 8.15am: DY 4.00pm - 5.15pm: WFJ *
Saturday 8.30am - 9.15am: DY 5.30pm - 6.30pm: WFJ **
Sunday   7.00pm - 7.45pm: PWP

Read explanations of the Pujas
WFJ: Wishfulfilling Jewel
A Guru yoga practice combined with meditation on the path to enlightenment (Lamrim) and prayers to the Dharma Protector.

PWP: Prayers for World Peace
These short prayers, dedicated to World Peace, are chanted from a different sadhana each week, emphasising different practices such as increasing our wisdom, or spiritual power. Held most Sundays, please contact the centre before attending - 020 8455 7563. For a schedule, please see the Prayers for World Peace timetable below.

DY: Dakini Yoga
Six-session Guru yoga combined with self-generation as Vajrayogini, specially arranged for those who have received a Vajrayogini empowerment. Everyone who has received a Highest Yoga Tantra empowerment has a commitment to practise six-session Guru yoga. See guided sessions below.

QP: Vajrayogini Quick Path
A Highest Yoga Tantra practice of Vajrayogini, containing all the essential practices of Secret Mantra. Open only to those who have received the appropriate empowerment.
* If there is an event on Friday evening, please call the Centre to check the alternative time of the WFJ puja - 020 8455 7563.
** WFJ with Tsog offering (see schedule below for description of Tsog pujas)
Please note: times may change when other events take place. Please contact the centre before attending - 020 8455 7563.
 

Prayers for World Peace
These beautiful prayers are dedicated to World Peace and follow a different sadhana each week. While different with respect to the Buddha each relates to, each sadhana helps us to engage in the essential practices of accumulating merit and wisdom, purifying negativity and receiving the blessings of the holy beings. Dates for each puja will be available in Feb 2008. Everybody is welcome.

Prayers for World Peace: Jul - Oct
Date Puja Time
Sun 6 July Wishfulling Jewel with tsog puja 7.00pm - 7.45pm
Sun 13 July Medicine Buddha puja 7.00pm - 7.45pm
Sun 20 July Avalokiteshvara puja 7.00pm - 7.45pm
Sun 31 Aug Tara puja 7.00pm - 7.45pm
Sun 7 Sep Powa ceremony puja 7.00pm - 7.45pm
Sun 21 Sep Wishfulling Jewel with tsog puja 7.00pm - 7.45pm
Sun 28 Sep Medicine Buddha puja 7.00pm - 7.45pm
Sun 5 Oct Avalokiteshvara puja 7.00pm - 7.45pm
Sun 12 Oct Tara puja 7.00pm - 7.45pm
Sun 19 Oct Powa ceremony puja 7.00pm - 7.45pm
Sun 26 Oct Wishfulling Jewel with tsog puja 7.00pm - 7.45pm
 

Tsog puja schedule
Tsog offering pujas are ceremonies that involve making offerings of food and drink to the Buddhas in conjunction with prayers and meditation. They are an excellent method for accumulating merit, purifying negativity and receiving blessings.

Tsog Pujas: Jul - Oct
Date Tsog Puja Time
Thu 10 Jul Offering to the Spiritual Guide 7.30pm - 9.30pm
Mon 21 Jul Vajrayogini Self-Initiation 8.30am - 12.30pm
Sun 10 Aug Offering to the Spiritual Guide 10.00am - 12.00pm
Mon 25 Aug Offering to the Spiritual Guide 10.00am - 12.00pm
Fri 29 Aug Melodious Drum (Long Protector puja) 9.30am - 1.00pm
Sat 30 Aug Vajrayogini Self-Initiation 8.30am - 12.30pm
Mon 8 Sep Vajrayogini Self-Initiation 8.30am - 12.30pm
Wed 10 Sep Offering to the Spiritual Guide 9.30am - 11.30pm
Mon 22 Sep Offering to the Spiritual Guide
(Buddha's return from Heaven Day) 		9.30am - 11.30pm
Thu 25 Sep Offering to the Spiritual Guide 9.30am - 11.30pm
Sat 27 Sep Melodious Drum (Long Protector puja) 9.30am - 1.00pm
Fri 10 Oct Offering to the Spiritual Guide 7.30pm - 9.30pm
Fri 24 Oct Vajrayogini Self-Initiation 8.30am - 12.30pm
Sat 25 Oct Offering to the Spiritual Guide
(Je Tsongkhapa Day) 		7.30pm - 9.30pm
Wed 29 Oct Melodious Drum (Long Protector puja) 9.30am - 1.00pm

Read explanations of the Pujas
Offering to the Spiritual Guide (OTSG)
A special Guru yoga of Je Tsongkhapa that is related to Highest Yoga Tantra, and forms a preliminary practice for Vajrayana Mahamudra.

Vajrayogini Quick Path
A special Tantric ceremony for people who have received the Highest Yoga Tantra empowerment of Vajrayogini.

Vajrayogini Self-Iinitiation
A special Tantric ceremony for people who have received the Highest Tantra empowerment of Vajrayogini and completed a close retreat.

Melodious Drum (long protector puja)
A ceremony for fulfilling and restoring the commitments of the Dharma Protector, open to all.

Wishfulfilling Jewel (WFJ)
A Guru yoga practice combined with meditation on the path to enlightenment (Lamrim) and prayers to the Dharma Protector. Wishfulfilling Jewel pujas on other days of the week take place without a Tsog offering.
 

Precepts days

Here is the schedule for forthcoming precept days - please contact us before attending the Centre to confirm the event is being held:
Precepts days: Jul - Oct
Date Time
Sat 12 July 6.15am - 7.00am
Sat 27 Sep 6.30am - 7.15am
Sat 4 Oct 6.15am - 7.00am

Precept days are special days to purify negative karma and emphasize keeping pure moral discipline. Read extract from 'A Pure Life' sadhana
"The practice of taking and keeping the eight Mahayana precepts is a special practice of moral discipline that is performed with bodhichitta motivation. The essence of the practice is to keep them purely for a period of twenty four-hours. By doing this practice over and over again we acquaint ourself with the practice of moral discipline and thereby make our human life meaningful."A Pure Life sadhana, published by Tharpa publications
 

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