We have corrected payment link to make offerings online for the annual Shitro (100 Peaceful and Wrathful Deities) Puja at Ayang Rinpoche's monastery in Bylakuppe, South India. The puja, celebrating the beginning of the lunar new year, began on March 1 and will conclude on the Great Wheel Full Moon day of Chotrul Duchen, March 7th.
The hundred deities are the attributes and activities of the five families of male and female Buddhas. They are manifestations of the pure nature of our minds. By relying on the practice of the hundred deities, or even by just hearing the mantra and seeing the mandala and picture of the hundred deities, one may either instantly or gradually realize that the nature of one’s mind is inseparable from the perfect wisdom of the hundred deities.
The monastery dedicates the One Hundred Deities prayers during this week especially for the deceased, as well as for all the sponsors who have supported the monastery. This is the perfect time for people who had lost loved ones, friends and family members to sponsor shrine expenses, special meals, tea and offering to sangha and dedicate the merit to their loved ones. Ayang Rinpoche will perform a Liberation Ceremony for the deceased on the 7th day.
Ayang Rinpoche says the Ceremony to Liberate Dead Beings is the best time to dedicate prayers for the departed beings. Anyone who would like to make offerings and dedicate prayers to family members, friends, loved ones or pets who have passed, please make your offering and send in names of the deceased by Sunday, March 5th at 10 pm (Pacific time) to be included in the prayer list for the Liberation Ceremony.
