Shitro Mandala 2017	Neydren Ceremony

Beginning on March 3, Ayang Rinpoche’s monastery in Bylakuppe, South India will hold the annual Shitro (100 Peaceful and Wrathful Deities) Puja to celebrate the beginning of the new year. The puja concludes on Chotrul Duchen, March 9, the celebration of the time when Buddha displayed miracles to increase his disciples’ devotion. On Great Wheel Days such as this, it is believed that the effects of positive actions are multiplied ten million times.

Ayang Rinpoche said about the 100 Peaceful and Wrathful Deities practice:

“It is the essence of the 6,400,000 Dzogchen tantras, and merely hearing this teaching cuts through birth in the lower realms; merely understanding it causes one to travel to the ground of great bliss (mahasukha); bringing its meaning to mind causes one to accomplish the irreversible state of the spontaneously arisen awareness holder.  For everyone who connects with this teaching there will be great purpose and meaning.” (H.E. Ayang Rinpoche, 2009, Trans. Tyler Dewar).

You may also send your donation directly to the monastery’s bank account using the information below (this will not be tax-deductible).

Click here to see a list of all the annual pujas at Ayang Rinpoche’s monastery, with the lunar calendar dates. The Western calendar dates will be posted as soon as they are announced.

Annual wrathful Guru Rinpoche (Guru Dragpo) Drupchoe

Presided over by H.E. Chöje Ayang Rinpoche at Thupten Shedrup Jangchub Ling Monastery, Bylakuppe

Please enjoy these photos and a short video here of the annual Guru Dragpo Drupchoe. Thank you to everyone who sponsored the event and sent in names of loved ones for dedication of merit.

The annual Guru Dragpo puja at Ayang Rinpoche’s monastery in Bylakuppe, India, begins February 16 and continues through February 22, 2020. Guru Dragpo, the wrathful form of Guru Rinpoche, is practiced at the end of the Tibetan lunar year to dispel obstacles and purify any remaining negativities in order to usher in happiness and prosperity for the New Year (Losar), which is February 24th this year.

You may participate at home by reciting the Guru Dragpo short mantra:

OM AH HUNG ARTSIK NIRTSIK NAMO BHAGAWATE HUNG HUNG AH HUNG HUNG PHAT//

You may also participate by reciting the Guru Rinpoche mantra (see below) or the Seven-Line Prayer to Guru Rinpoche. Click here for Ayang Rinpoche’s teaching on the Seven-Line Prayer, and the prayer in Tibetan and English.

OM AH HUNG BENZRA GURU PEMA SIDDHI HUNG//

Ayang Rinpoche has said that anyone sponsoring Dharma activities gains the same merit as the practitioners. If you would like to make a US tax-deductible contribution to the Guru Dragpo puja using PayPal or your credit card, please select the amount of your donation below. The full cost of the puja for 280 monks, nuns, khenpos and lamas is $21,650. Here are some suggestions, but your donation of any amount will be appreciated and will be like a drop of water mixed in an ocean of merit. You may include a dedication for your offering in the name of a loved one, including pets. Deadline to submit names has passed, but any new donations will still help cover the cost of the puja and bring merit and benefit.

You may also send a check in USD made out to Amitabha Foundation to: P.O. Box 2572, Aptos, California 95001.

For donors outside the United States, here is the link to make offerings directly to the monastery’s account through the Drikung Charitable Society.

Photos of the 2017 Guru Dragpo Puja in Bylakuppe