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 100 Peaceful and Wrathful Deities (Shitro) Puja 2021
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Ayang Rinpoche’s monastery in Bylakuppe, South India is now holding the annual Shitro (100 Peaceful and Wrathful Deities) Puja to celebrate the beginning of the lunar new year. The puja began on February 21st and will conclude on the Great Wheel Full Moon day, February 27th.
The hundred deities are the attributes and activities of the five Buddhas and their female counterparts. They are the manifestations from the pure nature of our minds, and remain within us in the form of five faculties, five elements and twelve sources of perception, and so on. 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.
During the performance of Jang Chog puja, the hundred deities are invoked and the various types of offerings are made to them. The merits accumulated from these offerings are dedicated to the deceased to help them in their purification and liberation. The prayer itself is also an offering of assistance to those in the intermediate or Bardo state to show them the path to liberation.
At the end of puja, the paper tablets of the deceased [names] are burnt away. The fire used in the burning symbolizes the wisdom of the hundred deities; the burning of the tablets symbolizes the cutting of the attachment of the deceased to a “self” which is the cause of his or her suffering. Through the prayer and the ritual performed, the consciousness of the deceased are merged and become inseparable from the wisdom of the hundred deities. Thus they are liberated.
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 Thursday, February 25 at 5 pm (Pacific time) to be included in the prayer list for the Liberation Ceremony.
To make offerings, use the link below or send a check made out to Amitabha Foundation to P.O. Box 2572, Aptos, California 95001. If you send a check, please email the names of the deceased for whom you are sponsoring to info@amitabhafoundation.us, or to your local Amitabha Foundation. Donations sent through the Amitabha Foundation US are tax deductible in the US.
Those interested can offer at one of the suggested levels below, or $350 for a day’s meals for all the monks, or $1,050 per day for an offering to the monks, or as much as you can for a shrine offering or tea sponsorship.
You may also send your donation directly to the monastery’s bank account using the information below (this will not be tax-deductible).
| Account Number | 17082200011214 |
| Account Name | Drikung Charitable Society |
| Bank Name | Syndicate Bank, Bylakuppe -571104 Branch |
| Bank Address | Kagyudpa Monastic Institute, P.O.Bylakuppe 571104, Mysore District Karnataka State, India |
| Swift Code | SYNBINBB087 |
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.
Shitro Puja 2021
Shitro Mandala 2021
Shitro Main Deity Tormas 2021
Shitro Shrine 2021
Peaceful and Wrathful Deities Tormas 2021
Shitro Mandala 2021