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| QUEEN OF GREAT BLISS PUJA Next Queen Of Great Bliss Puja: Sunday, June 1, 2008  The Queen of Great Bliss is a
special kind of puja known in Vajrayana Buddhism as a tsok or feast practice.
This puja is devoted to the goddess Vajravarahi, who represents the energy
of creative manifestation, and the deities of her mandala. It is a beautiful
puja, with chanting, music, instruments and dance, and extensive food offerings.In the ceremony, we celebrate and offer gratitude to the vitality and beauty in our lives and to the energy of the divine from which they emerge. We offer prayers that we and all beings can be established in this vitality and joy. In the Tibetan tradition, tsok practice is considered to be a very profound method of accumulating positive energy for ourselves, everyone around us, and our entire environment. This practice is intended to be done on the 25th day of the lunar month. We hold it on a Sunday evening as close to that date as possible. The puja begins at 6:00 pm and lasts until about 8:00 pm. If you choose to attend, we ask that you consider making a small offering. “One of the purposes of doing the Queen of Great Bliss and related practices is to begin to appreciate the magic that exists in your life and the variety and uniqueness of all of the forms of energy that are present within you and around you. You begin to recognize their specialness and their sacredness and to respect everything in your life. The ashram itself is a mandala. Your body is a mandala. The energies of your nervous system are a mandala. There are many dimensions of mandala beyond that. In this practice, you are cultivating the capacity to access these increasingly finer dimensions of yourself.”
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n e w s Vaishravana Puja Sunday, June 15 Snatam Kaur & Shantala in Concert May 28 New Yoga & Meditation Class Offered at The Movement Center New On-line Members Forums (You Must Register to View) Alternatives for Health Seminar May 10 & 11 New E-mail Archive Art of Chod DVD Now Available through Rudra Press Programs in Europe 2008 c a l e n d a r Monthly Calendar: May 2008 Weekly Program Schedule Programs with Lama Wangdu Rinpoche Next Queen Of Great Bliss Puja: 6/1/08 Next Service Day: 5/17/08 Summer Retreat: July 22 through 27, 2008 a r t i c l e s NEW! The Heart of the Matter by Swami Chetanananda (from a talk given January 22, 2008, Portland) NEW! Living in Our Real Life by Swami Chetanananda (from a talk given November 19, 2007, Portland) We’re in this World to Grow by Swami Chetanananda (from a talk given October 17, 2006, Portland) Contact, Surrender And Flow by Swami Chetanananda (from talks given at the July 2005 Retreat, Portland) Keep the Feeling by Swami Chetanananda (from a talk given November 1, 2005 in Portland) Updated May 9, 2008 |
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