Long Life Puja for Geshe Pema Tsering

When we offer a Long Life Puja we make prayers and offerings for our teacher to have a long and healthy life. But it is not only for the benefit of the lama; the students themselves have the opportunity to create unimaginable mountains of merit, creating the cause to have our kind and precious teacher remain with us and also to meet with such perfect teachers in future lives until enlightenment is achieved.

All members and students of Buddha House as well as their family (yes, children are welcome), visitors and friends are invited to attend this beautiful and moving ceremony.
There will be many prayers, a procession in which special ritual offerings are made, an opportunity for all those present to offer a khatag (and personal gift, donation if you like) to Geshe-la at this special time - and a big Tsog offering.

In March we will have rehearsals once a week so that the singing itself becomes a beautiful offering to Geshe-la.

During the Long Life Puja we will present various ritual offerings to Geshe-la, and there are many ways to make your donation towards these offerings.

• You can put your donation in a yellow envelope and post it in the door of the office at Buddha House, clearly saying it is for the Long Life Puja.
• You can send a cheque or money order to Buddha House, PO Box 434 Glenside 5065, clearly saying it is for the Long Life Puja.
• You can ring Buddha House (08 8333 2824) during office hours (Mon-Fri from 9.30 am  2.30 pm) and make a credit card donation.

It is possible that people may have special things that they would like to offer for inclusion in the offering procession, statues, thangkas, special books/texts, objects made of crystal or other precious stones and metals. In fact anything beautiful is very welcome!
If you wish to sponsor a specific item, a list of the ritual offerings follows.

Ritual offerings for sponsoring (estimated costs):

• The Five Wisdoms $200 ($40 each)
• Silk Brocade Throne Dorje $150
• Long Life Statue  $300
• Long Life Text  $20
• Long Life Stupa  $250
• A complete set of Robes $150
• Monk's Bowl  $40 
• The Seven Royal Emblems $280 ($40 each)
• The Auspicious Symbols $320 ($40 each)
• The Auspicious Substances $320 ($40 each)
• Dharmachakra  $200 
• Conch Shell  $50
• Incense   $60
• Food and Drink  $60
• Offering of Flowers  $50
• Offering to Geshe-la ?
• Money offering to Geshe-la - any amount
• Offerings towards Tsog  any amount
• Flowers for Gompa  $300

We request that all offerings be received at the centre by 25 March at the latest - but as early as possible is best, so that suitable plans can be made. Pledges can of course be made immediately, but please make sure that the payment follows quickly.

If you are interested in making a specific offering towards these objects we will have more information about the exact costs by the end of January.

Contact Ven. Jamyang through the office at Buddha House or through email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it to be involved!