Special Qing Ming Puja:
Buddha Akshobhya Jangchok Puja
For years, many disciples have repetitively requested Jetsun Choekyi Gonpo to hold a special puja to benefit their departed relatives and friends, particularly their ancestors during the Qing Ming Tomb-Sweeping Festival.
This year, our Guru has compassionately granted our yearning wishes. Dechen Choekhor will be holding a two-full-day Dorje Namjom Purification and Buddha Akshobhya Jangchok Puja.
All are welcome to participate in this puja, to benefit self and others, especially for one’s deceased family or friends. Please contact the respective person-in-charged of your region for participation details.
Out of immense kindness, Jetsun Choekyi Gonpo has bestowed a brief explanation on the Dorje Namjom Purification and Buddha Akshobhya Jangchok Puja as below:
Brief Description of Dorje Damjom:
Dorje Namjom (རྡོ་རྗེ་རྣམ་པར་འཇོམས་པ།) - the Vajra Subduer.
Dorje Namjom – also known as Vajra Vidharana or the Vajra Subduer – is a semi wrathful form of Vajrapani and a meditational deity. He is one of the five purification or cleansing deities taught by Lord Buddha, and is regarded as the most important and powerful among the five – the Subduer of all negativity.
The Benefits of Dorje Namjom Purification Puja:
Dorje Namjom is a common and yet essential practice, and is performed by every Vajrayana practitioner in the early morning. It removes the contamination, obscurations and hindrances of all levels.
Dorje Namjom is known for its swift and immense power to:
1. Purify the inner negativity related to body, speech and mind.
2. Eliminate negative karma of the past.
3. Removing obstacles caused by external hostile forces of demonic or evil spirit's origin.
4. Pacifying the unfavorable conditions due to natural imbalances or the negative zodiacalinfluences, etc.
5. Eradicate the causes of diseases; healing the debilitating illnesses of the body (Naga sicknesses, strokes, paralysis, etc.) and mind (depression, anxiety, fears and so on).
6. Eliminate nightmares, negative dreams and omens.
7. Cleanse negativities of unknown origin.
8. Protect the practitioners from the negative influences, unknown illnesses, premature death, hostility, etc.
9. Empower the self-healing faculties and enhance the positive energy of practitioners.
Brief Description of Buddha Akshobhya:
The Sambhogakaya Buddha Akshobhya Mandala
Buddha Akshobhya is one of the Five Meditational Buddhas or Five Wisdom Buddhas. He is known as "Mitrugpa" in Tibetan – the one who never disturbed by anger or aggression. He is regarded as especially powerful and effective in purifying negative karma.
Buddha Akshobhya established his enlightened intention that all sentient beings could purify any degree of non-virtue, even the most extreme sinfulness of hatred, violence, and killing can be cleansed through relying upon him through earnest supplication.
The Benefits of Buddha Akshobhya Jangchok Puja:
Buddha Akshobhya is known for its incredible power in Karma purification. This is the only Buddha, who is able to cleanse the negative karma of general people. We all bear incalculable negative karma from our countless lifetimes. Thus, any practices of purification are of utmost importance.
Buddha Akshobhya Jangchok Puja is especially beneficial for:
A) The Living that suffers from:
· Karmic sickness
· Unknown sicknesses
· Cancer or other incurable diseases
Uncleansed negative karmas are the causes of our physical and mental sufferings, and the never-ending cyclic existence. All the karmic related sicknesses can only be cured by cleansing and purifying of our Karma.
Through karma purification, one will obtain great benefits in both worldly and spiritual pursues – the improvements in every aspect of one's lives, the elimination of the afflictive emotions and the pacification of obstacles, outer and inner.
B) The deceased, particularly:
· Death during the passage toward birth (miscarriage or abortion)
· Death before adulthood (untimely death)
· Violent or fearful death (accident, etc.)
· Suicide
Those that have died from any of the above situations are the indications that the deceased might be having difficulties in obtaining fortunate, spiritually well-endowed rebirth. Thus, Jangchok is particularly crucial for them.
According to the Buddha's teaching, traditionally, Jangchok must be performed on a yearly basis for the deceased. That is how we can constantly benefit the dead, even though they have passed away long ago. Every time we perform Jangchok, it will affect them positively.
For those still wandering in the Bardo, the prayer will liberate them. Through the power of Buddha Akshobhya, the person who receives the dedication will meet a rebirth that is free of intense suffering and is conducive to ultimate happiness.
May it benefit all!
For Puja Participation:
Please kindly contact the respective person in-charge of your region for details or write to us at admin@dechenchoekhor.org
Thank you for your support. May all be auspicious!
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Listen to the Buddha Akshobhya Prayer chanting by Jetsun Choekyi Gonpo