Mönlam
Buddhist Prayers for Healing, Living, and Dying
To get prayer help as soon as possible, choose one of the daily prayers/pujas. Home has a list of prayers & pujas that are chanted daily. On Prayers the daily prayers/pujas are indicated: Chanted daily.
After you donated successfully, you will see our Donation Confirmation page. From there, go to Prayers. Choose another prayer. Click on Donate.
On Main Prayers next each monthly service Subscribe link is an Unsubscribe link. Or use this link: Unsubscribe.
An email is sent to the monastery. Often the prayer is done the same day. Sometimes the monks/nuns may not be able to perform the prayer immediately, but will do so after a few days. In any case, your request will be carried out within at most seven days. All donors’ names are read aloud in the temple after the prayers are done, at the dedication of merit.
The prayers are done by monks at Ka-Nying Shedrub Ling, or by nuns at Nagi Gompa. All the monks, or all the nuns will perform the prayer/puja you have requested. How many times they repeat it depends on which one it is.
If the prayer will be done the same day, you won’t be notified ahead of time. If the prayer will be done a few days later, we will email you to tell you when.
You will be notified by email that the prayers or pujas you requested have been performed.
Yes. On special days, the Rinpoches lead the puja in the meditation hall, and the names of all recent sponsors are read aloud.
Merit (Sanskrit: punya, Tibetan: sonam) is good karma created by good thoughts, words and actions. Giving, kindness and dharma practice generate merit. Merit is essential for happiness, worldly success, good health, long life, spiritual realization and good rebirth.
Merit in Buddhism AccessToInsight.org Wikipedia.org
Click on Donate next to the prayer or puja you want to dedicate. Then fill out the field Dedicate with: Dedicate to & the name of the person you want to dedicate the prayer to. That person’s name will be read aloud in the temple after the prayer is performed. The merit from the prayer will be dedicated for that person.
Click on Donate next to the prayer or puja you want to give as a gift. Then fill out the field Dedicate with:
· Gift, or Anniversary Gift, or Birthday Gift, or Graduation Gift, or Wedding Gift, etc.
· Name of person the gift is for (both people’s names if it’s an anniversary or wedding gift).
· Date of their anniversary, birthday, graduation, wedding, etc.
· Their mailing address.
Click on Donate next to the prayer or puja you want to schedule. Then fill out the field Dedicate with: Dedicate for Deceased & the name of the person who has died. The merit from the prayer or puja will be dedicated for that person. The deceased person’s name will also be written on the name-burning paper. The Rinpoches will perform that ritual on special days. It can only be done within 49 days of death.
Click on Donate next to the prayer or puja you want to dedicate. Then fill out the field Dedicate with: Dedication Purpose & the purpose you want to dedicate the prayer/puja for. That purpose will be read aloud in the temple after the prayer is performed. The merit from the prayer will be dedicated for that purpose.
Click on Donate next to the prayer or puja you want to schedule. Then fill out the field Dedicate with: Prayer Scheduling or Puja Scheduling & the date you would like the prayer or puja scheduled. We will try to schedule your prayer on your requested date, if possible.
Click on Donate next to the prayer or puja you want to subscribe to on a regular basis. Then fill out the field Dedicate with: Dedicate to & the name of the person you want to dedicate the prayer to and/or Dedicate Purpose & the purpose you want to dedicate the prayer/puja for.
Go to Prayers. Choose from these: Amitayus (Amitayus Dharani, Red Amitayus Puja, White Amitayus Puja), Medicine Buddha Puja, Green Tara (Tara Praises, Tara Puja).
Go to Prayers. Choose one or more of these: Green Tara (Tara Praises, Tara Puja), Three Prayers to Remove Obstacles & Gather Positive Conditions, Overcoming Obstacles.
Go to Prayers. Choose from: Lama Norlha, Green Tara (Tara Praises, Tara Puja), Three Prayers to Remove Obstacles and Gather Positive Conditions.
We recommend Verses of the Eight Noble Auspicious Ones. Click on Donate, then fill the field labeled Dedication & type in Wedding Gift, their names, and their mailing address.
Verses of the Eight Noble Auspicious Ones is often recited at the start of a new activity, a new business, moving to a new place, weddings, etc. Some people recite it at the start of a new day. You can also make offerings to the sangha of monks and nuns, and dedicate the merit to the success of your new activity.
Go to Prayers. Under the Bardo heading, request Kunzang Tugtik Puja, or Peaceful and Wrathful Deities of the Bardo. Further down on Main Prayers, you can request Five Prayers to Benefit the Living and the Dead, or Ocean of Amrita (Ngakso Puja).
Go to Prayers. Choose the Ocean of Amrita (Ngakso Puja).
Go to Prayers. Choose the Ocean of Amrita (Ngakso Puja).
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Traditionally, Buddhist prayers are offered without a specific price tag. People give as generously as they are able. Buddhists understand that generosity creates merit, which helps them and others. Many people using this service may be unfamiliar with this tradition, so minimum donation amounts are next to each prayer.
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