Request for Puja

Request for puja

A puja is a special prayer ceremony. There are annual pujas and daily pujas. People can sponsor different kind of pujas which can benefit in overcoming obstacles / hindrances or to accumulate merit.

Every year, special prayer ceremonies (pujas) are performed according to a particular date and time of the year.

After the Tibetan New Year (Losar) in April, a special fire-puja is performed on behalf of Dorje Naljorma (Vajrayogini) which lasts for seven days.

In June, a puja is performed because it is the day of the Lord Buddha’s birthday, Enlightenment and Parinirvana. During that time we have eight days of fasting. This means alternating days of only lunch or no food at all, combined with complete silence.

In August we celebrate the first turning of the wheel of the Dharma by Lord Buddha. In this sermon he taught the four noble truths. This day we have a special silence day and perform special pujas

Besides the annual pujas there are also daily pujas that are performed every morning from 5:30 to 7:00. People from outside the nunnery can request special prayers. We can do prayers if one of their relatives or friends has died or is in the hospital or when there are obstacles.

The pujas are always performed whether there are sponsors for it or not.

If you would like to sponsor or request a special puja, these are just a few options you can choose:

The nunnery performs different prayers or pujas, as requested and needs of individuals. The list of prayers (Pujas) performed are following:

Name	Name of puja in English	Cost
Dolchok	Four Mandala Tara Puja	Rs. 650/- (for offering & sweet tea)
Dol Bum	One hundred thousand Tara Puja	Rs.15000/- (5 days puja, each day offerings, two times sweet tea & Rs 5/- per nun)
Namgyal Tsechok	Long life puja	Rs. 950/- (offering & sweet tea)
Sung due		Rs. 550/- (offering & sweet tea)
Gedong		Rs. 550/- (offering & sweet tea)
Menlha	Medicinal Buddha prayer	Rs. 900/- (offering & sweet tea)

The nunnery also perform small prayers (pujas) daily. They have no exact estimated cost because they are done on nunnery recurring expenses. It is up to the individuals how much they like to offer. The nunnery daily prayers (pujas) are as following:

	Tara Puja
	Obstacle release puja
	Mekha darok
	White tara puja

The income of the nunnery is based on our daily prayer; it is very helpful for the nuns, to rotate the expense of our nuns, food, accommodation and daily necessities. If you have any prayer, you can place at our nunnery at any time. That is really helpful for us and for the others too.

There a many different other prayers or pujas that you can choose.

You can contact the nunnery if you like to sponsor or request a puja.

Geden Choeling Nunnery
P.O McLeod Ganj
Distt. Kangraظ
Dharamsala -176219 H.P India
Tel; + 91 ( 1892 ) 221062
E-mail: togcn@hotmail.com