Guru puja
Guru Puja and Tsog
Twice every month guru puja] is performed by all the monks in celebration of the spiritual master. Guru Puja is an important practice to please and thank our gurus whose kindness and guidance help us to progress on our path to Buddhahood.
Participation in a Guru Puja helps one not only to purify one's negative karma but also to accumulate immeasurable merits.
This puja is quite often recommended as a means to accumulate merit for those who died.
It is a comprehensive practice containing the essence of the entire teachings of sutra and tantra.
It strengthens the bond with one’s spiritual master and creates the cause for finding ones’ spiritual master again in future lives.
It accumulates extensive merit – offerings are made to all the enlightened beings in the form of the merit field, from Shakyamuni Buddha over the linage lamas to the personal spiritual master. A well thought out and effective merit accumulating puja.
