Heruka Vajrasattva Tsok
(HYBRID) Offering tsok draws us closer to the guru, purifies broken samaya, and energies our practice. Everyone is welcome to join this short yet profound ceremony – across the pixels of light – to create a joyous and strong group karma.
Over and over again we have been advised: actualise the lam rim, develop realisations in the heart. The yoga method of Heruka Vajrasattva has the power to purify all negative energy, which is the main thing preventing you from actualising the path.
“The real meaning of experiencing tsok is the transcendental wisdom, non-dual great bliss – the wisdom of emptiness… and uniting these two. That is the very essence of tsok. It is the offering of that experience, and oneself experiencing it, as the guru deity. The real meaning of tsok is integrating method and wisdom, the transcendental wisdom, non-dual bliss and voidness (this is the secret meaning).”
Lama Zopa Rinpoche
Tsok means “gathering”. By gathering together to offer tsok we are making space. When the right space opens, realisations come as if magnetically attracted. Tsog is much more than a simple gathering – it is actually a profound space created by mind, where practitioners, dakas and dakinis are invited. The word ‘gathering’ is just the outer shell of the profound meaning of tsok. Even if some of us are gathering across the digital divide, in our heart we gather together the things we’re offering, and offer across space and across time.
We chant the beautiful Tibetan tunes, make offerings and praises, and recite the 100 Vajrasattva mantra – a profound method to meditate on emptiness, the ultimate purification. This is a relatively short puja, so we have ample opportunity to make dedications and catch up with each other afterwards.
“When you feel that you cannot meditate—there are too many interruptions, you cannot do anything, you cannot solve your problems—remember that there is something else you can do to remove obstacles to your progress: purification, such as Heruka Vajrasattva Tsok.”
Lama Thubten Yeshe
There will be an opportunity to make personal dedications—for friends and family, the sick and vulnerable, the end of all wars and the healing of the planet. We will also dedicate for success in our Dharma aspirations and the health and long life of our gurus
Event Details
Donate to the Puja
Donations made on holy days on the Buddhist calendar are especially powerful. Your contribution here will go towards altar offerings and holy objects.
*If you can’t make it to puja but still want to be involved, please email us in your dedication so we can read it at the puja.
What You Will Need
Download the Texts:
If you are joining us online, please download these texts to follow along.
Calling the Guru from Afar
Heruka Vajrasattva Tsok
What to bring:
– Offerings for the altar (preferably commercially packaged). They will be offered to the needy at a later date
– Your ritual implements if you have them. We also have some in the gompa to use
Join Event on Zoom
This is a hybrid event, held both in-person in the gompa and online on Zoom. Zoom meeting starts 10 minutes before event start time.
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