A Special Ceremony
to Consecrate (Bless) New Statues and Thangkas
with Venerable Lobsang Tendar

In the Tibetan tradition, holy statues enshrined in monasteries are filled with precious items then blessed in a special ceremony during which the Ultimate Awareness is invited to enter into and merge with the statues and thangkas. The statues and thangkas become a living entity capable of bestowing blessings.

It is the tradition for the Gyuto monks to consecrate (bless) new Buddha statues and fill them with hundreds of holy mantras. If you would like to have your statue consecrated and filled with mantras, please bring it to the centre on the consecration day. If you are unable to stay for the ceremony, make sure you write your name and contact information at the back of your statue or thangka so we can contact you when it is ready to pick up.

If you can come to this special ceremony, the day will start with chanting then filling the statues with mantras and precious objects, herbs and then finally consecrated by Venerable Lobsang Tendar.

Everyone is welcome to bring along any Buddha statue that is made of metal or wood that is hollow as the statue needs to be filled. If the statue is not hollow it can still be blessed. You can place small precious objects of your own inside the statue like crystals, gold, silver, diamonds or something small that has sentimental value. The statue is then to be sealed.

No leather or animal products are used for filling the statues.

Venerable Lobsang Tendar Tendar has requested that no meat or garlic is to be eaten for any meal on that day. Please bring lunch to share (food without meat or garlic.)

If you do not have a statue to fill or thangka to bless, you can still come along to assist and just enjoy this beautiful ceremony.

Venerable Lobsang Tendar will be offering this special ceremony on a regular yearly basis at the Medicine Buddha Tantra Healing Centre.

This year's consecration ceremony is on:

Sunday, September 6th, 2009
10.00am TO 4.00pm
Venue: “Garden Room”  49 Cloris Street Beaumaris
(enter from Charlotte St.)

Cost: $100 (this includes the sacred mantras and filling)

The White Tara embodies many of the qualities of feminine principle. She is known as the
Mother of Mercy and Compassion. She is the source, the female aspect of the universe,
which gives birth to warmth, compassion and relief from bad karma as experienced by
ordinary beings in cyclic existence. She engenders, nourishes, smiles at the vitality of creation,
and has sympathy for all beings as a mother does for her children.

India Pilgrimage Tour 2009
with Venerable Lobsang Tendar

Three Week India Pilgrimage Tour in early February 2009

Locations visited will include: Delhi, Varanassi, Amritsa, Sarnath,
Bodhgaya, Nalanda, Vulture's Peak and Dharamsala


In 2009, Tendar will be taking a group on a 3 week pilgrimage tour in India. This is a rare opportunity to visit the sacred sites of Buddhism and share such an experience with Tendar.

The focus of the tour will be meditation, spiritual practice and teachings. The highlight of the tour will be spending a week on retreat in Bodhgaya with Tendar.

The tour finishes up in Dharamsala where we will celebrate Tibetan New Year with the Tibetan community in exile. The tour fee covers airfare, accommodation, India travel visa and all transport. Excludes food & travel insurance.

Travel departure date is approximately early February, 2009.
Further details will be posted as they become available.


See also the Tibet and India Pilgrimage Tours page or

Please Note:
There will be no Monday night meditation on Monday 26th of January.

Also There will be no meditation class on Monday February 2nd
as the Tara practice evening (Sunday 1st) will cover for this.
   

Mandala Class
with Venerable Lobsang Tendar

Sunday February 1st, 2009 - from 2pm to 6pm

The Garden Room 49 Cloris Ave, Beaumaris (enter from Charlotte St.)

ALL WELCOME !!

Please bring a plate of food to share


Tara Practice
with Venerable Lobsang Tendar

Sunday February 1st, 2009 - from 7pm to 9pm

The Garden Room 49 Cloris Ave, Beaumaris (enter from Charlotte St.)

The Tara practice evening is to bring in the New Year and
Tendar wanted to do this before he goes off to India for 4 weeks.

There will be no meditation class on Monday February 2nd
as the Tara practice evening will cover for this.
   

India Pilgrimage Tour 2009
with Venerable Lobsang Tendar

Three Week India Pilgrimage Tour in early February 2009

Locations visited will include: Delhi, Varanassi, Amritsa, Sarnath,
Bodhgaya, Nalanda, Vulture's Peak and Dharamsala


In 2009, Tendar will be taking a group on a 3 week pilgrimage tour in India. This is a rare opportunity to visit the sacred sites of Buddhism and share such an experience with Tendar.

The focus of the tour will be meditation, spiritual practice and teachings. The highlight of the tour will be spending a week on retreat in Bodhgaya with Tendar.

The tour finishes up in Dharamsala where we will celebrate Tibetan New Year with the Tibetan community in exile. The tour fee covers airfare, accommodation, India travel visa and all transport. Excludes food & travel insurance.

Travel departure date is approximately early February, 2009.
Further details will be posted as they become available.


See also the Tibet and India Pilgrimage Tours page or