Name: Merit Practice Day
Start: 2020-08-22T10:00:00+12:00
End: 2020-08-22T16:30:00+12:00
Location: Mahamudra Centre for Universal Unity

Merit Practice Day

Mahamudra Centre for Universal Unity

Practice days are open drop in days for the community for those that wish to learn and practice the Mahayana Buddhist tradition.

Merit is a beneficial and protective force which accumulates as a result of good deeds, acts, or thoughts. There are many positive acts one can do to gain merit in each day such as: Setting up an altar and making offerings are an integral part of the preliminary practices taught by Buddha to enable us to engage in successful meditation. By doing this practice daily, our minds become ripe for realizations. Other practices that help one to generate an altruistic loving intention are included in this practice day. Schedule:10am: Water bowls offerings ~ extensive practice11am: Loving-kindness meditation &amp; practice of Chenrezig, the Buddha of Compassion. With recitation of the compassion mantra: Om Mani Padme Hum, to open and cultivate a warm loving heart. This practice is mainly to develop Bodhichitta.12pm: BYO Lunch, refreshments provided1.30pm: Recitation of the Names of Manjushri, the Buddha of Wisdom and recitation of the Tara Praises ~ Tara is the Female Buddha of enlightened activity.3.00pm: Extensive dedication prayershttps://mahamudra.org.nz/practice-days-mahamudra/

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