One of the key practices in Vajrayana is Phowa, the transference of consciousness. AR is considered a Phowa Mahasiddha, one who is supremely accomplished in helping to transfer another’s consciousness to the pure realms or buddha fields at the time of their passing.

It is said Phowa should be done within a few minutes of someone’s passing, at the latest within six hours.

When someone has passed away, their consciousness goes through the bardo or antarabhāva visions for a certain period of time. During this time, it is important for the departed to receive support in the form of the 49-Day Puja that reminds them of their true nature and helps their mindstream recall the Deity and the Guru.

The Puja is performed at the temple by many monks. Please make sure to send a photograph of the departed, in addition to their name and day and time of departure.

Physical and mental health are important preconditions for good practice. Radiating his healing lapis lazuli light, the Medicine Buddha or Bhaiṣajya-Guru helps to heal our inner conflicts and physical ailments. He helps purify our deep-seated conflictive emotions.

A Puja is done on your or loved one’s behalf at the temple.

Avalokiteshvara or Chenrezig, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, showers incredible blessings upon our karmic situation, helping to fulfill our needs as well as the needs of our loved ones.

A Puja to Avalokiteshvara is done on your or your loved one’s behalf.

The Noble Tara immediately helps in any situation of difficulty.

A Puja is done to the divine mother Tara on your or your loved one’s behalf. If you wish, you may describe the nature of your difficulty.

Mañjuśrī, Bodhisattva of Wisdom and Intelligence, helps with increasing our learning capacity. Especially for children and youth, his mantra has amazing effects (even recently demonstrated in controlled scientific research).

A Puja is done to Mañjuśrī on your or your loved one’s behalf and you are encouraged to recite his mantra.

AR is considered an incarnation of Amitābha, the Buddha of Infinite Light. When someone has passed, there is a possibility for their mindstream to be guided to Sukhāvatī, Amitābha’s pureland of ultimate bliss.

The Puja is done on your loved one’s behalf. Please do not forget to send a photograph of the departed, in addition to their name and the day and time of departure.

The Fire puja or ceremony is a traditional Vajrayana rite to pacify obstacles, increase vitality and longevity, and create good conditions for practice. An offering is made on your or your loved one’s behalf for a Fire puja to performed at the temple.

Our karmic conditions are specially connected with ancestors and long-deceased relatives. A Puja can help to purify and uplift them even if they have already been reborn elsewhere.

If possible, please provide the photograph(s) and names of your deceased relatives or loved ones.

Smoke offering or Sang is a powerful remedy for alleviating the suffering of beings such as spirits in the subtle world, purify the atmosphere and bringing blessings. It also pacifies inner and outer obstacles to practice.

The well-being of our family members is an important precondition for practice. Sometimes karmic conditions cause disruptions in families. A Puja can help to pacify conditions and bring peace and love.

The Puja is done at the temple on behalf of you and your family members.

A puja is performed on your or your loved one’s behalf for overall peace and prosperity in your life, towards improving your positive conditions for practice and happiness.

It is traditional to make a flower offering to beautify the atmosphere and include all of nature into the veneration of the deities, buddhas and bodhisattvas. An offering is made on your or your loved one’s behalf.

It is traditional in Vajrayana and Mahayana to make offerings of lights or butter lamps to create auspicious connections with the pure realms and receive blessings. An offering of lights is made on your or your loved one’s behalf.

Wealth and abundance can be useful tools in securing our practice and spreading the Dharma.

When connecting with Jambhala, it is important not to be self-centred but to be generous with others who are in need.

A Puja to Jambhala is performed on your or your loved one’s behalf.

The Dzogchen Nyingthig Dharma protectors are Ekajati, Vajrasadhu and Rahula. Their protection is important to secure auspicious conditions for our practice to flourish.

A Puja is done to the Dharma protectors on your behalf.

An offering is made to R on your or your loved one’s behalf, with a request for his blessings.

An offering is made to the Noble Tara’s emanation, on your or your loved one’s behalf, with a request for her blessings.

An offering is made to our ordained monks and nuns on your or your loved one’s behalf, with a request for their prayers and blessings.

Our community has numerous retreat practitioners who are immersed in Dzogchen practice day and night. An offering to them on your or your loved one’s behalf creates a powerful tendrel or auspicious connection.

Our hospital serves as the go-to clinic for all monks, nuns as well as locals from the region. An offering is made on your or your loved one’s behalf, creating an auspicious connection.

Our powerful temple and Mandala requires ongoing maintenance, construction and renovation. An offering on your or your loved one’s behalf creates an auspicious connection and brings powerful blessings.

Mani stones contain the engraved six-syllable mantra of Avalokiteshvara. These stones are considered especially sanctifying for the environment and humanity as a whole. An offering on your or your loved one’s behalf towards the creation of Mani stones creates an auspicious connection and invokes the blessings of compassion.

Dharma texts, the words of the Buddha and terma treasure texts, are considered powerful transmitters of blessings. An offering is made on your or your loved one’s behalf towards the printing of scriptures and Dharma texts.

Our ordained monks and nuns receive in-depth education in scriptural knowledge of the Buddhist scriptures, tantras, and termas. An offering is made on your or your loved one’s behalf towards their education, provision of school materials, writing materials, etc.

Our Community runs two old-age homes. These are for elderly monks and nuns as well as locals whose families are in need of support. An offering is made on your or your loved one’s behalf towards their support.

Our Community runs a monastic school that integrates both spiritual-scholarly and modern subjects into the curriculum. An offering is made on your or your loved one’s behalf towards the school.

An important practice in our Mahayana tradition is to release living beings such as fish, yak, and other animals. These are purchased from local markets and released into their natural habitats. The merit of saving their lives is then dedicated to you, your loved one and all beings.

Releasing living beings is a powerful method to generate merit, better health, fortune, longevity, and good conditions for practice.

We ensure that the animal release is done in their natural habits, so as not to disturb ecosystems.

It is auspicious to make an offering towards prayers flags. The offering is made on your or your loved one’s behalf.

It is also auspicious for you to hang prayer flags in the vicinity of your own home.

It is an age-old tradition for laypeople to support the ordained sangha. Supporting the livelihood and meals of a nun or monk brings boundless blessings to you for your own practice.

Please specify how many ordained you would like to support.

An age-old Buddhist tradition, donating robes and clothing to the ordained creates a very auspicious connection and generates our own merit needed for good practice.

Robes and clothing are donated to the ordained on your or your loved one’s behalf. Please specify how many robes you would like there to be offered.