INCENSE TO REMOVE NEGATIVE ENERGY T is is the blend of incense for clearing the air after something negative has happened. When there has been a big quarrel, illness, robbery or death, burn this incense and off er it to all the cosmic beings and protectors. Burning this will remove all the negative vibrations left from bad events.
SHORT INCENSE RITUAL Light incense and recite the following: I take refuge in the Buddhas and all the enlightened beings. I am making this incense off ering to remove all obstacles and to appease all the hungry ghosts of the world this month.
Say OM AH HUM three times and blow on the incense. Chant the mantra to the Buddha you are off ering incense to, then recite this special mantra 21 times. T is mantra comes directly from Shakyamuni Buddha and is contained in a special Sutra. Buddha advises that this mantra will magnify the eff ects of the incense being off ered.
NAMA SARVA TATHAGATA AVALOKITE OM SAMBHARA SAMBHARA HUM (21 x)
Then think, “I am offering this delicious uncontaminated smoke off ering to all the Buddhas, [specifi c deity name], dakas, dakinis, dharmapala protectors and oath bound protectors, yakshas, nagas, smell eaters, sentient beings of the six realms, an entirety of regional deities and landlords of this house, this street, this suburb and this city and all the billions of hungry ghosts and wandering spirits in the world. Please accept this smoke off ering. Please grant me all my wishes, grant my family long life and achieve all my aims as I envision them.
Chant the Heart Sutra text and say the Avalokiteshvara mantra OM MANI PADME HUM 108 times.
You can also chant the mantra of the Buddha you are directly requesting help from, and then add whatever requests you have here.
Due to the merits accumulated by myself and others, may all beings have happiness and may the Bardo and all the Lower realms be empty forever. Wherever there are Bodhisattvas, may all their prayers be accomplished immediately.
SPECIAL PRAYERS FOR HUNGRY GHOSTS MONTH T
he Hungry Ghost Month of August is the best time to arrange for liberation pujas or prayers performed to assist those stuck in the bardo to be liberated, enabling them to get reborn again
as humans. Ghosts are humans who have passed away and are trapped in the bardo state. Usually this happens when someone dies a hasty and tragic death – car accidents, suicides, heart attacks, etc… or if they are reluctant to leave this world at the point of death. T e bardo state is the “in between world” – the realm
between death and rebirth –and once a soul is trapped here they come under the control of the Bardo King. Many of these souls have been stuck in this in-between world for thousands and thousands of years and they roam around pretty much like zombies, desperate for food, water and blessings. Until liberation prayers are done specially for them by their relatives or some good Samaritan, they simply cannot move on! One of the most powerful practices that Lillian Too and her intimate group of Dharma friends will be performing in August during this Hungry Ghost period is called the 100 Deities Puja, presided by Khenpo Delek Rinpoche. T is very profound prayer session will take an entire day as it involves making extensive torma off erings to the 100 Deities of the Bardo to request their help in liberating these poor hungry souls. We are very lucky because this practice
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is very rarely done outside the confi nes of a monastery, and it must be done by a very qualifi ed Lama who knows how to do it correctly. Not only does it benefi t millions of hungry souls, those who participate in this puja also reap worldly and spiritual benefi ts as it generates the blessings for one to having a peaceful journey between death and rebirth in the future. It also causes one to live a longer, healthier life! We might be streaming this puja online for you to join in - so please remember to sign up for our Kingdom of Shambala newsletter to stay updated:
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HUNDRED DEITIES MANTRA: You can also help these hungry ghosts by chanting the Hundred Deities mantra each day for them – this creates incredible benefi t for you. Do this while off ering incense, or at any time of the day. Dedicate it to liberating all hungry ghosts from the bardo state. OM AH HUNG BODHI CHITTA MAHA SUKHA JHANA DHATU AH OM RULU RULU HUNG JO HUNG (108x)
Note: If you have someone in your life who has just passed away, chant this mantra extensively each day for 49 days, while burning incense for them.
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