Chanted Meditation Sessions

The chanted meditations at Kelmarsh, known as ‘pujas’ are special methods for purifying negativity, accumulating merit and receiving blessings. They helps us to develop and maintain a positive mind, and are a powerful preparation for meditation.

Everyone is welcome to attend all the pujas apart from Highest Yoga Tantra pujas, which are for practitioners only. There is no need to book, and no fee.

Weekly Pujas Schedule

Descriptions of individual pujas are presented below this schedule.

Pujas	Days	Time	Location
Heart Jewel	Mondays & Wednesdays	11:30 am	Kelmarsh
	Tuesdays, Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays	7:00 pm	Kelmarsh
	Monday to Saturday	5:30 pm	Leicester
Wishfullfilling Jewel with tsog	Thursdays	11:00 am	Kelmarsh
	Sundays	5:30 pm	Leicester
Dakini Yoga (HYT only)	Mondays	7:00 pm	Kelmarsh
Quick Path (HYT Only)	Tuesdays	7:30 am	Kelmarsh
Powa Ceremony	First Tuesday of the Month	Varies	Kelmarsh
Precepts	15th of the Month	Varies	Kelmarsh
Tara Pujas	8th of the Month	Varies	Kelmarsh
Melodious Drum	29th of the Month	Varies	Kelmarsh
Feast of Great Bliss (HYT Only)	25th of each Month	Varies	Kelmarsh
Offering to Spiritual Guide	10th & 25th of the Month	Varies	Kelmarsh

Please note: times may change when other events take place. Please contact the centre before attending.

Heart Jewel
A Guru yoga practice combined with meditation on the path to enlightenment (Lamrim) and prayers to the Dharma Protector.

Prayers for World Peace
Wish fulfilling Jewel prayers (see below) dedicated to world peace. A Guru yoga practice and prayers to the Dharma Protector.

Dakini Yoga & Quick Path
Highest Yoga Tantra practices of Vajrayogini open only to those who have received the appropriate empowerment.

Tsog puja

Tsog offering pujas are ceremonies that involve making offerings of food and drink to the Buddha's in conjunction with prayers and meditation. They are an excellent method for accumulating merit, purifying negativity and receiving blessings. Descriptions of the tsog pujas can be found below:

Offering to the Spiritual Guide
A special Guru yoga of Je Tsongkhapa that is related to Highest Yoga Tantra, and forms a preliminary practice for Vajrayana Mahamudra.

Feast of Great Bliss
A special Tantric ceremony for people who have received the Highest Yoga Tantra empowerment of Vajrayogini and completed a close retreat.

Melodious Drum
A ceremony for fulfilling and restoring the commitments of the Dharma Protector, open to all.

Wish fulfilling Jewel
A Guru yoga practice combined with meditation on the path to enlightenment (Lamrim) and prayers to the Dharma Protector. Wish fulfilling Jewel pujas on other days of the week take place without a Tsog offering.