Visit to the Dharma Center

Aloha my Sisters

Every Thursday night I go with a friend to a Tibetan Buddhist Darma center. I started doing this because meditating alone my self-discipline is really poor. I am not Buddhist and am very grateful to the lamas there for allowing me to meditate with their group.

Tonight there was a special puja, a prayer service. The scripture is read in Tibetan, written phonetically for the ones that pray along, and then in English. After the Buddhist chanting we go back and recite the scripture in English. I had a profound experience.

I do believe in reincarnation and know each one of us has had thousands of previous lives. In this puja the devotee "confesses" to all the wrong doings they may have done in previous lives. These wrong doings include the killing of one's father or mother, the destruction of temples and the disrepect of Buddhas and Saints. It was very moving, I couldn't stop crying.
I never even considered that I may have committed such sins in previous lives.
With each confession one is forgiven by the grace of the Buddha; or as I know it Guru Kripa, Guru's Grace.

I pray that each one of you is forgiven for any deeds you may have committed in previous lives.

love, Rose