Dorje Khadro Fire Puja - Burn Negative Karma Away!
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7:00 pm Friday, December 31, 2021
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Dorje Khadro |
All around us we see the signs of negative collective karma ripening - pandemic, natural disasters, suffering of every kind.
It's time again to purify a year's worth of negative personal karma.
Every year we rack up lots of mistakes with our body, speech and mind – and those negative karmic seeds will eventually ripen as suffering – 2020, case in point.
Come join in burning away the negative karma of 2021 at Kadampa Center’s annual New Year’s Eve Dorje Khadro Fire Puja.
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This powerful Mahayana purification practice lets us start the new year with a clean slate. In this fire puja, we burn black sesame seeds symbolizing our past negative actions. It’s a potent experience to watch our negative karma go up in smoke! Dorje Khadro is a deity who purifies our negative karma by consuming it in the form of black sesame seeds.
We are bringing this practice back in person to Kadampa Center. Because of the pandemic, we will do the entire practice outdoors.
Here’s the mantra we’ll say while burning the seeds:
OM VAJRA DAKA KHA KHA KHAHI KHAHI SARWA PAPAM DAHANA BAKMI KURU SOHA
For an example of the practice and commentary by Lama Zopa Rinpoche, visit this page on Lama Yeshe Wisdom Archive.
Location at Kadampa Center:
Outside - Stupa Area
