AMITABHA SPECIAL PUJA FOR DECEASED
ALL PRAYERS AND BLESSINGS ARE MULTIPLIED 100,000 TIMES!
SUNDAY MAY 31, 2026
KAGYU DAKSHANG CHULING
917 East 43rd Avenue, Eugene, OR 97405
(Between West Amazon and Fox Hollow)
To minimize the Center’s impact on our neighborhood, please park on West Amazon and walk up hill to KDC.
On Sunday, May 31, Venerable Lama Tsang Tsing and KDC’s western Lamas will perform a special, extensive Puja for the deceased.
The Special Puja for Deceased, on May 31st, has been scheduled this year to coincide with the auspicious date of ‘Saga Dawa Du-Chen’, the full moon which marks Buddha’s enlightenment at Bodhgaya. This Puja is extremely beneficial for anyone who has passed away and this Ceremony can only be performed by a highly accomplished Vajra Master. Since the prayers and benefit of this Puja are multiplied 100,000 times, due to auspicious timing of the event, we hope you are able to take advantage of this opportunity to have Venerable Lama Tsang Tsing perform prayers for the benefit of your deceased friends and loved ones.
This Puja is extremely helpful when performed for the benefit of one who has died. After dying, due to karma and habitual patterns, we have no control over our future rebirth, and we are driven by the power of our previous actions. This profound Puja purifies negativities and obscurations and liberates the deceased from samsara, leading to rebirth in the Pure Land of Dewachen.
This special Amitabha Puja is traditionally performed in monasteries and homes in India, Tibet, Bhutan & Nepal, however it is rarely performed in the West. Due to the training and ability Venerable Lama Tsang Tsing has to perform this profound Puja, Kyabje Bokar Rinpoche requested the Puja be performed on a regular basis to benefit beings in the Bardo.
Names of deceased and donations may be submitted for this special Puja by anyone who has had a family member or friend pass away, whether the death is recent or long ago. It is traditional to make a monetary offering along with the names in order to accumulate merit and welfare for the deceased. Due to the auspicious nature of interdependence, there is a direct relationship between donations made on behalf of the deceased and the benefits the deceased person receives from the Puja. Names of deceased are burned during the ceremony by Venerable Lama Tsang Tsing to purify negativities and defilements so their path to Dewachen is unimpeded.
It is also customary and beneficial to submit names and donations for the Puja each time it is performed. Please submit the names of deceased along with monetary donations in advance. (Click here for PDF request form.)
Donations and names can be sent to KDC’s mailing address (they must be received by May 20 in order to be included in this year’s Puja): KDC, 215 East 33rd Avenue, Eugene, OR 97405
We are very blessed to have Venerable Lama Tsang Tsing performing this rare and profound Puja for our loved ones.
A couple of gentle reminders:
1) As a courtesy to others, if you or anyone in your household is ill and could be contagious, please plan to join us for an event in the future when you are well.
2) Also, KDC Shrine Room is a fragrance-free zone. Due to many people’s allergies, please refrain from wearing scented products or wearing clothing which may have lingering scents of scented products on them.