The Sevenfold Puja: Worship

The Sevenfold Puja – drawn from the Bodhicaryavatara – is the main devotional ceremony performed at the Manchester Buddhist Centre In this talk, the second in a 2010 series on the Puja, Maniraja explores the first section: Worship The Sevenfold Puja The Sevenfold Puja is used as a collective devotional practice and derives from a Mahayana Buddhist text by Shantideva called the Bodhicaryavatara – a kind of manual for aspiring Bodhisattvas. It takes one through seven spiritual moods ultimately designed to arouse the Bodhicitta, the will to Enlightenment. 1. Worship 2. Salutation 3. Going For Refuge Followed by the refuges and precepts 4. Confession of faults 5. Rejoicing in Merits 6. Entreaty and Supplication 7. Transference of Merit and Self-surrender Manchester Buddhist Centre16-20 Turner StreetNorthern Quarter, M4 1DZ : [email protected] 834 9232Charity registration number: 514937Please contact us by email when we’re closed Opening Times: Tuesday - Thursday 11am - 3pm Saturday 10.30am - 2.30pm• Bodywise opening hours• Hinterland opening hours• Join mailing list Want to receive our news? Your details will be processed in line with our Privacy Policy Success! First Name Last Name Email Yes please! The post The Sevenfold Puja: Worship appeared first on Manchester Buddhist Centre.