Friday, December 31st-Saturday, January 1st, 7:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Prayers to Buddha Arya Tara to Bring in the New Year 

Six sessions over 24hours 

Join us on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s day to celebrate the coming year with sincere prayers for happiness and liberation.

This event includes six sessions of prayer over a 24 hour period. Our Resident Teacher, Gen Kelsang Dorje will give a short teaching  to Tara Prayers at the 7pm, 11pm, and 11am sessions. In each session we will recite her beautiful chanted prayer, ‘Liberation from Sorrow’, requesting her to bestow her blessings on all living beings so that all sickness and other obstacles are quickly removed. See below for the complete schedule.

You are welcome to attend one session or as many as you like. No experience is necessary to engage in these beautiful prayers – just bring your good heart and good intention. If you like, you can also bring blankets and a sleeping bag and sleep at the center in the meditation room during the evening sessions.

There will be a delectable array of desserts and sparkling drinks after the 7pm session on Dec 31 and on Jan 1 you are welcome to a potluck after the 11am session so bring a dish to share if you like!

This special event is by donation only, your generosity now and throughout this past year is so greatly appreciated. Thank you.

When asked recently how we can best help the world at this time, Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche advised us to pray to Arya Tara, our Blessed Mother.

When we are young, we turn to our worldly mother for help. She protects us from immediate dangers, provides us with all our temporal needs, and guides and encourages us in our learning and personal development. In the same way, during our spiritual growth, we need to turn to our Holy Mother, Tara, for refuge. She protects us from all internal and external dangers, she provides us with all the necessary conditions for our spiritual training, and she guides us and inspires us with her blessings as we progress along the spiritual path.” 

–Geshe Kelsang Gyatso

Instructions for Attendance

The schedule for this event is as follows:

This event is taught by Gen Dorje. Gen Dorje has been studying and practicing Buddhism for over 20 years under the guidance of his teacher Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso, the founder of the New Kadampa Tradition. Gen Dorje is admired for his warmth and humor in making Buddha’s teachings relevant to the modern world. He is an inspiring example of how to integrate Buddha’s teachings into a joyful life.

All pujas are open to the public and are available at no cost.

Instructions for Attendance