THE DREPUNG GOMANG TIBETAN MONKS ARE BACK IN KC!

COME meet the monks and step into the rich, ancient TIBETAN culture as the monks entertain and educate us with a Cultural Pageant, teach us to create Mani Stones and then end the evening with a beautiful FIRE PUJA ceremony where prayers are offered and the monks chant and perform rituals to overcome negativities and promote spiritual, emotional, mental and physical well-being and world peace.

Merchandise made by Tibetan refugees and fair trade artisans will be available for purchase.

Suggested Donation: $40 adults, $10 children (Children must attend with an adult)

Price includes Pageant, Mali stone, and Fire Puja ceremony.

Schedule:

Approximately 2:00 - CULTURAL PAGEANT: 45 minutes - 1 hour

Experience ancient Tibetan cultural rituals including the Good Luck dance, sacred chants, prayers and monastic debate bringing authentic Tibetan traditions to life.

Approximately 4:00 - Mani Stones: 2 hours

Pictured are the prayer stones (called “mani stones”) of Drepung Gomang Monastery. The stones are painted with the prayer “Om mani padme hum," a prayer asking for the qualities of wisdom, compassion, and a good heart. In this workshop the monks will teach participants how to create images on flat stones and decorate them with sacred mantras.

Approximately 6:00 - Fire PUJA: 1 hour

Puja is a Sanskrit word that means “offering.” The monks chant prayers and perform rituals specific to the type of prayer being offered. Prayers are addressed to Buddha’s, bodhisattvas and deities. Their primary purpose is to overcome negativities that may be obstacles in obtaining release from suffering and to promote spiritual, emotional, mental, and physical well-being. Prayers may be for a house blessing, wellness, for the souls of those who have left this world, (including animals), the clearing of karma, purification of local negative energy, world peace, individual or global healing, financial security, spiritual evolution, the development of wisdom, and the removal of obstacles. The prayers are recited in the traditional overtone chanting, each monk singing a full chord of three notes. The prayers are often accompanied by delicate hand gestures, cymbals, drums, horns and flutes.

For questions email Delight Davis at delightdavis6@gmail.com or call 9133692738.