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PRAYERS AND RITUALS FOR DECEASED ANIMALS
FUNERAL RITUAL ~ $300
This half-day funeral ritual is based on Avalokiteshvara, who is the manifestation of all the buddhas’ great compassion. The monks and nuns can perform it even if the deceased animal is not present, based on the name or photo of the deceased animal. The ritual sanctifies the deceased being, purifies its negative karma, establishes a connection for the animal’s higher rebirth and liberation, and transfers the animal’s consciousness to the higher realms so that the animal will have a happy next life. Click here to order.
MAHA VAIROCHANA SHORT RITUAL ~ $100
Maha Vairochana is the embodiment of the Buddha’s physical form. Vairochana rescues beings who are deceased or dwelling in the lower realms and purifies any negative karma accumulated by beings’ physical bodies. This brief ritual invokes Maha Vairochana and requests him to watch over the deceased animal and all sentient beings. Click here to order.
VAIROCHANA, AKSHOBYA, AND VAJRASATTVA EXTENDED MANTRAS ~ $50
Vairochana, Akshobya, and Vajrasattva are the embodiment of the Buddha’s body, mind, and voice respectively. Recitation of their extended mantras, or dharani, call upon the Buddhas to rescue beings from suffering and from the lower realms. When your animal friend is ill, sponsoring the recitation of extended mantras by the monks and nuns of Tsechen Kunchab Ling accumulates merit on behalf of your animal and helps the animal attain a swift and higher rebirth. Click here to order.
PRAYER FOR REBIRTH IN SUKAVATI ~ $50
This beautiful song-like aspiration prayer aspires for the deceased to attain a higher rebirth, meet true spiritual masters in the next life, and be reborn in Sukavati, the realm of Amitaba, Buddha of Boundless Light. Click here to order.
BURNING OF FOOD OFFERINGS FOR THE DECEASED ~ $50
While deceased beings are in the bardo state between lives, they feel very hungry due to the habitual tendency of eating in their past life, but cannot find solid food. The monks and nuns dedicate food by saying special prayers and by burning it to allow deceased beings in the bardo state to feel satisfied and nourished by the smell of the burning food, and to achieve a spiritual connection to higher rebirth through the blessings of the smoke. Click here to order.
SAMPLE PRAYER FOR DECEASED ANIMALS
Padma dam gyi ma gu tar
Sit sum tri me ma gu pa
Sit pei padmo le trug wei
De wa chen du kye par shog
OM AMITABHA HRIH

Just as a lotus is unsoiled by the mire,
Likewise, unsoiled by the three worlds of existence,
Arising from the lotus of existence,
May you be born in the pure blissful realm.
OM AMITABA HRIH

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