If you would like to make a tax-deductible donation to Milarepa Osel Chö Dzong but do not wish to apply that donation to any particular project or offering, please use the following paypal link:

 Or, checks can be made payable to “MOCD” at

MOCD
6231 Paul Boone Road, Tallassee, TN 37878

When making offerings, it is customary to provide a prayer request. If you wish to do so, you can enter your prayer request in the “Message to Seller” box on PayPal’s payment page. Prayer requests are always welcome, with or without any of the following offerings. Use the following form to make a prayer request:
Enter your Prayer Request Here

Stupa donations
If you wish to donate money for the ongoing stupa project use the following link.

 

Retreat Cabin Construction
If you wish to contribute to the construction of retreat facilites, use the following link:

 

Fire Ceremony Offering

Fire ceremonies are an extraordinarily effective means of purifying spiritual and material obstacles while accumulating the blessings needed to move forward along the path of liberation. Traditional fire ceremonies are performed every morning and evening at Milarepa Dzong. More elaborate fire ceremonies are performed monthly.

• Morning Fire Ceremony  -$5.00
  
  
• Evening Fire Ceremony  -$5.00
  
  
• Special Monthly Fire Ceremony -$50.00
  
  

Fire Ceremony for the Deceased

After passing away, a person is traditionally said to spend 49 days in the bardo (or interval) between the life that has just ended and the next life. A powerful way to help such a person experience less suffering in the bardo and to make a connection with the Dharma is to make a special offering on his or her behalf to the sur, the daily fire ceremony that is conducted as part of the evening chanting practice at MOCD.

Use this button to sponsor a sur for the deceased for the duration of his/her bardo period (49 days). When you make your payment, remember to include the name of the deceased in the indicated box.

• 49 Day Fire Ceremony -$100.00
  

  Name of Deceased

  

Feast Ceremony

Feast offerings are special assemblies held monthly on specific days of the Tibetan lunar calendar. These assemblies consist of traditional practices, chanted in Tibetan, and the offering of consecrated food. Check the online calendar for the next feast ceremony planned. If you want more information about sponsoring or attending one of these special assemblies, please email mocd@mocd.org

• Feast Ceremony -$25.00
  
  

Butterlamps/Gya Chö

Every month, Milarepa Dzong offers a full Gya Chö, which includes 100 butter lamps and 100 saffron water Bowls. When sponsoring these offerings, it is customary to provide a prayer request that will be read during the ceremony. You should enter your prayer request in the “Message to Seller” box on PayPal’s payment page.

• Gya Chö -$40.00
  
  

OR select individual combinations of butter lamps and saffron waterbowls. Select a quantity by first clicking on the appropriate button and updating the number in your cart.

• Butter lamps -30 cents each (100=$30.00)
  
  
• Saffron water bowls -10 cents each (100=$10.00)
  
  

Gya Chö, or “An offering of one hundred” is a traditional method for the accumulation of merit, the purification of sickness, pain, and distress. In the Buddhist tradition, butter lamps symbolize the clarity of wisdom, and this offering of light creates harmony and brings joy to the mind, and in particular promotes success, prosperity, longevity, and internal and environmental balance and peace. When offered on behalf of the deceased, prayers are recited for their liberation in the Bardo. Aspiring to follow the example of Lama Norlha Rinpoche’s teacher, Kyabje Dorje Chang Kalu Rinpoche who offered 100 butter lamps each night, MOCD completes this ceremony once every month typically on a Saturday morning. The offering is accompanied by the chanting of prayers of auspiciousness and sealed with aspiration and dedication prayers in English and Tibetan. All are welcome to participate in the chanting and arrangement of the offerings, please check the calendar for details.