Manchester Buddhist Centre

A Buddhist ritual ded­ic­ated to Akshobhya, the Immovable One

Vajra Akshobhya
I come to wor­ship you
In the Eastern Realm.
I come to see your beau­ti­ful form.

In the time before dawn.
I bow down before you
With offer­ings of frankin­cense and gold,
With clear blue sap­phires,
And with heal­ing waters
From the spring of life.

The deep blue light of wis­dom radi­ates from the immut­able, unshake­able form of the Wisdom Buddha Akshobhya. He touches the earth with clear, calm con­fid­ence and inspires us to stand firm yet pli­able in the face of the chal­lenges that life can bring.

Akshobhya’s Mirror-like Wisdom reflects all things, just as they are, with noth­ing added, noth­ing taken away, no pretence

More about full moon puja

In gath­er­ing together on the full moon each month, we are join­ing Buddhists across the world in a tra­di­tion that goes back to the time of the his­tor­ical Buddha.

The ritual will be led in call and response with chant­ing and verses, prac­tised to develop our spir­itual emo­tions to match our spir­itual understanding.

If you have atten­ded an intro­duct­ory Buddhism course but are new to puja, you will be made very wel­come. There is no pres­sure to join in — it is fine just to watch.

Copies of the puja will be avail­able, or you can get a Triratna Puja Book, which includes an intro­duc­tion and trans­la­tions, from the Centre’s shop.

Future Pujas

• Festivals and Puja list