Question asked by Niklas
Hello Pastors!
I have questions about:
What should i do if i miss the prayers and serkyms one or two days?
Do i should perform prayers and serkyms extra next days?
Do we can use Kangshag's visualizations for a similar to any Dorje Shugden prayers? Or Is this restriction only for Kangshag's prayers?
Thank u so much.
Hello Niklas,
If you happen to miss your prayers for a day or two, the next day just carry on with the prayers as normal. That is fine. If you are able and have the time, then you can do extra to make up for the days that you missed.
Generally, it’s better to try and do the prayers daily, as it will have the most effect for your spiritual journey. In higher practices, if you miss a day in your prayers then you break a commitment, which acrues negative karma. Hence, Tsem Rinpoche advised that we get into the beneficial habit of doing our practice daily and to try and make it a priority. This creates the causes for the us to receive the higher practices later on.
In relation to the visualisation during Kangshag, this is only done during the Kangshag prayer. Each prayer in Dorje Shugden’s practice has a particular visualisation associated with it, that is only done during that particular prayer. We have many resources available for you to learn these.
There is a series of teaching videos regarding Dorje Shugden’s practice here: https://www.tsemrinpoche.com/tsem-tulku-rinpoche/buddhas-dharma/dorje-shugden-teaching-videos.html
We also have a very informative book called ‘The Dorje Shugden Handbook’ available here: https://www.vajrasecrets.com/the-dorje-shugden-handbook
I hope these will help in your practice.
Thank you