When you request prayers in someone’s name, there are three different ways of making a prayer dedication:

1. At Lerab Ling
The name of your friend or relative will be included in the prayer dedications that are made during the daily practice of the Lerab Ling practising sangha.

If your friend or relative is sick or is facing difficulties, prayers will be dedicated during the daily Tendrel Nyesel tsok practice, twice a week, for three weeks.

If your friend or relative has died, prayers will be dedicated during
the daily Riwo Sangchö practice, once a week, for seven weeks
(49 days).

You may also send us a picture of your friend or relative, together with the reason why practices are being requested, so that it can
be shown to the Lerab Ling practising sangha.

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2. Monasteries in India and Nepal
At regular intervals, the name of your friend or relative will be forwarded to two Tibetan Buddhist monasteries in Nepal:

• Gön Thubten Do Ngag Shedrub Dargye Ling in Swayambhunath,
  the monastery established by the late Tulku Pegyal; as well as
• Nubri Gompa, a branch monastery of Chorten Gompa, under the direction of Kyabjé Dodrupchen Rinpoche.

Both monasteries share a close connection to Rigpa and regularly dedicate their practice on our behalf. For those who have died, the monasteries will perform Chang Chok and other special practices. (Chang Chok is a ritual purification practice in which a qualified master guides the consciousness of the deceased to a better rebirth).

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3. Major Practices at Tibetan Monasteries
Once a year, all the names sent to us for prayers will be forwarded to a number of different Tibetan monasteries, for dedication during their major prayer gatherings and practice cycles (drupchens). This includes:

• The Vajrakilaya drupchen at Chorten Gompa, Sikkim, presided
  over by Kyabjé Dodrupchen Rinpoche and his community of monks.
• The Vajrasattva drupchen held at Shechen Monastery, Nepal, presided over by Rabjam Rinpoche and Dilgo Khyentse Yangsi Rinpoche.
• The Yang Nying Pudri drupchen held at the Namgyal Monastery
  in Dharamsala, India.
• The Tendrel Nyesel drupchö at Thubten Choling, Nepal, presided over by Kyabjé Trulshik Rinpoche.
• The Vajrakilaya drupchö at the Sakya Center in Dehra Dun, India, presided over by HH Sakya Trizin.
• The Chime Phakme Nyingtik drupchen at Chokling Monastery,
  Bir, India, presided over by Orgyen Topgyal Rinpoche.
• The Shinje drupchen held at Tsechu Monastery in Nangchen, Tibet.

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