Rab-nay is a ritual for blessing a new Buddha statue or new house. It calls forth the enlightening influence of the Buddhas to help bring success at the start of any new endeavor.
If one wish to bless their new home or current resident, venerable Gyuto monks will be available to perform the house blessing ritual. It takes about two hours to complet. If one interested to do the house blessing, please contact us at (408) 9269430. There is no fee for the service but small offerings the monks and donation to the Center will be greatly appreciated.
The Venerable Gyuto monks host the annual statue consecration around July or August. Those members and anyone who needs to consecrate and fill their new Buddha statues with mantras should bring all the statues a week before the actual consecration. Normally, there will be lots of statues to consecrate and it will take a few weeks to fill up all the statues.
Cost for the statue consecration: We normally don’t have any fees for the statue consecrations however we do request a small donation for the consecration. If the statues are bigger than 12 inches then we’ll let the owners know how much it will cost to print the mantras and how many days it will take to roll the mantras by the monks and what other materials that we need to buy such as strong glues, incense, a piece of flat metal and so on. Statue consecration is very time consuming work. Therefore, Gyuto monks only offer this statue consecration once a year during the summer.
Responsibilities: Those members and friends who need to consecrate their statues, please make sure to write your names and contact number on the back of each statue and when the consecration is completed then the Venerable Monks will contact you so you may pick up the statues. The Venerable Monks will treat the statues respectfully during the consecration but accidents can happen and sometimes part of a statue may break or be missing some ornaments or potentially get mixed-up with other statues. Especially, those statues made of fiberglass - they are particularly fragile. Therefore, we are not responsible for any damages incurred during the process of consecration. During the process of filling the statues with mantras, we must fill the statue from the bottom. However very often manufacturers seal the bottom, so sometimes the monks must unseal the bottom cover- this could result in chips, etc.
Tradition: All Buddha images are representations of Buddhas or enlightened beings and all statues must be placed on an altar respectfully to develop devotion and faith in order to practice Dharma. Therefore, it is very important to have all statues consecrated.
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