How To Take Refuge in Living Buddha Lian-sheng

1. By writing to receive Remote Initiation
   It is often not possible for someone who lives far away from USA to come in person to take refuge with the guru. Those students who desire to take refuge can, on the first or fifteenth of any lunar month, at 7:00am, while facing the direction of the rising sun, recite three times the Fourfold Refuge Mantra:
   
   “Namo guru bei, namo Buddha ye, namo dharma ye, namo sangha ye” and prostrate three times.
   
   On the first or fifteenth of every lunar month, at True Buddha Tantric Quarter, a True Buddha Master performs a ceremony of “remote initiation empowerment” – to give empowerment to all the students who could not journey in person.
   
   A student who takes refuge from a distance, after performing the rites at home, only needs to send a letter to the True Buddha Tantric Quarter stating that he/she is seeking refuge, together with his/her name, address, age, and small fee for making offerings to the Buddhas. Upon receiving the letter, True Buddha school will send a certificate, a picture of Living Buddha Lian-sheng, and a note stating the level of practice he/she should start with. The address of the True Buddha Tantric Quarter is:
   
   Ling Shen Ching Tze Temple
   17012 NE 40th Ct.
   Redmond, WA 98052, USA
   Tel: (425)885-7573
   Fax: (425)883-2173
   
   
2. Receive Initiation at your local TBS Chapter
   Through a local chapter of the True Buddha School Contact a local chapter and make arrangement with the local chapter to take refuge in Living Buddha Lian-sheng.