Frequently Asked Questions
Registration, offerings, services… the questions we are asked most, answered here.
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Registration, Fees & Contact
How do I register for a puja or service?
Choose the item you would like to join, then contact us via our official LINE — we will help you complete the registration and confirmation. You may also simply message the name of the puja on LINE and our staff will guide you.
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How are the fees (offering) calculated?
The offering for each item varies by plan (for example, small / medium / large tablet, or the number of wealth-store shares). You are welcome to enquire on our official LINE, where we will clearly explain the plans and amounts.
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Enquire about offerings ›
Can I register for family or friends too?
Yes. Most pujas can be registered on behalf of family, friends, deceased relatives, and even pets — just give us the names when you register.
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See pujas ›
Where are the pujas held?
Fahsilin is at No. 26, Lane 55, Donghai 3rd Street, Zhubei City, Hsinchu County, presided over in person by Master Urgyen Topden Rinpoche. You are welcome to arrange a visit.
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About us ›
I cannot attend in person — can I still take part?
Yes. Most blessing pujas, lamp offerings, smoke offerings and sacred-site pujas can be performed and registered on your behalf, with the merit dedicated to you and your family all the same.
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Blessing Pujas
Does replenishing the wealth-store work? How often?
Replenishing the wealth-store improves and adds to your current financial situation, like a top-up of merit — it is not permanent, and can be checked and reinforced from time to time. The Master will also examine the state of your wealth-store.
Wealth Deity Puja ›
Wealth Deity Puja ›
Whom can the Deliverance Puja deliver?
It can deliver ancestors of past generations, karmic creditors, and beings with a connection to you; deceased relatives and pets may also be registered together.
Deliverance Puja ›
Deliverance Puja ›
Must an unborn-child spirit be delivered?
Deliverance is not compulsory; you may consult first and decide according to your own situation. The puja guides the consciousness of the unborn child away from suffering, and helps parents set down attachment and guilt.
Unborn-Child Deliverance Puja ›
Unborn-Child Deliverance Puja ›
What are karmic creditors?
They are beings with whom we have grievances, debts, or unresolved cause and effect from past lives. Through repentance and the dedication of merit, we can resolve the enmity and dispel unseen disturbance.
Karmic Creditors Puja ›
Karmic Creditors Puja ›
What is best to pray to before an exam?
Mañjuśrī Bodhisattva is the deity of wisdom; students can invoke Mañjuśrī for the blessing of wisdom and exam fortune, and may add a Wenchang lamp offering and recitation of the Mañjuśrī mantra.
Mañjuśrī Wisdom Puja ›
Mañjuśrī Wisdom Puja ›
Can the Medicine Buddha Puja register deceased relatives?
Yes. Both the living and the deceased may be registered, invoking Medicine Buddha for blessing, the averting of misfortune, and health of body and mind.
Medicine Buddha Puja ›
Medicine Buddha Puja ›
Services & Consultations
How long does a past-life reading take?
About 40 minutes to an hour. Master Urgyen Topden Rinpoche, with the power of spiritual insight, guides you back through the karmic stories of past lives and the lessons of this life.
Past-Life Reading ›
Past-Life Reading ›
What is needed for choosing a C-section date?
Please provide the due date, the medically feasible time range, and the parents' birth data; the Master combines this with numerology to select an auspicious time and day for the baby.
Auspicious C-Section Date ›
Auspicious C-Section Date ›
Can a health reading replace seeing a doctor?
No. This service is an insight and guidance at the spiritual and energetic level, not a medical diagnosis; if you have any illness, please see a doctor.
Health Reading ›
Health Reading ›
I feel everything is going wrong and want to purify — what can I do?
Through Purification of the Soul (body-mind-spirit), the Master guides stillness and practice to settle body and mind, move away from negative energy, and return the heart to peace.
Purification of the Soul ›
Purification of the Soul ›
Understanding Vajrayāna & Tibetan Buddhism
What is Vajrayāna (esoteric Buddhism)?
Vajrayāna, the Diamond Vehicle, is the path of Mahāyāna Buddhism aiming at "buddhahood in this very body." Upon the doctrine of the exoteric teachings, it adds the skilful means of guru lineage, empowerment, yidam deities, mantra and visualization. Fahsilin practises the union of exoteric and esoteric.
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Full introduction ›
Which Tibetan Buddhist school is Fahsilin?
The Nyingma — the oldest school of Tibetan Buddhism, transmitted by Guru Padmasambhava, with Dzogchen as its highest teaching. Our association carries the lineage of His Holiness Dudjom Rinpoche and Master Urgyen Tenzin Rinpoche.
About Fahsilin ›
About Fahsilin ›
How do esoteric and exoteric Buddhism differ?
The exoteric emphasizes hearing and reflecting on scripture and doctrine; the esoteric adds, upon this, the skilful means of guru empowerment, yidam, mantra and visualization to help the practitioner accomplish swiftly. They are not opposed — Fahsilin walks the path of their union.
The union of the two ›
The union of the two ›
What is Dzogchen (the Great Perfection)?
Dzogchen is the highest teaching of the Nyingma, directly pointing out the nature of mind and liberation in the moment. It requires a qualified guru's oral transmission and empowerment, with Guru Yoga as its foundation.
Nyingma & Dzogchen ›
Nyingma & Dzogchen ›
Must I receive empowerment to learn Vajrayāna?
The yidam and oral-transmission practices of the esoteric Dharma traditionally require a qualified guru's empowerment and lineage to be received properly. You may first draw near through pujas, courses and the master's teachings, then consult the Master as conditions allow.
Master's Teachings ›
Master's Teachings ›
What is the Six-Syllable Mantra "Oṃ Maṇi Padme Hūṃ"?
It is the heart mantra of Avalokiteśvara. The Master teaches that it is a "signpost home" — it can seal the six realms of saṃsāra and guide the soul toward the pure, luminous Lotus World.
The mantra & Avalokiteśvara ›
The mantra & Avalokiteśvara ›
Courses & About Fahsilin
What is Zhuyou? Can I learn it?
Zhuyou is an ancient body-mind healing art of traditional Chinese Taoist medicine. Fahsilin offers beginner and intermediate-advanced classes in the Thirteen Branches of Zhuyou, taught in person by the Rinpoche, who comes from a family lineage of Chinese medicine.
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See courses ›
Who is Urgyen Topden Rinpoche?
Founder of Fahsilin and a Nyingma yogi, carrying the lineage of His Holiness Dudjom Rinpoche and Master Urgyen Tenzin Rinpoche, and also versed in Chinese Taoist Zhuyou medicine, having taught the Dharma for over thirty years.
About the Master ›
About the Master ›
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