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Vajrakilaya is a wrathful form of Vajrasattva, the pure vajra nature of Enlightenment. In this imagery, the compassion of the Buddhas is expressed forcefully, to eradicate in a powerful way the entrenched ignorance and emotional afflictions which cause obstacles, interfering with auspicious circumstances and preventing the dawning of realisation. Thus, the symbol of compassion is…
Prayer flag – Lung ta
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A Lung ta prayer flag is a colorful rectangular cloth, often found strung along mountain ridges and peaks high in the Himalayas. They are used to bless the surrounding countryside and for other purposes. Prayer Flags are inscribed with auspicious symbols, invocations, prayers, and mantras. Bhutan Buddhists for centuries have planted these flags outside their…
2017-01-01 Practice of RiwoSangchoe Mountain Smoke-Purification Ceremony & Prayer flag – Lung ta
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Mountain of Pure Offerings (Riwo Sang Cho) is an effective core ritual that uses the smoke of burnt offerings to create vast spiritualized offerings for enlightened beings, local deities, land guardians and the all beings within the cycle of worldly existence. This blessing accumulates vast merit, clears away obstacles, increases wealth energy and improves health,…
2017-01-07 Tsog Offering to Guru Rinpoche
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When attending a Tsog, each practitioner must bring an offering to be included on the shrine. Remember that the food we bring is an offering for the Buddhas and Bodhisattva, not for us! Therefore, it is not like a pot-luck. More: Tsog Offering to Guru Rinpoche Location: New Taipei Center: PM19:00 5F., No.50, Aly. 3,…
Mountain Smoke Offering – Riwo Sangcho རི་བོ་བསང་མཆོད
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Riwo Sangcho or literally ‘Mountain Smoke Offering རི་བོ་བསང་མཆོད ’, is a terma that was hidden by Guru Rinpoche and revealed in the seventeenth century. It is the most famous practice of sang offering in Bhutan Buddhism. Riwo Sang Cho practice is a mind-treasure or space message hidden in basic space almost 1,000 years ago by…