2017-01-01 RiwoSangchoe Mountain Smoke

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…

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…