Butter Lamp Offerings at Asura Cave
Sep 20, 2021
Happy Full Moon day to you all. Today, we rejoice in making the first of the 100,000 butter lamp offerings at Asura...
Read MoreButter Lamp Offerings in Asura Cave
Jul 1, 2021
As directed by Phakchok Rinpoche, monks and nuns at the Asura Cave will light 1,000 butter lamps every day for the remainder of the Tibetan calendar year (the Tibetan calendar year ends...
Read MoreDzamling Chisang: World Sang Offering
Jun 24, 2021
Dzamling Chisang, or World Sang Day, commemorates Guru Rinpoche’s subjugation of the local deities and the founding of the Samye Monastery in Tibet. Customarily Himalayan communities recall this event on the fifteenth...
Read More2020 Sang Puja, Ka-Nying Shedrub Ling Gompa
Mar 17, 2020
The last annual puja before Losar was a sang offering based on a text from the Thukdrub Barché Künsel cycle1. For this puja, the ritual masters gathered all the necessary ingredients for...
Read MoreRituals at Tibetan Buddhist Dharma Centers
Oct 1, 2019
Rituals at Tibetan Buddhist Dharma Centers can delight, intrigue, and/or confuse newcomers. Here we offer some brief guidelines for the curious...
Read MoreGenerosity: Practicing the Pāramitās in Daily Life, Part Two
Sep 12, 2019
Generosity practice is the first of the six transcendental perfections, or pāramitās. We practice generosity when we have the intention, and then the confidence to follow through, to give people what they...
Read MoreUllambana: The Hungry Ghost Month
Aug 22, 2019
What is Ullambana, or the Hungry Ghost Month? In Chinese culture, commonly known as the Hungry Ghost Festival, the practice of burning extensive offerings made of joss papers to appease hungry ghosts...
Read MoreAccumulating Causes for Enlightenment
Feb 9, 2018
In this video teaching, Phakchok Rinpoche reminds us that the essence of our mind is already enlightened. Yet, even though our nature is pure, that does not imply that we then can sit back and do nothing. We need to...
Read MoreFeast Offerings: Skillful Means in the Vajrayāna
Jan 22, 2018
Feast offerings are very important in the Vajrayāna tradition. Here, Phakchok Rinpoche describes the meaning and significance of this ritual practice. Additionally, he gives some very practical instruction on how we prepare for a feast...
Read MoreAll About Water Bowl Offerings
Jul 13, 2017
Water offerings are a tradition was accepted by the masters of the past as a practice unique to Tibet. It is the most common offering of Tibetan...
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