Sidok Raksha Tötreng Puja, Ka-Nying monastery, 2020
Feb 4, 2020
I had been waiting with anticipation and finally the day came for this amazing annual puja to dispel obstacles! This specific practice, in which Guru Rinpoche takes the wrathful form of Raksha...
Read MoreAnnual Three-Day Sidok Raksha Tötreng Puja Event Roundup
Dec 22, 2019
January 21st, 2020—January 23rd, 2020 Raksha Tötreng is a wrathful manifestation of Guru Rinpoche, Padmasambhava. When Guru Rinpoche left Tibet, he manifested as the king of the cannibals (sri) called Raksha Tötreng....
Read MoreNyungné Fasting Practice
Nov 26, 2019
Nyungné is a fasting ritual of the 1000-armed Avalokiteshvara belonging to the Kriya Tantra tradition. Its purpose is to purify negative karma in a short time and to develop great compassion. For...
Read MoreImpressions of the Seven-Day Kurukullé Puja, Day One
Oct 23, 2019
Thursday, October 17, 2019 marked the first of seven days of the Kurukullé puja in Do-ngak Nyida Zungdrel Sherab Raltri Ling Monastery. We also refer to this place as Vajra Varahi Monastery,...
Read MoreWhat is Ritual?
Sep 23, 2019
What is Ritual? I’m Only Here For the Meditation Kyabgön Phakchok Rinpoche teaches and travels widely throughout the world. On his tours, he often encounters modern people who are highly skeptical about...
Read MoreNgensong Dongtruk Puja–a Student’s Eye-View
Aug 28, 2019
Making an Auspicious Connection As the third of the 2019 puja series, the Ngensong Dongtruk or “Dredger of the Lower Realms’ Depths” puja was held for three days from August 10th-12th...
Read MoreReflections on the Auspicious Occasion of the Sampa Lhundrup Tsokbum
Jul 24, 2019
Sitting in the tsokbum at the Asura cave in Kathmandu feels relaxed and almost normal or natural to be there—until I take a moment to contemplate what I am actually part of...
Read MoreBell and Dorje: Understanding Ritual Objects
Feb 4, 2019
In the Vajrayana context, practitioners utilize the bell and dorje as important symbolic ritual items. At the outer level, these two implements represent the indivisibility of means (vajra) and the wisdom recognizing emptiness...
Read MoreVajrakīlaya Seven-Day Gutor Pūjā
Jan 29, 2019
The Vajrakīlaya Gutor Pūjā will be celebrated from February 16-22, 2020. Vajrakīlaya (Tibetan: Dorjé Phurba) is the embodiment of the powerful compassion of all buddhas. Moreover,Vajrakīlaya, the wrathful transformation of the deity Vajrasattva,...
Read MoreFear of Death: Practice for Long-Life
Dec 23, 2018
Fear of death often arises sneakily in the middle of the night. So, if we wake with this fear, we can learn to practice a simple long life meditation visualization. When we experience this fear, it indicates that our life...
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