Month: April 2011
Posted on April 30, 2011
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Amchok Metok is the name of a particularly beautiful decoration that looks like a flower and is used on the large butter sculptures that grace the shrine during the International Kagyu Monlam. Metok means flower and Amchok perhaps refers to the region of Tibet where this type of flower… Continue Reading “Amchok Metok Gyens and the Nuns who Made Them”
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Category: 17th Karmapa, Bodhgaya, Buddhism, Butter Sculpture, Film, India, Kagyu Lineage, Kagyu Monlam, Monlam Chenmo, Ogyen Tinley Dorje, Tibet, torma photo, tormasTags: 17th Karmapa Ogyen Trinley Dorje, butter gyens, butter sculptures, Kagyu Monlam, Torma artist nuns, wax butter
Posted on April 27, 2011
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In a couple of weeks, from May 15-17, the annual Amitabha Retreat will take place at Day Den Shing, the Columbarium at Karme Ling Retreat Center in upstate New York. On the third day, Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche will perform the Jangchok, a special ceremony… Continue Reading “Amitabha Jangchok Puja and the Importance of Choosing a Proper Burial Site”
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Category: Amitabha Puja, Buddha, Buddhism, Columbarium at Karme Ling, Columbarium shrine, Kagyu Lineage, Karme Ling Retreat Center, Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche, torma photo, tormasTags: Amitabha puja, Amitabha tormas, burial site, Columbarium
Posted on April 22, 2011
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Sometimes, it’s nice to keep perishable offering tormas on the shrine for a long period of time, such as the duration of a practice, in which case it’s good to use natural, edible ingredients that will last for weeks or months. Here is a… Continue Reading “Semi-Permanent Tormas”
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Posted on April 19, 2011
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Posted on April 18, 2011
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It is funny to use the term permanent when referring to tormas used in Tibetan Buddhism, with its emphasis on the impermanence of all phenomena. The long-lasting tormas pictured here were made with Sculpey synthetic clay. (click on the photos for highest-resolution) (Note: the Nyungne… Continue Reading “More Permanent Tormas”
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Posted on April 15, 2011
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The term permanent torma refers to tormas left on the shrine for an extended period. Usually these are made out of precious metals, wood, clay or synthetic materials. As an example I’ve posted a few photos of the tormas in the Columbarium at Karme Ling Retreat Center. These… Continue Reading “Permanent tormas in the Columbarium”
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Posted on April 14, 2011
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Each spring at the site of the Columbarium at Karme Ling Retreat Center in Delhi, New York, a special three-day Amitabha puja is held to benefit the living and deceased. On the last day, a Jangchok puja is performed by Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche and… Continue Reading “Amitabha Jangchok Tormas”
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Category: Amitabha Puja, Buddhism, Columbarium at Karme Ling, Jangchok, Kagyu Lineage, Karme Ling Retreat Center, Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche, torma photo, tormasTags: Amitabha Jangchok Puja, Amitabha puja, Columbarium, Karma Kagyu, Karme Ling Retreat Center, Khenpo Karthar Rinpoche, Tibetan Buddhism
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