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Also, we see that treasure cycles retain their associations to their discovery site even as they are disseminated more widely. Here the text chosen to present to the myriarch is one associated with a well-known site of\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA111","page_number":"111","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003eritual\u003c/b\u003e actions proceeding a discovery at Mon mkhar in 1489. This is a public discovery (khrom gter) and Padma gling pa takes a moment after supplicating the Three Jewels to explain the manner in which Padmasambhava hid the treasure and\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA112","page_number":"112","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003eritual\u003c/b\u003e occasions,62 performing as a surrogate for the discovery moment itself. As before, sacred objects, linked to ... \u003cb\u003erituals\u003c/b\u003e along a well-established circuit and returning to the many. 61 We encounter terms like \u0026#39;empowerment of\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA113","page_number":"113","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003erituals\u003c/b\u003e along a well-established circuit and returning to the many places where he already had cultivated communities of followers. Here it is important to note that Padma gling pa uses Lha lung as a base ... \u003cb\u003eRITUAL\u003c/b\u003e DISSEMINATION 113."},{"page_id":"PA115","page_number":"115","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003eritual\u003c/b\u003e occasions involving thousands of participants in several principal locations, including Bumthang, Lha lung, Gnas, (Lho) Stag lung, and Sna dkar rtse. At each, he conducts extensive \u003cb\u003erituals\u003c/b\u003e and festivities, conducive for\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA119","page_number":"119","snippet_text":"... –35. Thondup, Tulku. 1986. Hidden Teachings of Tibet: an Explanation of the Terma Tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. Boston: Wisdom Publications. \u003cb\u003eRITUALS\u003c/b\u003e AND PILGRIMAGE DEVOTED TO AUM JO MO RE MA PATTERNS IN THE \u003cb\u003eRITUAL\u003c/b\u003e DISSEMINATION 119."},{"page_id":"PA122","page_number":"122","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003erituals\u003c/b\u003e. The highlight of their festival is the pilgrimage around Jo mo Kun mkhar: the abode of their deity yul lha Aum Jo mo Sman btsun Re ma ti. This festival, that begins from the 7th month of the Bhutanese calendar, is a festival in\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA126","page_number":"126","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003erituals\u003c/b\u003e to be performed as a cure. While the \u003cb\u003eritual\u003c/b\u003e specialists can be broadly classified into these three, there exists a cordial harmony between them, and at times their responsibilities and duties may extend in the absence of any one\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA131","page_number":"131","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003eritual\u003c/b\u003e text also differs, but one \u003cb\u003eritual\u003c/b\u003e is however carried out in honour of Jo mo Re ma ti. The text is the one mentioned below. The Invitation The glorious female guardian Re ma ti, Born out of emptiness and the protectoress of the\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA132","page_number":"132","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003eritual\u003c/b\u003e contains only four lines and is, as mentioned earlier, normally read out when time presses on. It goes as follows: Born from the emptiness of the mandala (dkyil \u0026#39;khor) The only mother Jo mo Re ma ti. Surrounded by lha, klu and\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA134","page_number":"134","snippet_text":"Traditions and Changes International Association for Tibetan Studies. Seminar John A. Ardussi, Françoise Pommaret. blank ESTATE AND DEITIES: A \u003cb\u003eRITUAL\u003c/b\u003e FROM CENTRAL BHUTAN. THE BSKANG."},{"page_id":"PA136","page_number":"136","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003eritual\u003c/b\u003e will serve as a background to explore, in the context of central Bhutan, elements of the social and religious organisation at the estate when the performance of the bskang gso \u003cb\u003eritual\u003c/b\u003e takes place. O RGYAN CHOS GLING: A SHORT\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA137","page_number":"137","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003eritual\u003c/b\u003e. THE BSKANG GSO \u003cb\u003eRITUAL\u003c/b\u003e The liturgical aspect of the \u003cb\u003eritual\u003c/b\u003e will not be examined in too much detail in this paper. Here I would like to examine the \u003cb\u003eritual\u003c/b\u003e as a community event linked to the territory and revealing socio-religious\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA138","page_number":"138","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003eritual\u003c/b\u003e.10 The bskang gso (a short form of the expression thugs dam bskang ba nyams pa gso ba) is generally described as a \u003cb\u003eritual\u003c/b\u003e of propitiation dedicated to tutelary deities and is not a \u003cb\u003eritual\u003c/b\u003e that finds its origin in India.11 A\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA140","page_number":"140","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003eritual\u003c/b\u003e when the lunch is provided by the villagers. The \u003cb\u003eritual\u003c/b\u003e appears as a juxtaposition of events and ceremonies that take place inside the Jo bo lha khang and outside near the prayer flag, and in the courtyard. When events take place\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA142","page_number":"142","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003eritual\u003c/b\u003e with the power of the deity. Dozens of smaller cakes, which are food for the deities and called simply bag tshogs are placed in front of the larger cakes. On each of the three days the ceremony is the same, that is to say\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA143","page_number":"143","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003eritual\u003c/b\u003e take place in the courtyard. The ending of the ceremony takes place once the afternoon events in the courtyard are over and lasts from 5 to 7 p.m. It is the grand finale of the invocation to Mgon po (spyan \u0026#39;dren), to which\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA144","page_number":"144","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003eritual\u003c/b\u003e, the chos rje family distributes envelopes containing the \u003cb\u003eritual\u003c/b\u003e fees to all the lay-practitioners. The amount of payment is strictly determined by order: the Rdo rje slob dpon receives twice what a simple lay-practitioner gets\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA145","page_number":"145","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003eritual\u003c/b\u003e are dedicated to the changing of the flags on the roofs, but especially the tall lha dar dedicated to Mgon po Ma ning, just outside the manor (Plate. 2). It is a major undertaking as the pole (dar shing) is more than 30 metres\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA146","page_number":"146","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003eritual\u003c/b\u003e until the late 1980s when Kro dga\u0026#39; ba rinpoche, a well-know Rnying ma pa lama came from Darjeeling and declared that that day was not auspicious for such an activity as it was a \u0026#39;ba den khra bo\u0026#39; day in the calendar. 19 On the mar\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA147","page_number":"147","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003eritual\u003c/b\u003e is placed on the head, the forehead or the neck of everybody, especially the children, as a blessing for long life. In the afternoon of the same day, seemingly without any further ceremony, the small flags are placed on all the\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA148","page_number":"148","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003eritual\u003c/b\u003e, watches the events in the courtyard through the window. In the courtyard, a fire for the fumigation (bsangs) is lit. Two horses have been prepared with their best saddles and ornaments: a white mule for lha mo, a black stallion\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA149","page_number":"149","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003eritual\u003c/b\u003e dance his attendant cleans the sword blade on his sleeve before helping him to put it back in the scabbard ... \u003cb\u003eRITUAL\u003c/b\u003e AS SOCIAL REVEALER AND IDENTITY MARKER Beyond the description of the bskang gso \u003cb\u003eritual\u003c/b\u003e, I would now like\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA150","page_number":"150","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003eritual\u003c/b\u003e and no mention is made of the previous social status, each family nevertheless makes a point of sending a representative, male or female, who automatically knows where he/she should stand. Therefore this \u003cb\u003eritual\u003c/b\u003e goes beyond the\u0026nbsp;..."},{"page_id":"PA151","page_number":"151","snippet_text":"... \u003cb\u003eritual\u003c/b\u003e for its well-being as well as the renewal of allegiances can also be understood through other events than the ... \u003cb\u003eritual\u003c/b\u003e in the 1990s, I was quite surprised to note that this bskang gso \u003cb\u003eritual\u003c/b\u003e was not attended by people from\u0026nbsp;..."}],"search_query_escaped":"ritual"},{});</script></div></div></div><script>(function() {var href = window.location.href;if (href.indexOf('?') !== -1) {var parameters = href.split('?')[1].split('&');for (var i = 0; i < parameters.length; i++) {var param = parameters[i].split('=');if (param[0] == 'focus') {var elem = document.getElementById(param[1]);if (elem) {elem.focus();}}}}})();</script>