The Special Bumjur Dawa Puja:
Konchok Chidu Lama Orgyen Norlha Sadhana Ritual to Invoke Life & Prosperity
Given the many challenges faced by the innumerable mother-beings, from 2022 onward, Choegon Rinpoche has compassionately added “The Grand Puja of Konchok Chidu related Lama Orgyen Norlha Ritual to Invoke Life & Prosperity” as one of Dechen Choekhor yearly grand puja and dedicates the merits to all beings, especially those connected to the puja and his disciples and benefactors.
Brief Explanation on the Practice
Konchok Chidu (Tib. དཀོན་མཆོག་སྤྱི་འདུས་) — “The Essence of the Three Supreme Jewels" is a Guru Rinpoche practice which encompasses all the Three Roots: The peaceful Padmasambhava as Guru, the wrathful Padma-sambhava as Yidam, and Padmasambhava in the form of Simhamukha as Dakini. It confers Guru Rinpoche's most profound blessings for long life and freedom from obstacles.
The few centuries old Konchok Chidu (དཀོན་མཆོག་སྤྱི་འདུས་) thangka of Dechen Choekhor Ling, Gonggar, Tibet.
Lama Orgyen Norlha Tsok Bum
The central part of this auspicious puja is “The Hundred Thousand Accumulation of Ganachakra Feast Offerings (Tib. Tsok Bum).”
Tsok is a profound Vajrayana practice of offering that could swiftly accomplish the Two Accumulations, simultaneously purifies our obscurations, and restores all impairments and breakages of Samaya. It has the power to enact the Four Enlightened Activities of “Pacifying, Increasing, Magnetizing, and Subjugating." An immensely powerful way to perform the Tsok is as Tsok Bum, or 100,000 accumulations of the Feast Offering – a profound feast-gathering on a vast scale.
The so-called perfect and meritorious Tsok refers to Tsok performed on auspicious days (such as the 10th day of Guru Rinpoche’s Day, the 25th day of Dakinis, or the parinirvana anniversary of the great masters, etc.) by a qualified Vajra master along with the sanghas and practitioners with pure precepts.
Lama Orgyen Norlha and the 16 Wealth Deities
Tsok (feast offerings) Bum (100,000) is the ritual of making vast and delightful substances offerings in the form of foods and drinks to the Guru, the Three Jewels, and the Dharma Protectors. A vast array of clean offerings and furnishings are displayed before the mandala; the short offering-verses are recited 100,000 times and visualized 100,000 times. In Tsok, the Hundred Thousand Offerings “Tsok Bum” is regarded as the highest, most extensive, and most extraordinary.
The Merit and Benefits of Tsok Bum:
The benefits of performing the feast-gathering are immeasurable and beyond description. Tsok Bum that is properly and rightfully performed, can pacify the outer, inner and secret obstacles. It delights and fulfils the gurus, deities, and oath-bound protectors. The Buddhas and Bodhisattvas will bestow blessings for spiritual attainment, the Dharma Protectors will accomplish The Four Activities; the Wealth Deities will bestow prosperity; the Karmic Creditors will give up their vengeance. All unfavorable circumstances will be dispelled, and the practitioner’s wishes will be swiftly fulfilled.
Tsok Bum is also a powerful skilful means of Vajrayana confession. During the rituals, within the puja Mandala practitioners can repent sincerely and deeply for all their downfalls and violation of the precepts and broken samayas. This will cleanse, purify and restore the pure samayas with the guru and the vajra brothers-sisters.
Regularly and properly practice, through Tsok Bum you will perfect the Two Accumulations of Merit and Wisdom, and simultaneously accomplish the supreme and ordinary siddhis.
May all sentient beings benefit from this auspicious puja, particularly the devoted disciples and benefactors. Sarwa Mangalam!
All are welcome to participate in this auspicious and beneficial event.
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Thank you!