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In Buddhism
Tibetan Buddhism (Vajrayana or tantric Buddhism)
Torma Offering refers to one of the topics for mind-training (in Tibetan: lojong) forming part of the Eight Sessions Mind Training.—Cf. the “Succinct Notes on the Eight Sessions Mind Training”—an instructional text on mind training (lojong) in the form of notes based on teachings given by Könchok Tenpa Rabgye (1801–1866)—one of Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo’s masters from the Geluk tradition.—Accordingly, [Mind Training Pertaining to Torma Offering]: Visualize this world as a torma vessel made of precious jewels. Imagine that your body is then cut into pieces inside this vessel and turned into ambrosia with the recitation of OṂ ĀḤ HŪṂ. Imagine giving it in the form of an offering cloud from the sky treasury to all the guests from within and beyond this world, thus making them delighted and content. At the end, seal this session with a space-like state of mind free from the concepts of the three spheres. When you arise from that state,meditate that everything is like an illusion.
Tibetan Buddhism includes schools such as Nyingma, Kadampa, Kagyu and Gelug. Their primary canon of literature is divided in two broad categories: The Kangyur, which consists of Buddha’s words, and the Tengyur, which includes commentaries from various sources. Esotericism and tantra techniques (vajrayāna) are collected indepently.
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Partial matches: Offering, Torma.
Full-text: Eight sessions.
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Guhyagarbha Tantra (with Commentary) (by Gyurme Dorje)
Text 16.8 (Commentary) < [Chapter 16 (Text and Commentary)]
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Commentary 1.2: The classification (of commitments) < [Chapter 19 (Text And Commentary)]
Mongolian Buddhist Scholars’ Works on Infectious Diseases (Late 17th Century... < [Volume 10, Issue 4 (2019)]
The Distinctive Mindfulness of Dzogchen < [Volume 13, Issue 7 (2022)]