Offering Series

• Offering the Eight Auspicious Substances and Seven Emblems of Royalty by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo

This brief liturgy for offering the eight auspicious substances (bkra shis rdzas brgyad) and seven emblems of royalty (rgyal srid sna bdun) is often recited as part of consecration and longevity rites.

• Teaching on the Offering of Flowers by Dodrupchen Jigme Tenpe Nyima

This unusual text, which the author playfully suggests was requested by a bouquet of flowers, discusses the qualities and benefits of floral offerings. The translation is by Tulku Thondup Rinpoche and Philip Richman.

• The Offering Clouds of the Indestructible Ladies of Sound: Concise Garland of Offerings of the Sixteen Vajra Goddesses by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo

This concise offering practice in just four verses is a supplementary text for the guru practice of the Longchen Nyingtik.

• The Lute of the Gandharvas: A Garland of Offerings of the Sixteen Vajra Goddesses by Jigme Lingpa

This offering prayer, a mind-treasure presented to Jigme Lingpa by the goddess Sarasvatī, abounds with Indian cultural references and features sixteen goddesses who offer symbolic gifts, including the sounds of various musical instruments.

• Offering to the Nāgas of Gangtok by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö

An offering to the nāgas, especially Śaṅkhapāla ('Conch Protector'), king of nāgas, with a request for protection of Gangtok and the 'hidden land' of Sikkim.

• Töpa Gyatsoma Offering Prayer by Chögyal Pakpa Lodrö Gyaltsen

It is said that Chögyal Pakpa composed these famous verses of inner offering known as Töpa Gyatsoma (thos pa rgya mtsho ma) following a vision of Sakya Paṇḍita.

• The Wish-Granting King of Jewels: An Essential Garland of Offerings by Mipham Rinpoche

This poetic offering is one of a series of related 'offering garland' (mchod phreng) texts that Mipham composed, all with titles based on the fabled cintāmaṇi, or wish-granting gem.

• Great Clouds of First-Portion Offerings for Prosperity by Mipham Rinpoche

This brief 'first-portion' offering (phud mchod) to Gesar and his retinue for the sake of prosperity, which Mipham composed in 1872, is said to bring about "the four treasures of longevity, glory, wealth and prosperity," and fulfilment of all wishes and requirements.

• White and Red Sur Offerings That Are Very Easy to Apply by Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa

A practice of white and red Sur (gsur), or 'burnt offering', revealed by Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa.

• Brief Red Sur Offering by Dudjom Rinpoche

A short practice for presenting red sur (dmar gsur) or burnt offerings for those who crave flesh and blood, including the various types of spirit and demon who obstruct virtuous practice.

• Brief Sur Offering by Dudjom Rinpoche

A simple practice of sur (gsur) offering to the four types of guest: those invited out of respect, those invited on account of their qualities, those invited out of compassion, and those to whom we owe karmic debts.

• A Means of Offering Sur to the Damsi, Gyalgong and Others by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö

A very short practice of giving sur (burnt offerings) to potentially harmful spirits, who have arisen through the conceit of self-grasping, and compelling them to depart.

• Freedom from All Adversity: A Sur Offering to Harmful Influences, Obstacle-Makers and Elemental Spirits by Mipham Rinpoche

A popular sur text, for dedicating burnt offerings to spirits and obstacle-makers in order to eliminate adversity, which Mipham composed following a dream.

• The Verse for Offering Water from the Pure Vision, An Ocean of Accomplishments by Dudjom Lingpa

The single verse to be recited when offering bowls of water was spoken by the ḍākinī Sukhāsiddhī to the treasure-revealer Dudjom Lingpa during a dream.

• Light Offering Prayers

• Maṇḍala Offering Series

• Sang Offering

• Seven Branches Series

• Torma Offering

• Tsok Series