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ISSN 2753-4812
ISSN 2753-4812

Tsok Series

Tsok

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Lotsawa House presents the following texts related to the practice of tsok (tshogs) or feast-gathering (Skt. gaṇacakra):

Introduction

by Stefan Mang
A brief historical introduction to the tantric practice of gaṇacakra (tshogs kyi ‘khor lo), or feast gathering.

Explanation

by Adzom Gyalse Gyurme Dorje
This commentary by Adzom Gyalse Gyurme Dorje (1895–1969) presents a clear Nyingma perspective on the practice of gaṇacakra. The text does not refer to a particular sādhana, but offers a generic explanation that is remarkable for its clarity and detail.
2 Nov 2018
by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
A word-for-word commentary (tshig ’grel) on the hidden meaning of Rigdzin Jigme Lingpa’s renowned Song of the Feast (tshogs glu). Through vivid poetic analogies, this text expresses the profound realization of the vajra body, speech, and mind as attained on the Vajrayāna path, particularly through advanced Anuyoga yogic practices, which form a cornerstone of the gaṇacakra.
20 Aug 2025
by Gönpo Tseten Rinpoche
Gönpo Tseten Rinpoche wrote this explanation of the significance of the Tenth Day (or Guru Rinpoche Day) of each lunar month for his American students, in California in 1981. He tells the life-story of Guru Rinpoche, highlights the significance of the tenth day, explains the practice of gaṇacakra, and outlines its benefits.
Biography 19 Oct 2018
by Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Thaye
This description of gaṇacakra, preserved in The Treasury of Extensive Teachings (rgya chen bka’ mdzod), presents a clear Nyingma perspective on the practice of gaṇacakra. The text does not refer to any particular sādhana, but offers a generic explanation that is remarkable for its clarity and detail.
1 Oct 2021
by Sakya Paṇḍita Kunga Gyaltsen
This short text by Sakya Paṇḍita (1182–1251) explains gaṇacakra practice from the Sakya perspective according to the traditions of the Hevajra and Cakrasamvara tantras. It is among the earliest Tibetan commentaries on the subject but was originally composed to clarify an even earlier work by Jetsün Drakpa Gyaltsen (1147–1216).
Sakya Kabum Restricted 27 Sep 2021
by Tsele Natsok Rangdrol
In this brief guide, Tsele Natsok Rangdrol explains the essence of the feast-gathering, its literal meaning and various types, as well as how to practise it, and the benefits to be gained.
15 Sep 2017

Offering Liturgies

by Chokling Tersé Tulku
This short feast-offering liturgy incorporates the Prayer in Six Vajra Lines (Dü Sum Sangyé) and can be used in connection with any guru sādhana.
Chokling Tersar 11 Mar 2022
by Dodrupchen Jigme Trinle Özer
The gaṇacakra feast offering text to accompany the practice of Dukngal Rangdrol (Natural Liberation of Suffering) from the Longchen Nyingtik.
Dukngal Rangdrol Avalokiteśvara Restricted 29 Jun 2020
by Fourth Dodrupchen Rinpoche
A concise gaṇacakra, or feast-offering, liturgy for the practice of Yumka Dechen Gyalmo, the Queen of Great Bliss, from the Longchen Nyingtik, composed at the suggestion of Khenpo Dazer (1922–1990).
Yumka Dechen Gyalmo Restricted 31 Jul 2020
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
This gaṇacakra feast liturgy for the Nyingtik Saldrön guru yoga practice of Jamyang Khyentse in heruka form was composed at the request of Princess Yudrön and Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche.
Nyingtik Saldrön Guru Yoga Restricted 1 Apr 2020
by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo
A concise gaṇacakra, or feast-offering, liturgy for the practice of Yumka Dechen Gyalmo, the Queen of Great Bliss, from the Longchen Nyingtik.
Yumka Dechen Gyalmo Restricted 22 Jul 2020
by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo
Jamyang Khyentse spontaneously composed this feast-offering liturgy for the Sealed Quintessence, or Tikle Gyachen (thig le'i rgya can), when he was just sixteen years old. He later revised the text and made it available at the request of some students.
Tiklé Gyachen Rinchen Terdzö Khyentse Kabab Restricted 15 Jun 2023
by Sera Khandro
A brief feast offering practice to accompany the wisdom ḍākinī Yeshe Tsogyal sādhana.
Ḍākinī Treasury Restricted 21 Jul 2025
by Tsewang Drakpa
A simple feast-offering liturgy to facilitate the accumulation of tsok offerings by means of The Wish-Fulfilling Jewel Guru Heart-Practice, Spontaneous Fulfillment of Wishes (bla ma’i thugs sgrub yid bzhin nor bu bsam pa lhun grub ma).
Tukdrup Yizhin Norbu Chokling Tersar 3 Apr 2023

Prayers

by Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa
This prayer, to be recited when accumulating tsok offerings on a large scale, is extracted from 'The Essential Drop of Enlightened Activity: A Tsok Offering for the Single Mudrā Form of Vajrakumāra', which is itself part from the Sangtik Korsum cycle, a joint revelation of Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa and Jamgön Kongtrul.
Vajrakīlaya Termas Rinchen Terdzö Chokling Tersar Restricted 10 Aug 2020
by Dudjom Rinpoche
As Dudjom Rinpoche explains in the colophon, he revealed this practice in 1936. He had fallen sick and his disciple Trulshik Pawo Dorje (1876–1962) performed a hundred feast offerings and fulfilment practices on his behalf. Early the next morning, Dudjom Rinpoche had a dream in which a woman spoke these words; he wrote them down, and the following day his illness disappeared completely.
Rinchen Terdzö Dudjom Tersar 5 Sep 2017
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
A very short tsok prayer for the Tsasum Drildrup (Combined Practice of the Three Roots) practice, which was Sangye Lama's treasure rediscovered by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo.
Tsasum Drildrup Restricted 6 Apr 2022
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
A very short prayer for accumulating the tsok offering according to the practice of Avalokiteśvara, the Great Compassionate One (Mahākāruṇika).
Avalokiteśvara Restricted 25 May 2023
by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo
A simple feast-offering text for use in conjunction with sādhanas related to the magnetizing deity of the lotus family, Kurukullā.
Kurukullā Restricted 2 Jan 2018
by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo
This short Tārā feast-offering was composed for practitioners who wish to offer a simple gaṇacakra feast within a Tārā sādhana, such as the Zabtik Drolchok.
Tārā Profound Essence of Tārā Rinchen Terdzö Restricted 17 Jan 2019
by Jigme Lingpa
This famous offering prayer composed by Jigme Lingpa includes lines related to every aspect of the gaṇacakra feast yet is short enough to be recited multiple times, such as when accumulating large numbers of feast offerings. In fact, some claim that the tradition of accumulating multiple feast offerings originated with this very prayer.
Termas 12 Sep 2017
by Jigme Lingpa
An addition to the standard practice of confession and fulfilment in Yumka Dechen Gyalmo, specifically for the purpose of accumulating gaṇacakra offerings as a means to turn back the summons of the ḍākinīs (mkha' 'gro'i bsun zlog).
Turning Back the Summons Yumka Dechen Gyalmo 23 Apr 2019
by Longchen Rabjam
This famous food offering prayer is recited by practitioners in the Nyingma tradition before they consume the distributed offerings in a gaṇacakra feast, or even before each meal. The prayer reminds the practitioner that all foods are to be offered to the deities that reside within the body. In return for this offering, the deities bestow accomplishments (siddhi; dngos grub), and induce the experience of great bliss.
12 Sep 2018
by Mipham Rinpoche
A brief gaṇacakra liturgy to be recited when accumulating tsok offering on a large scale.
27 Sep 2022
by Mipham Rinpoche
The Excellent Vase of Splendour (dpal gyi bum bzang) is the tsok feast offering (tshogs mchod) to accompany the famous guru yoga based on the seven-line prayer, A Shower of Blessings (byin brlabs char 'bebs).
Seven-Line Prayer Guru Padmasambhava 2 May 2015
by Shechen Gyaltsab Gyurme Pema Namgyal
An extremely concise liturgy to accompany a gaṇacakra feast offering of sensory delights.
10 Jun 2021

Remainder Offering

by Dudjom Rinpoche
A short remainder torma offering (lhag gtor) liturgy composed at the request of Sakya Dakchen Rinpoche (1929–2016) as an addition to the feast offering (tshogs mchod) for Mipham Rinpoche's famous Seven-Line Prayer Guru Yoga.
Seven-Line Prayer 6 Apr 2020

Songs

from the Words of the Buddha
This famous vajra song (rdo rje’i glu), named after its initial syllables "ema kiri", appears in the Tantra of the Union of the Sun and Moon (nyi zla kha sbyor). It consists of a series of arranged syllables which a practitioner should intone melodiously. The individual syllables and their arrangement as a mantra are considered particularly sacred since they are said to have been revealed by the primordial buddha Samantabhadra.
Dzogchen Songs and Poems 12 Sep 2018
by Getse Gyurme Tenpa Namgyal
This six-verse song for the gaṇacakra feast, which Gyurme Tenpa Namgyal composed spontaneously at the age of 20, has a Dzogchen theme.
Songs and Poems 9 Jan 2024
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
One of several short songs for the gaṇacakra feast that Jamyang Khyentse composed, this one invokes Guru Padmasambhava and Yeshe Tsogyal.
Songs and Poems Tsasum Drildrup 11 Oct 2021
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
A song of the feast (tshogs glu) composed in 1947 while performing a Rigdzin Düpa tsok together with the king and queen of Lingkar.
Songs and Poems 6 Jun 2023
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
Composed in 1940 during a tsok practice of Tukdrup Barche Kunsel together with the King of Ling.
Songs and Poems 6 Jun 2023
by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo
This song for the gaṇacakra feast (tshogs glu) invoking Vajrayoginī and calling upon her to grant the experience of great bliss was composed at the request of Jamgön Jampa Phuntsok.
Vajrayoginī Songs and Poems Restricted 10 Feb 2021
by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo
Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo composed this short aspiration prayer to be recited during the gaṇacakra. The prayer invokes the goal of the gaṇacakra, a sixfold satisfaction (tshim pa drug) of those assembled, i.e., the deities, teacher and vajra brothers and sisters. Khyentse Wangpo dedicates one verse to each of these six satisfactions and concludes the prayer with an additional seventh verse of dedication.
Longchen Nyingtik Songs and Poems 30 Jan 2018
by Jigme Lingpa
Jigme Lingpa's autobiography tells us how the master sang this song spontaneously during a feast gathering (tshogs) at the request of his disciples, who were moved to tears. It has since become one of the most popular such songs in the Nyingma tradition and is typically performed with beautiful melodies. The song's highly poetic verses convey joy at the gathering of offerings and practitioners and the vast accumulation of merit this brings and conclude with the aspiration that all may attain the rainbow body.
Songs and Poems 12 Sep 2018

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Fulfilment Offering

Detail from a thangka showing a tsok offering

Courtesy of Himalayan Art Resources

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BDRC T330 (tshogs mchod)

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