The Ritual Fire Offering which is derived from Indian tradition plays an important part in Buddhist Tantric practice. The Ritual Fire Offering for Peace is commonly performed at the conclusion of the prescribed meditation retreat associated with specific meditational deities in order to compensate for any error that may have occurred during the practice. It can also be done to pacify hindrances such as illness. The Ritual Fire Offering for Increase may be performed to increase merit wealth life span and so forth.This manual contains translations of texts required to perform the Ritual Fire Offering for Peace associated with six meditational deities: Thirteen Deity Vajrabhairava Solitary Hero Vajrabhairava Guhyasamaja Heruka Vaira Yogini and Cittamani Tara according to the Gelugpa tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. It further includes a description of the changes required to convert the ritual for peace to the ritual for increase in association with Guhyasamaja.The texts have been clearly presented in English to enable people who are qualified by initiation but who do not know Tibetan to understand the stages and procedures of Ritual Fire Offerings so that they may perform effectively.

Isbn No.    8186470514

Author:    Sharpa Tulku , Michael Perrott

Publisher:    Library of Tibetan Works & Archives

Binding:    Paperback

Language :   English

Edition:    1

No. Of Pages :    217

Year Of Publication :   2006