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ut make a small mound of the sur substances on top of the coals.irculation so that the fire doesn’t go out; i.e. don’t fully cover the coals,nd then place them on the hot coals. Make sure to allow enough airossible. Bless the sur substances with the vase water as indicated below,lean, roasted flour with butter, and then add these other ingredients, iflour. This mixture would be a perfect substance for the offering. Mixoral, pearls, lapis, gold, silver, or other jewels. All this is mixed with then addition to men-chey, include the powder of crushed jewels, such as e added to the Sur offering.orma Substances and Their Benefits” on p.20 for additional substances that cane used a mixture of men-chey and black tea. See also, the “Twenty-Fiveinpoche offered tea to the merit field, to protectors, or to worldly gods,fferings. One can also use tantric nectar pills. When His Holiness Songrug), an incense made of six different shrubs. It is also used for black tear from a Tibetan doctor. I think it is a mixture of “sang-druk” (bsangsrom the Tibetan Medical Center, Dharamsala or other Tibetan pharmacyse clean flour mixed with men-chey (sman phye). Men-chey can be obtained he fireplace should be clean.ecaus smoke disturbs spirits; a smokeless bed of red hot coals will do.irectly onto hot coals.) The fire itself should not produce much smoke,ay be possible to dispense with the roasting pan and sprinkle the flourse a roasting pan that is not cracked, broken, or worn out and is clean (Itaterials needed and practice tips ather. This is also the time when dakinis (a class of tantric deities) gather.ause spirits are on the move then, and it is known as the time when spiritsffered to spirits. Usually this offering is made at sunset or thereafter be-ere, the Tibetan word sur (gsur) refers to the smell of roasted flour that iseaning of the term sur, translated here as “aroma” eneral Instructions Aroma Charity for Spirits
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echen Ling, Aptos, CA, October 2005. Edited by Kendall Magranslated by Lama Zopa Rinpoche and dictated to Venerable Holophon: ugar, (5) curd. According to Kriya Tantra, the five essences are: (1) butter, (2 In Kriya Tantra pills, it can be either coral or shells. In Kriya Tantra pills, the claw of a water lion is replaced by oc Do not include Akaru in Kriya Tantra pills. Kriya Tantra and Maha-anuttara Yoga Tantra vase pills.ndnotes: Aroma Charity
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offering.meditation – having good concentration, and then blessing andInternally, the way to make torma offerings powerful is through found a place to take birth.smell eaters, those intermediate state beings who have not yetand into Sur offering (burning offering), which is particularly fortea offerings to the protectors, the Triple Gem, sentient beings,as any torma. Also, you can put these twenty-five substances intosubstances into torma offerings to deities and protectors, as wellExternally, in order to be most powerful, put these twenty-five urification, so that all your wishes can be achieved:here are two methods for bringing quick success and for the greatest If you have all twenty-five ingredients, it has great benefit. sences of samsara and nirvana and to fulfill all needs.The benefits of the five essences are to help increase all the es- famines.The benefits of the five grains are to increase enjoyments and pacify what one wishes, to pacify war, and to not be harmed by weapons.The benefits of the five jewels are to receive all needs according to not fall to the bad realms of transmigrators.The benefits of the five scents are to achieve pure morality and to have happiness.The benefits of the five medicines are to not have disease and to unkyen Jamyang Shepa also explained: ulfill all wishes.lace the five essences inside to become the heart of all and to 0 Aroma Charity for Spirits
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he defilements, and bring them to enlightenment.ast, present, and future happiness, from all suffering and its cause,I must free all the numberless spirits, who are the source of all myause, the defilements, and bring them to enlightenment.f all my past, present, and future happiness, from all suffering and its must free every one of the numberless hell beings, who are the sourcehen generate bodhichitta by considering each beneficiary in the six realms, such as: May I become a buddha to benefit all sentient beings. )(3xro la phän chhir sang gyä drub par shog (3x)By my merits of giving and other perfections,ag gi jin sog gyi pa sö nam kyiTo the Buddha, the Dharma, and the Supreme Assembly.ang chhub bar du dag ni kyab su chhiI go for refuge until I am enlightened.ang gyä chhö dang tshog kyi chhog nam la umberless buddhas or just think of Guru Shakyamuni Buddha as the object of refuge. our whole heart, for the sake of all sentient beings as well as yourself. You can think of all the ecite the prayer taking refuge and generating bodhichitta three times. Rely on Buddha with efuge and Bodhichitta (Sur Offering) Aroma Charity for Spirits Aroma Charity for Spirits 5
and samsara who take their seats on comfortable cushions.1ates from the syllable in my heart, inviting the guests of nirvanaHRIHand have an antelope skin draped over my left shoulder. Light radi-and resting on a moon cushion. I am seated in the half-vajra posturelime realizations, and my left hand is holding the stem of a white lotusin color with one face and two arms. My right hand is granting sub-Instantaneously I appear as Khasarpani [an aspect of Chenrezig], white Self-Generation and Invocation field and giving aroma to sentient beings.going to practice the charity of aroma: offering aroma to the meritTo do this I must achieve enlightenment myself. Therefore, I amthem to enlightenment.happiness, from all suffering and its cause, the defilements, and bringate state beings, who are the source of all my past, present, and futureLikewise, I must free all humans, gods, demigods, and intermedi-the defilements, and bring them to enlightenment.my past, present, and future happiness, from all suffering and its cause,I must free all the numberless animals, who are the source of all 6 Aroma Charity for Spirits
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eons of harm from weapons.Place the five jewels inside to fulfill all needs and to eliminate the Place the five scents inside to have pure morality. Place the five medicines inside to eliminate the eons of sickness. ollows:ungzang, the benefits of these substances for vases and tormas are ass explained by Kunkyen Jamyang Shepa, in the root text, Kiria enefits of these substances Brown sugar – essence of fruit: offered by Hanunman.Butter – essence of milk: offered by the farmer girl, LagkyingaKhagonHoney – essence of flower: offered by the leader of humans,of the NagasLentsa (Tibetan salt) essence of water: offered by the KingGold – essence of earth: offered by Bhaham Namyang ive essences5 hese five jewels were offered to Lord Buddha by Arya Nagarjuna. Lapis lazuli (mumen)Coral4PearlSilverGold ive jewels Sesame seedsBeansRiceBarleyWheat ive types of grain Aroma Charity for Spirits 19
These medicines Lord Buddha blessed. having five fingers)Wänlog (this is a root of a plant, which is shaped like a handClaw of water lion3Shu Thag (white)LetiKandakari Five medicines Nutmeg (zadi) – offered to Lord Buddha by a cannibalSaffron – offered Lord Buddha by the Princess of ScentsCamphor – offered to Lord Buddha by the goddess OchajumaAkaru (wood incense)2goddesses Tsedog and Kyongma, respectively)Red and white sandalwood (offered to Lord Buddha by the Five scented substances tremely powerful method for success.offerings, and sur (aroma offering). Using these substances is an ex-These are the twenty-five substances that go in tormas, vase pills tea1, and Their Benefits Twenty-Five Torma Substances 18 Aroma Charity for Spirits
*This mantra has not yet been checked against the Tibetan. (7x)OM GÄNDE KAME GUNA PUJA IDAM KHA KHA KHAHI KHAHI* the gift just as you imagine it. It may also be possible for them to receive the gift just as they wish. This mantra is called “The Mighty and Great King.” It functions to allow the guests to receive SAMBHARA HUM (7x)NAMA SARVA TATHAGATA AVALOKITE OM SAMBHARA OM AH HUM (3x)7 Mantras guests merely through the power of reciting the words.6the earth and sky, delighting all the senses. This is enjoyed by themelt into light, which transforms into perfect aroma that pervades alland spacious. The syllables appear above the vessel andOM AH HUM5great bliss. The syllable transforms into a precious vessel, vastBHRUMlable is in actuality your non-dual wisdom experiencing emptiness withWithin this state of emptiness the syllable appears. This syl-BHRUM speech, and vajra holy mind. ordinary body, speech, and mind are transformed into your deity’s vajra holy body, vajra holy bodhichitta, the obscuration of knowledge. Through the cessation of these two defilements your the two kinds of defilement: the obscuration of disturbing thoughts, and with the support of tate so there is no gap between the object meditated on and the meditator. This wisdom ceases the mind itself) such that no dualistic objects appear. Everything becomes emptiness. Medi-4 Meditate on the emptiness of the offering substances and the emptiness of yourself (including SHUDDHO HAM3OM SVABHAVA SHUDDHA SARVA DHARMA SVABHAVA ferers from the offering substances, like using the inner offering to dispel interferers. each drop of water transforms into hundreds of wrathful Kundali deities who dispel all inter- Sprinkle blessed water from the vase on the flour mixture while reciting this mantra. Visualize2 OM VAJRA AMRITA KUNDALI HANA HANA HUM PHAT Here, the flour mixture is blessed. Blessing the Substances Aroma Charity for Spirits 7
protection from wars, etc. protection; hungry ghosts get food; humans get mountains of millions of dollars; asuras get satisfied. Those in the hot hells get rain; those in the cold hells get sun and warmth; animals get the six realms’ beings receive whatever they need, skies of enjoyments, and they are fully and its result, such as poverty, and they enjoy with satisfaction whatever they desire. Each of released from their disturbing thoughts, such as miserliness, as well as their negative karma Tathagata Many Jewels (): Spirits and all other sentient beings areRINCHEN MANG LA Atisha and his disciples, are as follows: recitation. When each name is recited with prostration, these benefits, according to Lama9 While reciting the names, think that all sentient beings receive the respective benefits of each DRÄL WA LA CHHAG TSHÄL LODE ZHIN SHEG PA GYÄL WA THUG JIG PA THAM CHÄ DANGDE ZHIN SHEG PA KU JAM LÄ LA CHHAG TSHÄL LODE ZHIN SHEG PA ZUG DZÄ DAM PA LA CHHAG TSHÄL LODE ZHIN SHEG PA RIN CHHEN MANG LA CHHAG TSHÄL LO I prostrate to the Tathagata Victorious One, Free of All Fears.I prostrate to the Tathagata Very Gentle Body.I prostrate to the Tathagata Holy Beautiful Form.I prostrate to the Tathagata Many Jewels Recite the Four Tathagatas’ Names8 NAIVIDYA, SHAPTA PRATICCHA HUM SVAHAOM ARGHAM, PADYAM, PUSHPE, DHUPE, ALOKE, GANDHE, the three jewels of refuge encompassing the ten directions.lower realms. Offer the sound to the merit field keeping in mind that this includesthe negative karma of anyone who hears them, thus liberating these beings form theThen blow on the cymbals. This empowers the cymbals to purify with their sound OM PÄDMO USHNISHA BIMALI HUM PHAT (7x) using the cymbals, recite: Small ting-sha cymbals may be used for the music offering. Before making the offerings and Outer Offerings 8 Aroma Charity for Spirits
1. As dictated by Lama Zopa Rinpoche to Lorne Ladner, March 2005.Endnotes: offering practice will fix the karmic debts and solve the problem.tive actions to stop suffering. Sur practice and one hundred tormastive karma and cause suffering over infinite time. You must stop nega-killing to solve problems with insects or animals. This will lead to nega-lem even one time will lead to infinite suffering. One must not usewithout creating more negative karma. Using killing to solve the prob-purify the cause, which is the karmic debt. This solves the problemand created the karma for many, many more problems. You mustZealand, rabbits were coming and eating crops, so people killed themthey left. You repay the karmic debts, and then they leave. In Newfield, and then all the insects left. The karmic debts were repaid andtormas offering practice (torma gyatsa). The lama did this puja in thethe crops, he had one lama do Sur practice and also the one hundredenlightened being – when he learned of the insects and worms eatingMonastery and who was learned like Arya Nagarjuna and was a greatHoliness Song Rinpoche – who was a former abbot of Ganden Shartsemany worms and insects were eating the food. One of my gurus, HisIn Mundgod, India, the monastery has fields to farm for food, andyour specific area and of the whole world.Then offer to those who have died. Then offer to the landlords ofthe merit field as in the Kusali Tsog in the practice of Vajrayogini.Dharmabhadra gave commentary on Sur practice and said to offer toFirst, you offer to the Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha. Masterfor all sentient beings in the six realms. It repays your karmic debts.is not only for those who died and are in the intermediate state. It is Aroma Charity for Spirits 17
house, this is also due to karmic debts. Therefore, doing Sur practicealso due to karmic debts. If a mouse eats or destroys things in yourand now, you owe them. If animals eat your vegetables or crops, this isof that particular house; you received things from them in the past,karmic debts with them from past lives. This is why they eat the woodfied. Also, when insects like termites eat wood, this means you havetiny bit of spit. Through this practice, their incredible suffering is paci-Pretas are so incredibly hungry, searching for many years just to find a Further Comments on this Practice1 happiness to her.enjoying this aroma so much and expressed their appreciation andfireplace where the smoke was still rising from this practice. They werefulness and sleep. At that time, she saw spirits gathered around theNyingje went to bed and fell into a semi-conscious state between wake-suffering. There is testimony to this effect: one night Ven. Lhundupthe benefit that they enjoy happiness and are freed from the cause ofceive frees them from the cause of all their torment. Thus, there isfreed from their terrible hunger. Also, the Dharma teaching they re-land. Another benefit is that spirits are fed by the aroma and are thusit results in prosperity and wealth. It causes you to be born in a purebrings success to all these endeavors. Furthermore, by making charity,stacles to one’s Dharma practice, projects, or business. In this way, itThis practice is a way of collecting extensive merit and pacifying ob- by Lama Zopa Rinpoche to Spirits Benefits of Offering Aroma 16 Aroma Charity for Spirits
And to the entirety of regional deities and landlords,To the mother sentient beings of the six realms,And so forth, and to the entirety of smell-eaters;I offer and dedicate it to the king of smell-eaters, Rabga, And to all dakas, dakinis and Dharma protectors.I offer and dedicate to all gurus, deities, the Triple Gem,Endowed with the qualities of the five senses,This offering of uncontaminated aroma[Extensive offering verses become perfectly enlightened in the aspect of the Compassionate Buddha.13 the complete path of method and wisdom. This causes them to cease all defilements and to they smell this all-pervasive aroma, they experience whatever they want and need, including Offer the aroma to all sentient beings in the six realms including the intermediate state. When verses below.) experience infinite bliss by smelling this aroma. Make this offering in an extensive way. (See12 and dakinis, and Dharma protectors, just as visualized in the Guru Puja. Imagine that they Offer the aroma to the merit field – that includes the lama, deity, Three Jewels of refuge, dakas Instructions: Offering the Aroma name and it has the power to affect that.11 being attacked by others (such as insects, other animals, or humans), then recite this Buddha’s powerlessness. This includes animals that are in danger from others. When you see an animal sufferings, are made safe; those dangers are pacified. They are liberated from all dangers and sentient beings who have less power and are controlled by others, who have fear of danger and All beings are liberated from the fear of being tormented by others and enjoy peace. Think that Victorious One Free of All Fears ():GYALWA THUG JIG PA THAM CHA DANG DRAL WA bodhichitta is generated in the hearts of all beings of the six realms. supreme taste. This pacifies the sufferings of body and mind; all defilements are purified, and Very Gentle Body (): All beings are released from all physical illness, and enjoy theKU JAM LA perfect bodies. and acquire perfect, strong bodies. Pretas are unbelievably ugly; through this, they receive10 Holy Beautiful Form (): All beings are freed from their miserable bodies,ZUG DZA DAM PA Aroma Charity for Spirits 9
TADYATHA OM PÄNCHA GRIYA AVA BODHANI SVAHA]14 In the greatest of all pure lands, Sukhavati.From the center stem of a lotusMay I be magically rebornImmediately upon having crossed over from this life, And may all act independently.May there be no disputes and no harm,Limitless like the treasury of space.May there be uninterrupted enjoyment of wealth, May I lead all migrators living in the impure realms.Having been reborn in the Realm of Great Bliss [Sukhavati],May I be shown the unmistaken path by the eight bodhisattvas.state,Immediately upon the arising of the appearance of the intermedia Work for the welfare and happiness of all migrators.And, having been reborn in a pure land,Be free from the suffering of heavy sickness;May I, at the time of my death, Always offer their support unwaveringly.May all the regional deities and landlords joy and happiness.With karmic debts settled, may all migrators be endowed withAnd be reborn in [Sukhavati], the Realm of Great Bliss.From fear and suffering, remember the instructions of the Guru,Also, may all the intermediate state beings be liberated To control the three realms, and to achieve my aims as I envision thLong life, no sicknesses, and extensive activities,Through a rain of all wishes, work to pacify all obstacles for me to hWhen all guests have attained satisfaction, And who haven’t been able to find a new body yet.Killed or committed suicide between yesterday and today,Especially, to all the intermediate state beings of those who wereAnd to those who strive to revenge karmic debts, 10 Aroma Charity for Spirits
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Corrections are greatly appreciated.additions made here. The latest editor takes responsibility for any errors made in this regard.editorial assistance of Lama Zopa Rinpoche.This translation was used as a reference fortranslation of this practice was done by Gelongma Losang Trinlae Drolma, under theinstructed to him by Lama Zopa Rinpoche in 2005. Also, on May 21, 1999, an initial roughearlier versions of this practice. Additional commentary was provided by Lorne Ladner, asreceived and new translations of verses which had been referenced, but not included, inAdditions were made by Kendall Magnussen, June 2006, based on further commentary Department.edited for publication in November 2001 by Venerable Constance Miller, FPMT EducationThubten Pemo; it was later edited into this practice by Tubten Pende. It has been lightlyby Lama Zopa Rinpoche on May 24, 1999, in Aptos, California, and transcribed by Ven.This practice is based on a commentary to a liturgy composed by Pabongkha Rinpoche givenColophon: practice.convenience as they were specifically indicated by Rinpoche to recite at the end of thisdhist Prayers, Vol.1, Dedications section. Select dedications have been included here for18. See the FPMT dedication prayers and special FPMT dedication prayers in Essential Bud-Rinpoche 21 May 1999, Kachoe Dechen Ling, Aptos, CAunknown.Translated by Gelongma Lozang Trinlae Drolma. Edited by Lama Zopateachings from Ngulcha Dhachal Bhadras, blockprint pages 24b-30b. Original author17. Extracted from “Making Smell Offerings” from the Rinchen Trengwa, a collection ofmany to choose from!which verses to recite from this text. One may choose other verses as well. There areShantideva, translation by Stephen Batchelor.Lama Zopa Rinpoche did not specify16. Verses in praise of bodhichitta from A Guide to the Bodhisattva’s Way of Life, by Master ‘The Vajra Cutter, translation by Gelong Thubten Tsultrim (George Churinoff).15. Extracted from The Exalted Mahayana Sutra on the Wisdom Gone Beyond Called,translated by Ven. Tenzin Dongak (Fedor Stracke).14. Verses extracted from The Aroma Offering, composed by Panchen Losang Chögyän,13. This can be done in the same way as the giving part of the tong-len practice.Department.ten directions. See Essential Buddhist Prayers, Vol. 2, available from the FPMT Educationwhich can be used here; it includes many examples of each of the Three Jewels in the12. Lama Zopa Rinpoche has an extensive form of making offerings to the merit field,name to protect an ant at Geshe Sopa Rinpoche’s center, Deer Park Center.the coyote suddenly stopped and disappeared. Similarly, Rinpoche also used this Buddha’sRinpoche saw a rabbit getting caught by a coyote. He chanted this Buddha’s name andand that it did have an effect; those beings were protected.For example, in New Mexico,11. Lama Zopa Rinpoche mentions having tried this himself when he saw beings in danger10. Perfect bodies are those with the thirty-two signs and eighty exemplifications. Aroma Charity for Spirits 15