Gonpo Torchen མགོན་པོ་གཏོར་ཆེན།

Great Torma Offering Ritual of MahakalaThis Puja is essentially a ritual offering of Tormas to Mahakalas & Dharma Protectors with the fearsome power to demolish and subdued malignant beings and remove obstacles to those on the Dharma path and all good activities.Offerings are also made to our Root and Lineage Gurus, Supreme Beings and Dharma protectors, etc. requesting for auspicious blessings, protection & good luck for the New Year. In a puja, or ritual sadhana practice we invoke and relate to the Guru, the Yidam, and the three roots, or in this case, the protector, Mahakala, who can also be understood as the embodiment of the three roots. What we are primarily focusing on in a puja, is the enlightened activity which pervades space and time. Since the Yidams (enlightened Buddhist deities) are more specifically the activity aspect of the Dharma, through their names their activity becomes obvious. When the ritual of Mahakala is being performed, Mahakala appears in the form of a