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Offering of Purificatory Smoke (bsangs)

A ritual offering of smoke, usually prepared in a vase-shaped incense burner, when fresh juniper is burnt along with roasted barley flour, and other consecrated objects. The offering is made in conjunction with the recitation of specific liturgical prayers which indicate how obstacles are removed by the appeasement and pacification of mundane spirits or malevolent forces. Among the most important prayers of this genre is the Ri bo bsangs mchod, derived from the Rig 'dzin srog sgrub cycle discovered by the treasure-finder Lha-btsun nam-mkha' 'jigs-med. GD (from the Glossary to Tibetan Elemental Divination Paintings)

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-Vairochana's name is improperly spelled in the [JV] entry as "rnam par snang mdzod" rather than "rnam par snang mdzad", I'll leave it to the editors to determine how this should be corrected. [[User:Tshering|smyo po]]
+Offering of Purificatory Smoke ([[bsangs]])
+*A ritual offering of smoke, usually prepared in a vase-shaped incense burner, when fresh juniper is burnt along with roasted barley flour, and other consecrated objects. The offering is made in conjunction with the recitation of specific liturgical prayers which indicate how obstacles are removed by the appeasement and pacification of mundane spirits or malevolent forces. Among the most important prayers of this genre is the Ri bo bsangs mchod, derived from the Rig 'dzin srog sgrub cycle discovered by the treasure-finder Lha-btsun nam-mkha' 'jigs-med. [[GD]] (from the Glossary to [[Tibetan Elemental Divination Paintings]])
-:Done. By the way, does anyone know where the word "dhyani buddhas" came from? EPK
+[[Category:Astrology and Divination]]
-My guess is that is is a different form of the word [skt] Dhyāna [pali] Jhāna which refers to an aspect of meditation. [[User:Tshering|smyo po]]