Full Moon Practice: Smoke Offering to
the Nagas and Naga Mantra
August 30th at 9 am – 10 am PT and 6 pm – 7 pm CET
On August 30th, 2023, at 9 am – 10 am PT and 6 pm – 7 pm CET, Chaphur Rinpoche will give our monthly Full Moon teaching on the Naga Mantra as well as an introduction to the Smoke Offering to the Nagas (Lu Sang).
A Smoke Offering to the Nagas (Lu Sang) is an ancient Bon Ritual. According to the Yungdrung Bon tradition, we share the earth with many unseen spirits who are affected by our actions. Through this ritual, harmony is restored and the support of the Nagas (LU) is requested in fulfilling our goals and increasing wealth and natural resources. Nagas are associated with sources of water such as lakes, ponds, rivers and streams which are said to be inhabited by them. Because water seeps beneath the earth, Nagas also rule the regions of mountains, subterranean caverns, and the earth itself. They have dominion over Earth’s hidden treasures.
There are many kinds of Nagas:
large and small, virtuous and non-virtuous, peaceful and wrathful. Nagas, even kindly ones, are easily angered by disturbances and pollution of the natural environment. If a Lama or Tibetan doctor divines that a patient’s disease is due, at least in part, to a Naga provocation, then one can placate the Nagas through confession and offerings. Nagas dwell beneath us and in the darkness of our subconscious. They are said to be very wise and eager both to teach and to be the guardians of great treasures. Sometimes these treasures are physical but more often they are spiritual in the form of Termas or hidden tantric texts from the past. These texts are channeled by the reincarnated tantric practitioners who originally hid them with the help of the Nagas.
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The Zoom link will be sent 15 minutes before the class begins. To provide sufficient time for your registration to be processed, please register August 29th.
Looking forward to joining with you in this powerful ritual and teaching.
