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The Great Sixty Torma Offering (Drug Chuma Tor-Gyak) is being held today 10th February, 2021 at Tantric (gyuto) monastery.
‘Grand Gutor Puja’ was held with the Great Sixty Torma Offering (Drug Chuma Tor-Gyak) according to the tradition of Yamantaka. Further the ‘Request and Incense Offering to Mahakala’ was performed on February 10th, 2021.
The great tantric institute called Gyuto Tantric Monastery (Gyuto Dratsang) was established for the preservation and promotion of the tradition of tantric teachings of the great Teacher Tsongkhapa, who had the transmission of the entire teachings of the Buddha, through Nagarjuna and other learned Indian Buddhist scholars of Nalanda University and great Tibetan translators and accomplished masters.
This sophisticated torma offering ritual, which is performed every year at Gyuto for the benefit of all sentient beings, is regarded as highly effective in averting obstacles and establishing favorable conditions for the practice of Dharma.
This is an extremely profound practice focusing on Kalarupa, the principal protector associated with Yamantaka, and Mahakala. Drug chuma has the sixty-four-part torma offering to Kalarupa.
Kalarupa is one of the emanations of Manjushri, manifesting as a Dharma Protector or Dharmapala. Kalarupa (Sanskrit) or Choegyal (Tibetan) has by his side, his consort, Tsamundi, an emanation of the goddess Saraswati.
Kalarupa has many names like Yama Dharmaraja, Lord of Death, King of the Law or Black Karma Yama. This terrifying form of the Buddha of Wisdom, personifies enlightenment through the conquest of anger.
Although Kalarupa is found in all the Dharma Schools, the Gelugpa tradition holds Yama Dharmaraja in special regard as he is one of the three main Dharma protectors of the Gelugpa- along with the Six-Arm Mahakala and Vaishravana.
Kalarupa is regarded as the protector of the Yamantaka tantras and helps to subdue the afflictions that arise during our practice of the Yamantaka tantras. Kalarupa’s practice helps us also to destroy ignorance and to develop wisdom to overcome our anger and suffering.
The Honorable Abbots, senior lamas and Kyerimpa students of the Gyuto Monastery and the Geshes from the three great Gelug monastic universities who study tantrain this monastery occasionally visit foreign countries to give teachings and empowerments or perform rituals at the request of devout people there.
As requested, they also visit Tibetan schools in and around Dharamshala and give Dharma discourses and religious advice to the students and teachers. The monastery has set up ritual service centers at many places which have a large Tibetan population to give ritual services to the people.
