Dec 15, 2021
This past Monday, Guru Rinpoche Day, I was able to attend my first Ganachakra. It was an amazing experience. Have I mentioned how much I love the Vajra Kula?
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This past Monday, Guru Rinpoche Day, I was able to attend my first Ganachakra. It was an amazing experience. Have I mentioned how much I love the Vajra Kula?
The Tantric Feast of Ganachakra
ganachakra
ga na sbyor mchod - the offering of gana union [in ganachakra, tshogs kyi 'khor lo] [IW]
chag nyams skong ba'i tshogs 'khor - ganachakra for mending breaches [RY]
chogs kyi 'khor lo - ganachakra [IW]
rtsa ba'i ltung ba - root downfalls, fourteen, Skt. mulapatti. There are many sets of commitments within the Tantras, but the most well known ones are from the Anuttara tantras: The Fourteen root and eight branch commitments. The root commitments are: 1) Not to malign your Tantric teacher. 2) Not to disobey the instructions of the Buddha in general and your guru specifically. 3) Not to express anger at your Dharma brothers and sisters. 4) Not to give up love for beings. 5. Not to lose the bodhichitta. 6. Not to malign spiritual traditions other than the Tantras, in particular the Mahayana Sutras. 7. Not to give secret teachings to those who are not ready. 8. Not to afflict your own body with suffering. 9. Not to doubt the deep meaning of the Dharma. 10. Not to be loving to the malevolent who cannot be helped by love. 11. Not misinterpret with conceptualization that which transcends concepts. 12. Not to malign Dharma practitioners, and drive beings away from the Dharma an! d the Tantra in particular. 13. Not to follow purely Shravaka conduct, thus giving up the Tantric activities of the ganachakra, etc. 14. Not to malign women. The eight branch commitments are principally concerned with the practice of having a consort, and with teaching the Tantras [RY]
tshugs kyi 'khor lo - vajra feast, ganachakra [IW]
tshugs 'khor - vajra feast, ganachakra [IW]
tshugs 'khor - vajra feast [ganachakra] [RY]
tshogs - mass, accumulation, host, horde, collection, feast [R], ganachakra [IW]
tshogs - 1) dwangs snyigs 'byed pa! [sense 'tshag!]; 2) Phung po [heap, skandhas], lus po [body] [ru tshogs,//sde tshogs,//'das pa'i lo tshogs de gnyis bkod,//thob nor rim par brtsegs pa'i tshogs]; 2) feast gathering/ offering, ganachakra [rnal 'byor pa dag gis bza' btung gi rdzas rnams bde stong gi ngo bor byin gyis brlabs nas rgyal ba'i dkyil 'khor la mchod cing tshim pa drug ldan gyi ngang du rol ba'i rdzas]; 3) dge ba'i las; 4) [community/ sangha] collection/ gathering/ assembly/ meeting /accumulation/ group; 5) gather, assemble, collect, meet (6) multitude, hosts, crowds, mass (7) a collection of merit, totality, accumulation (8) swarm [of bees.] (9) equipment (10) prerequisites, conditions (12) meal, dinner [p 'tshogs] [IW]
tshogs - 1) dwangs snyigs 'byed pa!; 2) feast gathering/ offering, ganachakra; 3) accumulation/ collection [of good karma]/ merit]; 4) [community/ sangha] collection/ gathering/ assembly/ meeting /accumulation/ group; 5) gather, assemble, collect, meet; 6) multitude, hosts, crowds, mass; 7) totality; 8) swarm [of bees]; 9) equipment; 10) prerequisites, conditions; 12) meal, dinner [p 'tshogs] [IW]
tshogs kyi 'khor lo - feast/ banquet, ganachakra, tantric feast ", feast offering ganachakra [IW]
tshogs kyi 'khor lo - feast banquet, feast offering, Ganachakra, ganachakra feast, Wheel of gathering; {tshogs 'khor, gha na tsa kra}. ganachakra, feast / banquet gathering / minimum of forty people [RY]
tshogs kyi 'khor lo - feast offering, ganachakra; [detailed expl., Light of Wisdom, Vol. 2, page 129] [RY]
tshogs kyi 'khor lo - ganachakra, feast/ banquet [a'dod yon lnga dang, bye brag bza' bca' btung ba'i rdzas rnams zag med ye shes kyi bdud rtsir byin gyis brlabs te rtsa ba gsum gyi lha la mchod pa dang, rang lus gdan gsum tshang ba'i dkyil 'khor la mchod pa'i sgo nas tshogs khyad par can gsog pa'i cho ga zhig] [IW]
tshogs kyi 'khor lo - ganachakra/ feast gathering [RB]
tshogs kyi 'khor lo - ganachakra; [detailed expl., Light of Wisdom, Vol. 2, page 129] [RY]
tshogs kyi 'khor lo - Wheel of gathering; Skt. ganachakra. In the ancient times, a feast assembly which during which are made offerings the value of certain measures of gold. Nowadays equivalent to a 'feast offering' (tshogs kyi mchod pa). feast offering. A feast assembly performed by Vajrayana practitioners to accumulate merit and purify the sacred commitments (samayas) [RY]
tshogs kyi 'khor lo rgya chen po bskor - offered an elaborate ganachakra feast [RY]
tshogs kyi 'khor lo'i cho ga - ganachakra ritual, {tshogs kyi 'khor lo'i cho ga [IW]
tshogs kyi 'khor lo'i cho ga - {tshogs kyi 'khor lo'i cho ga} [of the {chos bcu bzhi}. fourteen treatises on the Guhyasamaja commentaries by {sangsrgyas ye shes}. ganachakra ritual] [IW]
tshogs kyi 'khor lo'i cho ga - one of the {chos bcu bzhi} fourteen treatises on the Guhyasamaja commentaries by {sangs rgyas ye shes}; ganachakra ritual [RY]
tshogs kyi 'khor lo'i cho ga - ganachakra ritual, {tshogs kyi 'khor lo'i cho ga [one of the {chos bcu bzhi}. fourteen treatises on the Guhyasamaja commentaries by {sangsrgyas ye shes} [IW]
tshogs kyi dga' ston bzang po byas pa - held a fine ganachakra feast [RY]
tshogs 'khor - ganachakra [RY]
tshogs 'khor - feast banquet, ganachakra, tantric feast ", feast offering [IW]
tshogs 'khor - Ganachakra feast [RY]
tshogs 'khor - ganachakra, accumulation of offerings of tantric sacrament d190, circle of devotees and/or gods and goddesses assembled for an offering sacrament, essential tantric sacramental rite of offering itself, shrine, sacrificial offerings arranged in a circle as an oblation, tantric rite in which the food, drinks and other objects of enjoyment of the senses are transformed into nectar through the power of mantra, mudra and concentration, feast [JV]
tshogs 'khor - ganachakra, feast gathering [RY]
tshogs 'khor - {gha na tsa kra}. ganachakra, feast/ banquet gathering/ minimum of 40 people [IW]
tshogs 'khor - {tshogs kyi 'khor lo} ganachakra/ feast gathering [RB]
tshogs 'khor - {gha na tsa kra}. ganachakra, feast/ banquet gathering/ minimum of forty people [IW]
tshogs 'khor bskor - a ganachakra feast was offered [RY]
tshogs 'khor bskor ba - "turning the wheel of gathering" performance of ganachakra/ circle of feast gathering [IW]
tshogs 'khor bskor ba - ganachakra feast [RY]
tshogs 'khor bskor ba - offered a ganachakra feast [RY]
tshogs 'khor bskor ba - "turning the wheel of gathering" performance of ganachakra / circle of feast gathering [RY]
tshogs 'khor bskor bar 'dug pa - are performing a ganachakra [RY]
tshogs 'khor gyi 'grel bshad - ganachakra commentary [IW]
tshogs 'khor byed pa - performing a ganachakra [RY]
tshogs gral - rows of participants in a ganachakra/ [monastic] assembly/ meeting [IW]
tshogs gral du chud cing - well received in the ganachakra gatherings [RY]
tshogs rgyud che chung - Major and Minor Gathering Tantra. A Mahayoga scripture explaining the ritual of a ganachakra. See also 'feast offering.' [RY]
tshogs brgya btang - offered a hundred ganachakras [RY]
tshogs brgya btang ba - offered a hundred ganachakras [RY]
tshogs chung - small gathering/ meeting/ group/ ganachakra, [sub-]committee [IW]
tshogs mchod - feast offering ganachakra, funeral/ anniversary puja [IW]
tshogs mchod - feast offering ganachakra, funeral/ anniversary puja [feast offering.. spyir bod kyi bla sprul che gras kyi sku rim du btsugs pa'i lo 'khor 'das mchod la zer zhing, bye brag tu spyi lo'i dus rabs bdun pa'i mjug la sde srid sangs rgyas rgya mtshos lha sa'i gtsug lag khang du btsugs pa'i t' la'i bla ma sku phreng lnga pa'i 'das mchod la phyis t' la'i bla ma sku phreng rim byon 'das rjes 'das mchod nyi ma re bsnan te lo ltar hor zla gnyis pa'i mar ngor tshogs rgyu'i srol rgyun chags pa de'o] [IW]
tshogs mchod - feast offeringl ganachakra, funeral/ anniversary puja [in general for high lammas/ tulkus kyi sku rim du btsugs pa'i lo 'khor 'das mchod [funeral/ anniversary puja] &, in particular in the late 7th century by sde srid sangs rgyas rgya mtsho in lha sa'i gtsug lag khang du btsugs pa'i 5th Dalai Lama's 'das mchod la phyis, after the t' la'i bla ma incarnations died 'das mchod nyi ma re bsnan te yearly in the waning part of the 2nd month tshogs rgyu'i tradition was established] [IW]
tshogs mchod phul ba - offered ganachakra feasts [RY]
tshogs mchod 'bul - performed ganachakra offerings [RY]
tshogs gtong ba - offered a ganachakra feast [RY]
tshogs dpon mdzad pa - presides over the ganachakra [RY]
tshogs spyod - congregating [solitary realizer], Group conduct, ganachakra activity [RY]
tshogs phul ba - offered a ganachakra feast [RY]
tshogs rdzas - feast substances/ offering, things to be offered at a ganachakra [IW]
tshogs bshad - 1) dharma talk to many people/ the assembly; 2) ganachakra commentary [IW]
rdzongs kyi tshogs mchod - farewell ganachakra [RY]