Mandala Offering Guide (E/F/G)
TAKE THE CONFUSION OUT OF PREPARING FOR YOUR MANDALA OFFERING ACCUMULATION
Many people who have completed their mandala offering accumulation will tell you what a joyful and magical practice it is. But for someone who's just about to start the practice, it can all look a little bit daunting. You might think:
What do I need to get started? How do I dye rice with saffron? How do I do a thirty-seven point offering properly anyway? Which prayers do I need? And how do I know whether I've got all the information I need?
Zam has three new items that answer all these and many other commonly-asked questions about mandala offering. They take the confusion out of the practice and help get you started, confident in the knowledge that you are doing the practice properly:
A BOOKLET...
Offering the Mandala: A Guide to the Practice of Mandala Offering
This gives you all the practical information you need to start accumulating the mandala offering. It collects advice given by Kyabjé Dudjom Rinpoche, Sogyal Rinpoche,
in Kunzang Lama'i Shelung and Zindri, and other authoritative sources. Among many other things, it contains all the necessary and optional prayers you need to complete your mandala offering successfully, and tells you all the things you need to get started, how to create your offering and what to put on your shrine.
MP3 ...
Offering the Mandala: Practice Chants
These MP3 have all the basic prayers needed for mandala offering practice, chanted by Sogyal Rinpoche and the main chant leader from Orgyen Tobgyal Rinpoche's monastery in Bir. The file features slow, medium and fast speed tracks of theTrikaya Mandala Offering prayers and the Mandala Offering from Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo's Brief Longchen Nyingtik Ngondro.
AND A VIDEO TEACHING.
Offering the Mandala: Practical Demonstration
This video records a demonstration made by Ane Chözom Lhamo, one of the nuns resident at Lerab Ling. She shows you how to make thirty-seven and seven point mandala offerings, how to set up, open and close your shrine, and all the preparations necessary to start begin your accumulation.