MTK Performs a Ritual to Appease Landlord Spirits

Dharamsala: On 6th November 2013 Men-Tsee-Khang performed a ritual at Triund, a part of Dhauladhar Range, to appease landlord spirits, as mentored by His Eminence Dzogchen Ganor Rinpoche.

Background

Some of the natural disasters occur as and when landlord spirits are disturbed by human’s natural exploitation, massive construction and afforestation. Rituals are performed to appease these landlord spirits, whether or not disturbed.

Number of Attendees

The ritual was attended by around a hundred of Men-Tsee-Khang staff and students, including Mr Tashi Tsering Phuri, the Director of Men-Tsee-Khang, and five staff monks.   

The Way to Triund 

The ritual attendees started their journey around 3:30 a.m. from Men-Tsee-Khang and walked persistently through a silent forest for about three and a half hours. Most of the attendees reached Triund, when the sun was vividly emerging from the peak of the Dhauladhar Range.     

Rituals

Around 9:30 a.m. the Ritual Organizing Committee (temporarily set up by MTK) displayed a set of ritual offerings including ritual ‘cakes’ made of flour and butter. Thereafter, all the participants recited prayers for appeasing agitated landlord spirits both enthusiastically and melodically for about three and a half hours, and concluded the ritual with lhagyal, making a collective wish to the guiding angles.