Torma

[Dharmaswede]

Great thread, and absolutely wonderful pictures! Any suggestions on books on the topic?

Best Regards,

Jens

[gregkavarnos]

I think a lot of confusion also arises because dudsti refer sometimes to the men and sometimes to water sanctified by the amritakundali mantra.

[dzinamitra]

Hello,

I have found your topic on torma and wanted to share you some of my work done alone for the 29th day of tibetan month in my home (medium mahakala puja). I have do some other style of torma in the Kagyu and Nyingma (Dudjom Tersar, Namcho, Chokling) tradition too.

In this fact I am actively searching a book called "Mindroling Torma", I anybody have it and or know how can I purchase it, I'm really interessted... Thank you.

Ngakpa Choying Dorje

[conebeckham]

Good work, Dzinamitra! Do you do the Tsendring at your house regularly? That's pretty cool!

[Yudron]

Nice gotram! What's it for?

[conebeckham]

That gotram is on top of the Chagdrupa central torma, I think? Shangpa Mahakala.....

[dzinamitra]

Hello,

Yes I try to do Tsendring regularly, but doing all this alone it's sometime hard because I must prepare all the tormas alone and I must concil with my professionnal activity. And then doing the puja alone too, because people in our sangha don't read/speak tibetan and I think there is no phonetic version of tsendring. I do sometime too the long puja of Mahakala chadrupa for this reason you have seen his permanent torma. And some 29th day I do the 2... Tsendring and the long Chadrugpa the same day. Sometime other puja like Dorje Drolod or other special practices.

And yes this is the Shangpa tradition of the 6 armed Mahakala torma. My master have made his formation since very young in Sonada and he did his 3 years retreat there too, he is Karma/Shangpa Kagyu, but he is too a Nyingma master receiving many teachings from his father who was a master, Dudjom Rinpoche, Khenpo Nyoshul Rinpoche and some other important master. For this reason I'm in these 2 "courants" Karma Kagyu and Dudjom Tersar

You can see all the torma aranged in the altar on this picture. And thank you for your encouragement

Ngakpa Choying Dorje

[dzinamitra]

and I wanted to share you an intersting material for making tormas : petit beurre (see the picture).

In this biscuit you have : flour, butter, milk (the 3 white) and sugar. I crush them with a mixer making a flour and I put some water and/or the other 3 sweet and this a really pretty good materiel very easy to work for making tormas. 100% tastefull for the Tsoktor and in my country you can find these coockies in all supermarket very easilly. All my tormas you are seeing the last picture are made with this.

Best wishes.

Ngakpa Choying Dorje

[conebeckham]

Love the Crushed Biscuit method! Never heard of that, will try it sometime!

[dzinamitra]

Yes try and tell me before I was making myself my own tsampa, this was long and lost of time without making other practice. And one day I have had this idea I showed at my master who approved my method enjoyed.

Like all things I do like making tormas I show at my master. All of my tormas works are 100% autodidact fortunately and unfortunately because sometime I think I can do more if an expert chopon showed me, but when I make a Lhator from picture or tibetan manual I show later at my master who approve or correct me if necessary.

[conebeckham]

Hey, Dzinamitra, check your personal messages....thanks!