A handwritten Tibetan text (pecha) on modern paper. In "headed" Tibetan dbu chen (Uchen) script. A ritual to overcome the negative effectsof malicious gossip. This is a ritual conducted inside the house if the afflicted person, with the construction of a dough sculptural ransom effigy (lud) མི་ཁ་...
A handwritten Tibetan text (pecha) on modern paper. In "headed" Tibetan dbu chen (Uchen) script and "headless" Tibetan dbu med (Ume) script. ས་བདག་གདོན་གྲོལ་བཞུགས་སོ། A ritual for the Lord of the Earth / Earth god (ས་བདག) Used when building the foundations for houses and disturbing the earth. To ...
A handwritten Tibetan text (pecha) on modern paper. In "headed" Tibetan dbu chen (Uchen) script. A tantric ritual involving the construction of a large three sided torma (ཟོར) as a weapon to be used against evil spirits. ཟོར་ལམ་བཞུགས་སོ། ཟོར a large malign torma, magic weapon ལམ the road or way o...
The household collection of Chherring Palden. A collection of ritual texts and artefacts. Arrangement: All the material was kept in a box in the prayer room (unseen).
A handwritten Tibetan text (pecha) on handmade paper. In "headless" Tibetan dbu med (Ume) script and "headed" Tibetan dbu chen (Uchen) script. No title page. This is perhaps a text for a ritual following death. After consultation with a tsipa / chowa, details are given for which direction the con...
The household collection of Lobsang Gatuk. A collection of medical texts and medical artefacts. Arrangement: All material kept in the household prayer room.
The household collection of Sonam Dorje. A single Tibetan divination text for use in a medical context. Custodial history: A single amchi (medical) divination text inherited from his great grandfather. Arrangement: An individual text kept in the prayer room of the family home.
The household collection of Sherab Dorje. A collection of ritual texts and ritual artefacts. Arrangement: Texts and ritual objects kept in boxes in the prayer room (not seen).