The household collection of Mingyur Tenzin. A collection of ritual and astrological texts and artefacts.Arrangement: All the material is kept within the owner's prayer room (not seen).
A ritual dagger and holder, a common tantric artefact used in many chowa rituals. Extent: one dagger. Size and dimensions of original material: 26 cm long. Arrangement: All the material is kept within the owner's prayer room (not seen).
The household collection of Gatuk Chherring. A collection of ritual texts and ritual artefacts. Arrangement: All the material is kept within the prayer room (not seen).
A handwritten Tibetan text (pecha) on handmade paper. In "headed" Tibetan dbu chen (Uchen) script, with additional "headless" Tibetan dbu med (Ume) script. This text is for an unidentified ritual, but clearly a wrathful tantric ritual involving the making and throwing of a torma at evil spirits t...
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...
Dorje phurba. A three side iron tantric dagger with attached cloth. Three heads of the protector deity Tamdrin (Hyagrypha) the wrathful manifestation of Avalokiteshvara. Extent: One dagger. Size and dimensions of original material: 23.5 cm long x 3 cm wide. Arrangement: All the material is kept ...
The household collection of Thukten Chhoezang. A collection of ritual texts and ritual artefacts. Arrangement: Loose texts kept in the prayer room in a cardboard box.