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. No title page. A very common cleansing and purification ritual, an incense ritual. The ritual is performed within the house if a new baby is born, or someone has died. Juniper, modern incense and ts...
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 handmade paper. In "headed" Tibetan dbu chen (Uchen) script and "headless" Tibetan dbu med (Ume) script. Wooden cover. A cha drol བྱད་གྲོལ ritual. A purification and liberation ritual performed for people who have suffered because of a curse, the harmful infl...
A handwritten Tibetan text (pecha) on handmade paper. In "headed" Tibetan dbu chen (Uchen) script and "headless" Tibetan dbu med (Ume) script. A cha drol བྱད་གྲོལ ritual. A purification and liberation ritual performed for people who have suffered because of a curse, the harmful influence of sorce...
A handwritten Tibetan text (pecha) on handmade paper. In "headed" Tibetan dbu chen (Uchen) script. No title page, title found within text. An unidentified text. Perhaps a ritual to remove “year obstacles” that affect people when they turn 13, 25 etc. There are different years for males and female...
A handwritten Tibetan text (pecha) on handmade paper. In "headed" Tibetan dbu chen (Uchen) script and "headless" Tibetan dbu med (Ume) script. Title text is hard to read but this is a text for a ritual following death. After consultation, the tsipa / chowa gives details for which direction the co...
A handwritten Tibetan text (pecha) on modern paper. In "headed" Tibetan dbu chen (Uchen) script. A mika text. A ritual to overcome the effects of malicious gossip ( Tib. མི་ཁ Wylie. mi kha) This is the text for a ritual performance which takes place outdoors. The chowa gives advice to the mikawa,...
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་...
