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 and "headless" Tibetan dbu med (Ume) script. བླ་འགུགས་ A ritual to summon the bla (life force/ vital energy) back into the body when illness or other problems have caused it become separated. The rit...
A handwritten Tibetan text (pecha) on handmade paper. In "headed" Tibetan dbu chen (Uchen) script. No title page. A unidentified text Perhaps a text for an exorcism ritual for someone affected by evil forces. Ritual suggested after consultation with a lama / tsipa / chowa. Potential title suggest...
A handwritten Tibetan text (pecha) on handmade paper. In "headed" Tibetan dbu chen (Uchen) script. An offering ritual for the four directions: one hundred offerings each of lamps, food, tsa tsa, or དྲི་གླུད། dri lud (small Lud, sculptural effigy of a man and a woman made from dough pressed into a...
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...
