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    Guru Rinpoche Day

    Tibetan · 10th day of the lunar month — Tsok day

    Tradition
    Buddhist
    Next observed
    January 17, 1970

    What It Is

    The tenth day honours Padmasambhava, the Lotus-Born, who carried tantra across the Himalaya in the eighth century and bound the old spirits of the land into service of the Dharma. Each tenth day is said to mark a deed of his life. Tsok — the feast offering — is traditionally gathered on this day, food and drink blessed and shared so that no one present eats apart from the assembly.

    How to Observe It

    Recite the Vajra Guru mantra — OM AH HUM VAJRA GURU PEMA SIDDHI HUM — as many times as you can hold. Set aside a portion of your food as an offering before eating, then share a meal with someone. What is given away on this day is not lost.

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