Tibetan "Magical Rituals" (las sna tsogs) from the Power of Tsongkhapa

Abstract

The text indroduces the world of magical rituals connected with Tsonghapa; the founder of the most powerful school of Tibetan Buddhism; for the first time. Two examples of such rituals are presented in translation.

Origins of the "magical rituals" using Tsongkhapa are traced back in the paper and the spread of such tradition among the highest clerics of Gelugpa school of Tibetan Buddhism is mapped.

Keywords

• Tibetan
• Magical
• Rituals
• las
• sna
• tsogs
• Power
• Tsongkhapa