Creating Wisdom Form, Making Tormas with Lama Tharchin Rinpoche DVD

© 2019 Lama Tharchin Rinpoche Heritage Foundation

MP4 available for free streaming on Vimeo & YouTube (posted June 2019); also available as mp4 video download; Running Time: 2 hr 4 min

Lama Tharchin Rinpoche, a master ritual artist of the Nyingma Dudjom Tersar tradition, guides the practitioner through the meaning and role of tormas in Vajrayana Buddhism. He leads us step-by-step through the process of making tormas, from preparing the dough, constructing the torma, and understanding its proper placement on the shrine. Rinpoche creates the principal tormas of the Dudjom Tersar, including the Kartor, Gektor, Lha Gya Tor-Chik, Damchen Chitor, Cheddo, and Tenma.

Filmed April 12, 2012 at Drub Nyiy Dö Jö Gatsal Drubdra (three-year retreat), Corralitos, California.