Tsok is an elaborate ceremony in Tibetan Buddhism that uses foods and beverages of different flavors as a support for meditation. It is an effective practice for confessing faults and breaches of commitments, as well as the creating the conditions for the liberation of obstacles.
Tsoks are hosted on relevant lunar days at several centers. Sangha members may make offerings to tsok as a way of dedicating merit and participating from afar.
“Tsok means gathering, and the traditional offerings include food, alcohol, flowers, incense, and sources of light such as butterlamps or candles. All of these are offered as wisdom substances, beyond any dualistic concept of the ordinary, beyond attachment and aversion. The experience of the ‘single taste’ of the offering is unsurpassed as a means of pacifying outer and inner obstacles that arise from the grasping tendencies of the ordinary mind.”
-Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche
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Tsok is an elaborate ceremony in Tibetan Buddhism that uses foods and beverages of different flavors as a support for meditation. It is an effective practice for confessing faults and breaches of commitments, as well as the creating the conditions for the liberation of obstacles.
Tsoks are hosted on relevant lunar days at several centers. Sangha members may make offerings to tsok as a way of dedicating merit and participating from afar.
“Tsok means gathering, and the traditional offerings include food, alcohol, flowers, incense, and sources of light such as butterlamps or candles. All of these are offered as wisdom substances, beyond any dualistic concept of the ordinary, beyond attachment and aversion. The experience of the ‘single taste’ of the offering is unsurpassed as a means of pacifying outer and inner obstacles that arise from the grasping tendencies of the ordinary mind.”
-Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche
