Threefold torma offering

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The threefold torma (Tib. གཏོར་མ་ཆ་གསུམ་, torma cha sum, Wyl. gtor ma cha gsum) is a type of practice whereby yogis offer tormas to the:

  • directional protectors (ཕྱོགས་སྐྱོང་, chokkyong, phyogs skyong)
  • elemental spirits (འབྱུང་པོ་, jungpo, 'byung po)
  • obstructing forces (བགེགས་, gek, bgegs)