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'''The threefold torma''' ([[Wyl.]] ''gtor ma cha gsum'') is a type of practice whereby the yogis offer tormas to the  
'''The threefold torma''' (Tib. གཏོར་མ་ཆ་གསུམ་, ''torma cha sum'', [[Wyl.]] ''gtor ma cha gsum'') is a type of practice whereby yogis offer [[torma]]s to the:
 
* directional protectors (ཕྱོགས་སྐྱོང་, ''chok kyong'', ''phyogs skyong'')  
* directional protectors (''phyogs skyong'')  
* [[elemental spirits]] (འབྱུང་པོ་, ''jungpo'', ''<nowiki>'</nowiki>byung po'')
* Jungpo elemental spirits (''<nowiki>'</nowiki>jung po'')
* [[Obstacle makers|obstructing forces]] (བགེགས་, ''gek'', ''bgegs'')
* obstructing forces (''bgegs'')


[[Category:Prayers and Practices]]
[[Category:Prayers and Practices]]
[[Category:Shrine and Ritual]]

Latest revision as of 19:50, 7 April 2022

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་, chok kyong, phyogs skyong)
  • elemental spirits (འབྱུང་པོ་, jungpo, 'byung po)
  • obstructing forces (བགེགས་, gek, bgegs)