Mountain Smoke Offering (Riwo Sangcho)

As a gesture of appreciation to the natural environment, we will conduct on the auspicious day of the full moon (this Sunday) a Mountain Smoke Offering (Riwo Sangchö) invocation of Guru Padmasambhava. This will be conducted by Jampel Dorje Rinpoche.

The Himalayan Incense Ceremony is a traditional Tibetan Buddhist practice that involves offering fragrant incense to purify negativity and cultivate auspicious conditions within oneself and the surrounding environment. During the ceremony, a carefully prepared mixture of woods, incense, and other natural substances is burned to produce aromatic incense. This incense is symbolically offered to enlightened beings, ancestral guardians of the Banks Peninsula area, including the local Taniwha, and to all beings facing difficulties or hardship. It is also dedicated to the flourishing of enlightened values such as compassion, wisdom, and peace. The combination of the making of symbolic offerings with the cultivation of positive aspirations for the environment leads to improved mental and spiritual harmony, with ongoing benefits to balance and harmonise the environment and all forms of life. The ceremony centres around a small fire. Various natural substances are placed on the embers to produce incense. Participants can either follow the text or simply observe the ceremony.

The meditative and contemplative ceremony will take place at the top of the hill section of 56 Park Terrace, Corsair Bay where Simon, Kim and their dog Kali live. They are so happy to host Jampel Dorje Rinpoche during his stay in Christchurch, Rinpoche is a student of his father Thinley Norbu Rinpoche and grandfather Dudjom Rinpoche.

It is 30 steps up to the house and 30 more steps up to the top of the section and unfortunately no wheelchair access, you will need to have good footwear.

Parking: Limited street parking is available (remember to put wing mirrors in as the street is narrow), but plenty of parking is available in Corsair Bay car park.

Details:

12 pm - Arriving, setting up and say hello
12.30 pm - Start Himalayan Incense Ceremony

What to bring:

Dress suitably for the weather of the day.

• Bring blanket and cushion or camping chair to sit on

• Download this text if you wish to follow along.

• a plate of food to share for lunch if you would like to stay

For this ceremony is important to practice cleanliness as preparation so please have a shower and wear clean fresh clothes in the morning.