Riwo Sangchö

Lhatsün Namkha Jikmé

Riwo Sangchö (Wyl. ri bo bsang mchod), or literally ‘Mountain Smoke Offering’, is a terma that was hidden by Guru Rinpoche and revealed in the seventeenth century by the great yogin and tertön Lhatsün Namkha Jikmé (1597-1653), who brought the Dharma to Sikkim, as part of the profound Dharma-cycle of Rigdzin Sokdrup, ‘Accomplishing the Life-Force of the Vidyadharas’.

From the many ways, elaborate or condensed, of doing this practice, Dudjom Rinpoche composed an abbreviated version for daily practice, this is what is followed by the Rigpa sangha.

Translation and Commentaries

• Root text: Mountain Smoke Offering, revealed by Lhatsün Namkha Jikmé from Accomplishing the Life Force of the Vidyadharas, see translation on Lotsawahouse
• The Gentle Rain of Benefit and Joy—An Explanation of the Practice of Sang Offering, by Gyalsé Shenpen Tayé, see translation on Lotsawahouse
• A Guide to Sang Practice by Dodrupchen Jikmé Tenpé Nyima, see translation on Lotsawahouse

Further Reading

• A Guide to Vajrayana Practice for the Rigpa Sangha, Section 3. Riwo Sangchö (based on teachings by Orgyen Tobgyal Rinpoche and commentaries by Gyalsé Shenpen Tayé and Dodrupchen Jikmé Tenpé Nyima), The Tertön Sogyal Trust, 2006

Oral Teachings Given to the Rigpa Sangha

• Sogyal Rinpoche, Tuncurry, 10-11 March 2011
• Sogyal Rinpoche, Kirchheim, 1 January 2009
• Sogyal Rinpoche, Lerab Ling, 19 & 22 August 2006
• Sogyal Rinpoche, Lerab Ling, 22 and 24 August 2005
• Sogyal Rinpoche, Lerab Ling, 21/26 September 1998

Edited Teachings of Sogyal Rinpoche

• Riwo Sangchö and Tendrel Nyesel—Making your Practice Meaningful (available in English, French and German, DVE 500)
• Dzogchenlink, Nov. 2007, The Practice of Riwo Sangchö part 2
• Dzogchenlink, Sept. 2007, The Practice of Riwo Sangchö part 1
• Dzogchenlink, Nov. 1998, The Practice of Riwo Sangchö

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