Riwo Sangchö
Riwo Sangchö (Tib. རི་བོ་བསང་མཆོད་, 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’. It is the most famous practice of sang offering in Tibetan Buddhism.
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- The Gentle Rain of Benefit and Joy—An Explanation of the Practice of Sang Offering by Gyalsé Shenpen Tayé
- Guide to Sang Practice by Dodrupchen Jikmé Tenpé Nyima
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's main teachings on Riwo Sangchö:
- Tuncurry, Australia, 10-11 March 2011
- Kirchheim, Germany, 1 January 2009
- Myall Lakes, Australia, 9-10 February 2008
- Lerab Ling, France, 24 April 2007
- Lerab Ling, France, 19 & 22 August 2006
Other teachers:
- Ian Maxwell: Kirchheim 1 Jan 2004 and Lerab Ling, 24 August 2003.
Edited Teachings of Sogyal Rinpoche
- Riwo Sangchö and Tendrel Nyesel—Making your Practice Meaningful (available in English, French and German, DVE 500)
- Dzogchenlinks July & September 2011, The Deep Significance of Riwo Sangchö Practice (Parts 1 & 2) [based on Sogyal Rinpoche's teachings in Tuncurry, Australia, 2012]
- 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