Sixfold satisfaction
Sixfold satisfaction (Tib. ཚིམ་པ་དྲུག་ལྡན་ལྡན་, tsimpa drukden den, Wyl. tshim pa drug ldan) or sixfold contentment — the intended result of a Tsok offering. According to Sakya Pandita, this system of the six-fold satisfaction originates from the explanatory tradition of the Samputatantra. Accordingly, the participants are required to actualize and fulfil all six points in order for a Tsok offering to become genuine and authentic. The six points vary slightly from commentary to commentary. According to Adzom Gyalse Gyurme Dorje they are:
- to satisfy the deities of the field of accumulation with outer, inner and secret offerings,
- to satisfy the yogins and yoginis with foods and drinks,
- to satisfy the wisdom mandala with the essence of amrita,
- to satisfy the deities of the body mandala with the wisdom of bliss and emptiness,
- to satisfy the outer and inner dakinis with the offering of songs, and
- to satisfy the haughty spirits with the torma.
Through the practitioners’ correct application of mantra, mudra and samadhi, within the Nyingma tradition these points are then fulfilled through:
- the offering of the first, second and third portions,
- the distribution and consumption of the offerings,
- the offering of amrita and rakta,
- the visualisation and yogic practices accompanying the consumption of the feast,
- the offering of song and dance, and
- giving the remainder offering.
