This month, derived from the wish and recommendation of Phakchok Rinpoche, we are joyfully announcing a series of 100,000 ganachakra feast offerings (or: tsok bum) that will be completed at the sacred site of the Asura cave, where Guru Rinpoche attained the siddhi of Mahamudra. Tsok is a profound Vajrayana practice of offering that swiftly gathers the accumulations of merit and wisdom and simultaneously purifies our obscurations. Bum means that the offering will be accumulated 100,000 times, which will be accomplished by our sangha at Asura Cave in Pharping, Nepal, and around the world. We are inviting you to join in! The program will be unfolding throughout the rest of this Tibetan year. This series of seven tsok bum will be an incredible opportunity for us all to join together from across the globe and do our part to help dispel the obstacles of disease, conflict and so forth that our world is currently facing. You can find more details about this very special program in the “Very Important Announcement” section below.

We are also very happy to introduce the new translation of the Sang offering online course into Ukrainian. A link to the course, both in English and Ukrainian, is attached for all who are interested. Rinpoche has said that this is a particularly beneficial practice to do during these current times.

Moreover, in this issue, we are featuring a special item from the Akara Collection: the Kurukulle Pendant in solid gold. Kurukulle is a female deity renowned for radiating the blessings to magnetize positive circumstances, both mundane and spiritual. 

Last but not least, at the beginning of July, Samye Institute sponsored the Sādhana of Bhagavatī Parṇaśavari with mantra recitation via Monlam.org. We made the following dedication on behalf of our supporting members: “May the patrons of Samye Institute and the whole world be free of Covid-19. May they all be happy, healthy, and safe!” Bhagavatī Parṇaśavari is associated with healing and the curing of contagious disease.