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གཏོར་མ། | Glossary of Terms
གཏོར་མ།
gtor ma
bali
- Term
- Bali
- གཏོར་མ།
- gtor ma
- bali
An offering made to a deity or spirits; bali may be elaborate with food, incense, lamps, etc., but this term may also denote, in the MMK at least, a sacrificial cake similar to the Tibetan torma.
Warning: Readers are reminded that according to Vajrayāna Buddhist tradition there are restrictions and commitments concerning tantra. Practitioners who are not sure if they should read this translation are advised to consult the authorities of their lineage. The responsibility for reading this text or sharing it with others who may or may not fulfill the requirements lies in the hands of readers.
- Bali
- གཏོར་མ།
- gtor ma
- bali
Ritual oblation offered into the fire.
Warning: Readers are reminded that according to Vajrayāna Buddhist tradition there are restrictions and commitments concerning tantra. Practitioners who are not sure if they should read this translation are advised to consult the authorities of their lineage. The responsibility for reading this text or sharing it with others who may or may not fulfill the requirements lies in the hands of readers.
- Bali
- གཏོར་མ།
- gtor ma
- bali
An offering of food; unlike homa, bali is not offered into the fire but is placed on the altar and later eaten or distributed.
- Bali
- གཏོར་མ།
- gtor ma
- bali
An offering of edibles to nonhuman beings, usually including lower orders of spirits.
Warning: Readers are reminded that according to Vajrayāna Buddhist tradition there are restrictions and commitments concerning tantra. Practitioners who are not sure if they should read this translation are advised to consult the authorities of their lineage. The responsibility for reading this text or sharing it with others who may or may not fulfill the requirements lies in the hands of readers.
- Oblation
- གཏོར་མ།
- gtor ma
- bali
An offering of edibles to a deity or spirit.
Warning: Readers are reminded that according to Vajrayāna Buddhist tradition there are restrictions and commitments concerning tantra. Practitioners who are not sure if they should read this translation are advised to consult the authorities of their lineage. The responsibility for reading this text or sharing it with others who may or may not fulfill the requirements lies in the hands of readers.
- Oblation
- གཏོར་མ།
- gtor ma
- bali
A ritual offering of food and drink.
- Cast offering
- གཏོར་མ།
- gtor ma
- bali
An offering, originating in the vedic tradition, traditionally made out of uncooked food and performed at the home prior to cooking a meal by arranging portions of the ingredients and then casting them outside or into the sacred fire. Also translated here as “uncooked offering.”
- Uncooked offering
- གཏོར་མ།
- gtor ma
- bali
An offering, originating in the vedic tradition, traditionally made out of uncooked food and performed at the home prior to cooking a meal by arranging portions of the ingredients and then casting them outside or into the sacred fire. Also translated here as “cast offering.”