Chechu Chenmo Chaam/ mask Dance. Denzong Mindrolling Monastery.Upper Tumlong. North Sikkim.

Chechu Chenmo Chaam/ mask Dance. Denzong Mindrolling Monastery.Upper Tumlong. North Sikkim.
the performance of this ritual dance was introduced by the founder of monastery, Tardak Lingpa,
In the 17th century. The Tsechu Chaam has been performed at mindrolling monastery each and every year since with the exception of only a few years during the Chinese occupation of Tibet.
however with the sincere and dedicated very hard work of many people here at mindrolling have been able to continue the tradition of mineral monastery in India and Sikkim.
The history of the chachu ritual dance.
the great Indian tantrik master Guru padmasambhava whose teaching form the basis of Nyingma school of of Tibetan Buddhism was born spontaneously from a Lotus blossom in the middle of Lake dana kosha in the ancient country of Udayan (modern scholar believe this to have been in the swat valley in modern Pakistan)
According to Buddhism tradition he is considered not to have been an ordinary confused being rather he is by Nature perfectly enlightened as the liberated ground of model purity.
According to tradition Guru Padmasambhava himself said that though he had left this world He would appear again on each 10 day of is lunar month is observed as Tsechu, a very auspicious day. .
The Tsechu Chaam is a detailed Sadhana practice which in short the spell obstruction spirits invites the deities of the mandala invokes the blessing of the wisdom being, invites Guru padmasambhava and his manifestation and makes vast and powerful aspiration for the benefit of being.
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