Alex Wilding

The longer this period of tukdam lasts, the more impressive it is. If the person was of high status, their body may well be kept. One technique is for it to be packed in salt and kept in a box for weeks or months to become desiccated, after which it may well then be gilded, dressed and kept in an appropriate place. It's a technique calling for quite a bit of skill and experience.

The salt that was used may then be distributed in little packets to the devotees, but I stress that this is for use in emergencies, and it's not for general culinary purposes. One of the top things to do in Kathmandu for people with a connection to the Nyingma tradition, and in particular to the Dujum branch of that tradition, is to visit Dujum Rinpoche's temple not far from the Bauda stupa.

The salt that was used may then be distributed in little packets to the devotees, but I stress that this is for use in emergencies, and it's not for general culinary purposes. One of the top things to do in Kathmandu for people with a connection to the Nyingma tradition, and in particular to the Dujum branch of that tradition, is to visit Dujum Rinpoche's temple not far from the Bauda stupa.

where a large golden stupa, or at least large for indoors, holds his body, with his face peeping out of a window in the main bulbous part of the stupa. And then we have the rainbow body, which is demonstrated by some practitioners of the Dzogchen teachings.

where a large golden stupa, or at least large for indoors, holds his body, with his face peeping out of a window in the main bulbous part of the stupa. And then we have the rainbow body, which is demonstrated by some practitioners of the Dzogchen teachings.

In this, the body shrinks away, evaporating into rainbow light, to a greater or lesser extent after death, becoming very small or even vanishing. Looking more closely at that would definitely go over the boundaries of this episode. Just don't be surprised when you hear about it. And now I think I've probably said enough.

In this, the body shrinks away, evaporating into rainbow light, to a greater or lesser extent after death, becoming very small or even vanishing. Looking more closely at that would definitely go over the boundaries of this episode. Just don't be surprised when you hear about it. And now I think I've probably said enough.

Please, again, if you haven't already, remember to like this episode of The Double Dorje, to subscribe, or to do whatever it is that suits your channel. And remember that death does come to us all, although most of us have a lot to do before that. Bye!

Please, again, if you haven't already, remember to like this episode of The Double Dorje, to subscribe, or to do whatever it is that suits your channel. And remember that death does come to us all, although most of us have a lot to do before that. Bye!

Hello, hello and hello to all of you. Welcome or welcome back to the Double Doge podcast. I'm Alex Welding and in this episode I hope to give you, beginners in particular, some idea of what sock is about and what to expect when you go to one. But before we get to that, the usual bit.

Hello, hello and hello to all of you. Welcome or welcome back to the Double Doge podcast. I'm Alex Welding and in this episode I hope to give you, beginners in particular, some idea of what sock is about and what to expect when you go to one. But before we get to that, the usual bit.

Please pause briefly, if you will, to like this episode, subscribe to the podcast, tell your friends, and all that stuff, whatever way is suitable for the channel that you're listening on. And the other part of the standard message is, at the time of first publishing, the podcast is hosted on Podbean.

Please pause briefly, if you will, to like this episode, subscribe to the podcast, tell your friends, and all that stuff, whatever way is suitable for the channel that you're listening on. And the other part of the standard message is, at the time of first publishing, the podcast is hosted on Podbean.

But since it's very likely that you're listening somewhere else, you may not be able to see the brief comments, or for that matter, the transcript. But if they don't appear in your channel... Or if you do want to see a bit more about the episode, you'll find all this on Podbean. Okay, tsok. The word is spelt in a variety of ways which you can see in the notes.

But since it's very likely that you're listening somewhere else, you may not be able to see the brief comments, or for that matter, the transcript. But if they don't appear in your channel... Or if you do want to see a bit more about the episode, you'll find all this on Podbean. Okay, tsok. The word is spelt in a variety of ways which you can see in the notes.

The full transliteration would be T-S-H-O-G-S. But you may already know that unless you've studied the rather complicated rules connecting Tibetan pronunciation to spelling, then it's probably better to stay with something simple like T-S-O-K.

The full transliteration would be T-S-H-O-G-S. But you may already know that unless you've studied the rather complicated rules connecting Tibetan pronunciation to spelling, then it's probably better to stay with something simple like T-S-O-K.

I'm imagining that you are somebody who's reading the notice board at the Buddhist center you are visiting for one of the first times, or even the first time, and you see a tzok mentioned on the timetable. You might also see the words Ganachakra or Ganapuja, or the hybrid English version based on a mix of Tibetan and Indian, giving us the term Tsokpuja.

I'm imagining that you are somebody who's reading the notice board at the Buddhist center you are visiting for one of the first times, or even the first time, and you see a tzok mentioned on the timetable. You might also see the words Ganachakra or Ganapuja, or the hybrid English version based on a mix of Tibetan and Indian, giving us the term Tsokpuja.

That's perhaps a bit of a linguistic mishmash, but it's no worse, I suppose, than a word like television. Sticking to Greek roots would have given us telescope, but that word was already taken, and I don't think there's anybody left who objects to the word television, so I'm sure we'll manage with sockbuja. The point is, in any case, that these are all just different terms for the same thing.