Note
(July 13, 2011)
1st month, Rituals based on the following texts: the ’Dzam gling spyi bsang, Rig ’dus tshogs ’khor and Yi dam phyi nang gsang gsum gyi skang ba on the 1st day; the Kun rig sgrol ma for four days, mDo gYung drung klong rgyas for two days, Zhi khro sgrub chen for ten days, Ma rgyud thugs rje nyi ma and Kun gsal byams ma’i sngags sgrub for four days, starting on the 8th day. 4th month, Rituals based on the sNang srid zhi chen gyi sbyin sreg and mChod gtor bdud rtsi chu rgyun on the 10th day. 5th month, Rituals based on the Bla ma rig ’dzin ’dus pa’i sgrub chen with ’cham for ten days, sPyi bsang yid bzhin nor bu and mChod gtor for two days, the dbyar gnas summer-fasting (the number of participants for this ritual is limited to twenty-five monks) for fifty days starting on the 3rd day. 6th month, Rituals of the Byams ma’i mdo chog, Srid rgyal drel dmar gyi tshogs ’khor, and the smyung gnas fasting practice from the 17th to the 22nd day. 10th month, Rituals based on the gYung drung yongs rdzogs and Khro bo ngo mtshar rgyas pa’i sgrub chen, mKha’ klong gsang ba’i mdos chen, Zhi khro rtsa gsum rgya mtsho’i gar ’cham with ’cham dance, for fifteen days, beginning on the 17th. These rituals lead to the performace of the dgu gtor rite. 11th month, Rituals based on the Bum sgrub chen mo sgrib sbyong dril sgrub for eight days, ’Od dpag med and Zhi khro rigs brgya for seven days, beginning on the 8th day, and the ritual cycle of sTag la performed by the seven officials of the monastery for five days starting on the 25th. 12th month, the practice of the rab gnas consecration starting on the 10th day for five days. Rituals of g-yang sgrub and the ritual cycle of gDugs dkar, Ge khod,and Phur pa performed by seven monks for seven days at an auspicious time in the year.