Pujas Before Felling Trees

Pujas Before Felling Trees

Date of Advice:
January 2016
Date Posted:
May 2018

A center was getting a woodland grant to help manage the grounds and restore native species. The students wrote to Rinpoche for advice about pujas or practices they should do for any nagas and spirits living in the area. They also asked about building retreat huts, which would require more tree felling in the future.

Do the naga torma offering and the landlord torma offering, asking for permission. However, according to the observation [Tib: mo] it seems there are still obstacles.

You will need to recite the Tengyur first, with half read by the Kopan nuns and half read by the monks.