Fire Puja or offering called Riwo Sangcho (Buddhist Practices)

At that time, on one occasion the great Dharma King fell ill as a result of spiritual pollution. When this was reported to Guru Rinpoche, he replied that he had a method for dispelling the sickness. Clean wood was sought and then by purifying it through the element of fire, a smoke offering was made to the deities.

The king recovered; and then, for the benefit of future generations, the instructions on sang offering, together with its history and a description of its benefits, were inscribed on the walls at Glorious Samyé, the first Buddhist  Monastery in Tibet. This is renowned even today as the ‘Sang Offering Mural of Samyé’.

This practice is used by Tibetans to purify the practitioners, the practice, and the surrounding area.