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Re: Fire Rituals

albill — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 20:52:51 -0000

Duh, I just realized that is probably the Mantra of Light, which is central to the Shingon tradition.

You can look at the wikipedia page on it:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mantra_of_Light

The audio file there is computer generated and messed up but there is this Youtube video as well:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puhzLkiCtDo

Re: Fire Rituals

albill — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 13:23:45 -0000

Since I didn't witness that one at Burning Man, I'm not sure. It was probably a standard Japanese mantra (sinofied Sanskrit). Was it just a single phrase over and over again?

Re: Fire Rituals

Ashley — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 06:40:56 -0000

There was indeed a Goma performed at Burning Man in 2005. I was blessed to have witnessed it. It was very beautiful, and very spiritual. Do you by chance know where I can get a copy of the prayer/chant that is said during the Goma ritual? Thanks for any help you can offer.

Re: Fire Rituals

albill — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 22:51:34 -0000

Yeah, you seem them at three month retreats for deities. I know that completely doing a retreat for a deity normally involves a fire puja at the end. You can find a few examples on Youtube (at least in part) but I'd already cluttered the post up with enough video. :-)

Re: Fire Rituals

tysgodhi — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 22:49:52 -0000

Hey Al,

Shambhala does a Fire Puja as part of it's Vajrayana program, but it's another of those things that you have to be far invested in the Program to attend, so I've never seen one. Wasn't there also one in _Monsoon Wedding_?