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'''Burnt offerings''' (''gsur'').  
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'''[[Burnt offerings]]''' (''[[gsur]]'').  
Smoke produced by burning flour mixed with pure food and sacred substances. This smoke, offered during a meditation on Avalokiteshvara, the bodhisattva of compassion, can nourish the bardo consciousness as well as hungry ghosts.
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Smoke produced by burning flour mixed with [[pure]] [[food]] and [[sacred]] {{Wiki|substances}}. This smoke, [[offered]] during a [[meditation]] on [[Avalokiteshvara]], the [[bodhisattva of compassion]], can nourish the [[bardo]] [[consciousness]] as well as [[hungry ghosts]].
 
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Revision as of 16:14, 29 October 2013

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Burnt offerings (gsur). Smoke produced by burning flour mixed with pure food and sacred substances. This smoke, offered during a meditation on Avalokiteshvara, the bodhisattva of compassion, can nourish the bardo consciousness as well as hungry ghosts.

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