Shiwa Shireet Luwsanshiwa's Smoke Offering Ritual to the Khangai Mountains

Teleki, Krisztina (2025) Shiwa Shireet Luwsanshiwa's Smoke Offering Ritual to the Khangai Mountains. In: Aspects of mongolian buddhism 4: Animals, Plants, Nature and Bioethics in Mongolian Buddhism. L'Harmattan, Budapest, pp. 191-212. ISBN 9782336535425

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Abstract

the present article aims at introducing a ritual text written by the Khalkha Mongolian saint and reincarnation, shiwa shireet luwsanshiwa (tib. Blo bzang zhi ba, “nobleminded piece”, 1682‒1745) in honour of his birthplace and living area, the Khangai Mountains situated in central-western Mongolia.1 the national library of Mongolia preserves his two-volume collected works (sümbüm, tib. gsung ‘bum) written in tibetan and printed originally in Beijing. it contains mostly ritual and meditative texts. the community of shiwa shireet’s revived monastery reprinted his collected works in 2023 as facsimile.2 Shiwa Shireet wrote a purification offering text to venerate Mt. otgontenger, the highest peak of the Khangai Mountains (4008 m) as well as the text “Invocation and Offering Prayer to the Mighty Deity, Khangai Khan to Fulfil hopes” (tib. Lha chen Hang ka’i rgyal po’i gsol mchod ’dod pa’i re bskong zhes bya ba bzhugs so, ff. 12r−16v, National Library of Mongolia, S: NL10680-068), subject of the current study to venerate Khangai Khan, the spiritual lord of the mountain together with his retinue.

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