Naga Vase or Lui Bum of Lu Norgay for self-healing and the healing of the environment from Bhutan

Nagas are known as Lui in Tibetan and Bhutanese, and are long living animal spirits associated with the reptile kingdom – snakes and dragons in particular. Nagas are guardians of specific water bodies and land areas, and contamination of their natural habitats in form of water pollution, deforestation, etc, can make Nagas sick, with the person responsible for making the Naga sick also getting sick. Sicknesses related to offending Nagas include: Skin diseases, leprosy, boils, cataracts, kidney problems, cancer, and psychiatric illnesses among other diseases.

Thus, appeasement of Nagas by offering Naga vases, which contains many healing substances, can make the Nagas get well and also pacify any injury we have caused them. Naga vases can strengthen the positive karmic connections with Nagas, potentially increasing wealth for us, as some Nagas are in charge of large amounts of wealth and treasure. Unhappy Nagas make bizarre weather patterns, causing droughts or floods- placement of these vases can help avert these natural calamities.

The Naga Vase, is made in honour of Lu Norgay Yab- Yum, 2 tsa tsa of a male and female Naga with an upper body of a human and an abdomen of a serpent, bound together with brocade and a mantra roll. The vase was consecrated and blessed during the entire period of Lhamoi Drupchen- an eleven-day annual rite performed to appease the protecting deity, Palden Lhamo (Mahakali). Organised by Zhung Dratshang, the ceremony was presided by His Holiness, the 70^th Je Khenpo, Trulku Jigme Choedra, of the Drukpa Kagyu lineage at Tashi Chodzong, Bhutan.

The holy contents in the Naga vase include: (Key ingredients include precious pills from the different Rinpoches, sacred soil, pebbles and water from various holy sites, and breast milk from the Royal Family of Bhutan)

1.     Lumen

2.     Karsum and Marsum (The three sweets and the three whites)

3.     Giwang (bezoar- used as a herb)

4.     Pebbles from Jagar Dorji Den

5.     Beads blessed and made auspicious by recitation of mani mantra from 70^th Je Khenpo, HH Tulku Jigme Choedra

6.     Sacred soil and pebbles from Samye , Tibet

7.     Relics formed spontaneously from the secretion(Sangchab) and received by 70^th Je Khenpo, HH Tulku Jigme Choedra

8.     Soil collected from Boi Druk Sanga Chieling as blessed by Yoenrey Dharma Singye

9.     Soil collected from the site of Boi Samye Hepori where Guru Rinpoche subdued demons with a hail of stones

10.  Pebbles, grains and soil collected from Sri Lanka

11.  Pebbles and soil from Janag Riwotse

12.  Pebbles and soil from four auspicious sites in India

13.  Sacred soil and pebbles from the 12 Dzongkhag of Bhutan and Drup Chu and Men Chu from fourteen Dzongkhag, as received from Lop Kuenzang Trinley

14.  Holy pebble from sacred place in Argentina

15.  Soil from auspicious site of Sanchap of Lopen Khothang Dupchu

16.  Pebbles from Darkar Tashiding

17.  Pebbles from Bayul Nepal

18.  Goen Tshephu Tshechu

19.  Water of Chum Ganga

20.  Chumig Jangchub Dutse Chu from Bayul Nepal

21.  Water from Lumo Guenkel

22.  Wtare from Nub Lachigang

23.  Yarlang Gaydum Dub Chu from Ladak Ugyen Dzong

24.  Tshepa Mey Tse Chu from Paro Chumo Phu Guru Rinpoche Tshe Chu from Paro Chumoi Phu

25.  Dorji Phagmoi Tshe Chu from Paro Chumoi Phu

26.  Dup Chu from Bumthang Kujay

27.  Dup Chu from Khothang Phagmoi

28.  Dup Chu from Dor-Bee Ngawang Chogyel

29.  Dup Chu from Wala Gedpo

30.  Lha Li Dupchu of Zhabdrung Rinpoche, Thimphu

31.  Dup Chu of Phajo Dugom from Phajo Ding Thujay Drag

32.  Dup Chu of Khando Sonam Peldon, Phajo Ding Thujay Drag

33.  Rinchen Natshok ki Rilbu offered by late HH 69^th Je Khenpo

34.  Powder of other Rinchen Naktsog

35.  Dup Chu from Paro Tamzi

36.  Various cereal rilbu

37.  Lhungzey Rilbu Dunag from Lop Kencho

38.  Duna with exception of Senmay Ungkarnag sum

39.  Men-Na with exception of Latsichungdertshawa

40.  Zena with exception of Sha, Chang and Gogtshong

41.  Varieties of fruit

42.  Milk from white cow

43.  Milk from white goat

44.  Rigzangmo sargi nu zho( Breast milk graciously granted by HRH Ashi Dechen Yangzom Wangchuk)

45.  Darna Goina

46.  Rilbu of Sangna Ja Tsa Gay

47.  Powder of Zangdu

Placing the Naga vase at monasteries, stupas, sacred places, towns, palaces or your own home will bring about boundless luck and fulfil wishes and aspirations. The goodwill of the nation is also increased, with the bringing of peace and prosperity through abundant blessings and luck.

Things to take note of:

·       Each vase has been consecrated by the Lama and has been sealed to lock in the positive energies. Thus, the vases should never be opened under any conditions.

·       Vases should ideally be placed in shrines above waist height as a form of respect.

·       Alternatively, vases could also be placed in a locked cabinet or safe, directly away from any door or window, to prevent any loss or escape of “healing energy”.

·       Vases must always be treated with the utmost respect as they are believed to be the mandala or the microcosm in which the deity dwells.

·       The area in which the vases are kept must be kept as clean as possible.

·       Hands must be as clean as possible before handling the vases.

·       The front side of the vase, where the picture of the deity or cintamani is, must face out of the cabinet or safe.

The copper Naga vase is approximately 14cm in height, and 13cm at the widest width, and weighs about 1kg.

DISCLAIMER: Given the long and arduous journeys the vases have taken from Bhutan to Singapore, it is inevitable that some of the vases would have knocked against one another, slightly misshaping the copper, creating a few dents around the body of the vases. As confirmed with the Lama, this in no way affects the potency of the vases as the energy sealed within each vase is unaffected by the appearance of the exterior.