{"id":13363,"date":"2017-11-24T12:06:53","date_gmt":"2017-11-24T15:06:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cintamani.com.br\/loja\/?post_type=glossary&p=13363"},"modified":"2022-06-06T16:53:51","modified_gmt":"2022-06-06T19:53:51","slug":"serchien","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cintamani.com.br\/loja\/serchien\/","title":{"rendered":"Serchien"},"content":{"rendered":"

O\u00a0Serkyem<\/em>\u00a0 ou\u00a0Serchien, \u00e9 uma ta\u00e7a de oferenda para os protetores \u00e9 um item ritual importante para praticantes da Tradi\u00e7\u00e3o Vajrayana.\u00a0Enquanto estiver no caminho da ilumina\u00e7\u00e3o, um praticante definitivamente encontrar\u00e1 muitos obst\u00e1culos.\u00a0No Vajrayana, os protetores s\u00e3o considerados manifesta\u00e7\u00f5es das atividades dos Budas.\u00a0Eles est\u00e3o empenhados em ajudar os praticantes, protegendo-os dos obst\u00e1culos no caminho, melhorando sua motiva\u00e7\u00e3o e aprimorando sua pr\u00e1tica, de modo a garantir que sua pr\u00e1tica seja bem-sucedida.\u00a0Assim, invocar os protetores fazendo oferendas para eles \u00e9 semelhante a solicitar ajuda enquanto algu\u00e9m est\u00e1 viajando na estrada, para garantir que se atinja o destino pretendido.<\/p>\n

Serkem (Libation Offering)<\/h1>\n
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The word\u00a0serkem<\/em>\u00a0is an honorific term for offering libation.\u00a0Kem<\/em>\u00a0is an old term for alcohol or container of alcohol. So offering of alcohol from a wooden jug or from a container is called offering\u00a0kem<\/em>. When the\u00a0kem<\/em>\u00a0is poured into a bowl or a cup, made of or plated with gold (ser<\/em>), then the offering becomes\u00a0serkem<\/em>. Similarly, when one makes a special offering of alcohol to an important figure or divinity, it is also called\u00a0serkem<\/em>\u00a0or golden libation. It is an honorific term indicating that one is offering the best alcohol in the best container.<\/p>\n

What should one think of while offering serkem?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

When one offers\u00a0serkem<\/em>, one takes the container of alcohol and blesses it by means of meditation and chanting of the mantra \u2018O\u1e43 A\u1e25 Hu\u1e43<\/em>\u2019.\u00a0Om<\/em>\u00a0turns everything into a great expanse of emptiness,\u00a0Ah<\/em>\u00a0converts the materials, in full awareness of the state of emptiness, into fantastic offerings of nectar and\u00a0Hu\u1e43<\/em>\u00a0turns the nectar into all kinds of pleasant offerings and distributes them to deserving recipients. In this way, one makes the\u00a0serkem<\/em>\u00a0offering to all the Buddhas, Bodhisattvas and sentient beings.<\/p>\n

The Bhutanese use written liturgies for offering\u00a0serkem<\/em>. The two most common\u00a0serkem<\/em>\u00a0in Bhutan are\u00a0Degay serkem<\/em>, in which one offers\u00a0serkem<\/em>\u00a0to eight classes of spirits. The world of powerful non-human spirits is classified into eight categories and\u00a0serkem<\/em>\u00a0is offered to them. The most popular practice of\u00a0serkem<\/em>Bhutanese do in formal occasions is\u00a0marchang<\/em>. It is called\u00a0marchang<\/em>\u00a0because it is an alcohol offering with butter decorations. In the most common\u00a0marchang<\/em>\u00a0liturgy Bhutanese use, the offering is made to all gurus including both the immediate root guru and the gurus in the lineage, to all different divinities mentioned in tantric texts, to\u00a0\u1e0d\u0101kini<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0\u1e0d\u0101ka<\/em>\u00a0spiritual beings who help Buddhist practitioners and reside in\u00a0powerful holy site, to all the dharma protector deities led by Mah\u0101k\u0101la Yeshe Gyonpo and finally to sentient beings including the spirits who reside in the house and place.<\/p>\n

The alcohol represents the five nectars that help develop inner spiritual experience. The offering is made in the context of tantric Buddhism and helps overcome worldly<\/p>\n

Serkem (Libation Offering)<\/h1>\n
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The word\u00a0serkem<\/em>\u00a0is an honorific term for offering libation.\u00a0Kem<\/em>\u00a0is an old term for alcohol or container of alcohol. So offering of alcohol from a wooden jug or from a container is called offering\u00a0kem<\/em>. When the\u00a0kem<\/em>\u00a0is poured into a bowl or a cup, made of or plated with gold (ser<\/em>), then the offering becomes\u00a0serkem<\/em>. Similarly, when one makes a special offering of alcohol to an important figure or divinity, it is also called\u00a0serkem<\/em>\u00a0or golden libation. It is an honorific term indicating that one is offering the best alcohol in the best container.<\/p>\n

What should one think of while offering serkem?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

When one offers\u00a0serkem<\/em>, one takes the container of alcohol and blesses it by means of meditation and chanting of the mantra \u2018O\u1e43 A\u1e25 Hu\u1e43<\/em>\u2019.\u00a0Om<\/em>\u00a0turns everything into a great expanse of emptiness,\u00a0Ah<\/em>\u00a0converts the materials, in full awareness of the state of emptiness, into fantastic offerings of nectar and\u00a0Hu\u1e43<\/em>\u00a0turns the nectar into all kinds of pleasant offerings and distributes them to deserving recipients. In this way, one makes the\u00a0serkem<\/em>\u00a0offering to all the Buddhas, Bodhisattvas and sentient beings.<\/p>\n

The Bhutanese use written liturgies for offering\u00a0serkem<\/em>. The two most common\u00a0serkem<\/em>\u00a0in Bhutan are\u00a0Degay serkem<\/em>, in which one offers\u00a0serkem<\/em>\u00a0to eight classes of spirits. The world of powerful non-human spirits is classified into eight categories and\u00a0serkem<\/em>\u00a0is offered to them. The most popular practice of\u00a0serkem<\/em>Bhutanese do in formal occasions is\u00a0marchang<\/em>. It is called\u00a0marchang<\/em>\u00a0because it is an alcohol offering with butter decorations. In the most common\u00a0marchang<\/em>\u00a0liturgy Bhutanese use, the offering is made to all gurus including both the immediate root guru and the gurus in the lineage, to all different divinities mentioned in tantric texts, to\u00a0\u1e0d\u0101kini<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0\u1e0d\u0101ka<\/em>\u00a0spiritual beings who help Buddhist practitioners and reside in\u00a0powerful holy site, to all the dharma protector deities led by Mah\u0101k\u0101la Yeshe Gyonpo and finally to sentient beings including the spirits who reside in the house and place.<\/p>\n

The alcohol represents the five nectars that help develop inner spiritual experience. The offering is made in the context of tantric Buddhism and helps overcome worldly prejudices, discrimination, taboos and emotions among others. It is a ritual Bhutanese usually practise at inaugural events and before undertaking a new project.<\/p>\n

Karma Phuntsho is the Director of Shejun Agency for Bhutan\u2019s Cultural Documentation and Research, founder of the Loden Foundation and the author of The History of Bhutan. The piece was initially published in Bhutan\u2019s national newspaper Kuensel in a series called Why we do what we do.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n[products_slider title=”” per_page=”12″ featured=”no” latest=”no” best_sellers=”no” on_sale=”no” orderby=”menu_order” order=”desc” layout=”default” category=”altar, ” ]\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

O\u00a0Serkyem\u00a0 ou\u00a0Serchien, \u00e9 uma ta\u00e7a de oferenda para os protetores \u00e9 um item ritual importante para praticantes da Tradi\u00e7\u00e3o Vajrayana.\u00a0Enquanto estiver no caminho da ilumina\u00e7\u00e3o, um praticante definitivamente encontrar\u00e1 muitos obst\u00e1culos.\u00a0No Vajrayana, os protetores s\u00e3o considerados manifesta\u00e7\u00f5es das atividades dos Budas.\u00a0Eles est\u00e3o empenhados em ajudar os praticantes, protegendo-os dos obst\u00e1culos […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19560,"featured_media":13369,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[451],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cultura-budista"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cintamani.com.br\/loja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cintamani.com.br\/loja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cintamani.com.br\/loja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cintamani.com.br\/loja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/19560"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cintamani.com.br\/loja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13363"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.cintamani.com.br\/loja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13363\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":90138,"href":"https:\/\/www.cintamani.com.br\/loja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13363\/revisions\/90138"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cintamani.com.br\/loja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13369"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cintamani.com.br\/loja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cintamani.com.br\/loja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cintamani.com.br\/loja\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}