According to tradition, the Phyang gompa was built in the 16th century. It belongs to the Drikung Kagyud school under the Kagyudpa sect, one of the 4 sects under Tibetan Buddhism. The festival is held on the 2nd and 3rd day of the 6th month of the Tibetan calender(usually July). Its purpose is to perform Chams-religious Tantric dances, a method of Vajarayana realisation practice. It is said that for all spectators(and not just the human ones), the dances plant a seed for good fortune Karma and connect them to the teachings...they remove obstacles which prevent meditation, cause illnesses and obscure the mind's tru nature...
I watched without the desire for any of these gains...maybe that's the only way to attain them?
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