The Monthly Sang Smoke-Offering
On the early morning of the first day of every Tibetan lunar month, Dechen Choekhor will perform The Auspicious Purification and Wish-Fulfilling Smoke-Offering (Tib. བསང་དཔེ་་བཀྲ་ཤིས་རེ་སྐོང་། Sangpe Tashi Rekong) to foster harmony in the community, bring forth good luck, and to strengthen the favorable conditions and essential elements for Dharma practices. Sang Puja is a profound Vajrayana offering practice taught by Guru Rinpoche that helps to perfect the Two Accumulations of wisdom and merits.
Jetsun Choekyi Gonpo presides over an elaborate Sangchod Tashi Rekong in Nangchen.
The monthly Sang Puja performed early in the morning at Dechen Choekhor Mahavihara
Later in the evening, the monks will conduct the Dharmapala petition offerings - The Jagpa Melen and King Gesar Solka.
King Gesar (Gesar of Ling གླིང་གེ་སར་), also being known as The Great Lion, Wish-fulfilling Jewel, Subduer of foes (Sengchen Norbu Dradul སེང་ཆེན་ནོར་བུ་དགྲ་འདུལ་).
Dechen Choekhor thangka of Geynyen Jagpa Melen (དགེ་བསྙེན་ཇག་པ་མེ་ལེན་). Above his crown is the First Drukpa Choegon Rinpoche who subsequently bound him under oath to protect the Buddhadharma after Guru Rinpoche.