Venerable Thupten Ngodup, the medium of the Nechung Oracle, the Chief State Oracle of Tibet, describes the preparations that go into an invocation of the Dharma protector. He also talks about the special robes he has to wear, and the famously heavy hat of gold that he must wear atop his head.
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