His Holiness Karmapa performs the Go Ma sacred Dance

His Holiness Karmapa performed the GoMa sacred Dance during Gutor events in Bodhgaya, India on February 20th. The Black Hat dance is an elaborate ritual that took many days to perform in Tibet. The purpose of the ritual is to eliminate the obstacles, which in the individual are the afflictive emotions and misconceptions that cause sufferings. At the beginning of the dance, the Black Hat Dancers make symbolic offerings of Gold Libation (tea) to the lineage Lamas, Tutelary deities (different forms of th