The annual Rigchung Ceremony, the smaller (junior) debate ceremony, held each year on the 25th day from the 6th Tibetan calendar month, commenced from 21st August 2022. This is a ceremonial debate for class stage - Surkol Sarpa (Paramita III), on completion of their two year study on Shung (basis of Prajna Paramita / Perfection of Wisdom). Where 16 pupils are nominated on merit, for performing the debate before the sangha assembly during for four day ceremony.
The topics of debate are –
1) རིགས།……………Buddha Nature.
3) ཆོས་འཁོར།........... Turning the wheel of Dharma.
3) སྦྱོར་ལམ།…………་Preparatory Path.
4) ཡང་དག་མཐའ།….. Ultimate Reality.
5) བྱམས་གཞུང་།…… .Maitreya Text.
6) སྐྱབས་གསུམ།……… Three Refuge.
7) བཀའ་བསྟན་བཅོས།….Buddha’s Canon and its commentaries.
8)སེམས་བསྐྱེད།……… Generation of mind of enlightenment.