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ISSN 2753-4812
ISSN 2753-4812

Vimalamitra Series

Indian Masters Vimalamitra

English (5) | 中文 (1) | བོད་ཡིག (5)

The unsurpassable sunlight of your knowledge and love

Opens up the lotus flower of the excellent teachings

And dispels the darkness of beings' ignorance—

Vimalamitra, to you I pay homage!

Texts by and about the eighth-century paṇḍita and Dzogchen master Vimalamitra (dri med bshes gnyen), who is said to have attained the rainbow body:

Calling the Guru from Afar

by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
This practice of calling the guru from afar invokes the guru in the form of the paṇḍita Vimalamitra.
Calling the Guru from Afar

Prayers

by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo
This six-line supplication is extracted from the main sādhana of Chetsün Nyingtik, one of Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo's most important revelations.
Prayers Chetsün Nyingtik
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
A short, four-line prayer to Vimalamitra, the great paṇḍita and Dzogchen master.
Prayers

Sādhanas

by Longchen Rabjam
Longchenpa outlines a simple guru sādhana practice focused on the great paṇḍita Vimalamitra through which one can ultimately obtain "the vajra-like form that is beyond birth and death".
Zabmo Yangtik Guru Sādhana Restricted
by Longchen Rabjam
From the Jewel Trilogy of the Lama Yangtik, this is the heart-practice of the guru featuring Vimalamitra, which, Longchenpa tells us, confers the blessings and attainments of realization the view and meditation.
Lama Yangtik Guru Sādhana Restricted
Vimalamitra

Vimalamitra

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