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Drikung Kyobpa Jikten Sumgön

Drikung Kyobpa Jikten Sumgön

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Name variants:
  • Jikten Gönpo Rinchen Pal
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Texts by and about Drikung Kyobpa Jikten Sumgön ('bri gung skyob pa 'jig rten gsum mgon, 1143–1217), founder of the Drikung Kagyü tradition:

Praise

This very short work in praise of Guru Padmasambhava—the Great Guru of Uḍḍiyāna—appears at the beginning of the first volume of the Drikung Yangre Gar (ʾbri gung yang re sgar) edition of Jikten Sumgön's collected works.

Popularly known as "With Skilful Means and Compassion..." (thabs mkhas thugs rje ma), this is the liturgical arrangement of the Dvādaśakārastotra, Nāgārjuna's praise of the twelve great acts performed by Buddha Śākyamuni.

Four verses in praise of Buddha Akṣobhya extolling his appearance and his power to remove faults and bring about awakening.

Prayers

Jigten Gönpo composed these seven verses of supplication following a visionary experience in which he saw seven different forms of Tārā. The prayer became known as the 'sevenfold refuge' (skyabs bdun ma), and is renowned for the extraordinary blessings it conveys.