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Fifteenth Karmapa Series

Tibetan Masters Fifteenth Karmapa

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Glorious sun of the teachings, all-pervasive like space,

Your supreme intelligence shines out in brilliant splendour.

O, sovereign of the primordial, co-emergent wisdom of great bliss,

Khakhyab Rangjung Dorje, to you I pray!

Texts by the Fifteenth Karmapa, Khakhyab Dorje (mkha' khyab rdo rje, 1871–1922):

Advice

Six lines of essential advice from the Fifteenth Karmapa Khakhyab Dorje to his spiritual consort, the celebrated ḍākinī Urgyen Tsomo (1897–1961).
Advice Testament 21 Jan 2020

Aspiration Prayers

An invocation of Guru Padmasambhava and plea to eliminate obstacles and the various forms of adversity faced by beings in general and Tibetans in particular.
Aspiration Prayers Tibet 28 Mar 2019

Empowerment Rites

An arrangement for the empowerment of Tiklé Gyachen ('Sealed Quintessence'), the innermost secret guru practice of the Heart-Essence of the Vast Expanse.
Tiklé Gyachen Empowerment Rinchen Terdzö Restricted 23 Oct 2025
Extracts from the Tiklé Gyachen empowerment. Compiled here for the sake of convenience, these are the sections that recipients must recite aloud.
Tiklé Gyachen Empowerment Restricted 1 Sep 2025

Guru Yoga

A simple practice of guru yoga, including visualization and recitation ("Karmapa Khyenno!"), focusing upon the Karmapa.
Guru Yoga 12 Aug 2024
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
This guru yoga features the Fifteenth Karmapa, Khakhyab Dorje (1871–1922), as the main figure, around whom are three other masters: Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Thaye (1813–1899), Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo (1820–1892) and Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa (1829–1870).
Guru Yoga 5 Oct 2022

Inscriptions

A short prayer written on the back of an image of Sukhāvatī, the paradise of Amitābha.
Amitābha Inscriptions 30 Jan 2020

Offering

A brief rite of amṛta or 'medicinal nectar' offering (sman mchod) to accompany The Guru’s Heart Practice, Wish-Fulfilling Jewel (thugs sgrub yid bzhin nor bu) revelation of Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo and Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa.
Tukdrup Yizhin Norbu Amṛta Offering Rinchen Terdzö Chokling Tersar 3 Apr 2023

Prayers

A short prayer invoking Khandro Yeshe Tsogyal in order to dispel obstacles and fulfil wishes.
Prayers 17 Apr 2020
A simple two-verse prayer composed at the request of a disciple named Karma Chödrup Senggé.
Prayers 12 Aug 2024
A four-line supplication composed at the request of a disciple named Karma Damchö Paldzom.
Prayers 12 Aug 2024
This four-line supplication was composed at the request of Karma Tsewang Rabten.
Prayers 12 Aug 2024
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
A seven-verse supplication to the Fifteenth Karmapa, Khakhyab Dorje (1871–1922), composed at the behest of Akhar Choktrul Tupten Jampal Dorje.
Prayers 5 Oct 2022
A simple prayer for the elimination of obstacles and the fulfilment of positive aspirations.
Prayers 2 Dec 2019
A short prayer of invocation and aspiration addressed to Amitābha, the Buddha of Limitless Light, and Avalokiteśvara, the embodiment of compassion. The prayer concludes with the mantra oṃ amitābha hrīḥ.
Amitābha Sukhāvatī Aspirations 25 Jun 2017
A simple, four-line prayer to the Fifteenth Karmapa composed by the master himself at the request of one of his disciples.
Prayers 21 Jan 2020
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
A prayer to the Karmapas from the first incarnation, Düsum Khyenpa (1110–1193), through to the fifteenth, Khakhyab Dorje (1870/71–1921/22).
Kagyü Prayers 23 Mar 2020
Fifteenth Karmapa

Fifteenth Karmapa, Khakhyab Dorje

Courtesy of Himalayan Art Resources

Name variants:

Lhenkyé Dewé Dorje
Rangjung Khakhyab Takpé Dorje

Previous incarnation(s):

Karma Pakshi
Third Karmapa
Eighth Karmapa
Fourteenth Karmapa

Subsequent incarnation(s):

Sixteenth Karmapa

Further information:

BDRC Author Profile (P563)

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