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ISSN 2753-4812
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Fourteenth Dalai Lama Series

Tibetan Masters Fourteenth Dalai Lama

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You make the path that combines emptiness and compassion grow clearer and clearer,

Lord of the teachings and beings in the Snowy Land of Tibet,

To you, the Lotus Holder Tenzin Gyatso,

We pray: may all your wishes be spontaneously fulfilled!

Texts by and about His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso (bstan 'dzin rgya mtsho, b. 1935):

Aspiration Prayers

His Holiness composed this prayer of aspiration for the flourishing of the teachings of the Jonang tradition in 2001 at the request of Khenpo Ngawang Dorje (b.1967).
Aspiration Prayers Jonang
In this prayer, which he wrote in 1960, shortly after arriving in exile, His Holiness the Dalai Lama invokes all the buddhas and bodhisattvas, especially Avalokiteśvara, and the power of truth itself, in order to bring an end to the turmoil in Tibet so that the Dharma and all aspects of Tibetan culture can flourish there once again.
Aspiration Prayers Nyingma Mönlam Tibet
Composed at the Vajra Seat, Bodhgayā, in January 2005, this is an aspiration for the welfare of the Buddhist teachings and sentient beings in general and for the flourishing of Dharma in Tibet in particular.
Aspiration Prayers Nyingma Mönlam Tibet
At the request of Trulshik Rinpoche (1924–2011) and others, His Holiness composed this prayer for the flourishing of the Buddhist teachings in 1999. It is a non-sectarian (ris med) aspiration extending to all the major and minor traditions of Tibetan Buddhism.
Aspiration Prayers Nonsectarianism
Shortly after Khenchen Jigme Phuntsok's passing in 2004, His Holiness the Dalai Lama wrote this prayer "so that the enlightened intentions of this great being may be fulfilled completely and to help dispel the anguish of his disciples."
Aspiration Prayers Songs and Poems

Dharma Protectors

This five-verse liturgy for entrusting Nechung with activity was composed at the very beginning of the Water Tiger year, corresponding to 5 February 1962.
Dharma Protectors
Verses calling upon the protector deities of Tibet to overcome forces of darkness, composed in 1973. The final verse records the words of Dorje Drakden communicated via the Nechung Oracle.
Dharma Protectors

Guru Rinpoche Prayers

This prayer to Guru Padmasambhava, calling upon him to remember his pledge to come to the aid of Tibet and its people, was composed in 1980 at the request of the cabinet of the Tibetan government-in-exile.
Guru Rinpoche Prayers Guru Padmasambhava

Letters

by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
Jamyang Khyentse must have written this letter to the Dalai Lama in 1954 or 1955 when meetings on the future of Tibet took place in Beijing. The tone of the letter is optimistic, as Khyentse Rinpoche expresses his gratitude to His Holiness for, as he saw it, securing the right to continue practising Dharma without interference or impediment.
Letters

Lineage Prayers

His Holiness himself identified seventeen of the most paṇḍitas associated with Nālandā Monastery (Nāgārjuna, Āryadeva, Buddhapālita, Bhāvaviveka, Candrakīrti, Śāntideva, Śāntarakṣita, Kamalaśīla, Asaṅga, Vasubandhu, Dignāga, Dharmakīrti, Ārya Vimuktisena, Haribhadra, Guṇaprabha, Śākyaprabha and Atiśa) and commissioned a thangka (scroll painting) depicting them. He then composed this prayer to accompany the image in 2001.
Lineage Prayers Scholasticism
His Holiness composed this lineage prayer for the Vajrakīlaya practice of Purba Gulkhukma, a revelation of Khenchen Jigme Phuntsok, on 23 July 1990.
Vajrakīlaya Lineage Prayers

Long-Life Prayers

His Holiness composed this ten-verse prayer for the longevity of Kyabje Trulshik Rinpoche (1924–2011) in 2001 at the request of the master's nephew Ngawang Chöpel Gyatso.
Long-Life Prayers
In this short, four-line prayer for Trulshik Rinpoche's longevity, His Holiness alludes to the Dzogchen teachings that he himself received from the master.
Long-Life Prayers
This eight-line prayer for the longevity of the Seventh Dzogchen Rinpoches interweaves syllables from the name of his predecessor, Pema Rigdzin who was the first Dzogchen Rinpoche, and from his own name, Tendzin Jikdral Lhunpo.
Long-Life Prayers
by Khenchen Jigme Phuntsok
Khenchen Jigme Phuntsok composed this prayer for the longevity of His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama on 17 July 1990, shortly after their first meeting.
Long-Life Prayers
by Dudjom Rinpoche
One of several prayers for the long life of His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama that Kyabje Dudjom Rinpoche composed.
Long-Life Prayers
The most commonly recited prayer for the longevity of His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, which was adapted from a verse composed by Polhané Sonam Tobgyé (1689–1747) for the Seventh Dalai Lama, Kalzang Gyatso (1708–1757).
Long-Life Prayers Nyingma Mönlam
by Trulshik Rinpoche
This five-line prayer is constructed around the syllables of His Holiness the Dalai Lama's full name: Jetsün Jampal Ngawang Lobzang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso.
Long-Life Prayers
by Sakya Trichen
A four-line prayer for the long life of His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso.
Long-Life Prayers
His Holiness wrote this prayer for the long life of Jetsünma Mumtso Rinpoche, who is the niece of Khenchen Jigme Phuntsok Rinpoche, in 2000 at the request of Khenchen Rinpoche and others.
Long-Life Prayers
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
Composed in December 1957 at the request of Tibetans resident in Gangtok, this is one of at least four prayers for His Holiness the Dalai Lama's longevity by Jamyang Khyentse.
Long-Life Prayers
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
It was while he was staying in Lhasa in the mid-1950s that Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö composed this prayer for the long life of His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
Long-Life Prayers
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö wrote this shorter long-life prayer for His Holiness the Dalai Lama, in three four-line verses, in the sacred place of Yamalung near Samye (most likely in 1956).
Long-Life Prayers Nyingma Mönlam
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
This prayer for longevity, which Jamyang Khyentse composed at the request of Sakya Dagchen Rinpoche (1929–2016) incorporates the syllables of the Dalai Lama's full name: Jetsün Ngawang Lobzang Tenzin Gyatso Sisum Wangyur Tsungmé Palzangpo.
Long-Life Prayers

Praise

by Trulshik Rinpoche
Written to coincide with Holiness the Dalai Lama's visit to Lerab Gar in France in 2000, this short text pays tribute to His Holiness's qualities and achievements in this and previous lifetimes.
Praise
by Trulshik Rinpoche
These verses of praise were written as a prologue to His Holiness the Dalai Lama's book The Vision of Enlightenment, published in 2006.
Praise Introductions

Prayers

This four-line text, which was requested by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, is both a panegyric on His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama and a prayer for the fulfilment of his aspirations.
Prayers
by Lodi Gyari Rinpoche
Lodi Gyari Rinpoche, who was the Dalai Lama's special envoy in Washington DC for many years, composed this short prayer to His Holiness in 2006.
Prayers

Swift Rebirth Prayers

A two-verse aspiration for the swift reincarnation of the Fourth Dodrupchen Rinpoche, Tupten Trinlé Palzangpo (1927–2022).
Swift Rebirth Prayers
His Holiness composed this prayer for the swift rebirth of his teacher Trulshik Rinpoche Ngawang Chökyi Lodrö (1924–2011) in an airport in Argentina in 2011, shortly after the master's parinirvāṇa.
Swift Rebirth Prayers
A two-verse aspiration for the swift reincarnation of Tsikey Chokling Rinpoche, Mingyur Dewey Dorje (1953–2020).
Swift Rebirth Prayers

Vajrakīlaya

by Khenchen Jigme Phuntsok
This fire offering for the 'Neck-Pouch Kīla’ (Purba Gulkhukma) Cycle arose spontaneously to Khenchen Jigme Phuntsok in 1990 and was written down by His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama.
Vajrakīlaya Fire Offering Restricted
Fourteenth Dalai Lama

His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama

Courtesy of Terton Sogyal Trust

Name variants:

Gyalwa Tenzin Gyatso
Jetsün Jampal Ngawang Lobzang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso

Previous incarnation(s):

Fifth Dalai Lama
Seventh Dalai Lama
Thirteenth Dalai Lama

Further information:

Official website dalailama.com
BDRC Author Profile (P1649)

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