Fourth Dodrupchen Rinpoche Series

• Aspiration Prayer | Aspiration Prayers

This four-verse prayer of aspiration was composed in London in 1991 at the request of Alak Zenkar Rinpoche.

• Aspiration for All Lives to Come | Aspiration Prayers

A four-line prayer of aspiration to accomplish the Dharma for one’s own and others’ benefit.

• Guru Yoga | Guru Yoga

A simple practice of guru yoga, in which one's root guru is visualized in the form of Padmasambhava, the Lake-Born Vajra (Tsokyé Dorje).

• Prayer for the Long Life Dodrupchen Rinpoche by Dudjom Rinpoche | Long-Life Prayers

A four-line prayer for the long life of the Fourth Dodrupchen, Jikmé Tubten Trinlé Palbar.

• Consecrating the Vase for the Practice of the Great Compassionate One, Natural Liberation of Suffering (Dukngal Rangdrol) | Dukngal Rangdrol

This vase consecration, which is necessary when performing the guidance practice (nedren) according to the Dukngal Rangdrol cycle, appears in a recent compilation of Dukngal Rangdrol material published by Dodrupchen Monastery, Sikkim.

• Prayer to the Guru | Prayers

A four-line prayer to the ultimate guru, one's own non-conceptual awareness.

• A Prayer for the Swift Return of the Fourth Kyabje Dodrupchen Rinpoche by Shechen Rabjam Rinpoche | Swift Rebirth Prayers

A two-verse prayer for the swift reincarnation of the Fourth Dodrupchen Rinpoche (1927–2022), which Rabjam Rinpoche wrote by adapting the words of a prayer previously composed by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche.

• Prayer for Swift Rebirth of the Fourth Dodrupchen Rinpoche by Alak Zenkar Rinpoche | Swift Rebirth Prayers

Alak Zenkar Rinpoche composed these poetic verses calling for the swift rebirth of his guru, the Fourth Dodrupchen Rinpoche, Tupten Trinlé Palzang (1927–2022), in Hong Kong on 28 January 2022.

• Prayer for Swift Rebirth of the Fourth Dodrupchen Rinpoche, Tupten Trinlé Palzangpo by Fifth Dodrupchen Rinpoche | Swift Rebirth Prayers

A five-verse supplication for the swift rebirth of the Fourth Dodrupchen Rinpoche, Tupten Trinlé Palzangpo (1927–2022), composed on 29 January 2022.

• Prayer for the Swift Rebirth of Dodrupchen Rinpoche by Fourteenth Dalai Lama | Swift Rebirth Prayers

A two-verse aspiration for the swift reincarnation of the Fourth Dodrupchen Rinpoche, Tupten Trinlé Palzangpo (1927–2022).

• Prayer for the Swift Rebirth of Yangthang Rinpoche | Swift Rebirth Prayers

A four-verse prayer for the swift rebirth of Domang Yangthang Rinpoche (1929–2016) composed shortly after the master's passing in 2016.

• Prayer for the Swift Rebirth of the Fourth Dodrupchen Rinpoche | Swift Rebirth Prayers

Nuptul Tenpei Nyima put together these two verses—the first by Dodrupchen Rinpoche himself and the second adapted from a long-life prayer by Dudjom Rinpoche (1904–1987)—to create a prayer for his root guru's swift return.

• Transference: Enlightenment Without Meditation (Compilation) compiled by the Fourth Dodrupchen Rinpoche | Transference

This arrangement integrates the Longchen Nyingtik's practice of transference, or phowa, with elements from the same tradition's preliminary practices. The text was first compiled for the sake of new retreatants at Serdrang Monastery in Nepal.

• The Lotus Garland: A Short Feast-Offering for the Female Practice of the Heart-Essence of the Vast Expanse | Yumka Dechen Gyalmo

A concise gaṇacakra, or feast-offering, liturgy for the practice of Yumka Dechen Gyalmo, the Queen of Great Bliss, from the Longchen Nyingtik, composed at the suggestion of Khenpo Dazer (1922–1990).