Gampopa Series

Tibetan Masters Gampopa Sonam Rinchen

Texts by and about Gampopa Sonam Rinchen (sgam po pa bsod nams rin chen, 1079–1153), the famous master credited with founding the Kagyü school of Tibetan Buddhism:

Guru Yoga

A Combined Guru Yoga for Marpa, Mila, and Gampopa

by Situ Pema Nyinjé Wangpo

A simple practice of guru yoga focussing on three central figures of the Kagyü tradition: Marpa Lotsāwa, Milarepa and Gampopa.

Guru Yoga Kagyü 25 Oct 2021

A Drop of Jewels: A Guru Yoga for Lord Gampopa

by Jokyab Pema Trinlé Nyingpo

This simple guru yoga for Gampopa Sonam Rinchen (1079–1153) is part of a series of three guru yoga practices focussing on foundational figures of the Kagyü school: Marpa, Milarepa and Gampopa.

Guru Yoga 1 Nov 2021

Vajra Net: The Ancillary Preliminary and Concluding Practices for the Three Drops, the Guru Yogas for Venerable Marpa, Mila, and Gampopa

by Jokyab Pema Trinlé Nyingpo

Additional liturgies to accompany the same author's three guru yoga practices dedicated to Marpa Lotsāwa, Milarepa and Gampopa—A Drop of Sunshine, A Drop of Moonlight, and A Drop of Jewels.

Guru Yoga Kagyü 1 Nov 2021

Lamrim

A Precious Garland for the Supreme Path of the Three Types of Individual: The Root of Dakpo's Four Dharmas

This brief text in twelve stanzas summarizes the paths of the three levels of spiritual capacity—lesser, intermediate and great—from the Lamrim teachings and conveys the so-called Four Dharmas: 1) turning the mind to the Dharma, 2) Dharma progressing along the path, 3) the path clarifying confusion, and 4) confusion dawning as wisdom.

Lamrim 26 Jul 2018

Prayers

The Melody of Complete Accomplishment: A Prayer to Those Praised as Ornaments of the Practice Lineage

by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo

Jamyang Khyentse says that he wrote this four-verse prayer to the founders of the practice lineage, i.e., Marpa Lotsāwa, Milarepa and Gampopa, in the first month of the Wood Ox year (1865) following a dream.

Prayers Kagyü 1 Nov 2021

Quotations

Unless you practise Dharma according to the Dharma

These lines of caution, extracted from Precious Garland for the Supreme Path, have been cited by Patrul Rinpoche and other authors.

Quotations 8 Oct 2025

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