Gatön Ngawang Lekpa Series

Holding the oceanic treasury of the profound and secret aural lineage

Of the lords of speech, Mañjughoṣas of the Sakya tradition,

You are without equal in creating a feast of excellent explanation,

Glorious guru, at your feet I pray!

Texts by and about the Sakya lama Gatön Ngawang Lekpa (sga ston ngag dbang legs pa, 1864–1941) of Tharlam Monastery, one of the foremost Lamdré (lam ’bras) teachers of recent times:

Advice

Advice Bestowed by Gatön Dorje Chang

Verses of advice that Gatön Ngawang Lekpa gave to his heart-disciple Dezhung Tulku Ajam (1885–1952) and which were published within the latter’s collected writings.

Advice

Aspiration Prayers

Ocean of Offering Clouds: A Light Offering Prayer

This short light offering prayer (mar me'i smon lam) by Gatön Ngawang Lekpa, which is commonly recited in the Sakya tradition, encourages the practitioner to visualize a lamp that is as vast as the universe and that shines with the light of a billion suns, as the basis for infinite 'offering-clouds'.

Light Offering Prayers

Prayer of Aspiration

As he was approaching death, Gatön Ngawang Lekpa composed this four-line prayer to Ga Rabjampa Kunga Yeshe (1397–1470) requesting his assistance in order to reach the pureland of Sukhāvatī.

Sukhāvatī Aspirations Prayers

The Heart of the Mahāyāna Path: A Bodhisattva’s Prayer of Aspiration

Taken from the author's miscellaneous writings, this inspiring prayer to complete the bodhisattva path was composed at the request of Lama Jamyang Gyaltsen (1870–1940).

Aspiration Prayers

Guru Yoga

Great Treasury of Blessings: A Guru Yoga of Gatön Lekpa Rinpoche, Dharma Lord and Vajradhara

by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö

Jamyang Khyentse says that he composed this guru yoga based on his teacher Gatön Ngawang Lekpa (1864–1941) following "a minor delusory apparition"—in other words, a vision. The practice features Ngawang Lekpa in the form of the bodhisattva Padmarāja in the pureland of Sukhāvatī.

Guru Yoga

Praise

In Praise of Dezhung Choktrul Rinpoche

This four-line verse in praise of Dezhung Tulku Ajam Rinpoche (1885–1952) incorporates the syllables of the master's name, Jamyang Kunga Tenpé Gyaltsen.

Praise

Praise of Kunga Yeshe, Great Being and Master of Extensive Scriptural Traditions

In these five verses, Ngawang Lekpa praises the body, speech, mind, qualities and activity of Ga Rabjampa, the great scholar and founder of Tharlam Monastery. The author incorporates the syllables of the master's name, Kunga Yeshe (meaning total joy and wisdom), into every verse.

Praise

Prayers

Bestower of Supreme Blessings: A Prayer to the Supreme All-Knowing Emanation

This nine-verse composition is both a supplication to Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö (1893–1959) and a prayer for his long life.

Prayers

Prayer to Gatön Ngawang Lekpa

A four-line prayer composed by the master himself at the request of the monks of Dezhung Monastery.

Prayers

Prayer to Lekpa Rinpoche

by Dezhung Tulku Ajam

Dezhung Tulku Ajam's three-verse supplication to his root teacher, Gatön Ngawang Lekpa (1864–1941), includes a prayer for the master's long life and the flourishing of his activity.

Prayers

Prayer to the Mañjughoṣa Guru, Sakya Paṇḍita

According to his biography, Gatön Ngawang Lekpa recited this prayer to Sakya Paṇḍita together with the famous four-line Shejama (shes bya ma) prayer that he accumulated 4,300,000 times while performing prostrations.

Prayers

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Aspiration Prayers

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Praise

Prayers

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