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Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo Series

Tibetan Masters Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo

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Through the purity of past aspirations, you awakened your enlightened nature,

Cared for by your gurus and personal deities,

Your actions are like medicine for the entire teaching of Buddha,

Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo, to you I pray!

Texts by and about the great Rimé (“nonsectarian”) master Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo ('jam dbyangs mkhyen brtse'i dbang po, 1820–1892), one of the most influential figures of recent times:

Advice

Khyentse Wangpo composed this commentary to The Essence of Nectar: Graduated Stages of the Path (lam rim bdud rtsi'i snying po) at the request of Chöying Palden, who had also requested the original root verses. The text covers every stage of the paths according to the vehicles of the transcendent perfections (pāramitā) and secret mantra.
Advice Lamrim Khyentse Kabab
These verses of advice for renunciant meditators (spong ba bsam gtan pa) cover the entire Buddhist path, from instructions on following a spiritual friend through to the most advanced generation and perfection phase practices.
Advice Lamrim Khyentse Kabab

Aspiration Prayers

This famous four-line aspiration for the propagation of the nonsectarian lineage of Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo was composed by the master himself.
Aspiration Prayers Nonsectarianism Khyentse Kabab
This poetic prayer relates the Lotus Light (padma 'od) pure realm of Guru Padmasambhava to the four visions of Dzogchen practice and contains the aspiration that we may all be reborn there, to advance through the four stages of a vidyādhara and swiftly reach the level of the Lake-born Guru himself.
Zangdok Palri Aspirations Guru Rinpoche Prayers Guru Padmasambhava Khyentse Kabab Rinchen Terdzö

Auspiciousness

A single four-line verse for the auspiciousness of the attainment of immortality by means of the three long-life deities Amitāyus, Uṣṇīṣayavijayā and White Tārā, 'Wish-Fulfilling Wheel'.
Auspiciousness Three Deities of Long Life Khyentse Kabab

Biography

by Alak Zenkar Rinpoche
Alak Zenkar summarizes the remarkable life and liberation of Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo (1820–1892), showing how he mastered the so-called 'eight great chariots of the practice lineage' (sgrub brgyud shing rta chen po brgyad) and received the seven special transmissions or 'descents' (bka' babs bdun). Zenkar Rinpoche also briefly summarizes Khyentse Wangpo's collected writings, which are divided into nine main categories.
Biography
This commentary to Jamgön Kongtrul’s biographical prayer to Chokgyur Lingpa, The Melody of the Auspicious Spiralled Conch, discusses the great tertön's life and legacy, celebrating, in particular, his terma revelations and accomplishments.
Biography Chokling Tersar Rinchen Terdzö
by Orgyen Tobgyal Rinpoche
Translated from audio recordings of talks given in Lerab Ling, France on August 18 & 23, 1996.
Biography

Buddhist Philosophy

A brief text summarizing the five great logical arguments of the Madhyamaka, or Middle Way: 1) the investigation of the cause: the Diamond Splinters; 2) the investigation of the result: refuting existent or non-existent effects; 3) the investigation of both: refuting the four permutations of arising; 4) the investigation of essential identity: ‘neither one nor many’; and 5) the logical argument of Great Interdependence.
Middle Way Notes Emptiness

Calling the Guru from Afar

by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche wrote this song of "calling the guru from afar" (bla ma rgyang 'bod) to accompany the guru yoga ("A Rang Rig Ma Chö…") he had previously composed. It is an invocation of Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo, Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö, Khandro Tsering Chödrön and Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche himself.
Calling the Guru from Afar
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
A devotional song for invoking the inspiration and blessings of Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo, Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Thayé and Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö himself.
Calling the Guru from Afar

Commentaries

A clear and concise commentary on the words of the most famous of praises to Mañjuśrī, Glorious Wisdom's Excellent Qualities (dPal ye shes yon tan bzang po), attributed to the Indian master Ācārya Vajrāyudha/Vajraśastra.
Mañjuśrī
These instructions on how to practise the Dukngal Rangdrol recitation in retreat are taken from a collection of the author's notes on various practices and topics related to the Longchen Nyingtik cycle. Though very concise, they accord with Khenpo Pema Vajra's (1807–1884) longer commentary, An Ornament to the Vidyādharas’ Wisdom.
Dukngal Rangdrol Recitation Manuals Restricted

Confession

A simple guide to the practice known as Narak Kong Shak, or The Confession and Fulfilment that Empties the Hells from their Very Depths.
Confession Reading Methods

Consecration

This supplement to the Mindrolling Vajrasattva (Minling Dorsem) practice is used as a means of consecrating tsa-tsas, small clay stūpas, Buddhas, or other figures, made using a mould.
Consecration Rinchen Terdzö Khyentse Kabab
This popular rite of consecration (rab gnas) includes the standard elements of bathing, drying, and dressing (for which it draws upon the Bodhicaryāvatāra), before inviting the wisdom deities, sealing them within the image, empowerment, opening of the eyes, transformation, offering and praise, and prayers to remain until the very ends of the aeon.
Consecration Rinchen Terdzö Khyentse Kabab

Dharma Protectors

by Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa
A brief offering to the treasure guardians (gter srung mchod pa) for 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 Termas Rinchen Terdzö Chokling Tersar
A brief three-verse liturgy to accompany offerings to Achi Chökyi Drolma and her retinue of sisters.
Dharma Protectors Restricted

Empowerment Rites

by Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Thaye
A simple authorization or permission blessing (rjes gnang) for Chimé Pakmé Nyingtik, which enables a practitioner to perform the daily practice or participate in group accomplishment rituals (sgrub chen). (Note, however, that the more elaborate empowerment is required for recitation retreats.)
Chimé Pakmé Nyingtik Empowerment Rinchen Terdzö Restricted

Fulfilment

Jamyang Khyentse composed this fulfilment offering during a visit to Gangri Thökar, Longchenpa's main residence, in the summer of 1838, when he was just eighteen years old.
Tiklé Gyachen Fulfilment Rinchen Terdzö Restricted
This brief practice of confession and fulfilment (skong bshags) is associated with the Tsokyé Nyingtik revelation.
Chimé Tsokyé Nyingtik Confession Fulfilment Rinchen Terdzö Restricted
A brief fulfilment (skong ba) practice to be recited as part of the gaṇacakra offering for the Longchen Nyingtik guru practice of Rigdzin Düpa (Vidyādhara Assembly).
Rigdzin Düpa Fulfilment Rinchen Terdzö Restricted

Guru Yoga

This guru yoga of the three deities of longevity—White Tārā 'Wish-fulfilling Wheel', Amitāyus and Uṣṇīṣavijayā—is considered an auxiliary to the Chimé Pakmé Nyingtik practice.
Guru Yoga Longevity Three Deities of Long Life Chimé Pakmé Nyingtik Rinchen Terdzö Compendium of Sādhanas Restricted
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
A simple practice of guru yoga, which features Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo and Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö indivisible from Guru Padmasambhava in the form of Orgyen Dorje Chang, the Vajradhara of Oḍḍiyāna, and which includes an aspiration for the stages of the path according to the Great Perfection, or Dzogchen.
Guru Yoga Lamrim
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
by Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Thaye
A guru yoga featuring the three great nonsectarian masters Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa, Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo, and Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Thayé as embodiments of the Lords of the Three Families—Avalokiteśvara, Mañjuśrī and Vajrapāṇi.
Guru Yoga

History

by Orgyen Tobgyal Rinpoche
A brief history of the sacred image of Tārā, the Wish-Fulfilling Wheel (yid bzhin 'khor lo), in Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo’s residence, known as ‘The Garden of Immortality’ ('chi med grub pa'i dga' tshal), in Dzongsar Monastery, Derge, East Tibet.
History Tārā Dzongsar
Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo explains the history and benefits of some sacred substances and two statues of Guru Padmasambhava—the 'representative' (kutsab) images known as Tukjé Ötro and Ngödrup Palbar—that were revealed by Chokgyur Lingpa.
History Chokling Tersar
by Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa
Chokgyur Lingpa's first-hand account of the treasure revelations of The Essential Sacred Dharma in Five Cycles (dam chos snying po skor lnga), The Gradual Path of Wisdom Essence (lam rim ye shes snying po), and The Magical Net of the Three Roots (rtsa gsum sgyu ’phrul drva ba) at Chimé Karmo Taktsang and Sengé Yumtsho in Kham in 1866. The account was inscribed on the back of a thangka depicting the revelation scene.
History Chokling Tersar Inscriptions
Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo recounts the origin of the teachings of Siṃhamukhā and how they have been subsequently passed down to him. He closely follows the story associated with the lineage of Bari Lotsawa (ba ri lugs).
Siṃhamukhā History Rinchen Terdzö
by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
A simple guide to the seven types of authoritative transmission (bka' bab bdun) received by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo (1820–1892): oral teachings, earth treasures; rediscovered treasures; mind treasures; recollected treasures; pure visions and aural lineages.
History Nonsectarianism Khyentse Kabab

Lineage Prayers

A lineage supplication for the Vajrasattva guru yoga known as Dorsem Ngön-ga (Abhirati Vajrasattva), which is part of the Longchen Nyingtik revelation.
Longchen Nyingtik Lineage Prayers Vajrasattva Khyentse Kabab
Lineage prayer for the Mañjuśrī sādhana based on the Gang gi Lodröma praise attributed to Vajrāyudha, which is included in Compendium of Sādhanas.
Mañjuśrī Lineage Prayers Compendium of Sādhanas
A compilation of several well-known prayers, including the Seven-Line Prayer, verses from the Le'u Dünma, and four-line invocations of the masters Nyangral Nyima Özer (1124–1192) and Guru Chökyi Wangchuk (1212–1270), which is included in the Compendium of Sādhanas (sgrub thabs kun btus).
Compendium of Sādhanas Lineage Prayers
by Longchen Rabjam
This prayer to the lineage of the pith-instruction section, or Mengak Dé (man ngag sde), of Dzogchen teachings appears in the Vima Nyingtik and has been supplemented over the centuries by masters including Minling Terchen Gyurme Dorje, Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo and Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö.
Lineage Prayers Dzogchen Vima Nyingtik
A prayer to the holders of the lineage of Dukngal Rangdrol ('Natural Liberation of Suffering') from Amitāyus and Avalokiteśvara down to Jamyang Khyentse's own root teacher.
Dukngal Rangdrol Lineage Prayers
Supplementary verses to be added to the prayer to the lineage of Parting from the Four Attachments composed by Ngorchen Kunga Zangpo (1382–1456).
Lineage Prayers Parting from the Four Attachments Damngak Dzö Sakya
A non-sectarian (ris med) prayer to 25 of the most important figures in Tibetan Buddhism, five for each of the five major traditions: Nyingma, Sakya, Kagyü, Kadam and Geluk.
Nonsectarianism Lineage Prayers Compendium of Sādhanas
A brief prayer to the lineage of Zabtik Drolchok, the practice of Green Tārā which was revealed as a mind terma by Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa.
Tārā Lineage Prayers Chokling Tersar Rinchen Terdzö Nyingma Mönlam
This brief prayer to the lineage of The Vital Essence of the Activity Kīla of Aural Transmission (snyan brgyud phrin las phur pa’i gnad tig) was composed by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo and supplemented by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche.
Vajrakīlaya Lineage Prayers Rinchen Terdzö Khyentse Kabab
This brief prayer to the buddhas and bodhisattvas, learned and accomplished masters of India, and figures from all Tibetan traditions, reflects the author's famously nonsectarian approach.
Nonsectarianism Lineage Prayers Compendium of Sādhanas
A supplication to the lineage of the Longchen Nyingtik's innermost secret guru practice, the Sealed Quintessence or Tikle Gyachen (thig le'i rgya can).
Tiklé Gyachen Lineage Prayers Rinchen Terdzö Khyentse Kabab
A prayer to the lineage of Yumka Dechen Gyalmo (yum ka bde chen rgyal mo), or The Queen of Great Bliss, the peaceful ḍākinī sādhana from the Longchen Nyingtik cycle.
Lineage Prayers Yumka Dechen Gyalmo Rinchen Terdzö

Lojong

Jamyang Khyentse composed this prayer for perfecting the Seven Points of Mind Training (blo sbyong don bdun ma) when he was in the presence of the famous Atiśa statue at the Tārā Temple in Nyethang (snye thang). The section headings were added by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche.
Mind Training (Lojong) Kadam Khyentse Kabab
This experiential song (nyams dbyangs) based on 'Parting from the Four Attachments' (zhen pa bzhi bral) was composed in the cave of Rangjung Dorje, where Mañjuśrī is said to have delivered the original teaching to the Sakya patriarch Sachen Kunga Nyingpo (1092–1158).
Parting from the Four Attachments Songs and Poems

Long-Life Prayers

Khyentse Wangpo composed this three-verse longevity prayer for the Third Dodrupchen Rinpoche (1865–1926) at the same time as he bestowed upon him the name Kunzang Jigme Tenpai Nyima Trinlé Kunkhyab Palzangpo.
Long-Life Prayers

Longevity

This verse and mantra for longevity, intended to supplement the Droltik Gongpa Rangdrol (grol tig dgongs pa rang grol) practice of the peaceful and wrathful deities, are attributed to Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo but preserved within the writings of his successor, Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö.
Longevity Peaceful and Wrathful Deities Restricted
This practice for invoking longevity is extracted from The Heart-Essence of Perfect Immortality (yongs rdzogs 'chi med snying thig), which belongs to the Chokling Tersar.
Chimé Pakmé Nyingtik Longevity Rinchen Terdzö Restricted
This concise instruction for accomplishing longevity (tshe sgrub) is said to be an abridgement of Thangtong Gyalpo's (1361–1485?) original sādhana. According to the colophon, Khyentse Wangpo composed the practice in a meditation cave used by Thangtong Gyalpo himself.
Longevity Amitāyus Sādhanas Compendium of Sādhanas Restricted

Mañjuśrī

For this 'means of recitation' (bklag thabs), which provides additional prayers and practices to be said before and after the root text of Chanting the Names of Mañjuśrī (Mañjuśrī-nāmasaṅgīti; 'jam dpal mtshan brjod), Khyentse Wangpo relied upon and adapted the writings of the great Sakya patriarchs Jetsün Drakpa Gyaltsen and Sakya Paṇḍita.
Mañjuśrī Compendium of Sādhanas Nyingma Mönlam Reading Methods

Ngöndro

This guide to the stages of visualization for the Longchen Nyingtik preliminary practices (sngon 'gro) is, as Khyentse Wangpo himself puts it, "brief, clear and essential." Some of its instructions differ slightly from those given by Patrul Rinpoche, so that it represents a distinct commentarial tradition.
Ngöndro Longchen Nyingtik Ngöndro
This liturgy includes sections on taking refuge, generating bodhicitta, Vajrasattva meditation, maṇḍala offering, and guru yoga. Jamyang Khyentse drew on earlier sources to compose the text at Palpung Monastery.
Vima Nyingtik Nyingtik Yabzhi Ngöndro Dzogchen Restricted
This is a version of A Profound Concentration of Nectar, into which the root text of the Longchen Nyingtik preliminaries has been inserted. The text also includes several prayers that were not included in Jikmé Trinlé Özer’s original version.
Ngöndro Longchen Nyingtik Ngöndro
Sometimes referred to as the “short Longchen Nyingtik Ngöndro", this popular preliminary (sngon 'gro) liturgy by Jamyang Khyentse is remarkably concise.
Ngöndro Longchen Nyingtik Ngöndro

Offering

Verses for consecrating 'medicine' (sman), or amṛta, as part of the Rigdzin Düpa (Vidyādhara Assembly) practice from the Longchen Nyingtik.
Rigdzin Düpa
This short maṇḍala liturgy is included within the Compendium of Sādhanas (sgrub thabs kun btus). It features seven heaps representing: 1) Mount Meru; 2-5) the four continents; 6) the sun and 7) the moon.
Maṇḍala Offering Compendium of Sādhanas
This brief liturgy for offering the eight auspicious substances (bkra shis rdzas brgyad) and seven emblems of royalty (rgyal srid sna bdun) is often recited as part of consecration and longevity rites.
Offering Rinchen Terdzö
This four-line prayer is sometimes used for the accumulation of maṇḍala offerings in the Longchen Nyingtik tradition. Khenpo Ngawang Palzang, for example, recommends accumulating this prayer seventy thousand times (following thirty thousand recitations of the three-kāya maṇḍala from the Longchen Nyingtik).
Maṇḍala Offering
This concise offering practice in just four verses is a supplementary text for the guru practice of the Longchen Nyingtik.
Longchen Nyingtik Offering Khyentse Kabab Rinchen Terdzö

Pilgrimage

This revelation, which belongs to the Dzogchen Dé Sum cycle of the Chokling Tersar, explains the properties of the sacred site of Pema Shelpuk near Dzongsar and the benefits of circumambulating and offering gaṇacakra there.
Pema Shelpuk Rinchen Terdzö

Praise

A four-line prayer to Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo composed by the master himself at the behest of an official named Wangchuk Sengé.
Praise
Verses in praise of the eighth-century princess and ḍākinī Mandāravā, one of the principal consorts of Guru Padmasambhava.
Praise Ḍākinī Treasury

Prayers

by Katok Situ Chökyi Gyatso
This short biographical prayer (rnam thar gsol 'debs) to Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo (1820–1892) is drawn from the collection of texts known as The Whispered Transmission of Thangtong Gyalpo (thang stong snyan brgyud).
Prayers Biographical Prayers
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
Composed in 1958, this prayer invokes the Three Roots in general and three gurus in particular: the two great Thartsé khenpo brothers, Jampa Kunga Tendzin (1776–1862) and Jampa Naljor Jampal Zangpo (1789–1864), and their student, Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo (1820–1892).
Prayers
by Longchen Rabjam
This popular supplication, said to derive from the Vima Nyingtik, appears in a number of liturgies, including Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo's Direct Path to the Primordial (gdod ma'i gseng lam).
Prayers Vima Nyingtik
by Dromtön Gyalwe Jungne
This short prayer to White Tārā is included in the praises to the Three Deities of Long Life (tshe lha rnam gsum) compiled by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo and included in the Compendium of Sādhanas.
Tārā Prayers Compendium of Sādhanas
Composed at the request of Chokgyur Lingpa's consort some time after his passing in 1870, this supplication in six verses is a means of invoking the great treasure-revealer's blessings.
Prayers
Jamyang Khyentse wrote this twelve-line prayer to Patrul Rinpoche during the festival of Chökhor Düchen in 1860. The text identifies Patrul as an emanation of Śāntideva and the early Dzogchen adept Aro Yeshe Jungne, and praises his qualities of renunciation, bodhicitta and wisdom.
Prayers
A four-line prayer to Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Thayé (1813–1899) that is commonly recited as part of longer supplications to the lineage.
Prayers
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
A three-verse prayer to Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo and Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö composed at the request of Ngawang Sherab.
Prayers
by Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Thaye
This four-line prayer is commonly recited as part of longer invocations of the lineage.
Prayers
A simple two-verse supplication prayer composed by the master himself, with the first verse elaborating on the literal meaning of his name.
Prayers
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
This three-verse invocation of both Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo and his reincarnation Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö was composed by the latter at the request of a woman called Rigdzin Lhamo.
Prayers
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
This prayer to Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo, Jamgön Kongtrul and Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö was written for Jamyang Sonam, prince of Yönru in Lithang.
Prayers
Verses of supplication to Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Thayé, Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa, and Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo, which Khyentse Wangpo composed at Jamgön Kongtrul's behest.
Nonsectarianism Prayers
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
A four-line prayer to invoke the blessings of the three great masters Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo, Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Thaye and Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa.
Nonsectarianism Prayers
A two-verse prayer to all the gurus and deities of the Sakya tradition, invoking their inspiration and blessings to follow the path in the present and future lives.
Sakya Prayers
Khyentse Wangpo composed this five-verse supplication prayer to Thangtong Gyalpo at the request of the Eighth Sangye Nyentrul Rinpoche by combining and supplementing previous prayers.
Prayers
This six-line supplication is extracted from the main sādhana of Chetsün Nyingtik, one of Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo's most important revelations.
Prayers Chetsün Nyingtik
A short, four-line prayer to invoke the blessings of the great adept Virūpa.
Prayers
A simple four-line prayer to Buddha Śākyamuni and a retinue of the sixteen elders.
Sixteen Arhats Prayers Buddha Śākyamuni
by Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Thaye
Jamgön Kongtrul composed this biographical prayer (rnam thar gsol 'debs) to Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo by extracting verses from a longer prayer to the masters of the Shangpa Kagyü lineage. For this edition, which is found in the Rinchen Terdzö, Jamyang Khyense Chökyi Lodrö composed three additional verses that refer to Khyentse Wangpo's parinirvāṇa and rebirth.
Prayers Biographical Prayers Rinchen Terdzö Khyentse Kabab
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
This brief supplication to the saviouress Tārā incorporates and expands upon the literal meaning of the syllables of her root mantra (oṃ tāre tuttāre ture svāhā).
Tārā Damngak Dzö Compendium of Sādhanas Khyentse Kabab
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
Two prayers: one addressed to Gyurme Tsewang Gyatso (alias Chimé Nangdze Dorje) and one to invoke the blessings of Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo.
Prayers
recorded by Jokyab Pema Trinlé Nyingpo
This four-line supplication to the root and lineage gurus is included among the writings of Jokyab Pema Trinlé Nyingpo but attributed to Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo (1820–1892).
Prayers

Prayers to Guru Rinpoche

This prayer beautifully summarizes the Padma Kathang (The Chronicles of Padma), one of the most famous and influential of Guru Padmasambhava's many biographies. It reveals how Guru Rinpoche manifests in an infinite variety of forms in order to protect and spread the Buddhadharma.
Guru Rinpoche Prayers Guru Padmasambhava Biographical Prayers Rinchen Terdzö
This brief prayer to Guru Padmākara, which Khyentse Wangpo says came to him spontaneously, includes requests to dispel all obstacles and fulfil all wishes.
Guru Rinpoche Prayers Guru Padmasambhava Termas Compendium of Sādhanas Tsasum Drildrup
These verses to be recited before and after prayers to Guru Padmasambhava, especially the famous Prayer in Seven Chapters (le'u bdun ma), include the practices of taking refuge and arousing bodhicitta, a seven-branch offering, the generation and dissolution of a visualisation, and the dedication of merit.
Guru Rinpoche Prayers Guru Padmasambhava Le'u Dünma Termas Nyingma Mönlam
This is a complete set of practices, including taking refuge, generating bodhicitta, visualization, invocation, seven-branch offering, heartfelt prayer—addressed to Guru Padmasambhava, his various manifestations and twenty-five disciples—mantra recitation, and dissolution.
Guru Rinpoche Prayers Guru Padmasambhava
A prayer to the Precious Guru of Oḍḍiyāna as the embodiment of all sources of refuge (skyabs gnas kun 'dus) in order to avert all forms of obstacle and hindrance, on the outer, inner and innermost (or 'secret') levels.
Guru Rinpoche Prayers Guru Padmasambhava Averting Obstacles
Written in 1850, this is a prayer to the guru, who is understood to be inseparable from Guru Padmasambhava and the true nature of mind, and an aspiration to be reborn in the Lotus Light pure realm, if not already liberated during this life or when clear light dawns at the moment of death.
Guru Rinpoche Prayers Guru Padmasambhava Zangdok Palri Aspirations

Rituals

A concise ritual invoking the Four Great Kings (rgyal chen sde bzhi), who are the guardians of the four directions, when establishing and dissolving retreat boundaries.
Retreat & Solitude
Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo elaborates on the fundamental teachings of Jigme Lingpa by providing 1) transference instructions for someone who has recently died, 2) transference instructions as part of the ongoing ritual for guiding the deceased, and 3) instructions for the living.
Longchen Nyingtik Phowa Transference
A simple liturgy to be recited when conferring the long-life empowerment of the vidyādharas from the Longchen Nyingtik multiple times.
Rigdzin Düpa Empowerment Longevity Restricted

Sādhanas

The longer of two ritual texts by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo featuring the sixteen arhats, both of which appear in recent editions of the extensive Nyingma Kama (bka' ma shin tu rgyas pa).
Sixteen Arhats Sādhanas
The longer sādhana of The Heart-Essence of the Sublime Lady of Immortality, or Chimé Pakmé Nyingtik ('chi med 'phags ma'i snying thig), the popular long-life practice of Tārā in union with the Lord of the Dance, which Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo discovered as a mind treasure in 1855.
Chimé Pakmé Nyingtik Termas Rinchen Terdzö Restricted
This daily practice of Vasudhārā and Jambhala is part of the Illusory Net of the Three Roots (rtsa gsum sgyu 'phrul drwa ba) cycle that Khyentse Wangpo revealed as an earth treasure at Senggö Yutso (seng rgod g.yu mtsho), the Turquoise Lake.
Vasudhārā Wealth & Prosperity Rinchen Terdzö Khyentse Kabab Restricted
by Dudjom Rinpoche
A brief daily practice of The Heart-Essence of the Sublime Lady of Immortality, or Chimé Phakmé Nyingtik ('chi med 'phags ma'i snying thig), the popular long-life sādhana discovered as a mind treasure by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo in 1855.
Chimé Pakmé Nyingtik Sādhanas Restricted
A simple practice of visualization and mantra recitation for Bhaiṣajya Guru, the Buddha of Medicine, which appears in the Kriyā tantra section of the extended Nyingma Kama collection.
Medicine Buddha Sickness & Healing Sādhanas Compendium of Sādhanas Restricted
A practice of Damdrip Nyepa Kunsel (dam grib nyes pa kun sel)—which derives from the revelations of Trengpo Sherab Özer (1518–1584)—based on the deity Ucchuṣma (sme brtsegs), with added preliminary and concluding sections and further instructions on purifying samaya defilements.
Ucchuṣma Sādhanas Restricted
In 1848, at the age of twenty-eight, Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo had a vision in which he was blessed by Guru Rinpoche, who then dissolved into his heart. As a result, the root practice of Guru Tsokyé Nyingtik, the Heart-Essence of the Lake-Born Guru, arose in Khyentse Wangpo’s mind, and he immediately wrote down its activity manual.
Sādhanas Chimé Tsokyé Nyingtik Rinchen Terdzö Restricted
A sādhana for the Kagyé (bka’ bgyad) practice from The Three Sections of the Great Perfection (rdzogs chen sde gsum) revealed by Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa at the Lotus Crystal Cave (padma shel phug) in 1857.
Kagyé Chokling Tersar Rinchen Terdzö Restricted
A very short practice of White Mañjuśrī in the tradition of Mati Paṇchen that also draws on the writings of Vilāsavajra (sgeg pa'i rdo rje).
Mañjuśrī Sādhanas
by Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa
Chokgyur Lingpa revealed this Gesar practice on the 25th day of the Monkey month in the Fire Rabbit year (1867) following a pure vision. The Second Tsikey Chokling Rinpoche, Könchok Gyurme Tenpé Gyaltsen (1871–1939), later compiled and arranged the treasure text as a sādhana.
Gesar Chokling Tersar Restricted
This practice, which combines the summoning of longevity (tshe) and prosperity, (g.yang) is classified as a pure vision (dag snang) of Lhatsün Namkha Jigme's (1597–1650) that was rediscovered by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo (1820–1892).
Wealth & Prosperity Longevity Rinchen Terdzö Khyentse Kabab Restricted
According to the colophon, this elaborate ritual for cultivating the pure realm of Amitābha was compiled by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo at the passing of Chokgyur Lingpa’s mother, Tsering Yangtso. Taking Chokgyur Lingpa’s treasure Amitābha sādhana from the Essence Manual of Oral Instructions (zhal gdams snying byang) as a basis, Khyentse Wangpo added further instructions and verses, primarily from The Array of Amitābha Sūtra (Toh 49, 'od dpag med kyi bkod pa) and The King of Aspiration Prayers (bzang spyod smon lam).
Amitābha Chokling Tersar Rinchen Terdzö Tukdrup Barché Kunsel Restricted
A daily practice of the Great Compassionate One, Wish-fulfilling Wheel (thugs rje chen po yid bzhin 'khor lo), a yidam practice which Chokgyur Lingpa revealed at Yegyel Namkha Dzö in 1856.
Chokling Tersar Avalokiteśvara Restricted
This version of the Palchen Düpa sādhana was arranged by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo from the original revelation for daily use or for when the practice has to be done repeatedly in a single day, such as during a drupchen (sgrub chen). It is of a medium size, shorter than the full revelation but longer than the daily practice which Khyentse Wangpo also compiled.
Palchen Düpa Kagyé Restricted
The longer sādhana, or ritual manual (las byang), for the The Guru’s Heart-Practice, Wish-Fulfilling Jewel (thugs sgrub yid bzhin nor bu), which was jointly revealed by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo and Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa at Drak Rinchen Barwa on November 16, 1858.
Tukdrup Yizhin Norbu Sādhanas Chokling Tersar Rinchen Terdzö Restricted
The shorter of two ritual texts by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo featuring the sixteen arhats included in the extensive Nyingma Kama and elaborating on the famous text attributed to Śākyaśrībhadra.
Sixteen Arhats Sādhanas
An abbreviated, daily practice of Palchen Düpa, the Awesome Ones' Assembly, which is the wrathful yidam practice of the Longchen Nyingtik cycle.
Palchen Düpa Kagyé Restricted
Jamyang Khyentse composed this simple daily practice of Chimé Pakmé Nyingtik (The Heart-Essence of the Sublime Lady of Immortality) at the request of Jamgön Kongtrul.
Chimé Pakmé Nyingtik Termas Rinchen Terdzö Restricted
A description of the goddesses in the retinue of the Great Compassion One (Mahākaruṇika) according to the practice of Dukngal Rangdrol.
Dukngal Rangdrol Avalokiteśvara Restricted

Saving Lives

This popular liturgy for saving the lives of animals includes practices of taking refuge and generating bodhicitta, as well as the recitation of mantras and dhārāṇīs, visualization, and prayers of auspiciousness, dedication and aspiration.
Saving Lives

Songs

by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
A brief song of devotion calling upon both Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo and Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö.
Songs and Poems

Summoning Prosperity

by Shechen Gyaltsab Gyurme Pema Namgyal
This abbreviated, seven-verse practice of summoning prosperity is included in the latest edition of the Rinchen Terdzö as part of the Tseyang Gukpa (tshe g.yang 'gugs pa), or Summoning Longevity and Prosperity, cycle featuring texts by Lhatsün Namkha Jigme and Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo.
Wealth & Prosperity Khyentse Kabab Rinchen Terdzö

Swift Rebirth Prayers

by Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Thaye
Following the master’s passing in 1892, Kongtrul composed four lines of prayer for his swift rebirth as an addendum to a four-line supplication that Khyentse Wangpo himself had written.
Swift Rebirth Prayers

Tantra

from the Words of the Buddha
The Vajrakīla Root Tantra Section (or Fragment) (Tōh. 439), the remains of a much larger Vajrakīla tantra, was discovered and translated into Tibetan by Sakya Paṇḍita (1182–1251). According to the text's colophon, it was Guru Padmasambhava who brought the original to Tibet. The tantra contains several famous verses that appear in most Vajrakīlāya sādhanas and is the only Vajrakīlāya text included within the Kangyur. The edition translated here includes a colophon by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo and benedictory verse by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö.
Vajrakīlaya Kangyur Compendium of Sādhanas Restricted
from the Words of the Buddha
These commonly cited verses of commitment (dam bca' ba) occur several times in the Precious Treasury of Revelations (rin chen gter mdzod) and are also to be found in the collected writings of Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo, Chokgyur Lingpa and Tertön Sogyal. The translation here is based on the commentary by Ju Mipham (1846–1912).
Samaya Rinchen Terdzö

Tsok

A concise gaṇacakra, or feast-offering, liturgy for the practice of Yumka Dechen Gyalmo, the Queen of Great Bliss, from the Longchen Nyingtik.
Yumka Dechen Gyalmo Tsok Restricted
This short Tārā feast-offering was composed for practitioners who wish to offer a simple gaṇacakra feast within a Tārā sādhana, such as the Zabtik Drolchok.
Tārā Tsok Rinchen Terdzö Restricted
This song for the gaṇacakra feast (tshogs glu) invoking Vajrayoginī and calling upon her to grant the experience of great bliss was composed at the request of Jamgön Jampa Phuntsok.
Vajrayoginī Tsok Songs and Poems Restricted
Jamyang Khyentse spontaneously composed this feast-offering liturgy for the Sealed Quintessence, or Tikle Gyachen (thig le'i rgya can), when he was just sixteen years old. He later revised the text and made it available at the request of some students.
Tsok Tiklé Gyachen Rinchen Terdzö Khyentse Kabab Restricted
A simple feast-offering text for use in conjunction with sādhanas related to the magnetizing deity of the lotus family, Kurukullā.
Tsok Kurukullā Restricted
Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo composed this short aspiration prayer to be recited during the gaṇacakra. The prayer invokes the goal of the gaṇacakra, a sixfold satisfaction (tshim pa drug) of those assembled, i.e., the deities, teacher and vajra-brothers and sisters. Khyentse Wangpo dedicates one verse to each of these six satisfactions and concludes the prayer with an additional seventh verse of dedication.
Tsok Longchen Nyingtik Songs and Poems
Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo

Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo

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Name variants:

Dorje Ziji Tsal
Mañjughoṣa
Ösal Trulpé Dorje
Pema Ösal Dongak Lingpa
Zhönnu Khyentse

Previous incarnation(s):

Jigme Lingpa

Subsequent incarnation(s):

Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
Dilgo Khyentse Yangsi Rinpoche
Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche
Pakchok Dorje
Ngawang Tutob Wangchuk

Further information:

Sakya Research Centre Profile
Khyentse Lineage (Tsadra)
Khyentse Vision Project
Treasury of Lives Author Bio
BDRC Author Profile (P258)

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