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Jigme Lingpa Series

Tibetan Masters Jigme Lingpa

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The source of love and compassion for all beings, who knows all that is knowable,

You are the emanation of Longchenpa, and heir to a treasury of mind termas,

Sky-like yogin, of the vast expanse of luminosity,

Jigme Lingpa, at your feet I pray!

A series of texts by and about the great Dzogchen master Rigdzin Jigme Lingpa (rig 'dzin 'jigs med gling pa, 1730–1798), who revealed the Longchen Nyingtik (klong chen snying thig) collection.

Aspiration Prayers
This series of aspirations for future rebirths is tailored, Jigme Lingpa says, to the sorrow-inducing nature of this final age of degeneration, or kaliyuga.
Aspiration Prayers Longchen Nyingtik 22 Apr 2021
An aspiration to perfect bodhisattva aspirations, bring all sentient beings to maturity and purify the world and its inhabitants into a buddha realm. The text is included within recent editions of the Rinchen Terdzö, or Treasury of Revelations.
Aspiration Prayers Longchen Nyingtik Rinchen Terdzö 28 Mar 2024
This prayer to be reborn in Sukhāvatī draws upon the Array of Amitābha Sūtra (amitābhavyūhasūtra, Toh 49) for its elaborate descriptions of the blissful realm. As with many of Jigme Lingpa's writings, the text is beautiful yet opaque in places, and the translation thus relies upon Rigdzin Gargyi Wangchuk's (1858–1930) commentary entitled Gateway to the Realm of Great Bliss (bde chen zhing gi 'jug ngogs).
Amitābha Sukhāvatī Aspirations 14 Nov 2021
This popular prayer by the vidyādhara Jigme Lingpa includes aspirations related to every stage of the path, from gaining a precious human rebirth and following a qualified teacher through to accomplishing the most advanced practices of Dzogpachenpo and, thereafter, working for others' benefit.
Aspiration Prayers Longchen Nyingtik 28 Aug 2005
This famous aspiration to realize the ground, path and fruition of the Great Perfection (rdzogs pa chen po) is part of the Longchen Nyingtik revelation of Jigme Lingpa.
Aspiration Prayers Dzogchen Termas Longchen Nyingtik Nyingma Mönlam 30 Dec 2006
An aspiration prayer to recognize the various phases of the four intermediate states, or bardos—the natural bardo of this life, the bardo of dying, the bardo of dharmatā, and the bardo of becoming—and apply the techniques and practices that will bring about realization.
Dying & the Bardos Aspiration Prayers Longchen Nyingtik 24 Jul 2021

Biography
This outer autobiography in verse was likely composed in 1786 at the request of the Sakya throne-holder, Jamgön Wangdü Nyingpo (1763–1809).
Autobiography 17 Oct 2023

Calling the Guru from Afar
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
Composed in Darjeeling (most likely in 1958), this short invocation of Rigdzin Jigme Lingpa (1730–1798) calls upon the famed Dzogchen master and treasure-revealer by his various names and invokes his blessings and inspiration.
Calling the Guru from Afar 29 Nov 2020

Catalogues
by Getse Mahāpaṇḍita
Getse Mahāpaṇḍita wrote this catalogue to the collected writings of Jigme Lingpa on the occasion of their publication in Derge in or after 1802. He begins with a biography of Jigme Lingpa, then identifies the patrons of the printing, the King and Queen of Derge, and the one who requested the publication, Dodrupchen Jigme Trinle Özer. This is followed by the actual catalogue, which lists all Jigme Lingpa’s writings except those of the Longchen Nyingtik revelation, for which there is a separate catalogue by Jigme Losal Özer.
Karchak Biography 8 Oct 2021

Commentaries
Further clarifications on the bodily maṇḍala (lus dkyil) of Yumka Dechen Gyalmo including the correspondence between external and internal sacred places, composed at the request of the female disciple Palding Jetsünma (alias Lhading Jetsün) of Gyangru.
Yumka Dechen Gyalmo Recitation Manuals Restricted 23 Aug 2020
Interlinear notes to clarify the approach (bsnyen pa) practice, or recitation, of The Blazing Wrathful Guru, Hayagrīva and Garuḍa (Lama Drakpo Takhyung Barwa).
Takhyung Barwa Recitation Manuals Rinchen Terdzö Restricted 27 Feb 2023
A succinct guide to the ḍākinī practice of Yumka Dechen Gyalmo, or Queen of Great Bliss, including details concerning necessary preparations and details of the visualization.
Yumka Dechen Gyalmo Recitation Manuals Restricted 23 Aug 2020
A word-by-word commentary on the Ultimate Inexpressible Confession practice—popularly known as Yeshe Kuchokma—which is the fourth chapter of the Immaculate Confession Tantra. The commentary belongs to the Collection of Discourses (gtam tshogs) section of Jigme Lingpa’s writings.
Confession Restricted 25 Jul 2024
This retreat manual describes how to arrange the maṇḍala and shrine for retreat, and then explains the three sections of the practice, detailing the visualizations for each: (1) the approach phase of the peaceful deities, (2) the accomplishment phase of the wrathful deities, and (3) the application of activities.
Palchen Düpa Recitation Manuals Restricted 6 Jun 2025
A guide to the approach and accomplishment practices for the guru sādhana known as Vidyādhara Assembly (Rigdzin Düpa), belonging to the Longchen Nyingtik cycle revealed by Jigme Lingpa.
Rigdzin Düpa Recitation Manuals Restricted 22 Dec 2015
This is one of two commentaries by Jigme Lingpa on the Dukngal Rangdrol practice of Avalokiteśvara that he himself revealed. Here, Jigme Lingpa offers a word-by-word explanation of the sādhana, both its preliminaries and its main part, in a simple yet precise manner. He does not comment on the feast offering section, which was added only later by the First Dodrupchen, Jigme Trinle Özer (1745–1821).
Dukngal Rangdrol Avalokiteśvara Restricted 6 Jan 2022
This fundamental text from the Longchen Nyingtik cycle summarizes the view of the three inner tantras— Mahāyoga, Anuyoga and Atiyoga—and explains the approach, close approach, accomplishment and great accomplishment phases. It also elucidates major categories, such as the three objects, three enemies, and three ravines, and shows how each of the inner tantras overcomes the four māras.
Palchen Düpa Termas Restricted 22 Dec 2021

Confession
revealed by Jigme Lingpa
This short text outlines a simple method for repairing impairments and breakages of the samaya commitments.
Confession Longchen Nyingtik 4 Mar 2024
revealed by Jigme Lingpa
A practice of confession and offering as a means to purify vows and restore commitments related to every level of the path, from the śrāvaka vehicle through to Atiyoga or the Great Perfection. The text was first revealed by Jigme Lingpa in 1760 while he was staying at Samye Chimphu.
Confession Fulfilment Longchen Nyingtik Termas Rinchen Terdzö 8 Oct 2019

Dharma Protectors
This concise, daily fulfilment practice for Gönpo Lekden, protector of the tantras, is found in the Longchen Nyingtik core texts collection alongside the longer fulfilment practice of which it is an abridgement.
Longchen Nyingtik Dharma Protectors Restricted 18 Apr 2024
A simple rite of confession to amend any impairments and breakages of samaya and to purify actions that upset the dharma protectors.
Dharma Protectors Confession Fulfilment Longchen Nyingtik Restricted 3 Mar 2018
A well-known text for entrusting activity to the Dharma protectors, so that they may ensure the flourishing of the Buddhadharma, especially the Vajrayāna, and protect practitioners from every form of harm.
Dharma Protectors Longchen Nyingtik Restricted 22 Jun 2023

Dzogchen
revealed by Jigme Lingpa
This revelation, part of the Longchen Nyingtik, describes the pure awareness, or rigpa, that is the "natural state" (gnas lugs) of the mind, and how all the qualities of the path and fruition are complete within it. The text is considered a definitive statement on the topic, eliminating all doubts and need for further clarification.
Dzogchen Longchen Nyingtik Termas Restricted 25 Sep 2015

Empowerment
Instructions on how to bestow the empowerment for the Vase of Immortal Life, a longevity practice related to the Gathering of Vidyādharas (Rigdzin Düpa).
Rigdzin Düpa Empowerment Longevity Restricted 15 Apr 2025

Empowerment Rites
The root empowerment for the practice of Siṃhamukhā (Tib. Senge Dongma), which in the Longchen Nyingtik tradition is the secret aspect of the Yumka Dechen Gyalmo sādhana and is said to provide protection against obstacles, disputes and spells—including the 'spell' of dualism.
Longchen Nyingtik Siṃhamukhā Siṃhamukhā Empowerment Restricted 4 Apr 2025
This source text of the Yumka Dechen Gyalmo empowerment, part of the original treasure revelation of Longchen Nyingtik, served as the basis for later, more elaborate manuals composed by Jamgön Kongtrul and the Third Dodrupchen, Jigme Tenpe Nyima.
Yumka Dechen Gyalmo Termas Empowerment Restricted 29 Jan 2021
Jigme Lingpa himself composed this self-initiation (bdag 'jug) for the Natural Liberation of Suffering (Dukngal Rangdrol, sdug bsngal rang grol) practice of the Longchen Nyingtik cycle at the request of a lama called Rinchen Dorje.
Dukngal Rangdrol Empowerment Avalokiteśvara Restricted 21 Mar 2022
by Dodrupchen Jigme Trinle Özer
Extracted from the full empowerment manual, these are the key verses to be recited aloud by recipients.
Longchen Nyingtik Restricted 18 Feb 2025
by Dodrupchen Jigme Trinle Özer
Extracted from the full empowerment manual, these are the key verses to be recited aloud by recipients.
Dukngal Rangdrol Empowerment Restricted 14 Feb 2025
by Dodrupchen Jigme Trinle Özer
Extracted from the full manual, these are the key verses to be recited aloud by recipients of the long-life empowerment.
Rigdzin Düpa Longevity Empowerment Eight Vidyādharas Restricted 14 Feb 2025
by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo
Extracted from the full empowerment manual, these are the key verses to be recited aloud by recipients.
Longchen Nyingtik Restricted 17 Feb 2025
by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo
Extracted from the full empowerment manual, these are the key verses to be recited aloud by recipients.
Abhirati Vajrasattva Vajrasattva 20 Feb 2025
Extracted from the full empowerment manual, these are the key verses to be recited aloud by recipients.
Yumka Dechen Gyalmo Empowerment Restricted 18 Feb 2025
This self-initiation (bdag 'jug) for the practice of Yumka Dechen Gyalmo was composed by Jigme Lingpa himself. Receiving empowerments in this way, he explains, is a means of purifying impairments and breakages of samaya and receiving inspiration and blessings, and should therefore be practised regularly and repeatedly.
Yumka Dechen Gyalmo Empowerment Restricted 4 Feb 2021
The root empowerment for The Blazing Wrathful Guru, Hayagrīva and Garuḍa (Lama Drakpo Takhyung Barwa), a treasure revealed by Jigme Lingpa.
Takhyung Barwa Empowerment Rinchen Terdzö Restricted 7 Feb 2023
This root empowerment text, revealed as a mind treasure by Jigme Lingpa for the Vidyādhara Assembly (Rigdzin Düpa), contains the inner enabling empowerments (nang nus pa 'jug pa'i dbang).
Rigdzin Düpa Termas Empowerment Rinchen Terdzö Restricted 2 Jul 2021
by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo
Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo composed this empowerment text for Tiklé Gyachen following a vision of Longchenpa that he experienced while visiting the master's residence at Gangri Thökar in 1840. The text is therefore regarded as a mind treasure, supplemental to Jigme Lingpa's original Longchen Nyingtik revelation.
Tiklé Gyachen Empowerment Rinchen Terdzö Khyentse Kabab Restricted 11 Sep 2024
by Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Thaye
Key verses extracted from the full Takhyung Barwa empowerment manual as a reference for recipients who must recite them aloud.
Takhyung Barwa Empowerment Rinchen Terdzö Restricted 12 Feb 2025

Fire Offering
The Fourth Dodrupchen Rinpoche, Tupten Trinlé Palzangpo (1927–2022) took Jigme Lingpa's original fire offering, which was composed for both peaceful and wrathful practices—and was itself based on the fire offering for Nyangral Nyima Özer's Kagyé Deshek Düpa—as the basis for this peaceful fire offering for the Rigdzin Düpa practice within the Longchen Nyingtik.
Rigdzin Düpa Fire Offering Restricted 9 Dec 2024

Fulfilment
by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo
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 19 Dec 2023
by Dodrupchen Jigme Trinle Özer
A practice of confession and fulfilment (bskang bshags) for the Great Compassionate One, Natural Liberation of Suffering (Dukngal Rangdrol) within the Longchen Nyingtik cycle.
Dukngal Rangdrol Avalokiteśvara Fulfilment Restricted 11 Jul 2022

Guru Rinpoche Prayers
Jigme Lingpa explains why the tenth day of each month is dedicated to Guru Padmasambhava and the benefits of recalling his twelve most significant deeds, which are commemorated on these days throughout the year.
Guru Rinpoche Prayers Longchen Nyingtik Guru Padmasambhava Benefits 30 May 2013
A heartfelt prayer for invoking Guru Padmasambhava—"the great guru of Oḍḍiyāna"—as the embodiment of all sources of refuge and pledging to entrust oneself to him completely in all situations and circumstances, but especially in times of difficulty, during this current degenerate age.
Guru Rinpoche Prayers Longchen Nyingtik Guru Padmasambhava 30 May 2013
This prayer of aspiration to be reborn in Guru Padmasambhava's heaven of Zangdok Palri (zangs mdog dpal ri), the Copper-Coloured Mountain of Glory, includes detailed descriptions of its wonderful features and extraordinary qualities. The text is a terma (gter ma) revelation and part of the Longchen Nyingtik cycle.
Zangdok Palri Aspirations Guru Rinpoche Prayers Termas Longchen Nyingtik 3 Jul 2008
by Longchen Rabjam and Jigme Lingpa
This prayer to Guru Padmasambhava for the swift fulfilment of all wishes begins with a verse from ‘The Infinite Cloud Banks of Profound Meaning’ (zab don rgya mtsho'i sprin phung), which is part of Longchen Rabjam’s Khandro Yangtik (mkha' 'gro yang tig), and concludes with several verses written by Jigme Lingpa. It is said to be particularly beneficial for Tibet, as it has the power to pacify illness, prevent famine and border invasions, and contribute to the welfare of the teachings and beings.
Guru Rinpoche Prayers Guru Padmasambhava Khandro Yangtik Nyingma Mönlam 27 Apr 2013
Jigme Lingpa himself describes this text as "a prayer invoking and imploring Guru Rinpoche, coupled with an aspiration prayer suitable for daily recitation based on the root words of the way to attain liberation through the experiences of the bardo states." It was inspired by a sense of sorrow and renunciation when, one morning during a retreat near Samye, Jigme Lingpa glimpsed Mount Hepori in the distance and thought about the great events that had taken place there during Padmasambhava's lifetime, little or no trace of which remained.
Guru Rinpoche Prayers Guru Padmasambhava Dying & the Bardos Zangdok Palri Aspirations Longchen Nyingtik 1 Sep 2006

Guru Yoga
This guru yoga, composed by the master himself, includes invocation and prayer, the seven-branch offering, mantra recitation and receiving of the four empowerments.
Guru Yoga Longchen Nyingtik 11 Oct 2018
revealed by Jigme Lingpa
The outer guru yoga of the Longchen Nyingtik cycle, most of which was later incorporated into the preliminary, or ngöndro, practice.
Guru Yoga Longchen Nyingtik Longchen Nyingtik Ngöndro 22 Sep 2021

History
Jigme Lingpa describes how the cycle of Yumka Dechen Gyalmo was first revealed to him by a ḍākinī, while he was on pilgrimage in Drakyi Yangdzong in 1773.
Yumka Dechen Gyalmo History Termas Restricted 26 Jun 2020
This letter relates the history of the kīla that Jigme Lingpa found as a material treasure at Mount Hepori. The text was written for Queen Tsewang Lhamo of Derge and offered to her together with the kīla itself. The letter is found only in the Lhasa edition of Jigme Lingpa's writings, which might indicate that it was initially kept secret and only discovered after her passing, too late to be included in the Derge edition.
History Letters Takhyung Barwa Termas 24 Nov 2022

Lineage Prayers
A short prayer to the lineage of Palchen Düpa, the wrathful yidam practice of Longchen Nyingtik, including supplementary verses composed by the Third Dodrupchen, Jigme Tenpe Nyima.
Palchen Düpa Lineage Prayers 22 Jun 2020
A prayer to the lineage of Atisa's tradition of White Tārā "Wish-Fulfilling Wheel" as practised in the Longchen Nyingtik. The main sādhana is the composition of Jigme Lingpa, and although it is not among his revealed treasures, is part of the Longchen Nyingtik's core text collection.
Tārā Longchen Nyingtik Lineage Prayers 4 Jun 2024
revealed by Jigme Lingpa
This prayer to the lineage of Longchen Nyingtik is part of the original revelation and was supplemented by later authors. It includes an aspiration for successfully following the path.
Longchen Nyingtik Lineage Prayers Termas 23 Apr 2019
by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo
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 28 Jan 2022

Longchen Nyingtik
One of the fundamental works in the core Longchen Nyingtik collection, the root tantra provides a terse overview of the inner tantras and a brief account of the treasure's revelation. As Khenchen Pema Sherab Rinpoche remarked, it is usually taught only to a few select disciples.
Longchen Nyingtik Termas Eight Vidyādharas Restricted 29 Jul 2021

Ngöndro
arranged by Dodrupchen Jigme Trinle Özer
The root text of the outer and inner preliminary (ngöndro) practices from the Longchen Nyingtik, compiled by the First Dodrupchen, Jigme Trinle Özer, based on the original revelation of Jigme Lingpa and other sources.
Ngöndro Longchen Nyingtik Ngöndro

Offering
These notes from the oral tradition of Jigme Lingpa clarify the shape and arrangement of the various tormas needed when practising the sādhanas and protector rites of the Longchen Nyingtik cycle.
Longchen Nyingtik Torma Offering 26 Sep 2024
This stacked-pills torma (spungs gtor) ritual, during which one visualizes oneself as Avalokiteśvara, was written for those of lesser acumen. It includes offerings to the four types of guest, with particular focus on water offerings to the pretas, or hungry ghosts.
Longchen Nyingtik Torma Offering 30 May 2023
An offering of red sur for the four types of guest, especially yakṣas, rākṣasas and harmful spirits, so that they may shed their anger and resentment and arouse bodhicitta.
Sur Offering Longchen Nyingtik 25 Jul 2023
This offering prayer, a mind-treasure presented to Jigme Lingpa by the goddess Sarasvatī, abounds with Indian cultural references and features sixteen goddesses who offer symbolic gifts, including the sounds of various musical instruments.
Longchen Nyingtik Offering 8 Mar 2022
A popular white sur offering, in which one visualizes oneself as Khasarpaṇi and presents burnt offerings to all the buddhas and bodhisattvas, gurus, deities, goddesses, protectors, and spirits and to all sentient beings.
Sur Offering Longchen Nyingtik 9 Aug 2023

Pilgrimage
A short historical guide to the sacred place of Samye Chimphu, where Guru Padmasambhava taught and granted empowerments to his twenty-five disciples, who then meditated in the surrounding caves and attained signs of accomplishment. Later, as Jigme Lingpa explains, the place became a pilgrimage site that was visited by many of Tibet's most illustrious masters.
Pilgrimage Tibet 30 Aug 2017

Practices
Written for the Third Nyidrak Rinpoche, this liturgy takes Śākyaśrībhadra's text as its basis and adds a few verses at the beginning and end.
Sixteen Arhats Sādhanas Rinchen Terdzö 30 Dec 2018
Part of the Longchen Nyingtik cycle, this Vajrasattva guru yoga is entitled 'Cultivating the Pure Realm of Abhirati (or Intense Joy)' but is often known simply as 'Dorsem Ngön-ga' (Abhirati Vajrasattva). It includes all the standard elements of visualization, offering, mantra recitation and receiving empowerment.
Abhirati Vajrasattva Vajrasattva Guru Yoga Restricted 26 Sep 2019
This brief liturgy for invoking the inspiration power, or blessings, of the eight vidyādharas (rig 'dzin brgyad) of India was extracted from ‘A Precious Casket: A Framework for Accomplishment, from the Ocean-like Assembly of Awesome Ones’ (dpal chen bka' 'dus rgya mtsho las/ sgrub pa'i khog 'bubs rin po che'i za ma tog).
Longchen Nyingtik Eight Vidyādharas 31 Jul 2020
A brief and simple fasting ritual (smyung gnas) composed for the sake of those unable to comprehend the more complex liturgy of the standard practice in Bhikṣuṇī Lakṣmī’s tradition.
Fasting Ritual 7 Feb 2019
This fulfilment (bskang ba) practice is so rare that it was not included in previous editions of Jigme Lingpa's collected writings but appears only in modern liturgies of Shechen and Namdroling monasteries.
Yumka Dechen Gyalmo Fulfilment Restricted 9 Nov 2020
The Longchen Nyingtik sādhana of Siṃhamukhā, which is the secret, wrathful aspect of the Female Practice (Yumka) and is said to provide protection against obstacles, disputes and spells—including the 'spell' of dualism
Longchen Nyingtik Siṃhamukhā Siṃhamukhā Sādhanas Restricted 20 Sep 2023
A short ritual for taking the eight vows of a lay practitioner (upāsaka/upāsikā) for a single day. As Jigme Lingpa mentions, it is traditionally recommended to take these precepts on the eighth, fifteenth (full moon) and thirtieth (new moon) days of each lunar month.
Sojong Longchen Nyingtik 28 Mar 2021
This practice of eight branches (prostration, taking refuge, offering real and imagined gifts, confession, rejoicing, generating bodhicitta, offering the body, and dedication of merit) derives from the Tantra System Vajrakīlaya (rgyud lugs phur pa), which is part of the Nyingma Kama collection, but appears in other texts, especially empowerment rites.
Seven Branches Vajrakīlaya 13 Nov 2018
This fire offering for Yuma Dechen Gyalmo, the main ḍākinī practice of Longchen Nyingtik, can be adapted to any of the four activities: pacifying, enriching, magnetizing or wrathful subjugation.
Fire Offering Yumka Dechen Gyalmo Termas Restricted 6 May 2019
This longevity practice related to Rigdzin Düpa (The Vidyādhara Assembly) includes a means of attaining immortality through Amitāyus and a summoning of longevity (tshe 'gugs) that invokes the eight vidyādharas.
Rigdzin Düpa Longevity Termas Eight Vidyādharas Restricted 28 Oct 2020

Praise
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
In these verses, Jamyang Khyentse highlights the special qualities of Jigme Lingpa (1730–1798) by describing his superiority to the majority of scholars, adepts and authors.
Praise 7 Nov 2019
Jigme Lingpa says that he wrote this brief text in praise of Mārīcī ('od zer can ma), the goddess of the dawn, in order to bring protection from fear during turbulent times.
Mārīcī Praise 30 Mar 2013
In a series of poetic verses Jigme Lingpa pays homage to the Buddha Śākyamuni by recalling his most significant deeds, from his initial descent from the heaven of Tuṣita to his final attainment of parinirvāṇa.
Praise Buddha Śākyamuni 23 Sep 2012

Prayers
Jigme Lingpa wrote this prayer recalling his own life and liberation at the request of the First Dodrupchen, Jigme Trinlé Özer (1745–1821). The prayer includes a summary of his previous lives, as well as his most important accomplishments and qualities, when—as he puts it—he emphasized the positive.
Prayers Biographical Prayers Longchen Nyingtik 26 Oct 2017
Jigme Lingpa wrote this prayer for a student who was accumulating prayers before the famous Jowo Rinpoche statue in the Jokhang temple in Lhasa. It is not only a prayer to Śākyamuni Buddha, but also a means to receive the four empowerments: vase, secret, wisdom-knowledge, and the supreme empowerment of great rays of light.
Prayers Pilgrimage Tibet Empowerment Rinchen Terdzö 14 Nov 2017
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
Jamyang Khyentse composed this prayer to the great revealer of the Longchen Nyingtik when he passed through the master's place of residence, the Yarlung Valley, during his first trip to central Tibet in 1925.
Prayers 22 Apr 2020
Jigme Lingpa wrote this prayer at the request of his students. It invokes many of his previous incarnations, beginning with the primordial Buddha Samantabhadra.
Prayers Longchen Nyingtik 27 Oct 2017
Jigme Lingpa wrote this prayer to the Dzogchen Rinpoches and their previous incarnations at the request of his disciple Jigme Ngotsar (b. 1763).
Prayers 26 Nov 2017
This lineage prayer for the practice of tummo (Skt. caṇḍalī), or inner heat, is said to "disclose all the most essential points related to the path of the completion stage.”
Dzogrim Longchen Nyingtik 17 Nov 2020
In 1758, one year after the first, principal revelation of Dukngal Rangdrol, Jigme Lingpa had a vision of Avalokiteśvara, the Great Compassionate One, in standing posture and extending to the far reaches of the eastern sky. Following this, he tells us in his autobiography, "tears of devotion welled up" and he composed this prayer.
Avalokiteśvara Dukngal Rangdrol Prayers 23 Mar 2021

Prophecy
revealed by Jigme Lingpa
This prophetic guide of the Longchen Nyingtik was revealed during Jigme Lingpa's initial vision in which he flew to the Boudha stūpa in Nepal. The text recounts the history of Padmasambhava's entrustment of the treasure to the destined disciples, who would later emanate as Jigme Lingpa and his students, to reveal and propagate the Longchen Nyingtik. It also refers to key events in Jigme Lingpa's life and the physical and psychological attributes that identify him as the treasure revealer.
Longchen Nyingtik Prophecy 3 Nov 2024

Sādhanas
Four sets of concealed instructions (gab byang) related to the practice of Rigdzin Düpa (Vidyādhara Assembly), on 1) the wisdom deity, 2) the mantra, 3) the palanquin (do li) samādhi, and 4) the results of the practice.
Rigdzin Düpa Termas Rinchen Terdzö Restricted 25 Sep 2020
revealed by Jigme Lingpa
Yumka Dechen Gyalmo (yum ka bde chen rgyal mo), the Queen of Great Bliss, is the peaceful ḍākinī practice from the Longchen Nyingtik cycle. It features Yeshe Tsogyal in the form of a wisdom ḍākinī.
Yumka Dechen Gyalmo Sādhanas Termas Rinchen Terdzö Restricted 23 Oct 2019
by Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Thaye
A liturgy for the Blazing Wrathful Guru, Hayagrīva and Garuḍa (Lama Drakpo Takhyung Barwa) practice that Jigme Lingpa revealed in 1795. Kongtrul follows Namkha Tsewang Chokdrup’s earlier compilation and supplements the root text with verses from the Vidyādhara Assembly (Rigdzin Düpa), the Female Practice of The Queen of Great Bliss (Yumka Dechen Gyalmo) and also the Awesome Ones’ Assembly (Palchen Düpa).
Takhyung Barwa Hayagrīva Rinchen Terdzö Restricted 29 Nov 2022
A sādhana of Hayagrīva, the wrathful form of the Natural Liberation of Suffering (Dukngal Rangdrol) practice of Avalokiteśvara, from the Longchen Nyingtik cycle.
Hayagrīva Dukngal Rangdrol Sādhanas Termas Restricted 31 Aug 2021
Jigme Lingpa tells us that he arranged this ritual of the Twenty-One Tārās based on the authoritative tradition that derives from Nāgārjuna and The Manifest Source Tantra of Tārā. In order to create the full liturgy, which he did at the request of the First Dodrupchen Jigme Trinlé Özer (1745–1821), he also added other elements from various pith instructions.
Longchen Nyingtik Tārā Sādhanas Restricted 8 Mar 2021
Palchen Düpa (dpal chen 'dus pa), the 'Awesome Ones' Assembly', is the wrathful yidam practice of the Longchen Nyingtik cycle. It features the Kagyé (bka' brgyad), or eight herukas, with Chemchok Vajra Tötrengtsal as the central deity.
Palchen Düpa Termas Kagyé Restricted 27 Aug 2020
This short practice of Hayagrīva, which is included among the core texts of the Longchen Nyingtik collection, is intended to pacify gyalpo spirits and harmful influences (dön).
Hayagrīva Sādhanas Averting Obstacles Longchen Nyingtik Restricted 2 Oct 2023
This guru sādhana of the great translator Vairotsana, accompanied by Ma Rinchen Chok and Nyak Jñānakumāra, employs the distinctive terminology of Dzogchen, the Great Perfection.
Guru Sādhana Longchen Nyingtik 8 Apr 2019
by Namkha Tsewang Chokdrup
There are several arrangements for the Takhyung Barwa practice, but this appears to be the earliest. Its compiler, Namkha Tsewang Chokdrup, mentions that he was the object of Jigme Lingpa's own prayers of aspiration and that he received signs of accomplishment related to this deity.
Takhyung Barwa Hayagrīva Restricted 26 Dec 2022
The root text for the Blazing Wrathful Guru, Hayagrīva and Garuḍa (Lama Drakpo Takhyung Barwa), which the great tertön Jigme Lingpa revealed in 1795. The practice combines three deities—Hayagrīva, Garuḍa and Guru Drakpo—and is considered to be a powerful means of subjugating negative forces and overcoming disease.
Takhyung Barwa Sādhanas Hayagrīva Rinchen Terdzö Restricted 27 Oct 2022
by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo
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 30 Nov 2020
The innermost secret guru practice of the Longchen Nyingtik cycle focuses on Longchen Rabjam and is considered an indispensable preliminary to Dzogchen practice. Jigme Lingpa revealed the practice some time around 1761, during his second three-year retreat, then kept it secret for five years.
Guru Sādhana Tiklé Gyachen Khyentse Kabab Rinchen Terdzö Restricted 19 Sep 2022
The sādhana of Dukngal Rangdrol (sdug bsngal rang grol), 'Natural Liberation of Suffering', is the Avalokiteśvara practice from the Longchen Nyingtik that is classed either as a peaceful yidam or as the secret-level guru practice from the peaceful, male-vidyādhara section of the cycle.
Dukngal Rangdrol Avalokiteśvara Termas Restricted 26 Jun 2020
by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo
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 16 Jul 2020
revealed by Jigme Lingpa
This inner practice of Yumka Dechen Gyalmo includes twenty-one forms of activity, such as increasing intelligence, extending longevity, and eliminating obstacles, all linked to the Twenty-One Tārās and the corresponding verses of the famous Praise to Tārā with Twenty-One Verses of Homage.
Yumka Dechen Gyalmo Tārā Restricted 31 Mar 2025
The inner guru practice Vidyādhara Assembly (Rigdzin Düpa) features Guru Padmasambhava and Mandāravā at the centre of the maṇḍala, surrounded by the eight vidyādharas, twenty-five disciples and other deities.
Rigdzin Düpa Termas Rinchen Terdzö Restricted 23 Dec 2020
When Jigme Lingpa was in his sixties he ‘translated the signs’ of the four specific sādhanas of Palchen Düpa—Yamāntaka, Hayagrīva, Yangdak Heruka and Vajrakīlaya—at the request of Dodrupchen Jigme Trinle Özer, Jigme Losalchen, and Tsewang Lhamo, the Queen of Derge. This is the sādhana of Vajrakīlaya.
Vajrakīlaya Termas Palchen Düpa Restricted 21 Feb 2024
by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
This shorter, daily practice is adapted from the full sādhana of Hayagrīva's Play of the Three Realms (rta mgrin khams gsum rol pa), which itself belongs to the Assembly of Awesome Ones (Palchen Düpa) cycle within the Longchen Nyingtik.
Palchen Düpa Hayagrīva Sādhanas Restricted 6 Sep 2022

Transference (Phowa)
revealed by Jigme Lingpa
The root text of the transference (phowa) practice from the Heart-Essence of the Vast Expanse (Longchen Nyingtik) revelation of Rigdzin Jigme Lingpa.
Transference Longchen Nyingtik Phowa Termas Restricted
This short guide can be read aloud in the presence of the dead and dying. It begins by explaining the truth of the person's situation, that they have passed away, then offers citations from the sūtras, encourages them to aim for Sukhāvatī, and finally guides them in a practice of transference (phowa).
Transference Longchen Nyingtik Phowa Dying & the Bardos 19 May 2023

Tsok
by Dodrupchen Jigme Trinle Özer
The gaṇacakra feast offering text to accompany the practice of Dukngal Rangdrol (Natural Liberation of Suffering) from the Longchen Nyingtik.
Dukngal Rangdrol Avalokiteśvara Tsok Restricted 29 Jun 2020
This famous offering prayer composed by Jigme Lingpa includes lines related to every aspect of the gaṇacakra feast yet is short enough to be recited multiple times, such as when accumulating large numbers of feast offerings. In fact, some claim that the tradition of accumulating multiple feast offerings originated with this very prayer.
Tsok Termas 12 Sep 2017
An addition to the standard practice of confession and fulfilment in Yumka Dechen Gyalmo, specifically for the purpose of accumulating gaṇacakra offerings as a means to turn back the summons of the ḍākinīs (mkha' 'gro'i bsun zlog).
Tsok Turning Back the Summons Yumka Dechen Gyalmo 23 Apr 2019
by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo
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 15 Jun 2023
Sacred song and dance are important elements of the gaṇacakra, and this song by Jigme Lingpa, which is now widely-known and recited, was composed specifically for the gaṇacakra feast. The song concludes with the aspiration that all those gathered together may attain the rainbow body as a result of the feast offering.
Tsok Songs and Poems 12 Sep 2018
Jigme Lingpa

Jigme Lingpa

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Name variants:

Dzogchenpa Rangjung Dorje
Jigdral Lingpa
Khyentse Lha
Khyentse Özer
Longchen Namkhé Naljor
Pema Wangchen Yeshe Rolpe Dorje

Subsequent incarnation(s):

Do Khyentse Yeshe Dorje
Alak Zenkar Pema Ngödrup Rolwe Dorje
Alak Zenkar Rinpoche
Patrul Rinpoche
Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo
Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
Dilgo Khyentse Yangsi Rinpoche
Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche
Pakchok Dorje
Ngawang Tutob Wangchuk

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