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Khenchen Ngawang Palzang

Khenchen Ngawang Palzang

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Name variants:

Dorje Zijitsal
Jampal Gyepa Zilnön
Khenpo Ngaga
Ösal Rinchen Nyingpo
Pema Ledrel Tsal

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Vimalamitra realized the maṇḍala of the supreme state,

Longchenpa revealed the dharmakāya Samantabhadra,

And you, Ngaki Wangpo, are inseparable from them both—to you I pray:

Inspire me with your blessings so that my own mind and your wisdom-mind merge as one!

Texts by the great Dzogchen master Khenchen Ngawang Palzang (ngag dbang dpal bzang, 1879–1941), also known as Khenpo Ngakchung:

Buddhist Philosophy

Seeds of the Four Philosophical Schools | Tenets

In this brief text, the celebrated Dzogchen scholar and adept Khenpo Ngawang Palzang summarizes the four main Indian Buddhist tenet systems traditions (according to Tibetan doxographers): 1) Vaibhāṣika, 2) Sautrāntika, 3) Cittamātra (Mind Only) and 4) Mādhyamika (Middle Way), which is further divided into Svātantrika and Prāsaṅgika.

Calling the Guru from Afar

Gyang Lu: A Song of Calling from Afar | Calling the Guru from Afar

Khenpo Ngawang Palzang adapted this devotional prayer to Longchen Rabjam from a famous song addressed to the Karmapa written by the Fifth Shamarpa, Könchok Yenlak (1525–1583).

Dzogchen

Advice in a Single Statement (from Khenpo Ngawang Palzang) by Nyoshul Khenpo Jamyang Dorje | Advice

Nyoshul Khen Rinpoche recalls the advice of Khenpo Ngawang Palzang, who managed to encapsulated the Dzogchen practice of Trekchö (khregs chod) in a single pithy instruction.

Precious Pointing-Out Instruction Given by Gyalwa Longchenpa in a Pure Vision | Dzogchen

While Khenpo Ngawang Palzang was accumulating the maṇḍala offering as part of the Longchen Nyingtik preliminary practices, he received this pointing-out instruction from Longchenpa in a pure vision.

The Five Wisdoms by Nyoshul Khenpo Jamyang Dorje | Advice

Definitions of the five wisdoms (ye shes lnga), i.e., the wisdom of dharmadhātu, mirror-like wisdom, wisdom of equality, wisdom of discernment and all-accomplishing wisdom, according to the oral tradition of Khenpo Ngawang Palzang, aka Khenpo Ngakchung.

Guru Rinpoche Prayers

Prayer to Pema Tötreng Tsal | Guru Rinpoche Prayers

A four-line prayer to Guru Padmasambhava requesting the pacification of obstacles and the bestowal of attainments.

Prayers

Brief Succession of Lives Prayer | Prayers

A three-verse prayer to the great Khenpo Ngawang Palzang—here referred to as Dorje Zijitsal—listing some of his previous incarnations and invoking his blessings.

Prayer for this Life, the Next and the Bardos | Prayers

A four-verse prayer to attain realization and enlightenment either in the present lifetime or during the intermediate states of dying, dharmatā or becoming.

Prayer to Khenpo Ngawang Palzang by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö | Prayers

A short, two-verse supplication to the famed Dzogchen master Khenchen Ngawang Palzang (1879–1941) alias Khenpo Ngakchung, from whom Jamyang Khyentse received teachings.

Tārā

Brief Homage to the Twenty-One Tārās | Tārā

A short prayer invoking and praising Tārā in her twenty-one emanations and calling upon her to dispel obstacles and assist progress along the path to ultimate realization.

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