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Khenchen Jigme Phuntsok Series

Tibetan Masters Khenchen Jigme Phuntsok

English (40) | Français (5) | Português (1) | 中文 (10) | བོད་ཡིག (40)

Master over the treasury of fearless debate, exposition and composition,

With all the qualities of the three trainings perfectly complete,

Precious source of benefit and happiness beyond measure,

Supreme guide, glorious lama, to you I pray!

Works by and about the influential Nyingma teacher and treasure-revealer Kyabje Khenchen Jigme Phuntsok Rinpoche (mkhan chen 'jigs med phun tshogs), aka Khenpo Jigphun (1933–2004):

Advice

Composed spontaneously at the sacred mountain of Wu Tai Shan, this is one of the late Khenchen Jigme Phuntsok's most famous works. In 23 verses, which were written down in just 23 minutes, it encapsulates the entire Buddhist path from basic instructions on how to follow a spiritual teacher through to the advanced meditations of the generation and perfection phases and the pinnacle of all forms of practice, the Great Perfection.
Advice 17 Jul 2005

Aspiration Prayers

by Tupten Chöpel
A simple four-line prayer to realize the ultimate nature and thereby benefit all beings each according to their needs.
Aspiration Prayers 17 Apr 2018
A four-line prayer of aspiration spoken in front of a vast assembly in 1986.
Aspiration Prayers 17 Apr 2018
A prayer for the flourishing and spread of the teachings of all the major and minor traditions of Tibetan Buddhism, including the so-called Eight Great Chariots of the Practice Lineage (sgrub brgyud shing rta chen po brgyad), i.e., the Nyingma, Kadam, Sakya, Marpa Kagyü, Shangpa Kagyü, Kālacakra, Pacification and Severance, and Approach and Accomplishment of the Three Vajras.
Nonsectarianism Spread-of-Teachings Prayers 8 Apr 2021
This aspiration to be cared for by the guru throughout all future lifetimes was composed at Wutai Shan at the request of a disciple named Rigdrol.
Aspiration Prayers 6 Mar 2018
by Fourteenth Dalai Lama
Shortly after Khenchen Jigme Phuntsok's passing in 2004, His Holiness the Dalai Lama wrote this prayer "so that the enlightened intentions of this great being may be fulfilled completely and to help dispel the anguish of his disciples."
Aspiration Prayers Songs and Poems 16 Oct 2005
Composed in Bodhgayā, this is a bodhisattva's aspiration to emulate the buddhas of the past, such as Śākyamuni, serve the remaining buddhas of this fortunate age, and lead all beings to awakening. The prayer was recorded and transcribed by Khenpo Sodargye.
Aspiration Prayers 30 Jun 2020

Dharma Protectors

A four-line liturgy to accompany offerings to Nechung, composed at Nechung Dorje Drayang Ling, Hawaii in 1993.
Dharma Protectors 14 Sep 2023

Gesar

A simple self-visualization (bdag bskyed) and mantra recitation practice for King Gesar.
Gesar Sādhanas Restricted 10 May 2023

Guru Yoga

This guru yoga, written in 1995, is one of the late Khenchen Jigme Phuntsok's most famous compositions. He later wrote a heart-advice as a supporting instruction for it.
Guru Yoga 8 Feb 2018

Lineage Prayers

A supplication to the lineage for Sādhana of Peaceful Mañjuśrī, a practice which Khenpo Jigme Phuntsok composed spontaneously in a cave at Wutaishan.
Lineage Prayers Mañjuśrī 2 Dec 2019
by Fourteenth Dalai Lama
His Holiness composed this lineage prayer for the Vajrakīlaya practice of Purba Gulkhukma, a revelation of Khenchen Jigme Phuntsok, on 23 July 1990.
Purba Gulkhukma Vajrakīlaya Lineage Prayers 20 Jul 2018

Long-Life Prayers

Khenchen Jigme Phuntsok composed this prayer for the longevity of His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama on 17 July 1990, shortly after their first meeting.
Long-Life Prayers 7 Mar 2018
A short prayer in three stanzas for the longevity of Khandro Tāre Lhamo (1938–2003).
Long-Life Prayers 1 Apr 2019
Composed in 1990 at the sacred site of Tso Pema in response to repeated requests from Khenpo Namdrol, who studied with both Penor Rinpoche and Khenchen Jigme Phuntsok.
Long-Life Prayers 18 Apr 2018

Pilgrimage

Composed at the cave of Yangleshö in Nepal, this spontaneous song praises the power of this sacred site, a place where Guru Padmasambhava once meditated and gained accomplishment, while also attesting to Khenchen Jigme Phuntsok's own poetic mastery and realization.
Pilgrimage Songs and Poems Nepal 9 Jul 2017

Praise

Three verses composed spontaneously on the occasion of praising and enthroning Khenpo Tsultrim Lodrö before the assembled saṅgha at Larung Gar on March 4, 1995.
Praise 1 Feb 2024

Prayers

by Khenpo Chime Rigdzin
This celebrated prayer extols the benefits of guru devotion in general and praises the qualities of Khenchen Jikme Puntsok Rinpoche (1933–2004) in particular, invoking his inspiration and blessings as a means to progress along the path.
Prayers 7 Feb 2022
Khenchen Jigme Phuntsok wrote this prayer to Mañjuśrī in June 1990 when he heard it repeatedly in the droning of an air conditioner in New Delhi.
Prayers Mañjuśrī 30 Nov 2024
The most famous four-line prayer to Khenchen, which he himself composed.
Prayers 2 Feb 2018
In this short prayer, written at the insistence of his disciples, Khenchen Jigme Phuntsok lists his own previous incarnations according to a prophecy by Apang Tertön Pawo Chöying Dorje (1895–1945).
Successive Incarnations Prayers 2 Feb 2018
This devotional prayer to invoke the blessings of the guru is one of Khenchen Jigme Phuntsok's best known compositions. It was written in 1987 at Mount Wutai (Wutai Shan) at the request of an elderly disciple, Lama Rigdön.
Prayers 23 Feb 2018

Rituals

arranged by Khenchen Jigme Phuntsok
This simple practice of taking the bodhisattva vow combines the seven-branch offering from the Zangchö Mönlam with verses from Śāntideva's Bodhicaryāvatāra.
Bodhisattva Vow 13 Sep 2023

Sādhanas

The first part of the Tidro (ti sgro) cycle to be revealed, this Kurukullā practice is—in Khenchen's own description—not entirely terma yet not entirely his own composition either.
Kurukullā Sādhanas Termas Restricted 27 Mar 2019
A short sādhana of Dorje Drolö, one of the wrathful manifestations of Padmasambhava, revealed as a terma at Paro Taktsang, Bhutan, in 1990.
Dorje Drolö Sādhanas Termas Restricted 29 Mar 2019
The Sādhana of Peaceful Mañjuśrī, which Khenpo Jigme Phuntsok composed spontaneously while in the Cave of Nārāyaṇa at Wutaishan.
Sādhanas Mañjuśrī Restricted 4 Dec 2019
This short Vajrasattva sādhana, which incorporates the four powers as a means of purifying negative actions, obscurations and breakages of samaya, was composed spontaneously in April 1997. The translation also includes additional verses for refuge, bodhicitta, dedication and aspiration, as recited in Larung Gar.
Vajrasattva Sādhanas Restricted 11 Jun 2020

Songs

Written in 1999, this short spontaneous song expresses the joy of living the fortunate life of a Dzogchen yogi.
Songs and Poems 18 Apr 2018
Verses of prophecy composed for King Jigme Singye Wangchuk (b. 1955) at the Kyichu Temple in Paro on 11 September 1990 and transcribed by Khenpo Sodargye.
Prophecy Bhutan 6 Dec 2024
When Khenchen Jigme Puntsok was twenty-six, he had a dream in which he travelled to Guru Padmasambhava's pureland and participated in a gaṇacakra feast, during which this song was sung by a young girl. He then kept the song secret for thirty-one years before revealing it to others.
Songs and Poems Tsok 11 Dec 2025
Khenchen Jigme Phuntsok sang this dohā spontaneously in 1996 at a time when various outer, inner and secret obstacles had been overcome. It stresses the importance of meditating on Dzogchen, cultivating bodhicitta, maintaining ethical discipline, and having a positive basic character.
Songs and Poems Advice 15 Apr 2018
A spontaneous song of lamentation composed at Tso Pema, India, in 1990 and later transcribed from an audio recording.
Songs and Poems Guru Padmasambhava 29 Mar 2019
A vajra song in five verses that the master composed spontaneously at Samyé Chimpu after hearing the inspiring sound of yogins chanting the Vajra Guru mantra.
Samyé Chimpu Songs and Poems 27 Jan 2025

Vajrakīlaya

This fire offering for the 'Neck-Pouch Kīla’ (Purba Gulkhukma) Cycle arose spontaneously to Khenchen Jigme Phuntsok in 1990 and was written down by His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama.
Purba Gulkhukma Vajrakīlaya Fire Offering Restricted 18 Sep 2018
A reminder to the Kīlaya guardians of their past pledges and a request that they carry out activity on the practitioner's behalf. The text was composed in Yangleshö, Nepal, and transcribed by Khenpo Namdrol.
Purba Gulkhukma Vajrakīlaya Torma Offering Restricted 19 Sep 2018
The concluding stages of the Neck-Pouch Kīla (Purba Gulkhukma) sādhana: offering, praise, receiving the attainments, dissolution, dedication of merit and words of auspiciousness.
Purba Gulkhukma Vajrakīlaya Sādhanas Restricted 30 Jul 2018
Khenchen Jigme Phuntsok composed this liberation rite (bsgral las) for the Neck-Pouch Kīla (Purba Gulkhukma) while in Namdrolling Monastery in India in August 1990.
Purba Gulkhukma Vajrakīlaya Restricted 5 Feb 2026
Khenchen Jigme Phuntsok composed this confession and fulfilment (bskang bshags) practice for the 'Neck-Pouch Kīla’ (Purba Gulkhukma) while in Namdrolling Monastery in India in 1990.
Purba Gulkhukma Vajrakīlaya Fulfilment 24 Jul 2018
A short torma offering to the protectors of the 'Neck-Pouch Kīla’ (Purba Gulkhukma) Cycle composed by Khenchen Jigme Phuntsok and transcribed by Khenpo Sodargye.
Purba Gulkhukma Vajrakīlaya Restricted 19 Sep 2018
This is the main text of the Purba Gulkhukma cycle of Vajrakīlaya practice, which Khenchen Jigme Phuntsok revealed at the Asura cave in Yangleshö, Nepal. It includes the empowerment, sādhana and gaṇacakra offering.
Purba Gulkhukma Vajrakīlaya Sādhanas Restricted 30 Jul 2018
Khenchen Jigme Phuntsok

Khenchen Jigme Phuntsok

Photographer unknown

Name variants:

Abhaya
Chöjé Yishin Norbu
Jigme Phuntsok Jungne
Ngawang Lodrö Tsungmé
Pema Wangchen Gyepé Dorje
Tupten Lekshe Zangpo

Previous incarnation(s):

Tertön Sogyal

Further information:

Treasury of Lives Author Bio
BDRC Author Profile (P7774)

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