List of Names for Elaborate Empowerment

List of the Names for the Elaborate Maṇḍala[1]

by Longchen Rabjam

I pay homage to the gurus,
And thoroughly set forth
A clarification of the lists of names
For those who enter the elaborate maṇḍala.

Here, as a means of determining which is the primary and which the auxiliary maṇḍalas from the nature of the five wisdoms belonging to the vajra essence of original clear light, one casts a flower.

If the flower lands in the centre, give a name that is illustrative of fundamental reality, corresponding to Vairocana, the Tathāgata family and the wisdom of the dharmadhātu, such as:

Natsok Rangdrol (Self-Liberation of Diverse Perception)
Chönyi Drimé (Immaculate Dharmatā)[2]
Lhündrup Gyalpo (Sovereign Spontaneous Presence)
Gyurmé Yeshé (Unchanging Wisdom)
Khandro Long Yangpa (Vast Sky-Faring Expanse)
Mimik Chönyi (Inapprehensible Dharmatā)
Yedrol Nyukma (Primordially Free and Genuine)
Lhünnyam Chadral (Spontaneous, Even Inactivity)
Künjé Gyalpo (All-Creating Sovereign)
Longchen Rabjam (Infinite Vast Expanse)
Khanyam Chöku (Spacelike Dharmakāya)
Zhidral Chönyi (Groundless Dharmatā)
Samdzok Gyalpo (Sovereign of Wish-Fulfilment)
Jömé Tsöndé (Inexpressible Undefinableness)
Changchub Nyingpo (Essence of Awakening)
Nyukma Chamdal (Evenly Pervasive Genuineness)
Yetong Tsadral (Primordially Empty and Sourceless)
Kündrol Yeshé (Wholly Free Wisdom)
Malü Chönyi (Dharmatā Entirety)
Rolpa Yeshé (Wisdom Display)
Gangshar Rangdrol (Self-Liberation of Whatever Arises)
Yedrol Dzinmé (Primordial Freedom Beyond Grasping)
Matsal Rangdzok (Unsought Self-Perfection)
Charmé Rangjung (Self-Originated with Nothing to Be Done)
Sangyé Rangché (Intrinsic Buddhahood)
Mingyur Lhundrup (Unchanging Spontaneous Presence)
Khyabdal Chenpo (Great Pervasiveness)
Nangsi Chöku (Dharmakāya of Appearance and Existence)
Tsalchen Dzogpa (Perfected Great Potential)
… and so on.

Taking such a name related to basic space beyond transition or change, apply it to the male or female practitioner as appropriate.

If the flower lands in the east, give a name that is illustrative of clear light, corresponding to Akṣobhya, the Vajra family and mirror-like wisdom, such as:

Dorje Nyingpo (Vajra Essence)
Dorje Sempa (Vajra Being)
Dorje Lekpa (Excellent Vajra)
Ö-nga Lhundrup (Spontaneously Present Fivefold Light)
Yeshé Drimé (Immaculate Wisdom)
Rangshar Ösal (Self-Arisen Clear Light)[3]
Lhünnyam Miyo (Unmoving Spontaneous Evenness)
Chamchik Changchub (Simultaneous Awakening)
Saltong Dzinmé (Clear Emptiness Beyond Grasping)
Rangsal Chöku (Self-Luminous Dharmakāya)
Malü Lhundrup (Total Spontaneous Presence)
Döné Changchub (Primordial Awakening)
Miksam Trödral (Free from Conceptual Complexity)
Gakmé Rangsal (Unceasing Self-Luminosity)
Rangjung Yeshe (Naturally Arisen Wisdom)
Ösal Nyingpo (Essence of Clear Light)
Nyimé Yeshé (Non-Dual Wisdom)
Chokmé Rang-yen (Positionless Composure)
Mikmé Kündrol (Universal Freedom Beyond Apprehension)
Yangpa Chenpo (Great Expansiveness)
Drowa Chönyi (Animate and Phenomenal Reality)
Samdzok Döma (Primordial Wish-Fulfilment)
Charmé Namkha (Space of Nothing-To-Be-Done)
Makyé Chönyi (Unborn Dharmatā)
Miné Rangjung (Self-Arisen Non-Abiding)
Melong Yeshé (Mirror-like Wisdom)[4]
Rolpa Gakmé (Ceaseless Display)
Gyayen Rangdrol (Unrestrained Spontaneous Freedom)
Tadral Uma (Middle Beyond Extremes)
Dzokpa Rangjung (Self-Arisen Perfection)
Rigpa Drimé (Immaculate Awareness)
Rangshar Gakmé (Ceaseless Natural Arising)
Tadrol Longchen (Great Expanse Liberated from Extremes)
… and so on.

Taking such a name related to clarity or clear light, apply it as appropriate.

If the flower lands in the south, give a name that is illustrative of non-duality, corresponding to Ratnasambhava, the Ratna family and the wisdom of equality, such as:

Döyön Rangshar (Self-Occurring Sensory Delights)
Gyachen Paljor (Magnificent Richness)
Yönten Rangjung (Naturally Occurring Qualities)
Samdzok Gyalpo (Sovereign of Wish-Fulfilment)
Tsokchen Lhündzok (Spontaneous Perfection of Vast Accumulation)
Dögu Rangshar (Spontaneous Arising of All That is Desired)
Yizhin Nyingpo (Wish-Granting Essence)
Pemé Rangdrol (Incomparable Self-Liberation)
Döndrup Nyingpo (Aim-Accomplishing Essence)
Zhingkham Namdak (Utterly Pure Realm)
Lhündrup Yeshé (Spontaneously Present Wisdom)
Maché Rangdzok (Uncreated Self-Perfection)
Zhimé Chönyi (Foundationless Dharmatā)[5]
Yeshé Gyepa (Blossoming Wisdom)
Chönyi Ngawang (Dharmatā Master of Oratory)
Longdzok Gyalpo (Sovereign Perfect Expanse)
Rangjung Long-gyal (Sovereign Self-Originating Expanse)[6]
Rolpa Rangshar (Self-Arising Display)
Gangshar Chönyi (Dharmatā Reality of Whatever Arises)
Chirnang Nyamdrol (Simultaneous Liberation of Whatever Manifests)
Langdor Nyimé (Beyond the Duality of Acceptance and Rejection)
Temé Yongdrol (Complete Liberation Beyond Reference Point)
Kusum Rangdzok (Spontaneous Perfection of the Three Kāyas)
Yeshé Ngaden (Possessor of Fivefold Wisdom)
Zungtrin Nyingpo (Essence of Dhāraṇī Clouds)
Yeshé Nyima (Wisdom Sun)
Lhündrup Zakar (Planets and Stars of Spontaneous Presence)
… and so on.

Create and apply such a name related to non-duality.

If the flower lands in the west, give a name that corresponds to Amitābha, the Padma family and the wisdom of discernment,[7] such as:

Dechen Gyalpo (Sovereign of Great Bliss)
Khamsum Yongdrol (Total Liberation of the Three Realms)
Masam Chönyi (Inconceivable Dharmatā)
Chirnang Yeshé (Wisdom in Light of Whatever Manifests)
Lhünnyam Dechen (Spontaneous and Even Great Bliss)
Pema Longchen (Great Lotus Expanse)
Longsal Drimé (Immaculate Luminous Expanse)
Dechen Rangjung (Self-Occurring Great Bliss)
Tamché Babdé (Bliss of the Universal Nature)
Zhimé Rangsal (Groundless Self-Luminosity)
Drowa Changchub (Awakening of Beings)
Tamché Chönyi (Universal Dharmatā)
Khordé Yedrol (Primordial Liberation of Saṃsāra and Nirvāṇa)
Mapang Yongdzok (Total Perfection without Rejection)
Rangsal Dechen (Self-Luminous Great Bliss)
Ösal Long-gyal (Sovereign Clear Light Expanse)[8]
Changchub Rangjung (Self-Occurring Awakening)
Khanyam Dechen (Spacelike Great Bliss)
Zhitsa Changchub (Fundamental Awakening)
Gangjung Chönyi (Dharmatā Whatever Occurs)[9]
Yömé Tadral (Freedom from Ontological Extremes)
Yangdok Nyimé (Non-Dual Span)
Chöku Rangluk (Natural Mode of Dharmakāya)
Mimik Chamdal (Inapprehensible Equilibrium)
… and so on.

Apply such a name that signifies self-illuminating wisdom.

If the flower lands in the north, give a name that corresponds to Amoghasiddhi, the Karma family and all-accomplishing wisdom, such as:

Go-nga Chadral (Freedom from Fivefold Sensory Activity)
Lhündzok Chöku (Spontaneously Perfect Dharmakāya)
Rangshar Rimé (Self-Arising Impartiality)
Dzinmé Gyalpo (Sovereign Non-Grasping)
Malü Yongdrol (Total, Entire Liberation)
Künnyam Yangpa (Wholly Even Expansiveness)
Lhünnyam Yongdrol (Spontaneous, Even Total Liberation)
Chamchik Sangyé (Simultaneous Buddhahood)
Yené Charmé (Primordial Absence of Agenda)
Chadral Kündrol (Universal Freedom Beyond Activity)[10]
Khyabdal Chönyi (Pervasive Dharmatā)
Trinlé Lhündrup (Spontaneous Activity)
Yongdzok Changchub (Totally Perfect Awakening)
Rangzhen Döndrup (Accomplishment of One’s Own and Others’ Aims)
Mapang Yongdzok (Total Perfection without Rejection)
Tsoldrup Charmé (Absence of Striving for Achievement)
Chöku Rangdzok (Self-Perfected Dharmakāya)
Lhündrup Dzinmé (Spontaneous Presence Beyond Grasping)
Yongdrol Chenpo (Great Total Freedom)
… and so on.

Apply such names that signify limitlessness and the absence of hope and fear.

If the flower lands in the south-east, give a name that signifies inherently perfect, non-dual wisdom, such as:

Rangdrol Chöying (Self-Liberated Dharmadhātu)
Gyurme Lhundrup (Unchanging Spontaneous Presence)
Yedrol Long-yang (Primordially Free Vast Expanse)
Künnyam Longchen (Wholly Even Great Expanse)
Khanyam Longchen (Great Expanse Equal to Space)
Khalong Künkhyen (All-Knowing Expanse of Space)
Zhidzok Tsöndé (Perfect Ground Beyond Illustration)
Changchub Chamdal (Evenly Pervasive Awakening)
Yedrol Rolpa (Primordially Free Display)
Gangshar Tsaldzok (Perfect Expression of Whatever Arises)
Matsal Rangjung (Unsought and Self-Arisen)
Dzinmé Rangshar (Self-Arisen Beyond Grasping)
Lhundrup Khyabdal (Spontaneously Present and Pervasive)
Nangsi Tsalchen (Great Play of Appearance and Existence)
Chamdal Yeshe (Evenly Pervasive Wisdom)
Miyo Changchub (Unmoving Awakening)
Döné Yongdrol (Primordial and Total Freedom)
Khordé Yedrol (Primordial Freedom of Saṃsāra and Nirvāṇa)
Zhitsa Namdak (Utterly Pure Basis and Origin)
Chokmé Kündrol (Universal Freedom Beyond Positions)
Chönyi Samdzok (Wish-Fulfilling Dharmatā)
Charmé Dzokpa (Perfect Absence of Agenda)
Drowong Yezé (Primordial Exhaustion of To and Fro)
Nangsi Gyayen (Unrestrained Appearance and Existence)
Zhitsa Rangshar (Self-Arisen Basis and Origin)
Gakmé Yongdrol (Unceasing Total Freedom)
Chözé Lodé (Exhaustion of Phenomena Beyond the Mind) … and so on.

Apply such names that combine those of the centre and south-east.

If the flower lands in the south-west, give a name such as:

Chöku Rangshar (Self-Arisen Dharmakāya)
Khorwa Yezé (Primordial Exhaustion of Saṃsāra)
Dzogchen Rangshar (Self-Arisen Great Perfection)
Samdzok Nyingpo (Wish-Fulfilling Essence)
Zhidé Long-gyé (Expansive Space of Fundamental Bliss)
Gangshar Nyamdrol (Equal Liberation of Whatever Arises)
Temé Chokyen (Unlimited and Beyond Reference)
Kündrol Longchen (Great Expanse of Universal Freedom)
Chalwa Barmé (Uninterrupted Evenness)
Gyadrol Namkha (Unrestricted Space)
Gangsam Chönyi (Dharmatā Nature of Whatever Is Imaginable)
Lhün-nyam Döma (Spontaneous, Even and Primordial)
Rangshar Zhizhak (Self-Arisen Basis)
Yedzok Lhundrup (Primordially Perfect, Spontaneous Presence)
Chöku Rangluk (Natural Mode, Dharmakāya)
Mazhak Rangdrol (Unplaced Self-Liberation)
Yezhak Dengchen (Great Assurance of Primordiality)
Gyayen Chamdal (Unrestrained Equlibrium)
Nang-nyam Tong-nyam (Equally Apparent, Equally Empty)
Magak Rangshar (Unobstructed Self-Arising)
Gyayen Temé (Unrestrained and Beyond Reference Point)
Choknyam Yongdrol (Evenly Located Total Liberation)
Lhundrup Döma (Spontaneously Present and Primordial)
Gangshar Yezé (Primordial Exhaustion of Whatever Arises)
Tsalchen Yongdzok (Totally Perfect Great Creativity)
Longsal Gyadrol (Unrestricted Luminous Expanse)
Khordé Rang-nang (Self-Manifest Saṃsāra and Nirvaṇa)
Kündrol Zhirnang (Wholly Free Ground Manifestation)
Tamché Yedzok (Primordial Perfection of All)
Yetong Tsadral (Primordially Empty and Rootless)
…and so on.

Apply such names that combine those of the centre and south-west.

If the flower lands in the north-west, give a name that signifies the non-dual wisdom that is free upon arising such as:

Go-nga Rangdrol (Self-Liberation of the Five Senses)
Zungdzin Rimé (Impartial Perception)
Yulmé Rangshar (Objectless Self-Arising)
Yongdrol Kün-nyam (Wholly Equal and Total Freedom)
Lhün-nyam Chamdal (Spontaneous and Even Equilibrium)
Charmé Yezin (Agendaless, Primordial Completion)
Kündrol Yedrup (Wholly Free, Primordial Accomplishment)
Rangdzok Shardrol (Self-Perfect Freedom Upon Arising)
Yongdzok Charmé (Complete Absence of Agenda)
Chöku Yeshar (Primordially Arisen Dharmakāya)
Nangsi Yezé (Primordial Exhaustion of Appearance and Existence)
Yongdrol Longchen (Great Expanse of Total Freedom)
Chirnang Chönyi (Dharmatā Nature of Whatever Appears)
Menang Zuknyen (Nonexistent Yet Apparent Reflection)
Lhün-nyam Longchen (Spontaneous, Even Great Expanse)
Dalkhö Yenyom (Pervasive, Primordial Equality)
Chözé Mingzé (Exhaustion of Phenomena, Exhaustion of Denomination)
Yedrup Rangdzok (Primordially Established Self-Perfection)
Yetong Rangshar (Primordially Empty Self-Arising)
Zhidé Rangnang (Self-Manifest Fundamental Bliss)
Tamché Lhün-nyam (Spontaneous Equality of All)
Dzokpa Chiching (All-Embracing Perfection)
Natsok Rangshar (Self-Arisen Diversity)
Zhidral Khanyam (Groundlessness Equal to Space)
Longsal Lhündzok (Spontaneously Perfect Luminous Expanse)
Temé Chokjam (Beyond Reference and Infinite in Extent)
Gyudré Yedrol (Primordial Freedom from Causation)
Drupmé Tsaltruk (Bursting Forth of Uncultivated Creative Energy)[11]
Longchen Yedal (Primordially Pervasive Great Expanse)
Temé Gyadrol (Unrestricted Non-Referentiality)
Shardrol Babtong (Innately Empty Freedom Upon Arising)
Nyamdzok Charmé (Agendaless Equality and Perfection)
Yezin Rangbab (Naturally Occurring Primordial Completion)
Chönyi Charmé (Agendaless Dharmatā)
Zangtal Chikdzok (Uniquely Perfect Transparency)
Yezin Chamdal (Evenly Pervasive, Primordial Completion)
…and so on.

Apply such names that combine those of the centre and north-west.

If the flower lands in the north-east, give a name that signifies the unimpeded wisdom in which phenomena are exhausted, such as:

Chöku Yeshar (Primordially Arisen Dharmakāya)
Lhundrup Rangsal (Self-Luminous Spontaneous Presence)
Khorwa Zhidrol (Fundamental Freedom from Saṃsāra)
Changchub Rangché (Intrinsic Awakening)
Sisum Yedrol (Three Worlds’ Primordial Freedom)
Maché Döndrup (Unfabricated Success)
Mabé Yechin (Effortless Primordial Arrival)
Drömé Rangzhak (Journeyless Self-Composure)
Zhinyam Yangpa (Fundamental, Extensive Equality)
Kha-nyam Rangrik (Self-Awareness Equal to Space)
Zangma Taljung (Lucid Transparency)
Tamal Rangdrol (Natural, Ordinary Freedom)
Babzhak Lhukpa (Naturally Settled Relaxedness)
Dalkha Rangnyom (Spontaneously Equal Expansiveness)
Mapang Rangdrol (Undiscarded Natural Freedom)
Matsal Yedrup (Unsought Primordial Accomplishment)
Kündzok Chöku (Wholly Perfect Dharmakāya)
Temé Gyadrol (Unrestricted Non-Referentiality)
Gangshar Döma (Primordiality of Whatever Arises)
Rangsal Dzinmé (Self-Luminous Non-Grasping)
Chözé Dzinmé (Exhaustion of Phenomena Beyond Grasping)
Chönyi Yongdzok (Wholly Perfect Dharmatā)
Dalkhyab Yedrol (Pervasive Primordial Freedom)
Rangjung Zhilong (Self-Originated Fundamental Expanse)
Changchub Rangshar (Self-Arisen Awakening)
Yeshe Nyima (Pristine Wisdom Sun)
Gyatso Longdol (Oceanic Expanse Bursting Forth)
Nyamdzok Chuwo (Even and Perfect Flow)
Yedal Rangyen (Primordially Expansive Composure)
Panglang Yedrol (Primordial Freedom from Rejection and Acceptance)
Nangsem Yulmé (Objectless Perception and Mind)
Chözé Rangbab (Naturally Occurring Exhaustion of Phenomena)
Döma Ngöngyur (Actualized Primordiality)
Gangnang Kündrol (Total Freedom of Whatever Manifests)
Yetong Yongtong (Primordial and Complete Emptiness)
Chokjam Charmé (Infinite Absence of Anything to Be Done)
Rangzhak Yedé (Primordially Blissful Self-Composure)
Khanyam Yongdzok (Total Perfection Equal to Space)
Drenpa Rangsang (Naturally Pure Mindfulness)
Harpa Barmé (Uninterrupted Openness)
Chalwa Lhündrup (Spontaneously Present Evenness)
…and so on.

Apply such names that combine those of the centre and north-east.

Through the sovereign great expanse of pure basic space,
Expressing the names of what is unmoving and unceasing,
May saṃsāra and nirvāṇa—mere names—be entirely liberated,
And may there be the auspiciousness of natural Great Perfection!

This concludes the list of names for generating the supremely secret wisdom from the oceanic rivers of empowerment that accord with basic space, as explained in detail by Natsok Rangdrol, a yogin who has reached the culmination of the supreme vehicle.[12] May it be virtuous! Virtuous! Virtuous!

| Translated by Adam Pearcey with the generous support of the Tsadra Foundation, 2025.

Bibliography

Tibetan Edition

klong chen rab 'byams pa dri med 'od zer. "dkyil 'khor spros bcas ming gi rim pa" In snying thig ya bzhi. 13 vols. Delhi: Sherab Gyaltsen Lama, 1975. Vol. 12: 93–101 (4.5 folios)

Secondary Sources

Longchen Rabjam, "Clarification of the Names for the Elaborate Maṇḍala (of Lama Yangtik)". Translated by Adam Pearcey, Lotsawa House, 2024.

Version: 1.0-20250605

This text closely resembles a text of the same name in the Lama Yangtik collection (listed in the bibliography), with only minor differences as detailed in footnotes, but provides additional sections for the four intercardinal directions. ↩
Cf. the Lama Yangtik version which has chos dbyings (Dharmadhātu) in place of chos nyid (Dharmatā). ↩
Cf. the Lama Yangtik version, which has ngang dwangs (Lucidity) here in place of rang shar (Self-Arisen). ↩
The Tibetan reads mi 'ong ye shes (uncoming wisdom), which differs from the Lama Yangtik version's me long ye shes. We are following the latter. ↩
Cf. the Lama Yangtik version which has gzhi bde (Fundamentally Blissful) in place of gzhi med (Foundationless) ↩
Cf. the Lama Yangtik version which has rgyas (Extensive) in place of rgyal (Sovereign) ↩
Note that the text says kun rtog in place of the more usual sor rtogs ↩
Cf. the Lama Yangtik version, which has rgyas (Extensive) here in place of rgyal (Sovereign) ↩
Cf. the Lama Yangtik version, which has rang byung (Self-Occurring) in place of gang byung (Whatever Occurs). ↩
Cf. the Lama Yangtik version which has bya btsal (Deeds and Quests) here in place of bya bral (Beyond Activity). ↩
Reading dkrugs as sprugs ↩
The translation of this colophon is tentative and provisional. ↩