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Mipham Rinpoche Series

Tibetan Masters Mipham Rinpoche

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Through the blessings of the youthful Mañjuśrī, the union of awareness and emptiness,

You released the eight brilliant treasures,

Master of an ocean of treasure-like teachings of the Dharma in both aspects, transmission and realization—

To you, Mipham Rinpoche, Mañjuśrī in person, I pray!

Texts by and about the great Nyingma polymath Jamgön Mipham Namgyal Gyatso (mi pham rnam rgyal rgya mtsho, 1846–1912), arguably the most influential Tibetan scholar of recent times:

Advice
This very short yet practical set of instructions, composed in verse, was written at the request of several beginners.
Advice 28 Aug 2012
Mipham Rinpoche gave this text in thirty-seven verses to the Third Dodrupchen Jigme Tenpe Nyima as a sealed scroll while they were both at Dzongsar Monastery. Although the precise date is unclear, it seems likely that this was in or around 1886. The text is a mixture of personal, often cryptic advice and prophecy.
Advice Prophecy 13 Apr 2016
In this inventive song a debate between Waking and Dreaming, about which one is real, is adjudicated by Profound Wisdom (prajñā).
Advice Songs and Poems 18 Sep 2023
In a few lines of verse, Mipham explains the essence of Dzogchen Atiyoga, which is, in turn, the essence of the 84000 approaches of the Dharma.
Advice 6 Feb 2019
A four-line verse that Mipham Rinpoche composed while recalling Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo (1820–1892) who had passed into parinirvāṇa two days earlier.
Advice Uncommon Dzogchen Instructions 13 Mar 2023
A short text in verse that outlines various stages in the cultivation of śamatha, or calm abiding.
Meditation Advice 8 Feb 2018
Written in 1906, this short text contains the most profound instruction on the practice of śamatha, or calm abiding, in which mind is turned upon itself.
Meditation Advice 16 Oct 2019
Properly titled Wondrous Talk Brought About by Conversing with a Friend (Grogs dang gtam gleng ba'i rkyen las mtshar gtam), this playful text pokes fun at followers of the Nyingma, Sakya, Kagyü and Gelug (or Gendenpa) schools, in order to highlight potential pitfalls associated with each tradition, while also pointing out the absurdity of sectarian prejudice in general.
Advice Nonsectarianism 11 Apr 2005
In these six pithy verses, composed in 1896, Mipham explains the relative strengths of each of the four main Tibetan Buddhist Schools—Nyingma (rnying ma), Kagyü (bka' brgyud), Gelug (dge lugs) and Sakya (sa skya)—and appeals to their followers to tolerate and respect one another.
Advice Nonsectarianism 27 Jan 2016
A short text in verse, composed in 1893, which highlights the shortcomings of wild discursive thought and the consequent need for mindfulness (smṛti; dran pa) and vigilance (saṃprajanya; shes bzhin).
Meditation Advice Mindfulness 14 Apr 2022
In this short text of practical advice, Mipham Rinpoche defines mental stillness, movement and awareness and explains how understanding the 'secret of the mind' leads to deeper levels of realization.
Mahāmudrā Meditation Advice 12 Feb 2021
This pithy guide to combining the accumulations of merit and wisdom—by both diligently pursuing conditioned acts of virtue and effortlessly meditating on the natural state—was written in 1906.
Advice Uncommon Dzogchen Instructions 11 Nov 2025
This short advice in verse explains the perfect equality (mnyam pa nyid) of the dharmadhātu (chos kyi dbyings), the space-like nature of phenomena, which, Mipham says, is a crucial point to understand in both sūtra and tantra. Mipham wrote this text in 1901.
Advice 27 Jan 2016
Three pith instructions for dealing with fear, sickness and harm: dissolving the outer world into the body, dissolving the body into the outer world, and dissolution into space-like non-duality.
Advice Restricted 25 Nov 2022

Aspiration Prayers
A four-line prayer for summoning the spirit of abundance (g.yang) together with all that is excellent and auspicious.
Wealth & Prosperity 9 Jul 2021
A four-line aspiration to be recited when giving medicine to others, composed in 1891.
Sickness & Healing Aspiration Prayers Medicine 31 Jul 2025
A four-line prayer of aspiration related to the four activities—pacifying, enriching, magnetizing and subjugating—composed in 1891.
Aspiration Prayers 13 Sep 2021
A short prayer of aspiration to accompany the offering of a butter lamp (mar me).
Light Aspiration Prayers 30 Oct 2018
A short prayer incorporating the four causes of rebirth in Sukhāvatī, namely: 1) visualizing the pure realm, 2) accumulating merit and purifying obscurations, 3) generating bodhicitta, and 4) making prayers of aspiration and dedicating all sources of virtue towards rebirth in Sukhāvatī.
Sukhāvatī Aspirations 28 Apr 2018
This 72-line liturgy for the practice of yang-guk (g.yang 'gugs), or 'summoning the spirit of abundance (or prosperity)' was composed in 1896.
Wealth & Prosperity 18 Apr 2013
A brief prayer to be reborn on the Copper-Coloured Mountain of Glory, or Zangdok Palri, in the presence of Guru Padmasambhava, and to complete the path to enlightenment in that pure realm, so as to work for others’ benefit.
Zangdok Palri Aspirations Guru Rinpoche Prayers 26 Oct 2019
Mipham Rinpoche composed this four-verse prayer of aspiration for peace and happiness in 1888 at the behest of Tokden Shakya Shri (1853–1919).
Aspiration Prayers 28 Jun 2023
This prayer for the spread of the teachings of the Nyingma tradition is among Mipham Rinpoche's most famous compositions. It is recited daily at the annual Monlam Chenmo festival and was the subject of a major commentary by Mipham's student and lineage-holder, Shechen Gyaltsab Pema Namgyal (1872–1926).
Spread-of-Teachings Prayers Nyingma Rinchen Terdzö Nyingma Kama Nyingma Mönlam 19 Oct 2018

Auspiciousness
In response to a request from an anonymous correspondent, Mipham Rinpoche briefly sets out the benefits of invoking the eight buddhas, eight male and female bodhisattvas, and eight guardians of the world.
Auspiciousness Commentary Benefits 14 Aug 2025
This popular prayer, which Mipham wrote in 1896, is addressed to the eight sugatas, eight bodhisattvas, eight goddesses of auspiciousness, and eight guardians of the world. It is recited at the outset of any virtuous project, or indeed any activity of any kind, in order to bring about auspiciousness, success and good fortune.
Auspiciousness Nyingma Mönlam 18 Feb 2007

Averting Obstacles
A summary of the fuller dhāraṇī which was spoken by Mañjuśrī and is included within the Compendium of Dhāraṇīs (gzungs bsdus), this is a practice for averting obstacles linked to particular moments in time.
Averting Obstacles Astrology 27 May 2017

Buddhist Philosophy
In this short text, Mipham Rinpoche succinctly explains what is meant by the self of the individual (pudgalātman; gang zag gi bdag) and the 'self' (or identity) of phenomena (dharmātman; chos kyi bdag), and he describes how to become certain as to the non-existence of them both. The author also highlights the importance of distinguishing between a more superficial, conceptual understanding and a genuine, non-conceptual realization of ultimate reality.
Selflessness 13 Apr 2016
This section of Gateway to Learning (mKhas 'jug) explains the so-called "Four Great Logical Arguments of the Middle Way" (dbu ma'i gtan tshigs chen po bzhi), which are: 1) investigation of the cause: the Diamond Splinters; 2) investigation of the result: refuting existent or non-existent results; 3) investigation of the essential identity: ‘neither one nor many’; and 4) investigation of all: the Great Interdependence. This translation also includes some comments from Khenpo Nüden's celebrated commentary.
Middle Way Emptiness 20 Aug 2005
Extracted from Gateway to Learning (mKhas 'jug), this section on the selflessness of the individual (gang zag gi bdag med) explains the absence of any permanent, unitary, independent and all-pervading self, either identical to or distinct from the five aggregates (pañcaskandhā; phung po lnga).
Selflessness 22 Apr 2008
Composed in 1892 and appended to The Wheel of Analytical Meditation (dpyad sgom 'khor lo ma), this instruction continues that text's analysis, extending it to all phenomena. Its central message is that the nature of all things, i.e., appearance and emptiness, can only be fully understood through meditation.
Middle Way 12 Oct 2004
Mipham Rinpoche elaborates on the practice that he introduced in The Wheel of Analytical Meditation (dpyad sgom 'khor lo ma) by offering further instruction on contemplating how the five aggregates are multiple, impermanent, painful and devoid of self.
Meditation Impermanence Selflessness 12 Apr 2021
One of Mipham's best known works, this treatise in 104 verses was written in just a single day in 1885. It is structured around the four principles of reasoning (rigs pa bzhi)—of causal efficiency, dependence, nature and establishing a proof—and the four reliances (rton pa bzhi), i.e., Rely not on the individual but the Dharma; Rely not on the words but the meaning; Rely not on the provisional but the definitive meaning; Rely not on ordinary consciousness but wisdom.
Pramāṇa Two Truths 10 Nov 2004
This short verse-text sets out to clarify the term "self-awareness" (rang rig; svasaṃvedana), especially as it is used in Dzogchen, and challenges those who reject the notion. Mipham points out that self-awareness is something to be experienced firsthand, not debated or speculated about.
Dzogchen 22 Jan 2016
Composed in a single day in 1891, this celebrated verse text offers a practical guide to meditating analytically on the multiplicity, impermanence, suffering nature and selflessness of the aggregates, as an antidote to the mental afflictions (kleśa; nyon mongs).
Meditation Impermanence Selflessness 15 Oct 2004

Commentaries
by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche adapted this teaching on śamatha and vipaśyanā from The White Lotus, Mipham Rinpoche's supportive teaching (rgyab chos) for the Treasury of Blessings sādhana of Buddha Śākyamuni. The text explains how to accomplish both śamatha and vipaśyanā in the context of that practice and clarifies the relationship between Buddha Śākyamuni, the yidam deity and the guru.
Meditation Buddha Śākyamuni 28 Jan 2016

Dedicatory Colophon Verses
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
Verses of aspiration written for the publication of A Brilliant Elucidation of Logical Reasoning (rigs lam rab gsal snang ba), Ju Mipham Namgyal Gyatso's annotation commentary (mchan 'grel) to Dignāga's Pramāṇasamuccaya.
Dedicatory Colophon Verses Pramāṇa 5 Jun 2022
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
Five verses of dedication written for the colophon of Mipham's White Lotus, a detailed explanation of the Seven-Line Prayer to Guru Padmasambhava.
Dedicatory Colophon Verses Seven-Line Prayer 25 May 2021

Dharma Protectors
A four-line prayer to accompany an offering to the protectress Durtrö Lhamo (dur khrod lha mo), Mistress of the Charnel Ground.
Dharma Protectors 28 Jun 2021
A four-line prayer to accompany offerings to Ekajaṭī, protectress of the Dzogchen teachings.
Ekajaṭī 18 Sep 2018
A four-line prayer to accompany offerings to Mahādeva and consort, the protectors associated with the activity of magnetizing.
Dharma Protectors Magnetizing 21 Sep 2022
A four-line prayer to accompany offerings to Tsiu Marpo, the special protector of Samye Monastery.
Dharma Protectors 7 May 2019
A four-line prayer to accompany offerings to Za Rāhula, a major protector of the Nyingma teachings.
Dharma Protectors 20 Apr 2018
A four-line prayer to accompany offerings to Vajrasādhu (Tib. Dorje Lekpa), a major protector of the Nyingma teachings.
Dharma Protectors
A four-line liturgy to accompany offerings to the female protectors, including Ekajaṭī, Rematī and Makzor Gyalmo.
Dharma Protectors Restricted 26 Apr 2023
A four-line liturgy to accompany offerings to the male protectors, especially Mahākāla in his various forms.
Dharma Protectors Restricted 26 Apr 2023
A four-line prayer to the Five Mentsün Sisters (sman btsun mched lnga), who are also known as the Five Sisters of Long Life, together with a mantra, composed in 1892.
Dharma Protectors 19 Sep 2018

Dzogchen
Also known as the "instruction that points directly to the very essence of mind in the tradition of ‘the old realized ones’ (rtogs ldan rgan po)", this is a pithy guide to Dzogchen meditation written for 'village yogis' and other practitioners without a background in study. It includes three separate instructions, for: 1) cracking open the egg-shell of ignorance, 2) cutting the web of saṃsāric existence, and 3) remaining in space-like equalness.
Dzogchen Meditation 6 Aug 2013
These verses on Dzogchen meditation, which appear in the Collected Instructions on the Uncommon Great Perfection section of Mipham's writings, were composed in April 1896.
Dzogchen Advice Uncommon Dzogchen Instructions 7 Aug 2026
This pithy instruction on the key principles of Dzogchen meditation, composed in March 1890, employs a poetic device whereby the third syllable of every line is the negating syllable med— replicated in translation by adjectives with the prefix un– in the penultimate position of each line.
Dzogchen Advice Uncommon Dzogchen Instructions 19 Oct 2026
Mipham Rinpoche boils the practice of Trekchö down to the three crucial points of knowing the essence of mind, sustaining that recognition in meditation and allowing thoughts to subside beyond benefit and harm.
Dzogchen Striking the Vital Point in Three Statements Uncommon Dzogchen Instructions 12 Feb 2021
Written using the language of the Great Perfection, this prayer, which Mipham wrote in 1886, is an aspiration to realize the nature of mind — indestructible awareness and emptiness — and the true meaning of Mañjuśrī.
Dzogchen Mañjuśrī Aspiration Prayers Uncommon Dzogchen Instructions 23 Jun 2017
In this short text, Mipham Rinpoche attempts—by his own admission—to express the inexpressible. Aware of the challenge and the apparent contradiction, he nevertheless offers various descriptions of mind's ineffable essence "for the sake of those fortunate individuals who seek to penetrate the profound meaning of dharmatā."
Dzogchen 28 Jan 2016
In this, one of his most popular Dzogchen instructions, Mipham Rinpoche explains how to go beyond the initial stage of the recognition (ngo shes) of the face of rigpa, or pure awareness, to the subsequent stages of perfecting the strength (rtsal rdzogs) and gaining stability (brtan pa thob).
Dzogchen 26 Jan 2016
Written in 1893/4, this brief versified instruction outlines the key points of Trekchö (khregs chod) practice through an explanation of the four ways of leaving things as they are (cog bzhag bzhi).
Trekchö 14 Jun 2018
This short instruction in verse was written in 1876. It explains the nature of mind, which is 'seen', or realised, in an experience that transcends the duality of seeing and seen.
Dzogchen 2 Feb 2016
These three verses on the key elements of Dzogchen practice were composed in March 1892.
Dzogchen Advice Uncommon Dzogchen Instructions 23 Sep 2026

Gesar
The author tells us that he composed this text to complement two rites for wealth and prosperity and create a set of three practices that could easily bring about the fulfilment of all aims.
Gesar Fulfilment Restricted 3 Sep 2024
Words of prayer to be written on flags and recited aloud as a means to increase the effectiveness of virtuous activity and bring auspiciousness, glory and renown.
Gesar Lungta 2 Sep 2024
A brief, eight-line windhorse invocation focused especially on Gesar and his retinue, which Mipham composed in his hermitage in Rudam in 1903.
Gesar Lungta 9 Jan 2019
A short, four-line prayer to accompany offerings to Gesar.
Gesar Dharma Protectors 10 Jan 2019
A short prayer calling upon Gesar to shower down his inspiration and blessings.
Gesar Prayers Descent of Blessings 18 Apr 2022
This brief 'first-portion' offering (phud mchod) to Gesar and his retinue for the sake of prosperity, which Mipham composed in 1872, is said to bring about "the four treasures of longevity, glory, wealth and prosperity," and fulfilment of all wishes and requirements.
Gesar Wealth & Prosperity Offering 18 Aug 2013
Verses for transforming the physical body into an impregnable fortress of the dralas and wermas.
Gesar Restricted 2 Sep 2024
A simple rite of summoning prosperity (g.yang 'gugs) on the basis of King Gesar, composed in 1876.
Gesar Wealth & Prosperity Restricted 2 Sep 2024
Mipham wrote this four-line prayer to Gesar—the "Great Lion and Foe-Subduing Jewel" (seng chen nor bu dgra 'dul)—in 1896.
Gesar 18 Aug 2013
Written in 1874, this is a simple liturgy for raising lungta (here spelled klung rta).
Gesar Lungta 3 Sep 2024
Mipham composed this short, four-line windhorse prayer to Gesar and his retinue in 1905.
Gesar Lungta 9 Jan 2019
Verses of praise and invocation composed in 1875 together with a supplemental rite, written in 1896, to restore harmony with the father-gods or 'male deities', one of the five patron deities.
Gesar Restricted 4 Sep 2024
This thirteen-verse practice for raising windhorse (rlung rta), enhancing one's capacity and triumphing over negativity was composed in 1865.
Gesar Lungta 2 Sep 2024
This liturgy for summoning the spirit of abundance and prosperity (phywa g.yang 'gugs) was composed at Dzongsar Monastery in 1873.
Gesar Wealth & Prosperity Restricted 2 Sep 2024
An eight-verse practice for entrusting activity (phrin bcol) to Gesar Norbu Dradül Tsal ('Mighty Foe-Subduing Jewel'), composed in 1896.
Gesar Restricted 2 Sep 2024
This brief rite of offering and requesting Gesar to carry out activity was written in 1880. As with the other texts in this section of Mipham's works Gesar appears not only as powerful warrior-figure but as an enlightened emanation of Guru Padmasambhava.
Gesar 22 Jan 2016
This daily prayer to Gesar includes elements of invocation, offering, and supplication related to the four types of activity—pacifying, enriching, magnetizing and wrathful subjugation.
Gesar Prayers 17 Aug 2021
This invocation and offering rite, popularly known as Söllo Chenmo (gsol lo chen mo), is among Mipham Rinpoche's most famous and celebrated works. Composed in free verse between 1877 and 1880, it invokes Gesar in his peaceful, enriching, magnetizing, wrathful and varied forms and is considered to be so powerful that it is only recited on special occasions when much is at stake.
Gesar Restricted 30 Sep 2021
Composed in 1884, this is a short eight-line prayer together with a mantra to accompany the offering of amṛta nectar and torma.
Gesar 10 Jan 2019
This practice of guru yoga, which Mipham wrote in 1887, is said to be an especially swift means of receiving Gesar's blessings and signs of accomplishment.
Gesar Guru Yoga 12 Oct 2012
Composed in 1877, this is an invocation and song to accompany the offering of sang to Gesar and members of his retinue, especially the minister called Denma.
Gesar Songs and Poems 3 Sep 2024

Guru Yoga
This popular guru yoga is based on the famous Seven-Line Prayer (tshig bdun gsol 'debs) to Guru Padmasambhava, which was first revealed in the thirteenth century by Chökyi Wangchuk (1212–1270).
Seven-Line Prayer Guru Yoga Guru Padmasambhava 2 May 2015
by Shakya Shri
This arrangement of Mipham Rinpoche's famous Shower of Blessings Guru Yoga practice adds opening verses of refuge and bodhicitta, a torma offering to the obstructing forces, visualization of the protective sphere and the descent of blessings, as well as concluding verses for the remainder offering, aspiration and dedication.
Guru Yoga Seven-Line Prayer 2 Apr 2020
A simple guru yoga to invoke the nirmāṇakāya Garab Dorje and receive the blessings of his wisdom mind.
Guru Yoga 14 Jun 2019
Mipham composed this very short guru yoga focusing on the 11th-century paṇḍita Smṛtijñānakīrti for the practice of a disciple named Karma Wangyal.
Guru Yoga 20 Feb 2020
Mipham composed this simple practice of guru yoga focussed upon the red magnetizing goddess Kurukullā (rig byed ma) in 1891.
Kurukullā Guru Yoga Restricted 11 Feb 2021
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
This short guru yoga focusing on the great Nyingma scholar Jamgön Mipham Namgyal Gyatso (1846–1912) is intended as a means of increasing knowledge and intelligence.
Guru Yoga 27 Jan 2023
A simple guru yoga focusing on the celebrated Nyingma scholar Rongzom Chökyi Zangpo, who is here identified with Mañjuśrī, the embodiment of wisdom.
Guru Yoga 17 Feb 2020
by Shechen Gyaltsab Gyurme Pema Namgyal
The shorter of two guru yoga texts focusing on Jamgön Mipham Rinpoche that Shechen Gyaltsab, one of the master's foremost disciples, composed.
Guru Yoga 1 Jul 2019

Kurukullā
A four-line verse to accompany the offering of sang (bsang), or fragrant incense smoke, to Kurukullā and her retinue.
Kurukullā Sang Offering Rinchen Terdzö Restricted 12 Feb 2021
A four-line liturgy to accompany the offering of torma to Kurukullā, goddess of magnetizing.
Kurukullā Torma Offering Rinchen Terdzö Restricted 16 Feb 2021
Mipham Rinpoche composed this more extensive practice for offering sang, or purificatory incense smoke, to the magnetizing ḍākinī Kurukullā at the request of a doctor named Atsang.
Kurukullā Sang Offering Rongzom Pema Khandro Rinchen Terdzö Restricted 29 Mar 2021

Lineage Prayers
A four-line prayer to the gurus of the lineage of the Great Perfection, from Samantabhadra down to one's own root teacher.
Lineage Prayers 17 Sep 2019

Long-Life Prayers
This general prayer for the long life of the holders of the teachings was composed by Jamgön Mipham Rinpoche in 1888. It is part of the daily liturgy at the Nyingma Monlam Chenmo, or great prayer festival, held every year in Bodhgaya.
Long-Life Prayers Nyingma Mönlam 19 Sep 2017

Longevity
This short longevity practice involves the visualization of concentrated elixir, which flows from the long-life vase in Amitāyus's lap into the crown of one's head, filling one's body and restoring vitality. Mipham Rinpoche wrote the text in 1892, and it is also included (with some additions) among the writings of Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö.
Longevity Amitāyus Restricted 13 Jan 2022

Lungta
This brief windhorse invocation (rlung rta'i gsol bsdus) is a shorter version of The Swift Fulfilment of All Wishes ('dod dgu myur stsol); both texts were composed on the same day in 1903.
Lungta 13 Dec 2011
This popular practice, which includes a long series of mantras, is said to enhance one's lungta and protect against obstacles. Daily recitation is encouraged.
Lungta 10 Jan 2019
Mipham wrote this longer practice for offering the flag of windhorse (rlung rta) in 1903. It includes optional verses addressed to Gesar, Hayagrīva, Gaṇapati (tshogs bdag), and Magyal Pomra (rma rgyal spom ra), the protector of the Amnye Machen mountain range.
Lungta Gesar Hayagrīva 27 Nov 2006

Mantras
This collection of secret mantras, compiled by Mipham Rinpoche in 1898, is said to be especially powerful in overcoming the various forms of disease and harmful influence prevalent in the current age.
Sickness & Healing Mantra Restricted 2 Aug 2019
This visualization and mantra recitation for the Wrathful Guru in dark blue form and mounted upon a wild boar is extracted from the collection called Profound Fierce Mantras to Subdue All Infectious Disease (nad rims kun thub sngags rgod zab mo).
Sickness & Healing Guru Drakpo Restricted 13 Mar 2020

Offering
This poetic offering is one of a series of related 'offering garland' (mchod phreng) texts that Mipham composed, all with titles based on the fabled cintāmaṇi, or wish-granting gem.
Offering 15 Jan 2020

Praise
A poem of eight verses praising the bodhisattva Kṣitigarbha (Essence of the Earth), playing on the literal meaning of his name and evoking the earth's qualities as a nurturing support and foundation for growth and development.
Praise Kṣitigarbha 3 Aug 2019
This praise to the Abbot Śāntarakṣita is part of a set of three praises commemorating the lives of the so-called Abbot, Master and Dharma-King (Khen Lob Chö Sum), i.e., Śāntarakṣita, Guru Padmasambhava and Tri Songdetsen.
Praise 4 Aug 2018
In thirty-two verses, Mipham Rinpoche praises the ultimate Mañjuśrī, beyond colour and physical characteristics, the basic space of enlightened mind in which all is equal.
Praise Mañjuśrī 16 Aug 2022
This praise to the Emperor Tri Songdetsen is part of a set of three praises commemorating the lives of the so-called Abbot, Master and Dharma-King (Khen Lob Chö Sum), i.e., Śāntarakṣita, Guru Padmasambhava and Tri Songdetsen.
Praise 4 Aug 2018
This praise to the Master Padmasambhava is part of a set of three praises commemorating the lives of the so-called Abbot, Master and Dharma-King (Khen Lob Chö Sum), i.e., Śāntarakṣita, Guru Padmasambhava and Tri Songdetsen.
Praise 4 Aug 2018

Prayers
A short prayer invoking the Eight Mahāsiddhas of Tibet (bod yul grub chen brgyad), the closest disciples of Guru Padmasambhava, who attained realization through the practice of the Eight Sādhana Teachings (or Kagyé) at Samyé and the Eight Great Caves of Accomplishment.
Prayers Kagyé 9 Jan 2026
This prayer recalling the accomplishments of Jamgön Mipham Rinpoche, written by the master himself, was later supplemented by additional verses composed by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö at the behest of Khenpo Kunpal (1862–1943).
Biographical Prayers 21 Oct 2020
A prayer to receive the protection of Buddha Akṣobhya in order to overcome anxiety and suffering and to discover the lasting peace and happiness of freedom from fear.
Akṣobhya 29 Jun 2020
by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche composed this 16-line prayer to the great Dzogchen master Longchen Rabjam (1308–1363) based on the writings of Ju Mipham.
Prayers 26 Jan 2016
A four-line prayer to the famous 11th-century paṇḍita and translator who travelled to eastern Tibet.
Prayers 17 Feb 2020
Three prayers—a petition for the purification of impairments and breakages of samaya, a brief supplication to Mañjuśrī, and an appeal to the Three Roots—all composed in the Earth Pig year, i.e., 1899/1900.
Prayers 6 Feb 2020
This prayer of magnetizing (dbang du bsdud pa) all appearance and existence, which Ju Mipham wrote in 1879, focuses on nine deities associated with magnetizing: Padmasambhava in the form of Padmarāja or Pema Gyalpo (padma rgyal po), Vajradharma (rdo rje chos), Amitābha, Avalokiteśvara in the form of Padmapāṇi, Hayagrīva, Guhyajñāna, Vajravārāhī, Kurukullā and the King of Desire ('dod pa'i rgyal po). It was made popular in recent years by the late Khenchen Jigme Phuntsok.
Magnetizing Prayers 24 Oct 2011

Prayers to Guru Rinpoche
A simple four-line prayer to the Lotus-born Guru of Oḍḍiyāna for the elimination of all obstacles and the spontaneous fulfilment of all aspirations.
Guru Rinpoche Prayers Guru Padmasambhava 31 May 2013
This nine-verse prayer for invoking Guru Padmasambhava (Pema Tötreng Tsal) and calling for the flourishing of the Nyingma tradition during difficult times was composed in May 1888.
Guru Rinpoche Prayers 30 Dec 2025
This short text in verse, written in 1902, outlines the twelve major deeds of Guru Padmasambhava, which are to be commemorated in the course of a year—a different deed being recalled on the tenth day of each month.
Guru Rinpoche Prayers Guru Padmasambhava 31 May 2013
A short prayer to the eight manifestations of Guru Padmasambhava, eight vidyādharas, eight bodhisattvas, and eight maṇḍalas of Kagye (bka' brgyad). It was composed in 1897.
Guru Rinpoche Prayers Guru Padmasambhava 31 May 2013

Prayers to Mañjuśrī
This praise of Mañjuśrī for increasing the power of one's intelligence consists of fourteen four-line verses—fourteen, says Mipham, being the number of vital essences (dwangs ma) in beings and the world. The text was written in 1906.
Praise Mañjuśrī 2 Dec 2006
Mipham wrote this short text of praise in 1881 during a retreat that was focused upon Mañjuśrī.
Praise Mañjuśrī 5 Apr 2008
A succinct four-line praise of Mañjughoṣa's enlightened body, speech and mind.
Praise Mañjuśrī 18 Mar 2020
One of many four-line prayers to Mañjuśrī that Mipham Rinpoche composed, this one invokes the deity's glorious powers of speech.
Mañjuśrī Prayers 25 Jun 2019
Mipham Rinpoche composed this short text at the age of just eighteen. It inspired a commentary by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche.
Praise Mañjuśrī 18 Apr 2022

Prayers to Śākyamuni
This eight-line prayer to the Buddha, Eight Great Bodhisattvas and Sixteen Arhats was written at the end of the Fire Sheep year (early 1908).
Prayers Buddha Śākyamuni Sixteen Arhats 18 Mar 2020
Ju Mipham composed this sādhana of Śākyamuni Buddha, or '[Śākya]muni-ritual' (thub chog), at the request of Orgyen Tendzin Norbu (1841–1900). Both the sādhana and its vast 'supporting teaching' known as The White Lotus (rgyab chos padma dkar po) are among the most popular of Mipham's works.
Sādhanas Buddha Śākyamuni Rinchen Terdzö Nyingma Mönlam 1 Jun 2008

Preliminary Practice
A set of common and uncommon preliminary practices, beginning with the four thoughts that turn the mind away from saṃsāra and continuing with taking refuge, generating bodhicitta, maṇḍala offering, Vajrasattva visualization and mantra recitation, and guru yoga.
Ngöndro 10 Jun 2019

Quotations
Commonly cited verses from Mipham Rinpoche's treatise Beacon of Certainty (nges shes sgron me) in which he addresses difficult points of philosophy from a Nyingma perspective.
Quotations 13 Oct 2025

Sādhanas
A simple sādhana of Yellow Jambhala, deity of wealth.
Sādhanas Jambhala Restricted 14 Jun 2019
A simple practice of Kurukullā, the female deity associated with magnetizing activity.
Sādhanas Kurukullā Restricted 27 Mar 2019
A short means of accomplishment (sādhana) focused on the goddess Sitātapatrā in her two-armed form.
Sādhanas Sitātapatrā Restricted 18 Mar 2020
A simple sādhana of White Sarasvatī, the goddess of eloquence, to bring mastery of speech.
Sādhanas Sarasvatī Restricted 13 Jun 2019
This simple sādhana of the deity Acala, the 'Immovable One'—here in his dark blue, genuflecting form—is described as a powerful antidote to obstacles including infectious disease.
Sādhanas Acala Sickness & Healing Restricted 28 Jan 2020
This simple visualization and mantra recitation for the bodhisattva Kṣitigarbha draws on both the Sūtra of the Ten Wheels of Kṣitigarbha (Daśacakrakṣitigarbhasūtra) and the Ḍhāraṇī of the One Hundred and Eight Names of Kṣitigarbha.
Kṣitigarbha Sādhanas 4 Dec 2019
A very brief sādhana of Mārīcī, goddess of the dawn, in the form known as Aśokakāntā-Mārīcī, who is golden and has one face and two hands.
Mārīcī Sādhanas Restricted 5 Feb 2019
This simple practice of Avalokiteśvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, includes a visualisation to accompany the recitation of the six-syllable mantra, oṃ maṇi padme hūṃ, or, optionally, the seven-syllable mantra, oṃ maṇi padme hūṃ hrīḥ.
Avalokiteśvara Sādhanas Restricted 24 Apr 2015
A simple practice of White Mañjuśrī from a collection of practices that incorporate the syllable a, the epitome of the Prajñāpāramitā.
White Mañjuśrī Sādhanas Restricted 16 Jul 2024

Sang Offering
A simple practice of smoke offering, which Mipham composed at Thrangu hermitage in 1905.
Sang Offering 10 Jan 2019
A very short, four-line liturgy for a purificatory smoke offering (mnol bsang) based on the view of the Great Perfection.
Sang Offering 10 Jan 2019

Saving Lives
A simple practice of 'freeing lives' (tshe thar) composed by Mipham Rinpoche in 1897.
Saving Lives 29 Jan 2019

Songs
Mipham composed this dohā of five four-line verses expressing realization of the supreme yoga towards the end of his life, in 1909.
Songs and Poems Dzogchen 16 Feb 2021

Sur Offering
A popular sur text, for dedicating burnt offerings to spirits and obstacle-makers in order to eliminate adversity, which Mipham composed following a dream.
Sur Offering 23 Jul 2020

Tārā
This four-line verse of homage to noble Tārā is also a prayer that incorporates the syllables of her root mantra: oṃ tāre tuttāre ture svāhā.
Tārā Prayers 4 Jul 2018

Topical Outlines
Outlines of the so-called ten royal sūtras or ten sūtras of the king (rgyal po'i mdo bcu), which are said to have been translated upon the advice of Padmasambhava for Emperor Tri Songdetsen's daily recitation.
Topical Outlines Ten Royal Sūtras 15 Feb 2021

Tsok
A brief gaṇacakra liturgy to be recited when accumulating tsok offering on a large scale.
Tsok 27 Sep 2022
The Excellent Vase of Splendour (dpal gyi bum bzang) is the tsok feast offering (tshogs mchod) to accompany the famous guru yoga based on the seven-line prayer, A Shower of Blessings (byin brlabs char 'bebs).
Seven-Line Prayer Tsok Guru Padmasambhava 2 May 2015

Vajrasattva
A simple method of purifying impairments and breakages of samaya through the visualization and mantra recitation of Vajrasattva.
Vajrasattva Samaya 11 Feb 2019
Mipham Rinpoche

Ju Mipham Namgyal Gyatso

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Name variants:

Dhīḥ
Jampal Gyepe Dorje
Ju Mipham
Lodrö Drimé
Mipham Namgyal Gyatso

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