Nyala Pema Dündul Series

You who embody the one thousand buddhas of this Fortunate Age,

Great siddha of Lhangdrak—Pema Dündul—to you I pray:

In this life and the next, and in the bardo state, hold me with your compassion,

Inspire me with your blessing, to take the path to liberation!

Texts by and about the great siddha of Nyarong, Nyala Pema Dündul (nyag bla padma bdud 'dul, 1816–1872):

Advice

Advice Revealing How Our Faults Become Clear

This short song from Nyala Pema Dündul explains that whether or not we have realised the truth of the teachings and progressed along the path is apparent in our character and our actions.

Advice 22 Sep 2005

Advice on Abandoning the Eight Worldly Concerns

In this brief song Nyala Pema Dündul advises his audience how to give up the eight ordinary concerns, or 'worldly dharmas' ('jig rten chos brgyad), i.e., hope for happiness and fear of suffering; hope for fame and fear of insignificance; hope for praise and fear of blame; hope for gain and fear of loss.

Advice 12 May 2013

Advice on the View, Meditation, Action and Fruition

Taken from his collected songs (mgur 'bum) this spontaneous poem offers advice on the practice and its fruition, with Nyala Pema Dündul explaining that his view corresponds to Dzogchen, the Great Perfection, his meditation to Mahāmudrā, and his action to the Vinaya.

Dzogchen Advice 26 Apr 2015

Signs that the Common Preliminary Practices Have Penetrated the Mind

This poem explains the tell-tale signs for determining whether the common preliminary practices (sngon 'gro) have penetrated the mind of a practitioner.

Advice Ngöndro 11 Aug 2005

Song of Advice for Giving Up Meat Eating

In this text from his collected songs Nyala Pema Dündul describes the visionary encounter with Avalokiteśvara which first made him aware of the suffering brought about by eating meat and which led to his becoming a vegetarian.

Ethical Guidelines

The Heaven of Solitude

In this poem Nyala Pema Dündul praises the peace of isolated mountain hermitages and retreats, contrasting it not only with the hustle and bustle of towns and villages, but also with the everyday comings and goings of ordinary monasteries.

Retreat & Solitude Advice 11 Jan 2013

Confession

Eradicating Downfalls by Reciting the Names of the Buddhas: The Swift Path to Complete Awakening in a Single Instant

revealed by Nyala Pema Düdul

This practice of invoking and paying homage to various buddhas is said to be a powerful means of purifying obscurations and accumulating merit, tantamount to reciting the Kangyur in its entirety. It belongs to the Profound Secret Teachings of The Natural Liberation Pervading Space (mkha' khyab rang grol) revelation.

Confession Termas 10 Oct 2022

The Sovereign of Confessions for all Impairments and Breakages, Extracted from the Rampant Elephant Tantra

revealed by Nyala Pema Düdul

Although part of the Space-Pervading Self-Liberation (mkha' khyab rang grol) revelation, this confession is virtually identical to the popular Yeshe Kuchokma liturgy that is taken from the Immaculate Confession Tantra (Dri med bshags rgyud).

Confession Termas 11 May 2019

Phowa

Dharmakāya Transference

This profound instruction on phowa, or the transference of consciousness, acknowledges the absolute nature "in which there is nothing to be transferred and no transferrer."

Transference

Prayers

Prayer to Nyala Pema Dündul

Nyala Pema Dündul composed this prayer to himself at the request of his disciples. It is a plea to receive his inspiration and blessings in order to follow in his footsteps and perfect the practice of Dzogpachenpo.

Dzogchen Prayers 17 Jan 2007

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