Shechen Gyaltsab Gyurme Pema Namgyal

• Advice for Gelong Jampa Dargye | Advice

Pithy verses of counsel covering the entire path, which Shechen Gyaltsab composed for the bhikṣu Jampa Dargye at Lhodrak Kharchu.

• A Prayer of Aspiration | Aspiration Prayers

A four-line prayer of aspiration in which every line begins with the word vajra (rdo rje).

• Lamp Aspiration Prayer | Light Offering Prayers

A very simple four-line prayer of aspiration to accompany the offering of a butter lamp (mar me).

• Biography of Shechen Gyaltsab Gyurme Pema Namgyal by Alak Zenkar Rinpoche | Biography

In this brief account, Zenkar Rinpoche summarizes the education and activity of Shechen Gyaltsab Gyurme Pema Namgyal (1871–1926), and outlines the contents of the thirteen volumes of his collected writings.

• Brief Offering Prayer to Gesar | Gesar

A short, four-line prayer to accompany offerings to Gesar.

• Pacifying the Turmoil of the Mamos: A Concise Liturgy | Dharma Protectors

This is an extremely concise version of a longer liturgy for appeasing the mamos (mātṛkā) and overcoming the environmental disturbances and disease that they can create. It was composed in 1921.

• Guru Yoga of the Great Omniscient One, Longchenpa | Guru Yoga

A very simple practice of guru devotion focused on Longchen Rabjam (1308–1364), referred to here as Kunkhyen Chenpo, the Great Omniscient One.

• Swift Infusion of Blessings: A Guru Yoga based on Jamgön Mipham Gyatso | Guru Yoga

The shorter of two guru yoga texts focusing on Jamgön Mipham Rinpoche that Shechen Gyaltsab, one of the master's foremost disciples, composed.

• A Clear, Concise and Simple Explanation of the Generation and Completion Stages for the Benefit of Beginners | Kyerim

This pithy text provides beginners with a clear, comprehensible explanation of kyerim (bskyed rim), or the generation stage, including all the most important points of practice, such as the three samādhis, four aspects of recitation, and four stakes that secure the life-force (srog sdom gzer bzhi).

• Prayer for the Long Life of Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö | Long-Life Prayers

A four-line prayer for the longevity of Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö, which was later adapted into a popular supplication.

• Prayer for the Long Life of Shechen Rabjam Rinpoche by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche | Long-Life Prayers

Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche composed this four-line prayer for the longevity of the Seventh Shechen Rabjam Rinpoche, Jikmé Chökyi Senge (b. 1966), by adapting the words of a prayer by Shechen Gyaltsab Rinpoche, Pema Namgyal (1871–1926).

• Verses of Truth for Accomplishing Immortality: A Prayer for the Long Life of Kyabjé Gyaltsab Rinpoche by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö | Long-Life Prayers

This five-verse prayer for Shechen Gyaltsab's longevity incorporates the syllables of his full name: Gyurme Pema Namgyal Shenpen Chökyi Lodrö Tukchok Tsal.

• A Prayer To Padmasambhava | Guru Rinpoche Prayers

A four-line prayer to Guru Padmasambhava for the elimination of obstacles and the fulfilment of wishes.

• A Prayer to Amitāyus | Amitāyus

A four-line supplication of Amitāyus, the Buddha of Boundless Life, requesting the bestowal of supreme and indestructible longevity.

• A Prayer to Mañjughoṣa | Mañjuśrī

A brief, four-line supplication of Mañjuśrī requesting his bestowal of a prodigious intellect.

• A Prayer to the Vajradhara of Oḍḍiyāna | Guru Rinpoche Prayers

A four-line prayer to Orgyen Dorje Chang—the Vajradhara of Oḍḍiyāna—as the embodiment of all sources of refuge.

• A Concise Feast Prayer | Tsok

An extremely concise liturgy to accompany a gaṇacakra feast offering of sensory delights.