Acrostic Series

Acrostic

A series of acrostic poetry and composition, especially the abecedarian form known in Tibetan as katsom (ka rtsom) or kashé (ka bshad):

Advice

Advice in Abecedarian Form

by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö

Advice in abecedarian form, meaning that each line begins with the successive letters of the Tibetan alphabet (ka, kha, ga, nga, and so on).

Advice 1 Dec 2022

Khandro's Plea

by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö

In response to a question from his spiritual consort, Khandro Tsering Chödrön, Jamyang Khyentse explains the essence of the path in just a few lines. (Khandro's question is in the form of an acrostic poem, the opening syllables of its four lines being the first four syllables of the Tibetan alphabet).

Advice Replies Songs and Poems 27 Apr 2015

Alpha Purity

by Sera Khandro

A four-line Dzogchen poem in abecedarian form.

Advice Ḍākinī Treasury 14 Dec 2022

Alpha-Pure, This All-Penetrating Awareness

by Sera Khandro

Two verses of Dzogchen advice composed for Lama Kyab. The first verse is in abecedarian form.

Advice Ḍākinī Treasury 15 Dec 2022

Poems

Disheartened by Circumstances: An Acrostic Poem

by Longchen Rabjam

Longchenpa composed this famous abecedarian poem to express his disgust at the conduct of his classmates from Kham, Eastern Tibet, which had prompted his decision to leave the college of Sangpu Neuthog.

Songs and Poems 2 May 2022

Praise

The Wish-Fulfilling Jeweled Lute: Praises to Kyechok Tsulzang

by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche

This praise of Kyechok Tsulzang (skyes mchog tshul bzang), also known as Lama Norlha, honors the third of Guru Padmasambhava’s twelve emanations as described in the Tukdrup Barché Kunsel (thugs sgrub bar chad kun sel). The text is composed as an acrostic: the first syllable of each line follows the sequence of the Tibetan alphabet, concluding with the vowels.

Lama Norlha 23 Apr 2025

A Blossoming of the Intellect: In Praise of the Great Pioneer Thönmi Sambhoṭa

by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö

An acrostic poem in praise of Thönmi Sambhoṭa who is credited with inventing the Tibetan writing system and composing the first Tibetan grammatical treatises.

Praise 30 Jan 2020

A Surge of Faith: Verses In Praise of Tārā

by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö

An acrostic text extolling the goddess Tārā, which Jamyang Khyentse wrote in 1924 when he was 31 years old (or 32 by Tibetan reckoning).

Tārā Praise 1 Dec 2020

Sweet Song of the Kalaviṅka: In Praise of Tseringma

by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö

Composed in Darjeeling in 1958, these verses in praise of the goddess Tseringma are in abecedarian form, meaning that each line begins with successive letters of the Tibetan alphabet (ka, kha, ga, nga, and so on).

Praise Dharma Protectors Ḍākinī Treasury Restricted 12 Dec 2022

Songs

Acrostic Song

by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö

A simple song of advice addressed to yogins and yoginīs in abecedarian form, meaning that each line begins with the successive letters of the Tibetan alphabet—an effect that is (inadequately) reproduced in the translation.

Songs and Poems Advice 30 Jan 2020

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