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ISSN 2753-4812
ISSN 2753-4812

Amitāyus Series

Amitāyus Restricted

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Buddha of Infinite Life, foremost guide for beings in this world,

Your glory overcomes all untimely death,

You are a refuge for those of us who suffer without protection—

To you, Buddha Amitāyus, I pay homage!

Texts related to Amitāyus (tshe dpag med), the Buddha of Boundless Life:

Lineage Prayers

by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
A prayer to the lineage of Mitrayogin's Amitāyus practice, part of the Heart-Essence of the Mahāsiddha Mitra (grub chen mi tra'i snying thig) cycle, revealed as a pure vision by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo.
Lineage Prayers Rinchen Terdzö Khyentse Kabab

Praise

by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
Jamyang Khyentse composed these verses in praise of the Buddha of Boundless Life in Gangtok on the first day of the Tibetan year of the Earth Dog (1958).
Praise
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
One of three praises—to each of the Three Deities of Long Life (White Tārā, Amitāyus and Uṣṇīṣavijayā)—that Jamyang Khyentse composed while travelling in a boat along the River Ganges.
Praise
by Trulshik Rinpoche
Trulshik Rinpoche compiled these brief verses of praise and mantras so that all those connected with him could recite them daily or on special occasions. The deities included are Buddha Śākyamuni, Vajrasattva, Amitāyus, Amitābha, Ratnaśikhin, Medicine Buddha, Maitreya, Avalokiteśvara, Mañjuśrī, Vajravidāraṇa, Vijayā, Tārā, Guru Padmasambhava, and the union of Hayagrīva, Vajrapāṇi and Garuḍa.
Praise Buddha Śākyamuni Vajrasattva Amitābha Mañjuśrī Uṣṇīṣavijayā Avalokiteśvara Tārā

Prayers

by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
Jamyang Khyentse composed these verses of prayer to Amitāyus after completing the recitation for the Iron Tree longevity practice (tshe sgrub lcags sdong ma), which is part of the Northern Treasures.
Prayers
by Shechen Gyaltsab Gyurme Pema Namgyal
A four-line supplication of Amitāyus, the Buddha of Boundless Life, requesting the bestowal of supreme and indestructible longevity.
Prayers

Sādhanas

by Dudjom Rinpoche
A brief daily sādhana of Amitāyus, the Buddha of Boundless Life, composed at the request of Jigme-la from the aristocratic Sampho (Samdrup Phodrang) family of Lhasa.
Longevity Sādhanas Restricted
by Dudjom Rinpoche
A short daily practice for longevity focusing on Amitāyus, which, in Kyabjé Düdjom Rinpoche's own words, distils "the many vast and profound longevity practices of the treasure tradition."
Longevity Sādhanas Restricted
by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo
This concise instruction for accomplishing longevity (tshe sgrub) is said to be an abridgement of Thangtong Gyalpo's (1361–1485?) original sādhana. According to the colophon, Khyentse Wangpo composed the practice in a meditation cave used by Thangtong Gyalpo himself.
Longevity Sādhanas Compendium of Sādhanas Restricted
by Mipham Rinpoche
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 Restricted

Sūtra

from the Words of the Buddha
This brief invocation of Buddha Amitāyus, featured in the Nyingma Mönlam, combines the famous four-line Praise of Amitāyus with the mantra and passages from The Sūtra of Boundless Life and Wisdom.
Longevity Dhāraṇī Nyingma Mönlam
from the Words of the Buddha
The Aparimitāyurjñāna-nāma mahāyāna-sūtra ('phags pa tshe dang ye shes dpag tu med pa zhes bya ba theg pa chen po'i mdo, Toh 674 & 849) is said to bring extraordinary merit and longevity when written out, read aloud, copied, or venerated with offerings.
Longevity Kangyur Ten Royal Sūtras Compendium of Sādhanas
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
A short 'means of recitation' (bklag thabs), providing additional prayers and practices to be chanted before and after the root text of the Sūtra of Boundless Life and Wisdom (tshe dang ye shes dpag tu med pa’i mdo).
Longevity Reading Methods

Related Topics

Longevity Three Deities of Long Life

Amitāyus, Buddha of Boundless Life

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Further information:

BDRC T1347 (tshe dpag med)

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