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ISSN 2753-4812
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Ḍākinī Treasury Series

Ḍākinī Treasury

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Texts from the Ḍākinīs' Great Dharma Treasury (mkha' 'gro'i chos mdzod chen mo), a 53-volume collection published in 2017 to showcase writing by and about female Buddhist masters:

Introduction

by Sarah Jacoby and Padma ‘tsho
A brief overview of the Ḍākinīs' Great Dharma Treasury (mkha' 'gro'i chos mdzod chen mo), a 53-volume collection published in 2017 to showcase writing by and about female Buddhist masters.

Volume 7

revealed by Samten Lingpa
This prayer, which recounts Mandāravā’s lives and liberation, forms the 37th chapter of Samten Lingpa’s famous terma biography of Princess Mandāravā.
Biographical Prayers Prayers Termas 4 Aug 2018

Volume 8

by Khenmo Dawa Drolma
The story of Bhikṣuṇī Fa Kong, a diligent nun in the mid-Tang Dynasty (618–907) who encountered Mañjuśrī at the holy site of Wutai Shan.
Biography 4 Aug 2025
by Khenmo Dawa Drolma
A short biography of Jomo Ta Wu (1854–1927) who took ordination following the death of her betrothed, then dedicated the remainder of her life to meditation, teaching, serving her nunnery, and caring for others.
Biography 1 Jul 2025
by Khenmo Dawa Drolma
The story of thirteenth-century Japanese woman, who was first refused ordination on account of her beauty but then disfigured herself so that she could gain admittance. In time, she became a meditation teacher and founded a nunnery of her own.
Biography 7 Jul 2025
by Khenmo Dawa Drolma
A brief biography of the Chinese nun called Huiyao, who self-immolated in 477, leaving behind relics that become an object of worship.
Biography 8 May 2025
by Khenmo Dawa Drolma
Khenmo recounts the story of a nun from Shanxi province who was introduced to Tibetan Vajrayāna and employed the transference of consciousness upon her death at the age of a hundred.
Biography 15 Apr 2025
by Khenmo Dawa Drolma
The tale—translated from Chinese—of a woman who recited the name of Amitābha throughout her life and was therefore reborn in Sukhāvatī.
Biography 1 Apr 2025
by Khenmo Dawa Drolma
A short story about a woman who recited the Amitābha Sūtra throughout her life and was eventually reborn in Sukhāvatī.
Biography 10 Apr 2025
by Khenmo Dawa Drolma
The story of a woman who fell ill and then, encouraged by a monk, adopted virtuous practices and intensive recitation. After three years, upon her death, she was led to Sukhāvatī as flowers fell from the sky.
Biography 14 Apr 2025
by Khenmo Dawa Drolma
The story of a young woman who recited scriptures such as the Diamond Cutter Sūtra for thirty years. When she had a vision of many buddhas and bodhisattvas, she remained standing—without eating or drinking anything—for forty days.
Biography 3 Apr 2025
by Khenmo Dawa Drolma
The story of a girl who learned to read and recite the ḍhāraṇī of Avalokiteśvara, which she then did with such intensity that she acquired the power to heal others, before reaching the level of an ārya and passing away when she was just twenty-three years old.
Biography 15 May 2025

Volume 11

by Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Thaye
Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Thaye composed this beautiful prayer summarizing Samten Lingpa’s famous terma biography of Khandro Yeshe Tsogyal in 1893 at the request of Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo and the yoginī Doshul Khandro.
Biographical Prayers Rinchen Terdzö 21 Feb 2017

Volume 21

by Yudra Nyingpo
Extracted from the biography known as The Great Image ('dra 'bag chen mo), this is the advice that the Chinese yoginī Chudun gave to the translator Vairotsana.
Advice 22 Mar 2023

Volume 23

by Lakṣmī
This is the commonly recited version of Bhikṣuṇī Lakṣmī’s famous praise of Avalokiteśvara, often known as the Po Praise. It includes several differences from the version preserved in the Tengyur, as noted in the text.
Praise Avalokiteśvara Compendium of Sādhanas 13 Feb 2019
by Lakṣmī
This is the version of Bhikṣuṇī Lakṣmī’s famous praise of Avalokiteśvara (known as the Po Praise) that appears in the Kriyātantra section of the Tengyur (Toh 2738).
Praise Avalokiteśvara Tengyur 30 Jan 2019
by Lakṣmī
This seven-branch offering, which is found in many Tārā sādhanas, is attributed to the famous nun Lakṣmī (Gelongma Palmo), founder of the Nyungné tradition.
Tārā Seven Branches Compendium of Sādhanas 21 May 2020
recorded by Nyangral Nyima Özer
This four-line verse on the inseparability of saṃsāra and nirvāṇa, spoken by Ārya Tārā, is included in the recent 53-volume anthology known as the Ḍākinīs' Great Dharma Treasury.
Tārā 12 Mar 2023

Volume 24

revealed by Pema Lingpa
This famous prayer of aspiration, which was a terma revelation of Pema Lingpa (1450–1521), is said to record the words of Yeshe Tsogyal to Guru Padmasambhava as he was about to leave Tibet for the land of the rākṣasa demons.
Aspiration Prayers Termas Rinchen Terdzö Nyingma Mönlam 2 Sep 2011

Volume 30

by Gyarong Khandro
This description of a vision in which Gyarong Khandro Dechen Wangmo met hosts of ḍākinīs is included in the recently compiled anthology known as Ḍākinīs' Great Dharma Treasury.
Termas Prayers 14 Aug 2023
by Mumé Yeshe Tsomo
Composed in 2000, these ten verses of advice explain how to follow the path to liberation by creating a sound basis of ethical discipline according to the three vehicles, from which to practise the ultimate Great Perfection.
Advice 28 Mar 2024

Volume 32

by Sera Khandro
This guru yoga, which Sera Khandro describes as a visionary experience put it into words, is a supplement to the Dharmatā Ḍākinīs' Secret Treasury (Chönyi Khandrö Sangdzö) cycle. It includes many of the standard elements of a preliminary practice (ngöndro) and is structured around the 'Four Dharmas of Gampopa', i.e., turning the mind towards the Dharma, making progress along the path, clarifying confusion, and allowing confusion to dawn as wisdom.
Guru Yoga 22 Jul 2019

Volume 33

by Sera Khandro
This eight-line lineage supplication is recited as a preliminary to the Yeshe Tsogyal sādhana revealed by Sera Khandro as part of the Secret Treasury of Ultimate Reality Ḍākinīs cycle.
Lineage Prayers 21 Jul 2025
by Sera Khandro
This song of amazement originates in a vision that Sera Khandro had while staying in retreat at Nyimalung in Amdo at the age of twenty-nine. The text is her response to the spirits and demons who appeared to her, asking what she was doing.
Songs and Poems 18 May 2015
by Sera Khandro
This short liturgy for offering to Gesar and requesting his assistance was transcribed on the basis of a visionary experience.
Gesar 7 Mar 2025
by Sera Khandro
These verses for offering to Gesar and requesting the accomplishment of activity were composed at the request of someone named Wangden.
Gesar 28 Apr 2025
by Sera Khandro
A brief feast offering practice to accompany the wisdom ḍākinī Yeshe Tsogyal sādhana.
Tsok Restricted 21 Jul 2025
revealed by Sera Khandro
This Dorje Drolö sādhana from Sera Khandro's Dharmatā Ḍākinis' Secret Treasury (chos nyid mkha' 'gro gsang mdzod) cycle includes visualization and mantra recitiation, as well as an additional activity rite.
Dorje Drolö Termas Restricted 6 May 2019
by Sera Khandro
A four-line liturgy for offering purificatory incense smoke (sang) to Gesar, which Sera Khandro says she composed out of laziness when accumulating multiple such offerings.
Gesar Sang Offering 5 May 2025
by Sera Khandro
A short sādhana of the wisdom ḍākinī Yeshe Tsogyal in the form of Dechen Gyalmo (Great Bliss Queen) Vajravārāhī.
Sādhanas Restricted 21 Jul 2025
by Sera Khandro
This short prayer to the wisdom ḍākinī Yeshe Tsogyal forms part of Sera Khandro's cycle of revelations entitled Secret Treasury of Ultimate Reality Ḍākinīs.
Prayers 21 Jul 2025

Volume 35

by Sera Khandro
The treasure-revealer Sera Khandro Dekyong Wangmo wrote this short, six-line prayer to herself for the sake of her followers.
Prayers 29 May 2015
by Sera Khandro
A prayer for invoking the two supreme deities—noble Avalokiteśvara and the goddess Tārā—and seeking their blessings and assistance on the path.
Tārā Avalokiteśvara Prayers 9 Jul 2025
by Sera Khandro
This short text in verse offers a clear and concise description of the liberated experience that results from practising the path of the development and completion stages.
Advice 30 Apr 2020
by Sera Khandro
A four-line Dzogchen poem in abecedarian form.
Advice Abecedarian 14 Dec 2022
by Sera Khandro
Two verses of Dzogchen advice composed for Lama Kyab. The first verse is in abecedarian form.
Advice Abecedarian 15 Dec 2022
revealed by Sera Khandro
A beautifully evocative prayer of aspiration to be reborn in Tārā's pure realm, known as The Land of Turquoise Leaves (g.yu lo bkod).
Tārā Aspiration Prayers 4 Sep 2017
by Sera Khandro
A prayer to Sera Khandro's successive incarnations including Red Vetala (Rolang Marmo), Shelkar Dorje Tso, Kunga Buma, and Changchub Chödrön.
Prayers 23 Jul 2019
by Sera Khandro
Pithy verses of advice on the need to practise the path by letting go of attachment to saṃsāra and, upon the foundation of bodhicitta, meditating intensively in solitude.
Advice 19 Apr 2020
by Sera Khandro
A simple guru yoga focusing on Sera Khandro as an emanation of Yeshe Tsogyal and invoking her inspiration and blessings to realize the meaning of Dzogchen, the Great Perfection.
Guru Yoga Ngöndro 15 Jul 2019
by Sera Khandro
Poetic and playful verses on the incredible, seeming paradoxical nature of reality.
Advice 15 Dec 2022
by Sera Khandro
An invocation of Guru Padmasambhava, including his wrathful forms Tötreng Tsal and Dorje Drolö, as a means of protection from threats such as war, famine and disease, which are prevalent in the degenerate age.
Prayers 20 May 2025
by Sera Khandro
A brief prayer for the longevity of Drimé Özer (1881–1924) and the flourishing of his activity, composed at the request of Sonam Wangchuk.
Long-Life Prayers 7 Mar 2025
by Sera Khandro
A prayer invoking Milarepa's inspiration and guidance in order to master the practice and realize the dharmakāya nature within this life or take birth in the paradise of Khecarā and bring benefit to others.
Prayers 15 Mar 2024
by Sera Khandro
Sera Khandro composed this verse autobiography, which is suitable for daily recitation, in 1929, two years after completing a longer, more detailed account of her life. As with many other biographical works in the Tibetan tradition, the story is itself a Dharma teaching, demonstrating the importance of following one’s heart, persevering in the face of difficulties, and cultivating complete trust and devotion
Autobiography 27 May 2015
by Sera Khandro
This prayer to Sera Khandro's successive incarnations is one of several such texts to be found in her collected writings.
Prayers 22 Jul 2019

Volume 36

revealed by Sera Khandro
A simple practice of Sarasvatī including refuge, bodhicitta, deity visualisation, mantra recitation, praise and dedication of merit.
Sarasvatī Sādhanas Termas Restricted 13 May 2019
revealed by Sera Khandro
A short, two-verse prayer to noble Tārā in her twenty-one emanations, composed (or revealed) in response to a request from a monk-physican named Samten.
Tārā Prayers 8 Jun 2020
by Sera Khandro
Sera Khandro—here using the name Kalzang Drönma—tells us that she composed this prayer at the behest of Tulku Drimé Özer. Nevertheless, it is included in her revelation, the Reality Ḍākinīs’ Secret Treasury (Chönyi Khandrö Sangdzö).
Tārā Prayers 7 Mar 2025

Volume 41

by Do Dasel Wangmo
A four-line supplication to Vajrakīlaya, the wrathful embodiment of enlightened activity.
Prayers Vajrakīlaya 16 Dec 2023
by Do Dasel Wangmo
A three-verse supplication for the longevity of Alak Zenkar Rinpoche (b. 1943), which the author humbly claims is neither elegant nor profound but heartfelt.
Long-Life Prayers 8 Sep 2022
by Do Dasel Wangmo
A four-verse prayer to Sarasvatī in which each line begins with a repeated word for the sake of emphasis, an example of epizeuxis.
Prayers Sarasvatī 8 Mar 2023
by Do Dasel Wangmo
'Poetic verses describing Mañjuśrī''s appearance, praising his qualities and invoking the light of his wisdom.'
Mañjuśrī Praise 8 Mar 2023
by Do Dasel Wangmo
A five-verse poem in praise of Sarasvatī, the goddess of eloquence, which includes an appeal for her assistance in banishing ignorance and developing intelligence.
Praise Sarasvatī 6 Mar 2025
by Do Dasel Wangmo
Poetic verses summarizing the liberational life story (rnam thar) and attainments of Khandro Yeshe Tsogyal.
Biography Biographical Prayers 11 Mar 2023

Volume 50

by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
In this verse panegyric, Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö praises the great Machik Labdrön (ma gcig lab sgron, 1031–1129) and incorporates references to many key terms and concepts from the Chöd ('Cutting') practice for which she is renowned.
Praise Chöd 8 Mar 2019
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
One of three praises—one to each of the Three Deities of Long Life (White Tārā, Amitāyus and Uṣṇīṣavijayā)—composed while travelling in a boat along the River Ganges.
Uṣṇīṣavijayā Praise 14 Mar 2023
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 Abecedarian Dharma Protectors Restricted 12 Dec 2022
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
In poetic language, this fifteen-verse tribute recounts the legend of Yeshe Tsogyal's life of liberation, extolling her accomplishments and qualities.
Praise 23 Jun 2022
by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo
Verses in praise of the eighth-century princess and ḍākinī Mandāravā, one of the principal consorts of Guru Padmasambhava.
Praise 22 Oct 2020
by Longchen Rabjam
This poetic tribute to Sarasvatī, the goddess of eloquence, is taken from Longchenpa's miscellaneous writings.
Sarasvatī Praise 24 May 2022
by Rongtön Sheja Künrig
These verses in praise of the great Indian yoginī Niguma are included in the recently compiled anthology known as Ḍākinīs' Great Dharma Treasury.
Praise 16 Mar 2023
by Tertön Sogyal
Tertön Sogyal wrote this praise, which explains the symbolism of Red Vajravārāhī's appearance and attributes, following a dream on the evening of 29 January, 1893.
Praise Vajrayoginī 20 Nov 2023
by Tsongkhapa Lobzang Drakpa
This famous poem is a combined invocation, praise and prayer to Sarasvatī, goddess of eloquence. It is included in the recently compiled anthology known as Ḍākinīs' Great Dharma Treasury.
Sarasvatī Praise 13 Mar 2023

Volume 52

by Adzom Gyalse Gyurme Dorje
Verses of advice stressing the importance of maintaining ethical discipline, generating a vast altruistic motivation and diligently practising the Great Perfection.
Advice 4 Apr 2024
by Adzom Gyalse Gyurme Dorje
Verses of advice written for a nun from Tsering Jong, the site of Jigme Lingpa's hermitage, in central Tibet.
Advice 13 Mar 2023
by Khenchen Ngawang Palzang
These words of advice, written for a female disciple, cover every aspect of the path, up to and including the Great Perfection. The text is included in the 53-volume Ḍākinī Treasury anthology.
Advice 21 Nov 2023
by Lobzang Chökyi Gyaltsen
This five-verse prayer, composed for a female practitioner named Lobzang Chödzin, is included in the recent 53-volume anthology known as the Ḍākinīs' Great Dharma Treasury.
Prayers 13 Mar 2023
by Rendawa Zhönnu Lodrö
Seven verses of advice on the nature of the ground, path and fruition and the techniques of view, meditation and conduct.
Advice 3 Apr 2024

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