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Damngak Dzö Series

Damngak Dzö

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Texts belonging to (and related to) the Damgnak Dzö (gdams ngag mdzod) or Treasury of Instructions, one of the five treasuries of Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Thayé (1813–1899):

Kadam

by Atiśa Dīpaṃkara
This short text (Bodhisattvamaṇyāvalī in Sanskrit), which is included in the Middle Way section of the Tengyur (Toh 3951), is regarded as a classic work of the Mind Training (blo sbyong) tradition. With its direct and pithy language, it is not so much a poem as a series of maxims on the bodhisattva path.
Mind Training (Lojong) Advice Tengyur 28 Jan 2008
by Atiśa Dīpaṃkara
This short text, Atiśa Dīpaṃkara Śrījñāna's most famous and important work, served to establish lamrim, the 'graduated path', as a genre of Tibetan literature and to introduce the three types of being (skyes bu gsum) as a significant typology. It is included in the Middle Way section of the Tengyur (Toh 3947).
Lamrim Tengyur 7 Apr 2021
by Geshe Chekhawa Yeshe Dorje
This version of the Seven Points of Mind Training, which is included in the Damngak Dzö collection, accords with the commentary by Gyalse Tokme Zangpo (1297–1371)—in its sequence of the slogans and in its annotations.
Seven Points of Mind Training 4 Mar 2025
by Gyalse Tokme Zangpo
This is among the best known and most commonly taught commentaries on the popular mind training slogans. The author, famous for his Thirty-Seven Practices of the Bodhisattvas, writes in the style of the pith instructions, in plain and simple language.
Seven Points of Mind Training 16 Aug 2018
by Gyalse Tokme Zangpo
A supplication to the lineage of the Seven Points of Mind Training (blo sbyong don bdun ma), or Verses of Mahāyāna Mind Training.
Seven Points of Mind Training Lineage Prayers Compendium of Sādhanas 29 Nov 2022
by Tsongkhapa Lobzang Drakpa
One of the great Tsongkhapa Lobzang Drakpa's most famous teachings, this short text highlights the importance of renunciation, the motivation of bodhicitta, and the wisdom that realises the nature of things.
Lamrim Mind Training (Lojong) 30 Oct 2006

Marpa Kagyü

by Fifth Shamarpa
This famous song of devotion, which is addressed to the Karmapa, is included in the Treasury of Instructions (gdams ngag mdzod).
Calling the Guru from Afar 8 Jan 2020
by Pema Karpo
Belonging to the set of instructions known as the Seven Excellent Interdependent Connections (rten 'brel rab bdun ma), this text by the great Kagyü teacher Pema Karpo (1527–1592) explains meditative equipoise, which is "the dependent arising that gives rise to excellent qualities", and post-meditation, which is the "dependent arising for perfecting the capacity".
Mahāmudrā Meditation Stages of Meditation 4 Feb 2016
by Situ Paṇchen Chökyi Jungne
This concise commentary draws from the tradition of Fivefold Mahāmudrā teachings passed down from Pakmodrupa to Jikten Sumgön, and thus especially emphasized within the Drikung Kagyü lineage. When included in a single session of practice, these five points—bodhicitta, guru yoga, yidam practice, Mahāmudrā, and dedication—are held to provide a complete path to awakening. Chokyi Jungné’s instruction expands upon traditional presentations by concluding with specific instructions on how to practice during all periods of the day, as well as at the time of death.
Mahāmudrā Advice 29 Jun 2021
by Tilopa
This well-known and important source for the Mahāmudrā tradition, which is included within the Tengyur (Toh 2303), contains instructions that Tilopa imparted to Nāropa on the banks of the River Ganges.
Mahāmudrā Tengyur 24 Nov 2021

Miscellaneous

by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo
This brief supplication to the saviouress Tārā incorporates and expands upon the literal meaning of the syllables of her root mantra (oṃ tāre tuttāre ture svāhā).
Tārā Compendium of Sādhanas Khyentse Kabab 1 Oct 2020
recalled by Thangtong Gyalpo
Thangtong Gyalpo recalled this supplication to Noble Avalokiteśvara from the devotional practices of a previous lifetime as the bhikṣu Padma Karpo.
Avalokiteśvara Prayers Rinchen Terdzö Compendium of Sādhanas 17 Apr 2020

Nyingma

from the Words of the Buddha
The first of three testaments received by Garab Dorje and preserved in the Vima Nyingtik. This text is also reproduced in the Damngak Dzö collection.
Vima Nyingtik Testament Restricted 10 Oct 2024
from the Words of the Buddha
The second of three testaments received by Garab Dorje and preserved in the Vima Nyingtik. This text is also reproduced in the Damngak Dzö collection.
Vima Nyingtik Testament Restricted 23 Oct 2024
from the Words of the Buddha
The third of three testaments received by Garab Dorje and preserved in the Vima Nyingtik. This text is also reproduced in the Damngak Dzö collection.
Vima Nyingtik Testament Restricted 13 Nov 2024
by Garab Dorje
The famous three lines spoken by Garab Dorje as his final testament to Mañjuśrīmitra, as preserved in the Vima Nyingtik and reproduced in the Damngak Dzö collection.
Striking the Vital Point in Three Statements Testament Vima Nyingtik Restricted 16 Apr 2025
by Longchen Rabjam
A liturgy to be recited at the time of the extremely unelaborate empowerment (shin tu spros med dbang) as part of the Lama Yangtik.
Maṇḍala Offering Lama Yangtik 3 Apr 2024
by Longchen Rabjam
Lists of possible names for disciples receiving the elaborate empowerment of Lama Yangtik, arranged according to the direction of the maṇḍala in which their flower lands.
Lama Yangtik Restricted 17 Jan 2024
by Longchen Rabjam
Part of the unelaborate empowerment rite for Lama Yangtik, this text provides the visualizations and mantras to bring about the descent of the wisdom deities (jñānasattva).
Lama Yangtik Restricted 9 Sep 2024
by Longchen Rabjam
This three-kāya maṇḍala offering rite belongs to the Clouds Trilogy within the Lama Yangtik collection and is also included in the Chetsün Nyingtik section of the Rinchen Terdzö.
Maṇḍala Offering Lama Yangtik Rinchen Terdzö Chetsün Nyingtik 9 Apr 2024
by Longchen Rabjam
A liturgy to be recited at the time of the utterly unelaborate empowerment (rab tu spros med dbang) as part of the Lama Yangtik.
Maṇḍala Offering Lama Yangtik 13 Sep 2023
by Śrī Siṃha
This final testament, which Śrī Siṃha transmitted to Jñānasūtra, is preserved in the Vima Nyingtik and reproduced in the Damngak Dzö collection.
Dzogchen Vima Nyingtik Testament Restricted 9 Apr 2025

Sakya Lamdré

by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo
Supplementary verses to be added to the prayer to the lineage of Parting from the Four Attachments composed by Ngorchen Kunga Zangpo (1382–1456).
Lineage Prayers Parting from the Four Attachments Sakya 22 Feb 2019
by Jetsün Drakpa Gyaltsen
Drakpa Gyaltsen's famous commentary on the four-line instruction that his father, Sachen Kunga Nyingpo, received from Mañjuśrī, is so closely associated with the root text that it is often known by the same title, Parting from the Four Attachments.
Parting from the Four Attachments Advice Sakya Kabum 15 Nov 2011
by Ngorchen Kunga Zangpo
A prayer to the lineage of masters who held the instructions for the famous four-line teaching from the Buddha and Mañjuśrī down to Ngorchen's own guru, Sharchen Yeshe Gyaltsen (shar chen ye shes rgyal mtshan, 1359–1406).
Lineage Prayers Parting from the Four Attachments Compendium of Sādhanas Sakya 21 Feb 2019
by Nubpa Rigdzin Drak
Little is known about the author, Nubpa Rigdzin Drak, who may have been a student of Jetsün Drakpa Gyaltsen (1147–1216), but his commentary is among the best known works on Parting from the Four Attachments—partly as a result of its inclusion in the Blo sbyong brgya rtsa compendium. The text explains the antidotes to each of the four attachments and the results that will accrue from applying them.
Parting from the Four Attachments Advice 11 Sep 2018
spoken by Mañjuśrī to Sachen Kunga Nyingpo
This famous four-line teaching was spoken by Mañjuśrī, who appeared in a vision to the young Sachen Kunga Nyingpo during a six-month retreat. It is said to encapsulate the entire bodhisattva path of the pāramitās.
Parting from the Four Attachments Advice 26 Jan 2007
by Sakya Paṇḍita Kunga Gyaltsen
A brief commentary on Parting From the Attachments (zhen pa bzhi bral), the famous four-line instruction originally revealed by Mañjuśrī to Sachen Kunga Nyingpo (1092–1158), Sakya Paṇḍita's great uncle.
Parting from the Four Attachments Advice Sakya Kabum 10 Apr 2014

Zhijé and Chöd

by Padampa Sangye
This popular liturgy, attributed to Padampa Sangye, consists of thirty short aspirations related to the Mahāyāna path in general and the Vajrayāna in particular.
Aspiration Prayers 30 Mar 2021

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Advice Nonsectarianism Rinchen Terdzö

Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Thayé

Courtesy of Himalayan Art Resources

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