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ISSN 2753-4812
ISSN 2753-4812

Dharma Protectors Series

Dharma Protectors Restricted

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The following texts are now available as part of our Dharma Protectors (dharmapāla; Tib. chos skyong) series:

Changshönma

by Lodi Gyari Rinpoche
Lodi Gyari Rinpoche composed this brief offering prayer to Changshönma (spyang zhon ma), the wolf-riding protectress, in Pemayangtse, Sikkim in 2006.
28 Jun 2018

Durtrö Lhamo

by Fifth Dzogchen Rinpoche
A four-line prayer to accompany an offering to the protectress Durtrö Lhamo (dur khrod lha mo), Mistress of the Charnel Ground.
21 Apr 2018
by Mipham Rinpoche
A four-line prayer to accompany an offering to the protectress Durtrö Lhamo (dur khrod lha mo), Mistress of the Charnel Ground.
28 Jun 2021

Eight Classes

by Dudjom Lingpa
A brief liturgy to accompany the offering of serkyem (gser skyems), or golden libation, and torma, to the eight classes of spirits.
Torma Offering 29 Apr 2021
by Nubchen Sangye Yeshe
Attributed to the ninth-century master Nubchen Sangye Yeshe, this offering of 'golden drink' (gser skyems) to the eight classes (sde brgyad) of gods and spirits is considered an essential preliminary to various apotropaic rites.
Rinchen Terdzö Restricted 22 Oct 2020

Five Mentsün Sisters

by Mipham Rinpoche
A four-line prayer to the Five Mentsün Sisters (sman btsun mched lnga), who are also known as the Five Sisters of Long Life, together with a mantra, composed in 1892.
19 Sep 2018

General

by Dodrupchen Jigme Trinle Özer
A brief text for making offerings to the dharma protectors, especially Ekajaṭī, Gönpo Maning, Vajrasādhu (alias Dorje Lekpa), Rāhula, Durtrö Lhamo (Goddess of the Charnel Ground), Tseringma and the sisters of long-life and Dorje Yudrönma (Goddess of the Turquoise Lamp).
Longchen Nyingtik 24 Apr 2018
by Dodrupchen Jigme Trinle Özer
This short request for the fulfilment of wishes and entrustment of activity to the protectors of the Longchen Nyingtik is often added to the preliminary torma offerings and recited during dharmapālas practices.
Longchen Nyingtik 21 Nov 2023
by Fifth Dzogchen Rinpoche
A five-line prayer of offering addressed to the principal dharmapālas of the Dzogchen tradition.
12 Apr 2018
by Fourteenth Dalai Lama
Verses calling upon the protector deities of Tibet to overcome forces of darkness, composed in 1973. The final verse records the words of Dorje Drakden communicated via the Nechung Oracle.
3 Jan 2024
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
A general liturgy for entrusting activity (phrin las bcol ba) to the oath-bound guardians of the teachings.
Restricted 10 Feb 2023
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
A simple torma offering which was requested by Khandro Tsering Chödrön (1925–2011) for her daily recitations and composed in the protectors' temple at Sakya Monastery, Tibet.
Torma Offering Restricted 12 Nov 2020
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
A generic four-line offering liturgy that can be adapted and addressed to any local deity.
Restricted 13 Feb 2023
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
A simple offering to various deities, especially dharma protectors and local guardians, requesting their protection from bandits and robbers while travelling, composed in 1955.
Restricted 10 Sep 2020
by Jigme Lingpa
A simple rite of confession to amend any impairments and breakages of samaya and to purify actions that upset the dharma protectors.
Confession Fulfilment Longchen Nyingtik Restricted 3 Mar 2018
by Jigme Lingpa
A well-known text for entrusting activity to the Dharma protectors, so that they may ensure the flourishing of the Buddhadharma, especially the Vajrayāna, and protect practitioners from every form of harm.
Longchen Nyingtik Restricted 22 Jun 2023
by Minling Terchen Gyurme Dorje
This rite for offering to the dharma protectors, headed by Mahākāla in various forms, is among the most popular liturgies in the Nyingma tradition.
Torma Offering Rinchen Terdzö Khyentse Kabab Restricted 2 Jan 2018
by Mipham Rinpoche
A four-line liturgy to accompany offerings to the female protectors, including Ekajaṭī, Rematī and Makzor Gyalmo.
Restricted 26 Apr 2023
by Mipham Rinpoche
A four-line liturgy to accompany offerings to the male protectors, especially Mahākāla in his various forms.
Restricted 26 Apr 2023
by Patrul Rinpoche
This three-verse exhortation to the dharmapālas, which is regularly recited by followers of the Longchen Nyingtik tradition, was composed for Tsamtrul Rinpoche, the incarnation of Jigme Gyalwai Nyugu, when he was about to travel through the bandit-plagued land of Golok.
Longchen Nyingtik 7 Aug 2023

Gesar

by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
A brief prayer to accompany offerings to Gesar Norbu Dradül Tsal (‘Foe-Subduing Jewel’) and to request his protection against obstacles and harmful forces.
Gesar 4 Dec 2020
by Mipham Rinpoche
A short, four-line prayer to accompany offerings to Gesar.
Gesar 10 Jan 2019
by Shechen Gyaltsab Gyurme Pema Namgyal
A short, four-line prayer to accompany offerings to Gesar.
Gesar 6 Jul 2021

Gönpo Lekden

by Jigme Lingpa
This concise, daily fulfilment practice for Gönpo Lekden, protector of the tantras, is found in the Longchen Nyingtik core texts collection alongside the longer fulfilment practice of which it is an abridgement.
Longchen Nyingtik Restricted 18 Apr 2024

Jomo Yangri

by Chatral Rinpoche
A two-verse prayer to accompany an offering to Jomo (or Ama) Yangri, protectress of the Yolmo region.
26 May 2026
by Shamar Chökyi Wangchuk
A twelve-line prayer to accompany offerings to protector deities of the Yolmo region, such as Vajrasādhu, Chati, Lhatsen, Genyen Leru and Jomo Yangri.
1 Jun 2026

Kālīdevī

by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
Written in Kolkata, a city associated with Kālī, these verses of praise identify the goddess as having "a hundred names and thousand attributes" and as being one with Samantabhadrī, Prajñāpāramitā, Ekajaṭī and many other prominent female deities in the Tibetan Buddhist pantheon.
Praise 15 Jun 2020

Mahādeva

by Mipham Rinpoche
A four-line prayer to accompany offerings to Mahādeva and consort, the protectors associated with the activity of magnetizing.
Magnetizing 21 Sep 2022
by Neten Chokling Pema Gyurme
Two short prayers from the Chokling Tersar tradition to accompany offerings to Mahādeva and consort, who are associated with the activity of magnetizing.
Magnetizing 18 Jun 2024

Mahākāla

by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
This brief practice of Mahākāla and consort was composed in the presence of the sacred Mahākāla image at Sakya Monastery, most likely in 1956, at the request of three close disciples, including the young Sogyal Rinpoche.
Restricted 3 Jan 2018
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
This appeal to Mahākāla Pañjaranātha for his assistance in overcoming obstacles during turbulent times and progressing on the Dharma path was composed at Bodhgaya, site of the Buddha's enlightenment.
Restricted 12 Nov 2020
by Paksam Wangpo
A simple torma offering rite addressed to Four-Armed Mahākāla, together with his consort and retinue, according to the Drukpa Kagyü tradition.
Torma Offering Restricted 1 Feb 2021

Nechung

by Fourteenth Dalai Lama
This five-verse liturgy for entrusting Nechung with activity was composed at the very beginning of the Water Tiger year, corresponding to 5 February 1962.
29 Dec 2023
by Khenchen Jigme Phuntsok
A four-line liturgy to accompany offerings to Nechung, composed at Nechung Dorje Drayang Ling, Hawaii in 1993.
14 Sep 2023

Pacifying the Turmoil of the Mamos

by Shechen Gyaltsab Gyurme Pema Namgyal
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.
29 Mar 2020
by Tertön Sogyal
A four-line practice of confession and offering in order to appease the wisdom and mundane mamos, who could otherwise incite sickness and misfortune.
Restricted 30 Mar 2020

Pukkasī

by Dudjom Rinpoche
A brief petitionary offering (gsol mchod) to the mātṛkā Pukkasī, who is the local protectress of the sacred Jarung Kashor stūpa in Boudha, Nepal.
Pilgrimage Nepal 15 Nov 2018

Rāhula

by Mipham Rinpoche
A four-line prayer to accompany offerings to Za Rāhula, a major protector of the Nyingma teachings.
20 Apr 2018

Serkyem

by Tertön Sogyal
A simple rite for offering golden libation (gser skyems) to the dharma protectors of Tertön Sogyal's own tradition (rang lugs).
24 Apr 2019

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 Abecedarian Ḍākinī Treasury Restricted 12 Dec 2022

Tsiu Marpo

by Mipham Rinpoche
A four-line prayer to accompany offerings to Tsiu Marpo, the special protector of Samye Monastery.
7 May 2019

Vaiśravaṇa

by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
Verses in praise of Vaiśravaṇa, the guardian of the northern direction, who is associated with wealth and prosperity, together with the eight principal figures in his retinue, known as the eight masters of the horses (rta bdag brgyad).
Vaiśravaṇa Praise Wealth & Prosperity Restricted 20 Oct 2022

Vajrasādhu

by Mipham Rinpoche
A four-line prayer to accompany offerings to Vajrasādhu (Tib. Dorje Lekpa), a major protector of the Nyingma teachings.

Yarlha Shampo

by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
A brief incense smoke (bsang) and serkyem offering rite to the protective mountain deity Yarlha Shampo, composed in 1956.
Sang Offering Yarlha Shampo Restricted 10 Sep 2020

Achi Chökyi Drolma

Texts related to Achi Chökyi Drolma (a phyi chos kyi sgrol ma), the Dikyng Kagyü protectress.

2 texts

Ekajaṭī

Texts related to the mantra protectress Ekajaṭī (e ka dza TI; ral gcig ma).

2 texts

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