Dharma Protectors Series

• Brief Dharmapālas Offering 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).

• Brief Protectors Practice by Fifth Dzogchen Rinpoche

A five-line prayer of offering addressed to the principal dharmapālas of the Dzogchen tradition.

• Expeditious Activity Torma Offering 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.

• Wayfaring Offering 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.

• A Practice of Fulfilment and Confession to an Ocean of Oath-bound Protectors 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.

• Damchen Chitor: A Brief Practice of Torma Offering to the Oath Bound Guardians 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.

• Offering Prayer to Changshönma, Protectress Riding upon a Wolf 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.

• Brief Offering Prayer to Durtrö Lhamo, Mistress of the Charnel Ground 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.

• Golden Drink (Serkyem) and Torma Offering 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.

• Restorative Offering to the Eight Classes 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.

• Brief Offering Prayer to Ekajaṭī by Mipham Rinpoche

A four-line prayer to accompany offerings to Ekajaṭī, protectress of the Dzogchen teachings.

• Offering to the Five Medicine Sisters, Guardians of the Earth by Mipham Rinpoche

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

• Petitionary Offering to Norbu Dradül Tsal 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.

• Brief Offering Prayer to Gesar by Mipham Rinpoche

A short, four-line prayer to accompany offerings to Gesar.

• Sweet Melody to Delight the Glorious Deity: In Praise of Śrī 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.

• Swift Enlightened Activity: A Concise Ceremony of Offering and Prayer to Mahākāla and Consort 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.

• The Fulfilment of All Wishes: Prayer and Entrustment of Activity to the Glorious Guru Mahākāla Pañjaranātha 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.

• Bestower of Supreme Accomplishment: A Torma Offering to Mahākāla 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.

• Pacifying the Turmoil of the Mamos: A Concise Liturgy 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.

• Brief Prayer for Pacifying the Turmoil of the Mamos 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.

• A Brief Petitionary Offering to the Mātṛkā Pukkasī, Local Protectress of the Jarung Kashor Stūpa 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.

• Brief Offering Prayer to Za Rāhula by Mipham Rinpoche

A four-line prayer to accompany offerings to Za Rāhula, a major protector of the Nyingma teachings.

• Serkyem (Golden Libation) Offering to the Guardians of the Tradition by Tertön Sogyal

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

• Brief Offering Prayer to Tsiu Marpo by Mipham Rinpoche

A four-line prayer to accompany offerings to Tsiu Marpo, the special protector of Samye Monastery.

• Brief Offering Prayer to the Oath-Bound 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 Sang Offering by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö

A brief incense smoke (bsang) and serkyem offering rite to the protective mountain deity Yarlha Shampo, composed in 1956.