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The following texts are available as part of our Dzogchen (rdzogs chen) or Great Perfection series:

Advice
by Dodrupchen Jigme Tenpe Nyima
Answers to a series of questions on the distinction between ordinary mind (sem) and pure awareness (rigpa), the dissolution of dualistic perception, mindfulness in Dzogchen, the phases of dissolution at death, and how to practise Dzogchen meditation.
Meditation Mindfulness Dying & the Bardos Replies 8 Dec 2017
by Dodrupchen Jigme Tenpe Nyima
This short text from Jigme Tenpe Nyima's Dzogchen corpus explains the distinction between the ordinary mind (sem) and pure awareness (rigpa), as well as the ways in which the Great Perfection is superior to other approaches.
Advice 6 May 2015
by Dongak Chökyi Gyatso
The author makes a distinction between “instructions that apply more generally” and “teachings that are intended for specific individuals” in order to argue for a gradualist approach that culminates in Mahāmudrā or Dzogchen for all but those of the very sharpest faculties (who are able to proceed to the highest teachings directly).
Mahāmudrā Nonsectarianism Notes 10 Jul 2014
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
Verses of crucial advice covering the whole path but especially the practice of Dzogchen, composed at the request of someone named Asé Chatralwa.
Advice 28 Jun 2022
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
Pithy and practical, this advice — composed at the request of Garje Khamtrul Rinpoche, Jamyang Döndrup (1928–2019) — summarizes the key points of the path of Dzogchen, the Great Perfection.
Advice 24 Oct 2016
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
Simple advice on investigating the origination, presence and departure (byung gnas 'gro gsum) of thoughts and resting without fabrication or contrivance in order to see the essence of mind.
Advice 14 Feb 2020
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
These few lines of verse, taken from the advice section of Jamyang Khyentse's collected writings, are effectively an aspiration for mastering the Dzogchen practice of Tögal.
Advice 8 Jun 2021
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
In this short text, written in verse, Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö explains (with characteristic humility) the prerequisites and view, meditation and action of Dzogchen, or the Great Perfection.
Advice 7 Feb 2017
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
Simple instructions on the practices of Trekchö and Tögal composed at the request of the daughter of Katok Gyalse Kunzang Rinpoche.
Advice Notes Restricted 9 Nov 2021
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
This practical instruction in just a few lines covers the path of Dzogchen by highlighting only its most crucial elements.
Advice 8 Jun 2021
revealed by Jigme Lingpa
This revelation, part of the Longchen Nyingtik, describes the pure awareness, or rigpa, that is the "natural state" (gnas lugs) of the mind, and how all the qualities of the path and fruition are complete within it. The text is considered a definitive statement on the topic, eliminating all doubts and need for further clarification.
Longchen Nyingtik Termas Restricted 25 Sep 2015
by Katok Rigdzin Tsewang Norbu
This brief advice on the practice of the Great Perfection and the importance of devotion was written for the king of Lowo in Ngari in 1750.
Advice 9 Mar 2017
by Khenchen Ngawang Palzang
General advice on the common preliminaries followed by pithy instructions on the practice of the Great Perfection.
Advice 19 Oct 2024
by Khenchen Ngawang Palzang
Verses of advice for a sincere disciple on "the heart of the matter" and "Dharma's essence", the Dzogchen practice of Trekchö.
Advice 10 Oct 2024
by Khenchen Ngawang Palzang
While Khenpo Ngawang Palzang was accumulating the maṇḍala offering as part of the Longchen Nyingtik preliminary practices, he received this pointing-out instruction from Longchenpa in a pure vision.
29 Jan 2024
by Khenpo Gangshar
A simple Dzogchen instruction written in verse.
Songs and Poems 28 Mar 2018
by Khenpo Gangshar
This short song on the view and meditation of the Great Perfection was composed by Shabkar Tsokdruk Rangdrol (1781–1851) but has recently been misattributed to Khenpo Gangshar Wangpo.
Songs and Poems 28 Oct 2015
by Khenpo Gangshar
A concise instruction pointing out the nature of mind, which Khenpo Gangshar offered to the students of Thrangu Shedrup Dargye Ling in 1957.
Mahāmudrā Restricted 22 Feb 2021
by Khenpo Gangshar
Perhaps Khenpo Gangshar's most famous work, this pithy guide to Dzogchen practice includes instructions on the uncommon preliminaries, the analytical meditations of a paṇḍita, and the main practice, which is the resting meditation of a kusulu, as well as how to integrate the practice.
Restricted 30 May 2022
by Khenpo Gangshar
Gangshar Wangpo tells us that he based these verses—which explain how to eliminate obstacles to practice and sustain realization of mind's essential nature—on scripture, the oral instructions of his guru, and his own experience.
Mahāmudrā Songs and Poems 13 Mar 2019
by Khenpo Gangshar
The famous yogi Khenpo Gangshar Wangpo likens his composition of this short text of advice on renunciation and the practice of maintaining awareness to an old dog suddenly vomiting gold.
6 Nov 2015
by Khenpo Pema Vajra
In this short instruction in verse, Khenpo Pema Vajra explains the key points of the path in general and of the Great Perfection in particular. His practical advice includes what to do in the intermediate state, or bardo.
Advice 31 Jan 2017
by Longchen Rabjam
Essential advice on every stage of the path from beginning to end. As Longchenpa puts it in the text itself: "Even if we were to meet in person, I would have no greater instruction to give you than this. So take it to heart, all the time, and in any situation."
Advice 18 Aug 2011
by Longchen Rabjam
From the famed Trilogy of Finding Comfort and Ease (ngal gso skor gsum), this brief guide to Finding Comfort and Ease in Illusion or Being at Ease with Illusion (sgyu ma ngal gso) explains how to meditate on the illusory or dream-like nature of all phenomena.
Trilogy of Comfort & Ease 11 Feb 2021
by Longchen Rabjam
This pithy Dzogchen text belongs to the Zabmo Yangtik, and, according to Longchenpa himself in the collection catalogue called Sun, Moon, Planets and Stars, it reveals "how enlightened intent is" (dgongs pa'i yin tshul).
Zabmo Yangtik Restricted 21 Dec 2023
by Longchen Rabjam
The first chapter of Longchenpa's Finding Comfort and Ease in Meditation (samten ngalso), describing ideal environments and dwelling places for cultivating meditative concentration and insight throughout the year.
Trilogy of Comfort & Ease Meditation Retreat & Solitude 1 Oct 2005
by Longchen Rabjam
The second chapter of Finding Comfort and Ease in Meditation (samten ngalso), describing the qualities and character of an ideal practitioner of meditation in the Great Perfection, or Dzogpachenpo.
Trilogy of Comfort & Ease Meditation 10 Jun 2006
by Longchen Rabjam
A topical outline of The Fully Fledged Garuḍa, the Zabmo Yangtik's poetic summary of Trekchö (khregs chod).
Zabmo Yangtik Topical Outlines Restricted 15 Jan 2024
by Longchen Rabjam
According to the catalogue, this short text reveals “the ultimate enlightened intent” (don gyi dgongs pa). Herbert Guenther believed that it contains "probably the profoundest phenomenological descriptions of experience-as-lived ever written".
Zabmo Yangtik Restricted 30 Dec 2023
by Longchen Rabjam
This short verse text on the definitive meaning belongs to Zabmo Yangtik, and, according to Longchenpa himself in the collection's catalogue called Sun, Moon, Planets and Stars, reveals the transcendence of realization.
Zabmo Yangtik Restricted 5 Jun 2025
by Mipham Rinpoche
Also known as the "instruction that points directly to the very essence of mind in the tradition of ‘the old realized ones’ (rtogs ldan rgan po)", this is a pithy guide to Dzogchen meditation written for 'village yogis' and other practitioners without a background in study. It includes three separate instructions, for: 1) cracking open the egg-shell of ignorance, 2) cutting the web of saṃsāric existence, and 3) remaining in space-like equalness.
Meditation
by Mipham Rinpoche
Mipham Rinpoche boils the practice of Trekchö down to the three crucial points of knowing the essence of mind, sustaining that recognition in meditation and allowing thoughts to subside beyond benefit and harm.
Striking the Vital Point in Three Statements 12 Feb 2021
by Mipham Rinpoche
In this short text, Mipham Rinpoche attempts—by his own admission—to express the inexpressible. Aware of the challenge and the apparent contradiction, he nevertheless offers various descriptions of mind's ineffable essence "for the sake of those fortunate individuals who seek to penetrate the profound meaning of dharmatā."
28 Jan 2016
by Mipham Rinpoche
In this, one of his most popular Dzogchen instructions, Mipham Rinpoche explains how to go beyond the initial stage of the recognition (ngo shes) of the face of rigpa, or pure awareness, to the subsequent stages of perfecting the strength (rtsal rdzogs) and gaining stability (brtan pa thob).
26 Jan 2016
by Mipham Rinpoche
This short instruction in verse was written in 1876. It explains the nature of mind, which is 'seen', or realised, in an experience that transcends the duality of seeing and seen.
by Mipham Rinpoche
This short verse-text sets out to clarify the term "self-awareness" (rang rig; svasaṃvedana), especially as it is used in Dzogchen, and challenges those who reject the notion. Mipham points out that self-awareness is something to be experienced firsthand, not debated or speculated about.
22 Jan 2016
by Nyala Pema Dündul
Taken from his collected songs (mgur 'bum) this spontaneous poem offers advice on the practice and its fruition, with Nyala Pema Dündul explaining that his view corresponds to Dzogchen, the Great Perfection, his meditation to Mahāmudrā, and his action to the Vinaya.
Advice Songs and Poems 26 Apr 2015
by Nyangral Nyima Özer
One of the better known instructions from the collection known as Responses to Questions, Advice from the Guru's Direct Instructions (bla ma dmar khrid kyi zhal gdams zhus lan skor), which is included in the Precious Treasury of Revelations (rin chen gter mdzod). The text contains simple advice from Guru Padmasambhava for his elderly disciple, Ngok Sherab Gyalpo.
Advice Termas Replies Rinchen Terdzö 26 Mar 2020
by Nyoshul Khenpo Jamyang Dorje
Nyoshul Khen Rinpoche recalls the advice of Khenpo Ngawang Palzang, who managed to encapsulated the Dzogchen practice of Trekchö (khregs chod) in a single pithy instruction.
Advice 21 Nov 2014
by Nyoshul Khenpo Jamyang Dorje
In this short essay, Nyoshul Khen Rinpoche explains the theory behind the Dzogchen preliminary practice known as Khordé Rushen ('khor 'das ru shan), or separating the domains of saṃsāra and nirvāṇa.
Advice Notes 22 Jun 2018
by Nyoshul Khenpo Jamyang Dorje
Definitions of the five wisdoms (ye shes lnga), i.e., the wisdom of dharmadhātu, mirror-like wisdom, wisdom of equality, wisdom of discernment and all-accomplishing wisdom, according to the oral tradition of Khenpo Ngawang Palzang, aka Khenpo Ngakchung.
Advice Notes 15 Aug 2015
by Patrul Rinpoche
This short work in verse offers advice on the natural self-liberation (rang grol) of thoughts and emotions, which Patrul Rinpoche repeatedly identifies as the key to the view, meditation and conduct of the Great Perfection.
Meditation Advice 13 Feb 2018
by Patrul Rinpoche
Sometimes known by its first four syllables as Eko Eko (translated as "Have you heard? Have you heard?") and sometimes as Self-Liberated Wisdom-Mind, this is a comprehensive and popular instruction on Dzogchen meditation. Although the emphasis is on remaining natural and unaltered (machöpa), the text also offers advice on how to integrate and adapt to the various experiences and circumstances a practitioner might face. The style is direct, eloquent and moving.
Meditation Advice 31 Mar 2018
by Tertön Sogyal
Pith instructions on liberating thoughts, translated from a rare manuscript in the library of Dudjom Rinpoche Jigdral Yeshe Dorje.
Advice Meditation 18 Apr 2019
by Tsultrim Zangpo
In this brief instruction, the celebrated Dzogchen master Tulku Tsullo explains how the nature of mind is the nature of everything and reveals the method for settling into an experience of that nature.
Meditation 29 Jan 2016
by Tsultrim Zangpo
Simple, pithy explanations of the four uncommon Dzogchen samayas: non-existence (or absence), evenness, spontaneous presence, and oneness.
Samaya Notes 27 Aug 2021
by Yangthang Rinpoche
Yangthang Rinpoche composed these powerful verses on the view, meditation and action of the Great Perfection at the request of his close friend, Lama Tsewang.
Advice 16 Oct 2016
by Yukhok Chatralwa Chöying Rangdrol
Advice on abandoning the outer, inner and secret forms of physical, vocal and mental activity.
20 Jan 2025
by Yukhok Chatralwa Chöying Rangdrol
Yukhok Chatralwa records the pithy advice of the Nyarong Lama, i.e., Tertön Sogyal Lerab Lingpa, on the subject of how to remain in solitary retreat.
Retreat & Solitude Advice 10 Jan 2013
by Yukhok Chatralwa Chöying Rangdrol
In these notes on the analytical preliminaries to Dzogchen practice, Yukhok Chatralwa calls for more philosophical rigour in line with the Middle Way approach set out by Jamgön Mipham Rinpoche (1846–1912).
20 Jan 2025

Commentaries
by Dodrupchen Jigme Tenpe Nyima
An explanation of the final words of the great Dzogchen master Orgyen Tendzin Norbu (1841–1900): "I am Guru Padmākara of Oḍḍiyāna, a buddha free from birth and death. Awakening mind is impartial and unbiased, beyond labels of the eight stages, the four pairs."
Stages and Paths Testament 5 Apr 2015
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
An outline of the famous prayer by Mipham Namgyal Gyatso (1846–1912), aspiring to realize the ultimate significance of Mañjuśrī according to the Great Perfection.
Mañjuśrī Topical Outlines 24 Jan 2020
by Khenpo Yönten Gyatso
In this brief commentary Gemang Khenpo Yönten Gyatso explains the meaning behind every word of Jigme Lingpa's famous revelation, The Prayer of the Ground, Path and Fruition (gzhi lam 'bras bu'i smon lam).
Longchen Nyingtik 13 Jan 2007
revealed by Pema Ledrel Tsal
A short commentary on the first of the six tantras of 'liberation through wearing' within the Khandro Nyingtik.
Khandro Nyingtik Takdrol Restricted 28 Mar 2025
by Yukhok Chatralwa Chöying Rangdrol
An explanation of The Vajra Verses on the Natural State, a revelation of Jigme Lingpa, which describes the pure awareness that is the natural state of the mind and how all the qualities of the path and fruition are complete within it.
Longchen Nyingtik Restricted 25 Sep 2015

Lineage Prayers
by Dodrupchen Jigme Tenpe Nyima
Jigme Tenpe Nyima composed this prayer to the gurus of the Dzogchen lineage at the behest of Khenpo Damchö Özer (d. 1927?), one of the so-called 'four great khenpos of Dodrupchen Monastery'.
Lineage Prayers 11 Feb 2019
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
A prayer to invoke the blessings of five key figures in the Heart Essence (snying thig) tradition of the Great Perfection: Vimalamitra, Melong Dorje, Kumārarāja (Kumaradza), Longchen Rabjam and Jigme Lingpa.
11 Feb 2020
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
Additional verses of praise to three later masters of the lineage of Lama Yangtik: Shechen Gyaltsab (1871–1926), Shechen Kongtrul (1901–c.1960) and Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö (1893–1959) himself.
Lineage Prayers Lama Yangtik 5 Oct 2023
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
Additional verses of prayer to three later masters of the lineage of Lama Yangtik: Shechen Gyaltsab (1871–1926), Shechen Kongtrul (1901–c.1960) and Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö (1893–1959) himself.
Lineage Prayers Lama Yangtik 19 Sep 2024
by Longchen Rabjam
Verses of praise to the masters of the lineage of Lama Yangtik, from Samantabhadra to one's own root guru.
Lineage Prayers Lama Yangtik 5 Oct 2023
by Longchen Rabjam
The main lineage prayer for Lama Yangtik composed by Longchen Rabjam, together with some supplemental verses added by later lineage-holders.
Lineage Prayers Lama Yangtik 18 Sep 2024
by Longchen Rabjam
This prayer to the lineage of the pith-instruction section, or Mengak Dé (man ngag sde), of Dzogchen teachings appears in the Vima Nyingtik and has been supplemented over the centuries by masters including Minling Terchen Gyurme Dorje, Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo and Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö.
Lineage Prayers Vima Nyingtik 15 Feb 2023
by Shechen Gyaltsab Gyurme Pema Namgyal
Supplementary verses for the Lama Yangtik homage, covering the lineage from Khyabdal Lhundrup (1304?–1400?) through to Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Thaye (1813–1899).
Lineage Prayers Lama Yangtik 5 Oct 2023
by Shechen Gyaltsab Gyurme Pema Namgyal
Supplementary verses for the Lama Yangtik lineage prayer, covering the lineage from Khyabdal Lhundrup (1304?–1400?) through to Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Thaye (1813–1899).
Lama Yangtik Lineage Prayers 24 Sep 2024

Notes
by Dodrupchen Jigme Tenpe Nyima
A discussion of the term for main practice in Tibetan—dngos gzhi which translates literally as 'actual basis'. In response to a question, Jigme Tenpe Nyima clarifies the explanations of the four permutations of 'actual' and 'basis' from Longchenpa's Treasury of the Supreme Vehicle (theg mchog mdzod) and Jigme Lingpa's Yeshe Lama.
31 May 2019
by Dongak Chökyi Gyatso
Brief explanations of some of the most important terms used in the Great Perfection, including primordial purity (ka dag), spontaneous presence (lhun grub), rigpa, Thorough Cut (khregs chod) and Crossover (thod rgal).
15 Apr 2016
by Yukhok Chatralwa Chöying Rangdrol
This brief explanation of the important Dzogchen notions of clarification (shan 'byed) and transcendental resolution (la blza ba) was composed by Tertön Sogyal and recorded in the collected writings of Yukhok Chatralwa Chöying Rangdrol.
Notes Restricted 2 Nov 2019
by Yukhok Chatralwa Chöying Rangdrol
In these brief notes, Chöying Rangdrol explains what is meant by the 'youthful vase body', and outlines how liberation occurs in the intermediate state (bardo), and how delusion develops should we fail to recognise the nature of bardo appearances.
Dying & the Bardos Notes 29 Nov 2016
by Yukhok Chatralwa Chöying Rangdrol
These notes discuss the ālaya, or 'ground of all', as well as the ālaya-consciousness (ālaya-vijñāna) and other forms of consciousness from a practical, experiential perspective, rather than a scholastic or theoretical point of view. They drew upon the sayings and explanations of such masters as Adzom Drukpa, Tertön Sogyal and Dudjom Lingpa.
Advice Notes 15 Jan 2016

Prayers
by Dudjom Rinpoche
Kyabje Dudjom Rinpoche composed this four-line prayer of aspiration spontaneously on the occasion of his first teaching of “Hitting the Essence in Three Words” in the West, to an assembly of thirteen students in Paris, 1976.
Aspiration Prayers 8 Feb 2017
by Dudjom Rinpoche
This well-known devotional prayer invokes the inspiration and blessing of the three-kāya guru in order to perfect the view, meditation and action of Dzogpachenpo.
Calling the Guru from Afar 13 Jul 2018
by Dzogchen Pema Rigdzin
This short prayer invokes the figures of the Dzogchen lineage from Buddha Samantabhadra onwards, including the peaceful and wrathful deities, calling upon them all to grant their inspiration and blessing, so that the practitioner might perfect the four visions and attain the rainbow body.
Prayers 1 Dec 2017
by Jigme Lingpa
This famous aspiration to realize the ground, path and fruition of the Great Perfection (rdzogs pa chen po) is part of the Longchen Nyingtik revelation of Jigme Lingpa.
Aspiration Prayers Termas Longchen Nyingtik Nyingma Mönlam 30 Dec 2006
by Longchen Rabjam
This invocation, drawn from the Khandro Yangtik collection, includes additional verses for some of the masters who followed Longchenpa in the lineage: Chökyi Drakpa, Nyima Özer, Kunga Gyaltsen, and Chöying Drakpa.
Khandro Yangtik Prayers 26 Sep 2023
by Longchen Rabjam
This prayer invokes the blessings of all the three-kāya gurus, yidam deities, ḍākinīs and dharmapālas to inspire recognition of the ultimate nature of the Great Perfection (Dzogpachenpo), which Longchenpa describes in evocative detail.
Prayers 13 Feb 2017
by Mipham Rinpoche
Written using the language of the Great Perfection, this prayer, which Mipham wrote in 1886, is an aspiration to realize the nature of mind — indestructible awareness and emptiness — and the true meaning of Mañjuśrī.
Mañjuśrī Aspiration Prayers 23 Jun 2017
by Nyala Pema Dündul
Nyala Pema Dündul composed this prayer to himself at the request of his disciples. It is a plea to receive his inspiration and blessings in order to follow in his footsteps and perfect the practice of Dzogpachenpo.
Prayers 17 Jan 2007
by Pema Rigtsal Rinpoche
This word-by-word commentary on Dudjom Rinpoche's famous song of calling the guru from afar (bla ma rgyang 'bod), Spontaneous Song of the Genuine Nature, includes a discussion of the ultimate three-kāya guru and an explanation of how to practice the path of Dzogchen, the Great Perfection.
Calling the Guru from Afar 13 Feb 2024
by Rigdzin Gödem
This famous prayer of aspiration of Buddha Samantabhadra (kun bzang smon lam), which is taken from the All-Penetrating Wisdom Mind (dgongs pa zang thal) revelation, is among the most popular texts of the Dzogchen tradition. Its recitation is especially recommended during solar and lunar eclipses, at the solstices and new year, as well as during earthquakes and other environmental anomalies.
Aspiration Prayers Termas Rinchen Terdzö Nyingma Mönlam Northern Treasures 31 Dec 2019

Preliminaries
by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo
This liturgy includes sections on taking refuge, generating bodhicitta, Vajrasattva meditation, maṇḍala offering, and guru yoga. Jamyang Khyentse drew on earlier sources to compose the text at Palpung Monastery.
Vima Nyingtik Lama Yangtik Nyingtik Yabzhi Ngöndro Restricted 12 Sep 2023

Replies
by Dodrupchen Jigme Tenpe Nyima
Answers to twenty-four questions on the theme of Dzogchen, which were apparently put to Jigme Tenpe Nyima by a youthful Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö (1893–1959).
Replies 10 Feb 2025

Songs
from the Words of the Buddha
This famous vajra song (rdo rje’i glu), named after its initial syllables "ema kiri", appears in the Tantra of the Union of the Sun and Moon (nyi zla kha sbyor). It consists of a series of arranged syllables which a practitioner should intone melodiously. The individual syllables and their arrangement as a mantra are considered particularly sacred since they are said to have been revealed by the primordial buddha Samantabhadra.
Tsok Songs and Poems 12 Sep 2018
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
A brief song of aspiration to perfect the practice of the Great Perfection and realize the three kāyas that are naturally present within the mind.
Songs and Poems 5 Aug 2021
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
This song of experience, composed spontaneously on a ḍākinī day, includes an invocation of Padmasambhava on the ultimate level, as the very nature of one's own rigpa.
Songs and Poems 8 Jun 2023
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
A short, three-verse song invoking the nature of the three kāyas as a means to perfect Dzogchen realization.
Songs and Poems 4 Apr 2022
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
A spontaneous song or dohā expressing confidence in Dzogchen realization, which Jamyang Khyentse tells us he offered to the guru of his own awareness.
Songs and Poems 2 Oct 2020
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
Verses on the ultimate view, meditation and conduct of the Great Perfection.
Songs and Poems 9 Nov 2022
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
Spontaneously composed verses on the uniqueness and profundity of the Dzogchen approach, which centres on the recognition of mind's intrinsic awareness.
Songs and Poems 24 Sep 2020
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
Jamyang Khyentse spontaneously composed this joyful song, which marvels at Dzogchen's effortless approach to attaining realization, during a visit to the Lönchen Gurkar Cave at Samye Chimphu in 1956.
Songs and Poems 9 Jan 2023
by Khenpo Shenga
A song of realization expressing the futility of ordinary, contrived practice from the perspective of naturally perfect, pure awareness.
Songs and Poems 4 Nov 2019
by Lachung Apo
A poem expressing Dzogchen insights that arose to the author spontaneously when inebriated one evening in 1968.
Songs and Poems 28 May 2018
by Mipham Rinpoche
Mipham composed this dohā of five four-line verses expressing realization of the supreme yoga towards the end of his life, in 1909.
Songs and Poems 16 Feb 2021
by Shabkar Tsokdruk Rangdrol
This short song of experiential instructions on the Dzogchen view and meditation is rich in imagery and direct in tone. It has recently been misattributed to Khenpo Gangshar Wangpo (1925–1958/9).
Songs and Poems 11 Apr 2023

Testament
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.
Vima Nyingtik Damngak Dzö Testament Restricted 9 Apr 2025
by Yukhok Chatralwa Chöying Rangdrol
This final testament, which succinctly expresses the view, meditation, action and fruition of the Great Perfection, was transmitted to Lama Rigdzin Nyima (b. 1931).
Testament 15 Nov 2017

Trekchö
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
Written at the request of Lhasé Sogyal, the king of Yönru in Lithang, this short text covers the key points of Trekchö, from the foundational prerequisites to the unique Dzogchen preliminary of 'demolishing the house of the ordinary mind' and the main meditation practice of Dzogchen itself.
Advice Notes Restricted 10 Feb 2017
by Longchen Rabjam
Longchenpa says in his inventory to the Lama Yangtik that this instructional text on Trekchö, or Breakthrough, eliminates misconceptions and clinging to extremes within the natural condition.
Lama Yangtik Restricted 16 Dec 2024
by Mipham Rinpoche
Written in 1893/4, this brief versified instruction outlines the key points of Trekchö (khregs chod) practice through an explanation of the four ways of leaving things as they are (cog bzhag bzhi).
14 Jun 2018
revealed by Pema Ledrel Tsal
This brief introduction to Trekchö includes the following topics: probing to the root of thought; searching for hidden flaws; investigating coming, staying and going; introducing thoughts as mind; introducing mind as empty; introducing emptiness as appearance; introducing appearance and emptiness as non-dual; introducing that non-duality as self-liberated; introducing the five poisons as self-liberated; and introducing the six sensory perceptions as self-liberated.
Khandro Nyingtik Restricted 12 Aug 2024

Striking the Vital Point in Three Statements
A series of texts based on the final testament of Garab Dorje, a key Dzogchen instruction known as 'Striking the Vital Point in Three Statements' (tshig gsum gnad brdegs).
Restricted 7 texts

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Vajrayāna Buddhism places restrictions on the reading and practice of certain texts, which are intended only for those who have received the requisite empowerments, transmissions and instructions.

If you are unsure as to whether you are entitled to read or practice a particular text please consult a qualified lineage-holder.

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