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ISSN 2753-4812
ISSN 2753-4812

Guru Sādhana Series

Guru Sādhana Restricted

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A series of Guru Sādhana (bla sgrub) texts:

Dharmakīrti

by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
This guru sādhana (bla sgrub) focuses on the master logician Dharmakīrti, but the text also makes apparent reference to one of Jamyang Khyentse's main teachers, Khenpo Kunzang Palden (c.1862–1943), who is also known as Kunzang Chödrak, or Samantabhadra Dharmakīrti.

Dolpopa Sherab Gyaltsen

by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
A guru sādhana (bla sgrub) of Dolpopa Sherab Gyaltsen (1292–1361), in which he appears as the embodiment of the Lords of the Three Families— Avalokiteśvara, Mañjuśrī and Vajrapāṇi.

Eighty-Four Mahāsiddhas

by Jedrung Jampa Jungné
Jedrung Jampa Jungné composed this guru sādhana following a vision of the ḍākinī Kadalī. It involves a self-visualisation of Cakrasaṃvara and a front-visualisation of Vajradhara surrounded by the Eighty-Four Mahāsiddhas.
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Garab Dorje

by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
Jamyang Khyentse composed this brief guru sādhana, which focuses on the first human Dzogchen master Garab Dorje, in 1953 following what he describes as a dream experience.
Guru Yoga

Karma Pakshi

by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
Jamyang Khyentse composed this guru sādhana, which features the Second Karmapa, Karma Pakshi, as its main figure, following a vision in February 1958. The vision itself was prompted by reading one of Karma Pakshi's texts.

Longchen Rabjam

by Jigme Lingpa
The innermost secret guru practice of the Longchen Nyingtik cycle focuses on Longchen Rabjam and is considered an indispensable preliminary to Dzogchen practice. Jigme Lingpa revealed the practice some time around 1761, during his second three-year retreat, then kept it secret for five years.
Tiklé Gyachen Khyentse Kabab Rinchen Terdzö Restricted

Padmasambhava

by Lachung Apo
A Dzogchen-inflected guru practice, which the author says he composed spontaneously in 1961.

Songtsen Gampo

by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
Jamyang Khyentse composed this guru sādhana focused upon King Songtsen Gampo following a visionary experience he had at the sacred Moon Cave at Drak Yerpa.
Guru Yoga

Vairotsana

by Jigme Lingpa
This guru sādhana of the great translator Vairotsana, accompanied by Ma Rinchen Chok and Nyak Jñānakumāra, employs the distinctive terminology of Dzogchen, the Great Perfection.
Longchen Nyingtik

Vimalamitra

by Longchen Rabjam
Longchenpa outlines a simple guru sādhana practice focused on the great paṇḍita Vimalamitra through which one can ultimately obtain "the vajra-like form that is beyond birth and death".
Zabmo Yangtik Restricted
by Longchen Rabjam
From the Jewel Trilogy of the Lama Yangtik, this is the heart-practice of the guru featuring Vimalamitra, which, Longchenpa tells us, confers the blessings and attainments of realization the view and meditation.
Lama Yangtik Restricted

Related Topics

Guru Yoga Sādhanas Tiklé Gyachen

Virūpa

Courtesy of Himalayan Art Resources

Further information:

BDRC T540 (bla sgrub)

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