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Long-Life Prayers

Long-Life Prayers

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A selection of prayers for longevity (zhabs brtan), first more general ones, then those for specific individuals (arranged alphabetically by subject):

Alak Zenkar Rinpoche
by Alak Zenkar Rinpoche
Zenkar Rinpoche composed this prayer himself in May 2022 at the request of Tsewang Rigdzin, attendant and secretary to Pewar Rinpoche. Rather than praising the subject's own qualities, as is the custom for such prayers, Zenkar Rinpoche takes the opportunity to highlight what he sees as his own faults.
29 May 2022
by Do Dasel Wangmo
A three-verse supplication for the longevity of Alak Zenkar Rinpoche (b. 1943), which the author humbly claims is neither elegant nor profound but heartfelt.
Ḍākinī Treasury 8 Sep 2022
by Katok Rigdzin Chenpo
Katok Rigdzin Chenpo composed this four-line prayer for the long life of Alak Zenkar Rinpoche in 2007 at the request of both Sogyal Rinpoche and Pewar Rinpoche.
4 Jan 2018
by Thinley Norbu Rinpoche
This is the shorter of two prayers that Thinley Norbu Rinpoche composed for the long life of Alak Zenkar Rinpoche.
9 Jan 2018
by Trulshik Rinpoche
Kyabje Rinpoche composed this short prayer for the long life of Alak Zenkar Rinpoche at the request of the Rigpa saṅgha in December 2005.

Chime Rinpoche
by Shechen Rabjam Rinpoche
A four-verse supplication for the longevity of Rada Chime Yungdrung Rinpoche (b. 1939), composed in time for the master's 84th birthday.
8 Oct 2023

Chögyam Trungpa
by Dudjom Rinpoche
A short, four-line aspiration for the longevity of Chögyam Trungpa (1939–1987).
12 Jan 2023

Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche
by Dudjom Rinpoche
A prayer for the longevity of Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche (b. 1951), who is the seventh in the line of Gar Drupchen incarnations.
3 Feb 2018
by Trulshik Rinpoche
A four-line prayer for the longevity of Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche (b. 1951), who is the seventh in the line of Gar Drupchen incarnations.

Dezhung Rinpoche
by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
A four-line prayer for the longevity of Dezhung Rinpoche (1906–1987) incorporating the syllables of his name Kunga Tenpai Nyima.
23 Dec 2022
by Gatön Ngawang Lekpa
Gatön Ngawang Lekpa composed these verses for the occasion of Dezhung Rinpoche's enthronement at Tharlam Monastery in 1923.
15 Jun 2021

Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
Written in 1934, this five-verse prayer for the long life of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche also confers upon him the name Jigme Khyentse Özer Rangjung Ösal Tukchok Dorje.
13 Dec 2022

Dilgo Khyentse Yangsi Rinpoche
by Trulshik Rinpoche
Kyabje Trulshik Rinpoche wrote this prayer for the longevity of Urgyen Tenzin Jigme Lhundrup (b. 1993), the incarnation of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche (1910–1991), at the sacred Māratika cave in Nepal on Friday, 29 December 1995.
2 Feb 2018

Dodrupchen Jigme Tenpe Nyima
by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo
Khyentse Wangpo composed this three-verse longevity prayer for the Third Dodrupchen Rinpoche (1865–1926) at the same time as he bestowed upon him the name Kunzang Jigme Tenpai Nyima Trinlé Kunkhyab Palzangpo.
4 Apr 2022

Dodrupchen Rinpoche
by Dudjom Rinpoche
A four-line prayer for the long life of the Fourth Dodrupchen, Jikmé Tubten Trinlé Palbar.
5 Jan 2018

Dongna Rinpoche
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
This prayer for the longevity of Dongna Rinpoche was included in only one of the three editions of Jamyang Khyentse's collected writings and may be the work of another author. Dongna Rinpoche was recognized as the incarnation of Jamyang Khyentse's father Gyurme Tsewang Gyatso.
22 Dec 2022

Drimé Özer
by Sera Khandro
A brief prayer for the longevity of Drimé Özer (1881–1924) and the flourishing of his activity, composed at the request of Sonam Wangchuk.
Ḍākinī Treasury 7 Mar 2025

Dudjom Rinpoche
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
Jamyang Khyentse composed this seven-verse prayer for the longevity of Dudjom Rinpoche (1904–1987) during the Earth Ox year (1949–1950).
7 Jun 2021

Dzogchen Rinpoche
by Dudjom Rinpoche
A four-line prayer for the long life of the Seventh Dzogchen Rinpoche, Jikmé Losal Wangpo.
5 Jan 2018
by Fourteenth Dalai Lama
This eight-line prayer for the longevity of the Seventh Dzogchen Rinpoches interweaves syllables from the name of his predecessor, Pema Rigdzin who was the first Dzogchen Rinpoche, and from his own name, Tendzin Jikdral Lhunpo.
5 Jan 2018

Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche
by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
A short prayer for the long life of Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche which Kyabje Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche composed in the sacred Kurjé cave in Bumthang, Bhutan.
5 Jan 2018
by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
A three-verse prayer for the long life of Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche composed at the request of Sherab Gyaltsen.
26 Jan 2021
by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
A three-verse prayer for the longevity of Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche, which Dilgo Khyentse composed during a Monkey year in the presence of the famous Ngödrup Palbar statue.
25 Oct 2022
by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
This three-verse prayer for the long life of Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche was composed in Bodhgayā, India, in 1991.
26 Jan 2021
by Dudjom Rinpoche
This four-verse prayer for the longevity of Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche was composed in Ghoom, near Darjeeling, at the request of Thuksey Rinpoche (1916–1983) and Chatral Rinpoche (1913–2015).
17 Nov 2023
by Shechen Rabjam Rinpoche
This supplication was composed in time for Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche's sixty-first year, a potential period of obstacles according to Tibetan astrology.
4 Jan 2021

Fifth Dodrupchen Rinpoche
by Alak Zenkar Rinpoche
This four-line prayer for the longevity of the Fifth Dodrupchen Rinpoche, Thupten Long-yang Gyatso (b. 1962) is extracted from a brief biography that appears in the collected writings of his predecessor, Dodrupchen Rigdzin Jalü Dorje (1927–1961).
3 Jun 2025
by Dzogchen Rinpoche
A six-line supplication for the longevity of the Fifth Dodrupchen Rinpoche, Thupten Long-yang Gyatso (b. 1962), composed on 22 May 2025.
29 May 2025
by Wangchen Nyima
A four-line prayer for the longevity of the Fifth Dodrupchen Rinpoche, Tupten Long-yang Gyatso (b. 1962).

Fourteenth Dalai Lama
by Dudjom Rinpoche
One of several prayers for the long life of His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama that Kyabje Dudjom Rinpoche composed.
5 Jan 2018
by Fourteenth Dalai Lama
The most commonly recited prayer for the longevity of His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, which was adapted from a verse composed by Polhané Sonam Tobgyé (1689–1747) for the Seventh Dalai Lama, Kalzang Gyatso (1708–1757).
Nyingma Mönlam
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
Composed in December 1957 at the request of Tibetans resident in Gangtok, this is one of at least four prayers for His Holiness the Dalai Lama's longevity by Jamyang Khyentse.
6 Jun 2020
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
It was while he was staying in Lhasa in the mid-1950s that Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö composed this prayer for the long life of His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
17 Feb 2006
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö wrote this shorter long-life prayer for His Holiness the Dalai Lama, in three four-line verses, in the sacred place of Yamalung near Samye (most likely in 1956).
Nyingma Mönlam 13 May 2015
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
This prayer for longevity, which Jamyang Khyentse composed at the request of Sakya Dagchen Rinpoche (1929–2016) incorporates the syllables of the Dalai Lama's full name: Jetsün Ngawang Lobzang Tenzin Gyatso Sisum Wangyur Tsungmé Palzangpo.
5 Jul 2022
by Khenchen Jigme Phuntsok
Khenchen Jigme Phuntsok composed this prayer for the longevity of His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama on 17 July 1990, shortly after their first meeting.
7 Mar 2018
by Sakya Trichen
A four-line prayer for the long life of His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso.
27 Feb 2018
by Trulshik Rinpoche
This five-line prayer is constructed around the syllables of His Holiness the Dalai Lama's full name: Jetsün Jampal Ngawang Lobzang Yeshe Tenzin Gyatso.
26 Feb 2018

Fourth Kela Chokling
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
This three-verse prayer for the longevity of the Fourth Kela Chokling Rinpoche (1953–2010) was composed by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö and Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche as they performed a Sampa Lhundrup tsok offering.
5 Jan 2024

Gakar Tulku
by Shechen Rabjam Rinpoche
A three-verse prayer for the long life of Gakar Tulku, Kunzang Khyabdal Longdrol (b. 1991), composed in 2024.
14 Feb 2025

General
by Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa
The author mentions that he wrote this general long-life prayer with teachers such as the Karmapa and Shamarpa particularly in mind, and that he was instructed to compose a practice incorporating both Guru Padmasambhava and Vajrakīla—although several other long-life deities are also invoked, including Tārā.
5 Jun 2015
by Minling Terchen Gyurme Dorje
These verses in which the guru's body, speech and mind are related to the three kāyas—nirmāṇakāya, sambhogakāya and dharmakāya—constitute a brief prayer for longevity, or 'stable abiding' (brtan bzhugs), which can be recited to support the long life of any teacher.
Nyingma Mönlam 18 May 2015
by Mipham Rinpoche
This general prayer for the long life of the holders of the teachings was composed by Jamgön Mipham Rinpoche in 1888. It is part of the daily liturgy at the Nyingma Monlam Chenmo, or great prayer festival, held every year in Bodhgaya.
Nyingma Mönlam 19 Sep 2017

Gyaltön Rinpoche
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
This prayer for the longevity of Khyungpo Gyaltön Rinpoche (1908–1970) is also a supplication to his previous incarnations.
13 Dec 2022

Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
by Gatön Ngawang Lekpa
This four-line prayer for the longevity of Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö describes the master’s qualities using the trope of threefold categories.
18 Jul 2019
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
A three-verse prayer for the longevity of Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö composed by the master himself.
16 Dec 2022
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
A three-verse prayer for longevity composed by the master himself, at the request of Lama Pema from Kharchu.
24 Oct 2022
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
A four-line prayer for the longevity of Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö composed by the master himself.
16 Dec 2022
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
Jamyang Khyentse composed this brief prayer for his own and Khandro Tsering Chödrön's (1929–2011) longevity at the request of Muksang Rinpoche Pema Kunzang Rangdrol (1916–1984).
8 Jun 2021
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
This three-verse prayer for the longevity of Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö was written at the behest of Dzongsar Ngari Tulku (1945–2008).
8 Jun 2021
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
A three-verse prayer for the longevity of Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö composed by the master himself at the request of two monks.
16 Dec 2022
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
A three-verse prayer for the longevity of Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö composed by the master himself at the request of Sherab Özer, attendant to Khyungpo Patam Choktrul Rinpoche.
16 Dec 2022
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
A three-verse prayer for the longevity of Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö composed by the master himself at the request of Rabgang Sonam Tashi.
16 Dec 2022
by Shechen Gyaltsab Gyurme Pema Namgyal
A four-line prayer for the longevity of Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö, which was later adapted into a popular supplication.
18 Jul 2019

Jetsün Kushok Chimey Luding
by Dezhung Rinpoche
This three-verse prayer for the longevity of Sakya Jetsün Kushok Chimey Luding Rinpoche was composed in August 1975 at the request of Jeff Watt (Getsül Ngawang Rabgye).
13 Jan 2023

Jetsün Lochen Incarnation
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
Written in 1957, this is an eight-line prayer for the longevity and flourishing for Jetsün Pema Chödzin Sang-ngak Wangmo (b. 1954), incarnation of Lochen Chönyi Zangmo (1853/1865–1950/1951).
31 Jan 2022

Jetsün Mingyur Paldrön
by Minling Terchen Gyurme Dorje
A four-line supplication for the longevity of Jetsün Mingyur Paldrön (1699–1769), an important figure in the Mindrolling lineage—and the Nyingma tradition more broadly—and the author's own daughter.
15 Feb 2023

Kalu Rinpoche
by Dezhung Rinpoche
A four-line prayer for the longevity of Kalu Rinpoche (1905–1989) composed in 1975.
13 Jan 2023

Kalzang Drolkar
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
Prayer for the longevity of a female practitioner named Kalzang Drolkar to whom Jamyang Khyentse also wrote a letter that is preserved among his collected writings.
31 May 2023

Katok Situ Chökyi Nyima
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
A five-verse prayer for the longevity of Katok Situ Chökyi Nyima (1928–1962), the incarnation of one of Jamyang Khyentse's main teachers.
1 Jun 2023

Khandro Tāre Lhamo
by Khenchen Jigme Phuntsok
A short prayer in three stanzas for the longevity of Khandro Tāre Lhamo (1938–2003).
1 Apr 2019

Khandro Tsering Chödrön
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
Jamyang Khyentse composed this prayer entitled 'Removing Obstacles in the Life of the Ḍākinī' (ḍā ki'i sku tshe'i 'phrang bzlog) for the longevity of his consort Khandro Tsering Chödrön (Āyu Dharma Dīpam) at the request of Parkö Chöpel, a carver of printing blocks at Dzongsar.

Khenpo Munsel
by Khenpo Munsel
A spontaneously composed prayer for the guru's longevity and the swift attainment of Dzogchen realization.
4 Jul 2023

Khenpo Sodargye
by Alak Zenkar Rinpoche
A five-verse prayer for the longevity of Khenpo Sodargye (b. 1962), one of the foremost disciples of Khenchen Jigme Phuntsok (1933–2004).
7 Jul 2023
by Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche
This three-verse prayer for the longevity of Khenpo Sodargye (b. 1962) was composed in August 2023 at the request of the master's own disciples.
25 Oct 2023

Khenpo Tsultrim Lodrö
by Khenpo Chime Rigdzin
This poetic supplication to one of Khenchen Jigme Phuntsok's most illustrious disciples, Khenpo Tsultrim Lodrö (b. 1962), highlights his erudition, vegetarianism and widespread teaching activity.
Prayers 21 Mar 2024

Khyenrab Chökyi Özer
by Gatön Ngawang Lekpa
A three-verse prayer for the longevity of the great Sakya scholar Öntö Khyenrab Chökyi Özer (1889–1959).
5 Feb 2019
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
A short prayer for the longevity of the celebrated scholar Öntö Khyenrab Chökyi Özer (1889–1959), who taught at Dzongsar Monastery's scriptural college.
26 Oct 2020
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
This, the longer of two prayers for the longevity of Öntö Khyenrab Chökyi Özer (1889–1959) that Jamyang Khyentse composed, is full of praise for the master's erudition and skill as a teacher.
27 Oct 2020

Lochen Dharmaśrī
by Fifth Dalai Lama
A three-verse prayer for the longevity of Lochen Dharmaśrī (1654–1717/18).
22 Mar 2019

Lodi Gyari Rinpoche
by Trulshik Rinpoche
Trulshilk Rinpoche wrote this prayer for the longevity of Lodi Gyari Rinpoche in December 2005 in France, at the request of Sogyal Rinpoche and the Rigpa saṅgha.
28 Jun 2018

Mayum Tsering Wangmo
by Trulshik Rinpoche
This long-life prayer for Mayum Tsering Wangmo of the Lakar family, who was renowned as an emanation of Uṣṇīṣavijayā, was composed in France in 2003.
30 Dec 2018

Minling Chung Rinpoche
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
A five-verse prayer for the longevity of Chung Rinpoche, Ngawang Chödrak (1908–1980) of Mindrolling, who was both Jamyang Khyentse's teacher and student.
14 May 2020

Mumé Yeshe Tsomo
by Fourteenth Dalai Lama
His Holiness wrote this prayer for the long life of Jetsünma Mumtso Rinpoche, who is the niece of Khenchen Jigme Phuntsok Rinpoche, in 2000 at the request of Khenchen Rinpoche and others.
6 Mar 2018

Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche
by Chatral Rinpoche
A prayer for the longevity of Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche (1938–2018), composed in Kathmandu, Nepal, 1995.
3 Feb 2018

Neten Chokling Ngedön Drubpe Dorje
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
Composed at Neten in 1925, this is a three-verse prayer for the longevity of Neten Chokling Ngedön Drubpe Dorje (1873?–1927), one of the immediate incarnations of Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa.
31 May 2023

Neten Chokling Pema Gyurme
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
Jamyang Khyentse composed this prayer for the long life of the Third Neten Chokling, Pema Gyurme (1928–1973) at the same time as he offered the tulku a name: Pema Gyurme Dechen Ngedön Tekchok Tenpel (padma 'gyur med bde chen nges don theg mchog bstan 'phel).
6 Dec 2022

Neten Chokling Rinpoche
by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
A prayer for the longevity of Neten Chokling Rinpoche (b. 1973) incorporating the name Rigdzin Gyurme Dorje (rig 'dzin 'gyur med rdo rje), which was given to Neten Chokling Rinpoche at his enthronement by His Holiness the Sixteenth Karmapa.
19 Sep 2020

Ngawang Tutob Wangchuk
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
Verses of aspiration for the longevity of the 40th Sakya throneholder, Jamyang Ngawang Tutob Wangchuk (1900–1950), who was identified as an emanation of Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo (1820–1892).
19 Dec 2022

Orgyen Tobgyal Rinpoche
by Orgyen Tobgyal Rinpoche
As he explains in the colophon, Orgyen Tobgyal Rinpoche wrote this short prayer himself for recital during group rituals, in place of the more laudatory, effusive prayers composed by some of his teachers.
9 Jan 2018

Pakchok Dorje
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
A longevity supplication for two incarnations of Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo (1820–1892): Sé Pakchok Dorje (1893–1943) and Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö himself.
12 Jun 2023

Patrick Gaffney
by Alak Zenkar Rinpoche
Alak Zenkar Rinpoche composed this prayer for the long life of Patrick Gaffney, whose Tibetan name is Yeshe Wangyal, in 2007.
5 Jan 2018

Pema Rigtsal Rinpoche
by Thinley Norbu Rinpoche
This five-verse supplication for the longevity of Tulku Pema Rigtsal Rinpoche (b. 1963) was written in January 2011.
5 Apr 2024
by Thinley Norbu Rinpoche
A five-verse prayer for Tulku Pema Rigtsal Rinpoche's (b. 1963) long life, composed before the Jarung Khashor stūpa, Nepal, on the day of Chökhor Düchen, 1987.
12 Apr 2024

Penor Rinpoche
by Khenchen Jigme Phuntsok
Composed in 1990 at the sacred site of Tso Pema in response to repeated requests from Khenpo Namdrol, who studied with both Penor Rinpoche and Khenchen Jigme Phuntsok.
18 Apr 2018

Pewar Rinpoche
by Katok Rigdzin Chenpo
This prayer for the longevity of Pewar Rinpoche Chimé Dorje (b. 1933) was written by Katok Rigdzin Chenpo at the request of Alak Zenkar Rinpoche.
9 Sep 2018

Riké Chatral
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
A prayer for the longevity of Riké Chatral Rinpoche Tukjé Nyugu, an important holder of the Whispered Transmission of Thangtong Gyalpo.
7 Dec 2022

Ringu Tulku Rinpoche
by Tai Situ Rinpoche
This four-line prayer for the longevity of Ringu Tulku Rinpoche incorporates the syllables of his full name, Karma Tsultrim Gyurmé Trinlé.
28 Mar 2023

Sakya Dagchen Rinpoche
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
This five-verse prayer for the longevity of Sakya Dagchen Rinpoche (1929–2016) was composed in 1954, following a request from Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche (1910–1991).
19 Dec 2022

Sakya Dagchen and Son
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
A short prayer for the long life of Jigdal Sakya Dagchen Rinpoche (1929–2016), head of the Puntsok Podrang, and his eldest son Mañjuvajra Rinpoche (b. 1953), alias Dhungsey Minzu Sakya.
25 Sep 2019

Sakya Trichen
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
Composed to mark Sakya Trichen's enthronement in 1952, this a poetic prayer for the master's longevity and an aspiration for the flourishing of the Sakya teachings.
4 Feb 2022
by Khenchen Ngawang Lodrö Rinchen
The most commonly recited prayer for the longevity of His Holiness Sakya Trichen, Ngawang Kunga Tekchen Palbar.
15 Feb 2018

Shechen Gyaltsab Gyurme Pema Namgyal
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
This five-verse prayer for Shechen Gyaltsab's longevity incorporates the syllables of his full name: Gyurme Pema Namgyal Shenpen Chökyi Lodrö Tukchok Tsal.
6 Oct 2022

Shechen Rabjam Rinpoche
by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche composed this four-line prayer for the longevity of the Seventh Shechen Rabjam Rinpoche, Gyurme Chökyi Senge (b. 1967), by adapting the words of a prayer by Shechen Gyaltsab Rinpoche, Pema Namgyal (1871–1926).
31 Jan 2018

Sixteenth Karmapa
by Dudjom Rinpoche
A short, four-line prayer for the longevity of the Sixteenth Karmapa, Rangjung Rigpé Dorje (1924–1981), which incorporates the syllables of his name and title.
12 Jan 2023
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
This thirteen-verse prayer for the longevity of the Sixteenth Karmapa, Rangjung Rigpé Dorje (1924–1981) was written at the very beginning of the Fire Monkey year (1956) while Jamyang Khyentse was residing at Tsurphu Monastery.
12 Jan 2023
by Sakya Trichen
This seven-verse prayer for the longevity of the Sixteenth Karmapa, Rangjung Rigpé Dorje (1924–1981) was written by Sakya Trichen Ngawang Kunga Tekchen Palbar (b. 1945) and is reproduced in the 2012 edition of the collected writings of Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö (1893–1959).
23 Mar 2022

Sogyal Rinpoche
by Orgyen Tobgyal Rinpoche
Written in 2003, this long-life prayer for Sogyal Rinpoche features typically erudite and poetic references to Nyingma history and tradition.
26 Feb 2007
by Sakya Trichen
This prayer for the long life of Sogyal Rinpoche was composed in 2007 at the request of the Rigpa saṅgha.
27 Apr 2015
by Trulshik Rinpoche
This prayer for the long life of Sogyal Rinpoche was composed in 1995 in Māratika Cave, Nepal. At that time, Kyabje Trulshik Rinpoche had completed a retreat focused on longevity and gave a long-life empowerment to Nyoshul Khen Rinpoche, Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche and Sogyal Rinpoche.
by Trulshik Rinpoche
Kyabje Trulshik Rinpoche wrote this four-line prayer for the longevity of Sogyal Rinpoche in September 1999.
by Trulshik Rinpoche
This extensive prayer for Sogyal Rinpoche's longevity, entitled The Attainment of Immortality ('chi med grub pa), was written at Kyabje Rinpoche's monastery of Tupten Chöling in Nepal in 2005.
1 Mar 2007

Soktsé Rinpoche
by Chatral Rinpoche
A prayer for the longevity of Soktsé Rinpoche, Kunzang Tendzin Gyaltsen (b. 1928), a senior holder of the Dudjom Tersar lineage.
31 Jan 2018
by Dudjom Rinpoche
A three-verse prayer for the longevity of Soktsé Rinpoche composed in 1982.
22 Dec 2022

Tai Situ Rinpoche
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
A prayer for the longevity of the Twelfth Tai Situpa, Pema Dönyö Nyinché (b. 1954), written at the behest of the Ninth Sangye Nyenpa Rinpoche (1897–1962).
7 Jun 2021

Taklung Tsetrul Rinpoche
by Trulshik Rinpoche
This longevity supplication, written in 2000, incorporates the syllables of Taklung Tsetrul Rinpoche's full name: Shedrup Trinlé Nyinjé Pal Zangpo.
27 Jun 2018

Tenth Paṇchen Lama
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
A prayer for the long life of the Tenth Paṇchen Lama, Trinlé Lhundrup Chökyi Gyaltsen (1938–1989) composed at the behest of Sakya Dagchen Rinpoche (1929–2016).
3 Feb 2022

Tertön Sogyal Lerab Lingpa
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
Verses of truth dedicated to the longevity of Tertön Sogyal Lerab Lingpa (1856–1926), from whom Jamyang Khyentse received numerous transmissions in 1920.
14 Jul 2020

Trinley Rinpoche
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
A four-line supplication for the longevity of Ngawang Kunga Trinley Rinpoche, the younger brother of Sakya Dagchen Rinpoche.
12 Jun 2023

Trulshik Pawo Dorje
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
A three-verse prayer for the longevity of Trulshik Pawo Dorje (1897–1962), a disciple of Dudjom Rinpoche, composed in 1957.
24 Oct 2022

Trulshik Rinpoche
by Fourteenth Dalai Lama
His Holiness composed this ten-verse prayer for the longevity of Kyabje Trulshik Rinpoche (1924–2011) in 2001 at the request of the master's nephew Ngawang Chöpel Gyatso.
21 Oct 2021
by Fourteenth Dalai Lama
In this short, four-line prayer for Trulshik Rinpoche's longevity, His Holiness alludes to the Dzogchen teachings that he himself received from the master.
21 Oct 2021

Tulku Rigdzin Pema
by Trulshik Rinpoche
This six-verse prayer for the longevity of Tulku Rigdzin Pema Tendzin Dorje (b. 1948) was written in June 2004 at the Māratika cave in Nepal.
3 Jan 2024

Tulku Thondup Rinpoche
by Gyalse Möndrup Dorje
A four-line prayer for the longevity of Tulku Thondup Rinpoche composed by Gyalse Möndrup Dorje, or Gyalse Pelo.

Tupten Chökyi Gyaltsen
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
Verses offered to an incarnation of Jamyang Khyentse's own tutor, Tupten Rigdzin Gyatso, bestowing the name of Tupten Chökyi Gyaltsen (thub bstan chos kyi rgyal mtshan) upon the young tulku and praying for his longevity and success. The child was born in the Fire Tiger year (1926–27) and the prayer was written in the year of the Wood Dog (1934–35).
20 Jun 2023

Yangthang Rinpoche
by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
A four-line prayer for the longevity of Yangthang Rinpoche (1929–2016) incorporating the syllables of his name Kunzang Jigme Dechen Ösal Dorje.
22 Dec 2022

Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche
by Tai Situ Rinpoche
A four-verse supplication for the longevity of Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche (b. 1975).
8 Dec 2023

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Longevity Swift Rebirth Prayers

Three Deities of Long Life

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