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ISSN 2753-4812
ISSN 2753-4812

Longevity Series

Longevity Restricted

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Texts on the theme of longevity, including ritual practices to accomplish long life (tshe sgrub):

Canonical Texts

from the Words of the Buddha
This brief invocation of Buddha Amitāyus, featured in the Nyingma Mönlam, combines the famous four-line Praise of Amitāyus with the mantra and passages from The Sūtra of Boundless Life and Wisdom.
Amitāyus Dhāraṇī Nyingma Mönlam 4 Dec 2020
from the Words of the Buddha
The Aparimitāyurjñāna-nāma mahāyāna-sūtra ('phags pa tshe dang ye shes dpag tu med pa zhes bya ba theg pa chen po'i mdo, Toh 674 & 849) is said to bring extraordinary merit and longevity when written out, read aloud, copied, or venerated with offerings.
Amitāyus Kangyur Ten Royal Sūtras Compendium of Sādhanas 15 Feb 2007

Empowerment

by Dodrupchen Jigme Trinle Özer
Extracted from the full manual, these are the key verses to be recited aloud by recipients of the long-life empowerment.
Rigdzin Düpa Empowerment Eight Vidyādharas Restricted 14 Feb 2025
by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo
A simple liturgy to be recited when conferring the long-life empowerment of the vidyādharas from the Longchen Nyingtik multiple times.
Rigdzin Düpa Empowerment Restricted 14 Mar 2024
by Jigme Lingpa
Instructions on how to bestow the empowerment for the Vase of Immortal Life, a longevity practice related to the Gathering of Vidyādharas (Rigdzin Düpa).
Rigdzin Düpa Empowerment Restricted 15 Apr 2025

Guru Yoga

by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo
This guru yoga of the three deities of longevity—White Tārā 'Wish-fulfilling Wheel', Amitāyus and Uṣṇīṣavijayā—is considered an auxiliary to the Chimé Pakmé Nyingtik practice.
Guru Yoga Three Deities of Long Life Chimé Pakmé Nyingtik Rinchen Terdzö Compendium of Sādhanas Restricted 7 May 2021

Practices

by Chöje Lingpa
This long-life practice (tshe sgrub) and empowerment (tshe dbang) of Thangtong Gyalpo (1361–1485?) is said to bring together the oral, treasure and visionary teachings. It combines Thangtong Gyalpo's original Glorious Bestower of Immortality ('chi med dpal ster) with Chöjé Lingpa's own treasure revelation and visionary account.
Termas Empowerment Compendium of Sādhanas Rinchen Terdzö Restricted 20 Nov 2020
by Chöje Lingpa
This pith instruction for accomplishing longevity (tshe sgrub) through Thangtong Gyalpo (1361–1485?) is said to bring together the oral, treasure and visionary teachings. According to its colophon, Chöjé Lingpa received the instruction from Thangtong Gyalpo directly in a vision. Jamgön Kongtrul included the text in the Precious Treasury of Revelations (Rinchen Terdzö).
Termas Compendium of Sādhanas Rinchen Terdzö Restricted 9 Jan 2020
by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo
This verse and mantra for longevity, intended to supplement the Droltik Gongpa Rangdrol (grol tig dgongs pa rang grol) practice of the peaceful and wrathful deities, are attributed to Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo but preserved within the writings of his successor, Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö.
Peaceful and Wrathful Deities Restricted 27 Jul 2022
by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo
This practice for invoking longevity is extracted from The Heart-Essence of Perfect Immortality (yongs rdzogs 'chi med snying thig), which belongs to the Chokling Tersar.
Chimé Pakmé Nyingtik Rinchen Terdzö Restricted 12 Sep 2022
by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo
This concise instruction for accomplishing longevity (tshe sgrub) is said to be an abridgement of Thangtong Gyalpo's (1361–1485?) original sādhana. According to the colophon, Khyentse Wangpo composed the practice in a meditation cave used by Thangtong Gyalpo himself.
Amitāyus Sādhanas Compendium of Sādhanas Restricted 7 Jul 2021
by Jigme Lingpa
This longevity practice related to Rigdzin Düpa (The Vidyādhara Assembly) includes a means of attaining immortality through Amitāyus and a summoning of longevity (tshe 'gugs) that invokes the eight vidyādharas.
Rigdzin Düpa Termas Eight Vidyādharas Restricted 28 Oct 2020
by Mipham Rinpoche
This short longevity practice involves the visualization of concentrated elixir, which flows from the long-life vase in Amitāyus's lap into the crown of one's head, filling one's body and restoring vitality. Mipham Rinpoche wrote the text in 1892, and it is also included (with some additions) among the writings of Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö.
Amitāyus Restricted 13 Jan 2022

Prayers

by Dudjom Rinpoche
Dudjom Rinpoche wrote this short prayer when he was engaged in long-life practice at Māratika cave in Nepal, the sacred site where Guru Rinpoche achieved immortality with his consort, Mandāravā.
Guru Rinpoche Prayers Guru Padmasambhava 14 Feb 2020

Recitation Guides

by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
A short 'means of recitation' (bklag thabs), providing additional prayers and practices to be chanted before and after the root text of the Sūtra of Boundless Life and Wisdom (tshe dang ye shes dpag tu med pa’i mdo).
Amitāyus Reading Methods 18 Jul 2019

Sādhanas

by Dudjom Rinpoche
A brief daily sādhana of Amitāyus, the Buddha of Boundless Life, composed at the request of Jigme-la from the aristocratic Sampho (Samdrup Phodrang) family of Lhasa.
Amitāyus Sādhanas Restricted 20 Mar 2020
by Dudjom Rinpoche
A short daily practice for longevity focusing on Amitāyus, which, in Kyabjé Düdjom Rinpoche's own words, distils "the many vast and profound longevity practices of the treasure tradition."
Amitāyus Sādhanas Restricted 14 Dec 2021
by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo
This practice, which combines the summoning of longevity (tshe) and prosperity (g.yang), is classified as a pure vision (dag snang) of Lhatsün Namkha Jigme's (1597–1650) that was rediscovered by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo (1820–1892).
Wealth & Prosperity Rinchen Terdzö Khyentse Kabab Restricted 20 May 2024

Related Topics

Amitāyus Chimé Pakmé Nyingtik Long-Life Prayers Saving Lives Three Deities of Long Life Turning Back the Summons

Amitāyus, Boundless Life

Courtesy of Himalayan Art Resources

Further information:

BDRC T27 (tshe sgrub)
BDRC T1225 (tshe 'gugs)

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