Sādhanas Series

• Acala Sādhana by Mipham Rinpoche

This simple sādhana of the deity Acala, the 'Immovable One'—here in his dark blue, genuflecting form—is described as a powerful antidote to obstacles including infectious disease.

• Visualization and Recitation of the Six-Syllable Mantra of Avalokiteśvara by Mipham Rinpoche

This simple practice of Avalokiteśvara, the Bodhisattva of Compassion, includes a visualisation to accompany the recitation of the six-syllable mantra, oṃ maṇi padme hūṃ, or, optionally, the seven-syllable mantra, oṃ maṇi padme hūṃ hrīḥ.

• The Sādhana of the Five Self-Arisen Noble Brothers: An Instruction in the Union of Generation and Completion by Shikpo Lingpa

Revealed during a vision in 1557, this is a sādhana of the five self-arisen Avalokiteśvara brothers ('phags pa rang byon mched lnga). These are four ancient statues associated with King Songtsen Gampo, i.e., Ārya Vati Zangpo, Ārya Bukham, Ārya Jamali, and Ārya Lokeśvara, as well as the self-visualization of Avalokiteśvara generated by the practitioner.

• A Brief Practice of Paying Homage and Making Offerings to the Sixteen Elders by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo

The longer of two ritual texts by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo featuring the sixteen arhats, both of which appear in recent editions of the extensive Nyingma Kama (bka' ma shin tu rgyas pa).

• The Heart of Wish-Fulfilling Jewels: A Brief Practice for Paying Homage and Making Offerings to the Buddha together with his retinue of Arhats by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo

The shorter of two ritual texts by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo featuring the sixteen arhats included in the extensive Nyingma Kama and elaborating on the famous text attributed to Śākyaśrībhadra.

• A Practice of Paying Homage and Making Offerings to the Sixteen Elders by Jigme Lingpa

Written for the Third Nyidrak Rinpoche, this liturgy takes Śākyaśrībhadra's text as its basis and adds a few verses at the beginning and end.

• The Treasury of Blessings—A Practice of Buddha Śākyamuni by Mipham Rinpoche

Ju Mipham composed this sādhana of Śākyamuni Buddha, or '[Śākya]muni-ritual' (thub chog), at the request of Orgyen Tendzin Norbu (1841–1900). Both the sādhana and its vast 'supporting teaching' known as The White Lotus (rgyab chos padma dkar po) are among the most popular of Mipham's works.

• The Daily Practice of the Secret Sādhana of Dorje Drolö by Dudjom Rinpoche

A short daily practice of Guru Dorje Drolö composed at the request of some American students.

• Accomplishing All Activity: A Daily Practice of the Great and Glorious Dorje Drolö by Khenchen Jigme Phuntsok

A short sādhana of Dorje Drolö, one of the wrathful manifestations of Padmasambhava, revealed as a terma at Paro Taktsang, Bhutan, in 1990.

• Extremely Secret Unelaborate Daily Sādhana for the Heart Practice of the Great Demon-Slayer by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö

A short daily practice of Dükyi Shechen (bdud kyi gshed chen)—The Great Demon-Slayer—from the Tukdrup Barche Kunsel (‘Dispelling All Obstacles’) cycle of the Chokling Tersar.

• Daily Practice of Guru Drakpo by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö

A short daily practice of Guru Drakpo, a wrathful form of Padmasambhava, here in his red, two-armed appearance.

• Increasing Intelligence – Sealed with Profundity by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö

A practice for developing wisdom; it is focused on Guru Loden Chokse (blo ldan mchog sred), a form of Guru Padmasambhava, and incorporates two other deities associated with wisdom, the goddess Sarasvatī and the bodhisattva Mañjuśrī.

• Excellent Vase of Splendour: The Tsok Feast Offering to Accompany the Vajra Seven-Line Prayer by Mipham Rinpoche

The Excellent Vase of Splendour (dpal gyi bum bzang) is the tsok feast offering (tshogs mchod) to accompany the famous guru yoga based on the seven-line prayer, A Shower of Blessings (byin brlabs char 'bebs).

• A Sādhana of Jambhala by Mipham Rinpoche

A simple sādhana of Yellow Jambhala, deity of wealth.

• Daily Practice of Kagyé by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö

A short daily practice of Kagyé (bka’ brgyad), the Eight Herukas.

• A Sādhana of Kurukullā from the Tidro Dharma Cycle by Khenchen Jigme Phuntsok

The first part of the Tidro (ti sgro) cycle to be revealed, this Kurukullā practice is—in Khenchen's own description—not entirely terma yet not entirely his own composition either.

• A Sādhana of Kurukullā by Mipham Rinpoche

A simple practice of Kurukullā, the female deity associated with magnetizing activity.

• A Daily Practice of Lama Sangdü by Dudjom Rinpoche

A short daily practice of Lama Sangdü (bla ma gsang ’dus)—the Guru who is the Embodiment of Secrets.

• Light from the Wisdom Sun by Alak Zenkar Rinpoche

Zenkar Rinpoche composed this sādhana when he was just fifteen years old at the request of his tutor. Its focus is Mañjuśrī, the embodiment of all the buddhas' wisdom.

• A Sādhana of Golden Mañjughoṣa by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche

This brief sādhana of Orange Mañjuśrī, which incorporates the famous Gang gi lodrö praise, was written for students in Bhutan.

• Swift Bestowal of Blessings: A Peaceful Sādhana of Mañjuśrī by Khenchen Jigme Phuntsok

The Peaceful Sādhana of Mañjuśrī, which Khenpo Jigme Phuntsok composed spontaneously while in the Cave of Nārāyaṇa at Wutaishan.

• A Brief Mañjuśrī Sādhana by Patrul Rinpoche

A concise and simple sādhana focused upon Mañjuśrī, the embodiment of all the buddhas' wisdom.

• Sādhana of Mārīcī by Mipham Rinpoche

A very brief sādhana of Mārīcī, goddess of the dawn, in the form known as Aśokakāntā-Mārīcī, who is golden and has one face and two hands.

• A Brief Visualization and Recitation of the Great Mother Prajñāpāramitā by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö

A short practice of visualization and mantra recitation focused on the Great Mother (yum chen) Prajñāpāramitā in her golden, four-armed appearance.

• A Sādhana of White Sarasvatī by Mipham Rinpoche

A simple sādhana of White Sarasvatī, the goddess of eloquence, to bring mastery of speech.

• A Daily 'Hand-Clapping' Practice of Siṃhamukhā by Dudjom Rinpoche

This daily 'hand-clapping' (thal rdeb) practice of the lion-faced ḍākinī Siṃhamukhā/Siṃhavaktrā (seng gdong ma) is particularly associated with the elimination of adversity, threats and dangers.

• The Swift Steed of Garuḍa, King of Birds: An Instruction for Travelling to Sukhāvatī: A Visualization and Recitation of Uṣnīṣa-Sitātapatrā by Karma Chakme

To practise this short sādhana of the deity Sitātapatrā (gdugs dkar, “White Parasol”) is, in the words of the text itself, "to hold aloft an indestructible vajra sword that can avert disease, obstacles, black magic, evil spells and all oppressing forces." The sādhana is also said to be a swift means of travelling to Sukhāvatī, akin to flying on the back of a garuḍa.

• A Sādhana of Sitātapatrā by Mipham Rinpoche

A short means of accomplishment (sādhana) focused on the goddess Sitātapatrā in her two-armed form.

• The Condensed Essence: A Daily Practice of the Wrathful Guru Takhyung Barwa by Chatral Rinpoche

A short daily practice of Takhyung Barwa, the revelation of Jigme Lingpa (1730–1798) that combines the practices of Hayagrīva, Garuḍa and Guru Drakpo, and is renowned for its capacity to subjugate negative forces and cure disease.

• Condensed Daily Practice of The Heart Essence of the Sublime Lady of Immortality by Dudjom Rinpoche

A brief daily practice of The Heart Essence of the Sublime Lady of Immortality, or Chimé Phakmé Nyingtik ('chi med 'phags ma'i snying thig), the popular long life sādhana discovered as a mind treasure by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo in 1855.

• Concise White Tārā Sādhana by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö

A brief sādhana of White Tārā with a special focus on increasing lonegivty through purifying the potential for untimely death. It was composed for a lama from Dodrup named Tendzin.

• The Concise Manual for Daily Practice According to Lamé Tukdrup Barché Künsel revealed by Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa

The concise daily sādhana (rgyun khyer) for the practice of Tukdrup Barché Kunsel (thugs sgrub bar chad kun sel), or the Heart Practice Dispelling All Obstacles, a joint revelation of Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo and Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa.

• A Daily Practice of Ucchuṣma by Dudjom Rinpoche

This short daily sādhana of Ucchuṣma (sme brtsegs) includes a simple visualization and mantra recitation. The practice is particularly associated with the purification of tantric commitments, or samaya.

• Daily Practice of Vajrakīla by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö

This simple sādhana of Vajrakīla, requested by Sogyal Rinpoche, contains, in the words of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche's colophon, 'the concentrated blessings of kama and terma'.

• The Wisdom Mind Practice of One Kīla by Tertön Sogyal

This brief Vajrakīla sādhana, complete with tsok offering, was revealed as a terma at Katok Monastery.

• Concise Daily Practice of Vajrasattva by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche

Khyentse Rinpoche composed this simple sādhana of Vajrasattva by adapting a section of the Tukdrup Sheldam Nyingjang (thugs sgrub zhal gdams snying byang), the root text of the Barche Kunsel revelation of Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa.

• The Concentrated Essence: A Sādhana of Yeshe Tsogyal by Dudjom Rinpoche

A very simple practice focusing on the ḍākinī Yeshe Tsogyal, composed for some of Rinpoche's American students.

• A Glorious Garland of Great Bliss, the Root Sādhana of the Queen of Great Bliss, Yumka Tsogyal, from the Heart Essence of the Vast Expanse revealed by Jigme Lingpa

Yumka Dechen Gyalmo (yum ka bde chen rgyal mo), the Queen of Great Bliss, is the peaceful ḍākinī practice from the Longchen Nyingtik cycle. It features Yeshe Tsogyal in the form of a wisdom ḍākinī.

• The Light of Primordial Wisdom: An Instruction Manual for the Primordially Pure Perfection Stage of the Powerful & Wrathful Dorje Drolö, Conqueror of Demons by Dudjom Rinpoche

This direct instruction on the perfection stage (rdzogs rim) practice for the Dorje Drolö form of Guru Padmasambhava includes the preparatory state of śamatha, and the main part, which is to generate the wisdom of vipaśyanā through view, meditation and action.

• A Daily Practice of Vajraṇakhī by Dudjom Rinpoche

This short daily sādhana of the wrathful ḍākinī Vajraṇakhī (rdo rje sder mo) includes a simple visualization and mantra recitation. According to the colophon, Dudjom Rinpoche extracted the practice from 'The Profound Long-Life Practice of the Three Roots' (rtsa gsum tshe zab), which is part of the Sevenfold Profundity revelation of Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa (1829-1870).

• Guru Sādhana Series