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ISSN 2753-4812
ISSN 2753-4812

Stūpas Series

Arts & Crafts Stūpas

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Texts related to stūpas or caityas (mchod rten):

Consecration

by Longchen Rabjam
This rite for consecrating stūpas according to the Khandro Nyingtik tradition includes instructions on the preparation of tsa-tsas from bone relics, as well as visualisations and liturgies, including prayers of aspiration.
Khandro Yangtik Consecration 5 Nov 2026

History

by Ngakchang Shakya Zangpo
In this famous history of the sacred stūpa of Boudha, Guru Padmasambhava recounts the stūpa's origins. In response to a request from King Tri Songdeutsen, he tells how a humble poultry-woman first extracted a promise from the king and then built the stūpa together with her four sons, who were all later reborn as prominent figures in the introduction of Buddhism to Tibet. Padmasambhava also describes the benefits to be gained from circumambulating the stūpa and making offerings before it, and concludes with a series of prophecies concerning the stūpa's restoration.
History Pilgrimage Termas Prophecy Nepal Benefits 22 Dec 2017

Karchak

by Tulku Rigdzin Pema
Following the 2015 earthquake in Kathmandu, which severely damaged the Boudha Stūpa, Tulku Rigdzin Pema headed the Stūpa’s restoration. After the completion of his work, Rinpoche wrote this inventory (dkar chag) of the sacred items placed inside the stūpa during its restoration. He also explains how stūpas are filled with relics and the benefits of restoring and worshipping stūpas.
Consecration Karchak Nepal 24 Jul 2019

Praise

by Nāgārjuna
This text (Toh 1133) is the longer of Ārya Nāgārjuna’s two short eulogies praising the stūpas at the eight great sacred places commemorating significant events in the life of the Buddha.
Praise Buddha Śākyamuni Tengyur 7 Sep 2023
by Nāgārjuna
This text (Toh 1134) is the shorter of Ārya Nāgārjuna’s two short eulogies praising the stūpas at the eight great sacred places commemorating significant events in the life of the Buddha.
Praise Buddha Śākyamuni Tengyur 7 Sep 2023

Prayers

by Dudjom Rinpoche
A four-verse prayer to the three main stūpas of the Kathmandu Valley, i.e., Svayambhū (known to Tibetans as Pakpa Shingkun), Boudha (known to Tibetans as Jarung Khashor) and Namo Buddha.
Pilgrimage Nepal 27 Sep 2016
by Dudjom Rinpoche
A two-verse supplication to the three main stūpas of the Kathmandu Valley, i.e., Svayambhū, Boudha and Namo Buddha.
Pilgrimage Nepal 1 Jan 2023
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
Jamyang Khyentse composed this prayer at the actual site of the famous Boudha stūpa, known to Tibetans as "Jarung Khashor" (bya rung kha shor), while he was staying in the Kathmandu Valley in 1956/7.
Pilgrimage Nepal 26 Dec 2005
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
This short prayer, which is addressed directly to the sacred stūpa of Svayambhū (known to Tibetans as Pakpa Shingkun—“Noble All-Trees”) in Nepal, was composed at the site itself, and is part of a series of prayers addressed to the three major stūpas of the Kathmandu Valley.
Pilgrimage Nepal 28 Apr 2015
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
A prayer to the three main stūpas of the Kathmandu Valley: Jarung Khashor or Boudha, Svayambhū, and Namo Buddha, which commemorates the bodhisattva Mahāsattva's sacrifice to a starving tigress.
Pilgrimage Nepal 31 Jan 2018
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
This short prayer to the sacred stūpa at Namo Buddha, which commemorates the Buddha's sacrifice—during one of his previous lives—of his own body to feed a hungry tigress and her cubs, is part of a series of prayers addressed to the three major stūpas of the Kathmandu Valley.
Pilgrimage Nepal 2 Mar 2016

Proportions

by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
In this brief and undated text, Jamyang Khyentse draws upon Jamgön Kongtrul's Treasury of Knowledge and a work by Tulku Sangye Lhawang in order to show the importance of constructing stūpas according to the specified proportions, rather than one's own ideas or preferences.
30 Jun 2021

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Arts & Crafts

Eight Stūpas

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