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A selection of prayers for the swift rebirth (myur byon gsol ’debs) of prominent individuals (arranged alphabetically by subject):

Fifth Dzogchen Rinpoche

A prayer for the swift return of the Fifth Dzogchen Rinpoche, Thupten Chökyi Dorje (1872–1935), written at the request of a monk-disciple.

Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Thaye

Loter Wangpo composed two stanzas and added them to the standard four-line prayer to Jamgön Kongtrul as soon as Kongtrul passed away (at the very end of the nineteenth century) in order to create this three-verse prayer for swift rebirth.

Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö

Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche composed this moving prayer of lament in the presence of Jamyang Khyentse's sacred remains (sku gdung) at the request of Dzongsar Ngari Tulku (1945–2008) and other disciples.

Jamyang Loter Wangpo

A short, four-verse prayer for the swift rebirth of Jamyang Loter Wangpo (1847–1914) composed at the request of Ngor Khenchen Jamyang Kunzang Tenpai Gyaltsen.

Katok Situ Chökyi Gyatso

A short, two-verse prayer for the swift rebirth of Katok Situ Chökyi Gyatso (1880–1925) composed at the request of Lekshe Jorden, a prominent khenpo at Katok Monastery.

Khandro Tsering Chödrön

A prayer for the swift rebirth of Khandro Tsering Chödrön (1929–2011), the consort of Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö.

Ngawang Samten Lodrö

Jamyang Khyentse composed this lament and invocation of his teacher Ngawang Samten Lodrö following the master's passing in 1931.

Tenpai Nyima Rinpoche

A prayer for the swift reincarnation of Tenpai Nyima Rinpoche, a senior Nyingma teacher at Traling Monastery.

A prayer for the swift reincarnation of Tenpai Nyima Rinpoche, a senior Nyingma teacher at Traling Monastery.

Thirteenth Dalai Lama

Jamyang Khyentse composed this eleven-verse invocation and prayer for swift rebirth shortly after the passing of the Thirteenth Dalai Lama, which occurred at the end of 1933.

Trulshik Rinpoche

His Holiness composed this prayer for the swift rebirth of his teacher Trulshik Rinpoche Ngawang Chökyi Lodrö (1924–2011) in an airport in Argentina in 2011, shortly after the master's parinirvāṇa.

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