Testament Series

Vima Nyingtik Damngak Dzö Restricted 10 Oct 2024

The second of three testaments received by Garab Dorje and preserved in the Vima Nyingtik. This text is also reproduced in the Damngak Dzö collection.

Vima Nyingtik Damngak Dzö Restricted 23 Oct 2024

The Noble Sūtra Teaching the Eleven Perceptions

from the Words of the Buddha

In this sūtra (Toh. 311) the Buddha teaches eleven perceptions to be cultivated at the time of death to the assembled monks as his final testament.

Dying & the Bardos Kangyur 26 Jan 2021

Third Testament of the Buddha

from the Words of the Buddha

The third of three testaments received by Garab Dorje and preserved in the Vima Nyingtik. This text is also reproduced in the Damngak Dzö collection.

Vima Nyingtik Damngak Dzö Restricted 13 Nov 2024

Advice for Urgyen Tsomo

by Fifteenth Karmapa

Six lines of essential advice from the Fifteenth Karmapa Khakhyab Dorje to his spiritual consort, the celebrated ḍākinī Urgyen Tsomo (1897–1961).

Advice 21 Jan 2020

The Three Statements that Strike the Vital Point

by Garab Dorje

The famous three lines spoken by Garab Dorje as his final testament to Mañjuśrīmitra, as preserved in the Vima Nyingtik and reproduced in the Damngak Dzö collection.

Striking the Vital Point in Three Statements Vima Nyingtik Damngak Dzö Restricted 16 Apr 2025

Immaculate Radiance: A Testament

by Longchen Rabjam

One of three final testaments included in the Khandro Yangtik collection, this is the longest and most famous. It includes a series of similes that illustrate the key themes of the general teachings and concludes with Longchenpa's declaration of delight at the prospect of his own death.

Khandro Yangtik 2 May 2024

The One Ultimate Testament

by Longchen Rabjam

Longchenpa offers some pithy advice on Dzogchen practice in this short text, which is one of three final testaments attributed to the master and preserved in the Khandro Yangtik collection.

Khandro Yangtik Restricted 15 Jan 2025

Final Words: The Essential Advice

by Minling Terchen Gyurme Dorje

These four lines, which Terdak Lingpa Minling Terchen Gyurme Dorje is said to have pronounced before passing into parinirvāṇa, are commonly recited as a prayer of aspiration. The great Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo reportedly recited them himself before his own passing.

Nyingma Mönlam 30 Jan 2017

First Testament of the Buddhas

revealed by Pema Ledrel Tsal

The first of three testaments of the buddhas contained in the Heart-Essence of the Ḍākinīs collection, this contains an extremely succinct summary of the preliminaries, Trekchö and Tögal, as received by Garab Dorje.

Khandro Nyingtik Restricted 6 Sep 2024

Second Testament of the Buddhas

revealed by Pema Ledrel Tsal

The second of three testaments of the buddhas preserved in the Heart-Essence of the Ḍākinīs collection, this focuses on the preliminary practices of body, speech and mind. The same text, with minor differences, is also found in the Vima Nyingtik.

Khandro Nyingtik Restricted 24 Oct 2024

Third Testament of the Buddhas

revealed by Pema Ledrel Tsal

The third of three testaments of the buddhas contained in the Heart-Essence of the Ḍākinīs collection, this covers the crucial points of body, speech and mind in Tögal practice.

Khandro Nyingtik Restricted 13 Nov 2024

The Seven Nails: Śrī Siṃha’s Final Testament

by Śrī Siṃha

This final testament, which Śrī Siṃha transmitted to Jñānasūtra, is preserved in the Vima Nyingtik and reproduced in the Damngak Dzö collection.

Dzogchen Vima Nyingtik Damngak Dzö Restricted 9 Apr 2025

The Will and Prophecy of the Thirteenth Dalai Lama

by Thirteenth Dalai Lama

Dating from 1932, this response to a plea for longevity has come to be regarded as the Thirteenth Dalai Lama's final testament, in which he offers stern advice and a prophetic warning of what might befall Tibet.

Prophecy 1 Mar 2024

The Final Testament of Yukhok Chatralwa as Transmitted to Lama Rigdzin Nyima

by Yukhok Chatralwa Chöying Rangdrol

This final testament, which succinctly expresses the view, meditation, action and fruition of the Great Perfection, was transmitted to Lama Rigdzin Nyima (b. 1931).

Dzogchen 15 Nov 2017

The Last Testament of Katok Dampa Deshek

by Katok Dampa Deshek

This five-line aspiration for the spread of the teachings is said to be the final testament (zhal chem) of the great Dampa Deshek, founder of Katok Monastery.

Aspiration Prayers

On the Final Words of Orgyen Tendzin Norbu

by Dodrupchen Jigme Tenpe Nyima

An explanation of the final words of the great Dzogchen master Orgyen Tendzin Norbu (1841–1900): "I am Guru Padmākara of Oḍḍiyāna, a buddha free from birth and death. Awakening mind is impartial and unbiased, beyond labels of the eight stages, the four pairs."

Dzogchen Stages and Paths 5 Apr 2015

Clarifying the Profound Meaning: A Concise Commentary on the Final Testament in Four Lines

by Minling Khenchen Ngawang Khyentse Norbu

A brief explanation of the famous final testament of Minling Terchen Gyurme Dorje (1646–1714) that is commonly recited as an aspiration.

11 Nov 2023

The Testament Prayer to Orgyen Rinpoche

by Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa

As stated in the colophon this prayer to the Guru of Oḍḍiyāna is extracted from a biography which Chokgyur Lingpa revealed as a treasure (gter ma) at Karmé Damchen Drak (karma'i dam can brag).

Guru Rinpoche Prayers Guru Padmasambhava Termas Chokling Tersar

Words Spoken at the Moment of Passing

by Tra Gelong Tsultrim Dargye

In his final words, Tra Gelong Tsultrim Dargye invokes the Khecharī form of Vajrayoginī, together with her retinue, makes offerings before them, and prays to enter the ranks of the sky-faring ḍākas and ḍākinīs.

Vajrayoginī 9 Feb 2017

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