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ISSN 2753-4812
ISSN 2753-4812

Translations by Gyurme Avertin

Translators Gyurme Avertin

English (26) | Français (5)

Gyurme Avertin began his study of the Tibetan language in 1997. He spent two years following the Tibetan program at Langues’O University in Paris, then studied at the Rangjung Yeshe Institute in Nepal and the Dzongsar shedra in India. He is the translator of The Gathering of Vidyadharas: Text and Commentaries on the Rigdzin Düpa (Snow Lion, 2017), Sublime Lady of Immortality: Teachings on Chime Phakme Nyingtik (Rangjung Yeshe, 2022), Gesar: Tantric Practices of the Tibetan Warrior King (Snow Lion, 2023) and the editor-in-chief of ALL–OTR, an online collection of translated teachings from Orgyen Tobgyal Rinpoche.

Texts translated into English by Gyurme Avertin

Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Thaye

by Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Thaye
Jamgön Kongtrul composed this simple fire offering (me mchod) ritual for each of the four activities—pacifying, enriching, magnetizing and subjugating—because he could not find anything similar. It is included within his Treasury of Revelations (rin chen gter mdzod).
26 Aug 2019

Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö

by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö wrote this brief autobiography as a supplement to the collected biographies of lineage masters for the Chöd (gcod) practice known as The Whispered Transmission of Machik's Secret Conduct (ma gcig gsang spyod snyan brgyud) or The Whispered Transmission of Thangtong Gyalpo (thang stong snyan brgyud).
16 Feb 2016
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
In the form of an address to himself, Jamyang Khyentse delivers some urgent and uncompromising advice, before offering a heartfelt prayer to his teacher and concluding words of aspiration.
17 Nov 2011
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö wrote these detailed instructions on how to practise the short 'single-form' daily sādhana of Chimé Pakmé Nyingtik based on teachings he received from Katok Situ Chökyi Gyatso, who, in turn, received them from Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo, the revealer of the practice, himself.
18 Jan 2021

Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo

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.
7 May 2021
by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo
The longer sādhana of The Heart-Essence of the Sublime Lady of Immortality, or Chimé Pakmé Nyingtik ('chi med 'phags ma'i snying thig), the popular long-life practice of Tārā in union with the Lord of the Dance, which Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo discovered as a mind treasure in 1855.
10 Feb 2021
by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo
Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo elaborates on the fundamental teachings of Jigme Lingpa by providing 1) transference instructions for someone who has recently died, 2) transference instructions as part of the ongoing ritual for guiding the deceased, and 3) instructions for the living.
10 Jul 2023

Jigdral Tutop Lingpa

revealed by Jigdral Tutop Lingpa
This text from the terma cycle known as The Ocean of the Profound Essence (zab tig rgya mtsho) relates the mythical origins of tobacco and warns readers against its use, noting how it incites destructive emotions and ultimately leads to rebirth in hell.
18 Apr 2013

Jigme Lingpa

by Jigme Lingpa
Jigme Lingpa wrote this prayer at the request of his students. It invokes many of his previous incarnations, beginning with the primordial Buddha Samantabhadra.
27 Oct 2017
by Jigme Lingpa
This short guide can be read aloud in the presence of the dead and dying. It begins by explaining the truth of the person's situation, that they have passed away, then offers citations from the sūtras, encourages them to aim for Sukhāvatī, and finally guides them in a practice of transference (phowa).
19 May 2023

Mipham Rinpoche

by Mipham Rinpoche
The author tells us that he composed this text to complement two rites for wealth and prosperity and create a set of three practices that could easily bring about the fulfilment of all aims.
3 Sep 2024
by Mipham Rinpoche
Words of prayer to be written on flags and recited aloud as a means to increase the effectiveness of virtuous activity and bring auspiciousness, glory and renown.
2 Sep 2024
by Mipham Rinpoche
Verses for transforming the physical body into an impregnable fortress of the dralas and wermas.
2 Sep 2024
by Mipham Rinpoche
A simple rite of summoning prosperity (g.yang 'gugs) on the basis of King Gesar, composed in 1876.
2 Sep 2024
by Mipham Rinpoche
Written in 1874, this is a simple liturgy for raising lungta (here spelled klung rta).
3 Sep 2024
by Mipham Rinpoche
Verses of praise and invocation composed in 1875 together with a supplemental rite, written in 1896, to restore harmony with the father-gods or 'male deities', one of the five patron deities.
4 Sep 2024
by Mipham Rinpoche
This thirteen-verse practice for raising windhorse (rlung rta), enhancing one's capacity and triumphing over negativity was composed in 1865.
2 Sep 2024
by Mipham Rinpoche
This liturgy for summoning the spirit of abundance and prosperity (phywa g.yang 'gugs) was composed at Dzongsar Monastery in 1873.
2 Sep 2024
by Mipham Rinpoche
An eight-verse practice for entrusting activity (phrin bcol) to Gesar Norbu Dradül Tsal ('Mighty Foe-Subduing Jewel'), composed in 1896.
2 Sep 2024
by Mipham Rinpoche
Composed in 1877, this is an invocation and song to accompany the offering of sang to Gesar and members of his retinue, especially the minister called Denma.
3 Sep 2024

Nyala Pema Dündul

by Nyala Pema Dündul
In this brief song Nyala Pema Dündul advises his audience how to give up the eight ordinary concerns, or 'worldly dharmas' ('jig rten chos brgyad), i.e., hope for happiness and fear of suffering; hope for fame and fear of insignificance; hope for praise and fear of blame; hope for gain and fear of loss.
12 May 2013

Śākyaśrībhadra

by Śākyaśrībhadra
Attributed to the great Kashmiri scholar Śākyaśrībhadra, this is the most famous rite of homage and offering (phyag mchod) to the Buddha and the Sixteen Elders (sthavira).
20 May 2015

Tamdrin Gönpo

by Tamdrin Gönpo
This extremely concise and unelaborate fire offering is included in Jamgön Kongtrul's Treasury of Revelations (rin chen gter mdzod)—the only text in that collection by this author.
13 Aug 2019

Tertön Mingyur Dorje

by Tertön Mingyur Dorje
Sometimes classified as a Sukhāvatī aspiration (bde smon), this well-known prayer for the dedication of virtue (dge ba bsngo ba) is attributed to Buddha Amitābha, who spoke to Tulku Mingyur Dorje in a vision in 1657.
19 May 2015

Thangtong Gyalpo

by Thangtong Gyalpo
First spoken in the presence of the sacred Jowo Rinpoche statue in Lhasa, this prayer of aspiration is credited with ending a famine that affected Tibet, especially Kham, in 1437.

Introductions

A brief overview of the revealed longevity practice known as Chimé Pakmé Nyingtik (‘chi med ‘phags ma'i snying thig), 'The Heart-Essence of the Sublime Lady of Immortality'.

Gyurme Avertin

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