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Samye Translations, formerly known as Lhasey Lotsawa, is a growing team of translators, writers, and editors working under the guidance of Kyapgön Phakchok Rinpoche.

Texts translated into English by Samye Translations

Adeu Rinpoche
by Adeu Rinpoche
A simple invocation of Tārā in various forms—White, Yellow, Red, Blue and Green—as a means to increase windhorse and perfect different forms of enlightened activity.
15 Dec 2022

Atiśa Dīpaṃkara
by Atiśa Dīpaṃkara
Atiśa Dīpaṃkara Śrījñāna imparted this advice to his disciples at the request of Lha Changchub Ö as he was preparing to return to India. In it, he offers basic guidance on how to lead a spiritual life, escape "the swamp of saṃsāra" and reach "the dry shores of liberation."
1 Oct 2021
by Atiśa Dīpaṃkara
In response to a question from his heart-disciples Tsöndrü Yungdrung, Ngok Lekpé Sherab, and Dromtön Gyalwé Jungné, Jowo Atiśa outlines the core principles of mind training or lojong in twenty-one pithy statements. The advice was recorded in a work entitled Miscellaneous Sayings of the Kadam Masters (bka' gdams gsung thor).
18 Jun 2024

Buddha
from the Words of the Buddha
The Vajrakīla Root Tantra Section (or Fragment) (Tōh. 439), the remains of a much larger Vajrakīla tantra, was discovered and translated into Tibetan by Sakya Paṇḍita (1182–1251). According to the text's colophon, it was Guru Padmasambhava who brought the original to Tibet. The tantra contains several famous verses that appear in most Vajrakīlāya sādhanas and is the only Vajrakīlāya text included within the Kangyur. The edition translated here includes a colophon by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo and benedictory verse by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö.
4 Mar 2021
from the Words of the Buddha
Mahāśvāsa means “great breath” and refers both to the protective mantra itself and to the malevolent spirit named Mahāśvāsa, who harms beings with his breath. The following incantation (dhāraṇī), included in the Kangyur (Tōh. 773), serves as protection specifically against the evil spirit’s influence.
15 May 2025
from the Words of the Buddha
In the sūtra The Question of Maitreya (Toh. 85, Maitreya­paripṛcchā, byams pas zhus pa), Buddha Śākyamuni recounts this prayer that Maitreya made as a bodhisattva aspiring to accomplish the six perfections and attain the ten bodhisattva levels. The prayer is also included in the Miscellaneous section of the Tengyur (Toh 4378).
30 Jan 2021
from the Words of the Buddha
A popular Nyingma version of the famous Bodhisattvas’ Confession of Downfalls (byang chub sems dpa’i ltung bshags), also known as the Sūtra of the Three Heaps (phung po gsum pa’i mdo), invoking the thirty-five buddhas of confession as a means of purifying transgressions of vows and downfalls of the bodhisattva vow.
5 Jun 2020
from the Words of the Buddha
This popular incantation (dhāraṇī), included in the Kangyur (Tōh. 696), offers a concise visualization of Avalokiteśvara in his four-armed form (caturbhuja) and praises the merits of reciting his mantra. While it may have served as a source for the well-known maṇi mantra, it appears that no Sanskrit or Chinese witnesses of the text have survived.
7 May 2025
from the Words of the Buddha
As its name suggests, this brief incantation (dhāraṇī) is intended to liberate the one who recites or uses it as a cakra from all physical, vocal and mental constraints, including those caused by evil schemes, maleficence, spells and curses. Although the incantation is attributed to Buddha Śākyamuni, it is not included in any extant Kangyur collection but is preserved in various dhāraṇī compendia (gzungs 'dus).
8 Feb 2023
from the Words of the Buddha
This popular canonical work, which is included in the Kangyur (Tōh. 591), teaches the incantation (dhāraṇī) and rituals associated with the goddess Sitātapatrā, who is renowned for her power to avert or repel all types of spirits, demons, obstacles, misfortune and disease and is thus invoked by many Tibetan Buddhists on a daily basis.
3 Jan 2020
from the Words of the Buddha
This popular canonical work (Tōh. 564) reveals the incantation (dhāraṇī) associated with Mārīcī, goddess of the dawn, and explains how it confers the deity's qualities and guards against adversity, danger and disease.
19 Jun 2020
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.
26 Jan 2021
from the Words of the Buddha
Perhaps the most popular of all prayers to Tārā, this tantra praises her twenty-one forms, both peaceful and wrathful. The first twenty-one verses are at once a series of homages to Tārā and a poetic description of her physical features, postures, qualities, abilities, mantras, and hand gestures. The remaining six verses describe how and when the Praise should be recited, as well as the benefits of its recitation.
2 Aug 2018
from the Words of the Buddha
This famous vajra song (rdo rje’i glu), named after its initial syllables "ema kiri", appears in the Tantra of the Union of the Sun and Moon (nyi zla kha sbyor). It consists of a series of arranged syllables which a practitioner should intone melodiously. The individual syllables and their arrangement as a mantra are considered particularly sacred since they are said to have been revealed by the primordial buddha Samantabhadra.
12 Sep 2018
from the Words of the Buddha
This dhāraṇī, which is part of the larger corpus of texts on astrology (nag rtsis) taught by Mañjuśrī in China, begins with an invocation of the buddhas and bodhisattvas and then features a long series of requests to prevent inauspicious astrological combinations that might result in periodic obstacles. The text is part of the Compendium of Dhāraṇīs (gzungs bsdus).
18 Mar 2022

Buddhagupta
by Buddhagupta
A brief guide to cultivating immeasurable loving kindness, compassion, sympathetic joy and equanimity; it is attributed to the Indian master Buddhagupta and included within the Middle Way section of the Tengyur (Toh 3914).
13 Jun 2016

Chatral Rinpoche
by Chatral Rinpoche
In this brief guide to Ujjain, most likely part of a personal pilgrimage diary, Chatral Rinpoche repeatedly refers to the city as Uḍḍiyāna. Ujjain is home to the Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlinga, one of the most famous temples dedicated to Lord Śiva, attracting thousands of devotees every day. Rinpoche concludes with a guide to Khoteshwar, identified here as the Sindhu Isle, birthplace of Guru Padmasambhava.
13 Mar 2019
by Chatral Rinpoche
A short yet profound guru yoga composed at the insistence of close students and which is still recited daily by many disciples. The practice incorporates a unique mantra based on Rinpoche's name and employs imagery associated with the Great Perfection.
4 May 2019
by Chatral Rinpoche
Kyabje Chatral Rinpoche wrote this brief guide to the sacred Māratika cave at the request of his daughter, Sarasvatī. In a series of verses, he describes the significance of this powerful place of longevity — the "destroyer of death" is the literal meaning of its name — where Guru Padmasambhava and the Lady Mandāravā attained immortality.
18 Aug 2017

Chöje Lingpa
by Chöje Lingpa
This pith instruction for accomplishing longevity (tshe sgrub) through Thangtong Gyalpo (1361–1485?) is said to bring together the oral, treasure and visionary teachings. According to its colophon, Chöjé Lingpa received the instruction from Thangtong Gyalpo directly in a vision. Jamgön Kongtrul included the text in the Precious Treasury of Revelations (Rinchen Terdzö).
9 Jan 2020

Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa
by Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa
This concise guru yoga centres around the famous prayer to Guru Padmasambhava known as The Prayer in Six Vajra Lines, or Dü Sum Sangye, Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa's own terma revelation. To this is added a simple visualization and a prayer to reach the Copper-coloured Mountain of Glory.
by Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa
A brief offering to the treasure guardians (gter srung mchod pa) for The Guru’s Heart Practice, Wish-Fulfilling Jewel (thugs sgrub yid bzhin nor bu) revelation of Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo and Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa.
2 Jun 2023
by Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa
During a visionary journey to Zangdokpalri, Chokgyur Lingpa heard this prayer sung by ḍākinīs and recorded it upon awakening.
2 Jul 2024
by Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa
A four-line prayer to be reborn on the Copper-Coloured Mountain of Glory, or Zangdok Palri, in the company of Guru Padmasambhava and his retinue.
30 Oct 2018
by Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa
A six-line supplication to Guru Padmasambhava for dispelling obstacles and gaining accomplishment.
2 Jul 2024
by Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa
This prayer invoking the blessing of the buddhas, bodhisattvas and accomplished practitioners (vidyādharas) of Tibet is taken from the compilation A Shower of Precious Blessings: A Garland of Supplications to Guru Rinpoche, Embodiment of All Refuge Objects, and to the Three Roots and Lineage Masters.
27 Jul 2020
by Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa
Six verses of practical advice for a lama from Bumthang in Bhutan.
6 Dec 2023
by Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa
Verses of advice composed for the benefit of disciples at the sacred site of Khala Rongo.
2 Oct 2023
by Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa
Two verses of profound meditation instruction for a disciple called Göndrak.
6 Dec 2023
by Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa
Four lines of advice, each of which incorporates the syllables kön (dkon) and chok (mchog), meaning 'rare' and 'supreme', the first part of Könchok Paldrön's name.
7 Nov 2023
by Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa
Verses of advice stressing the importance of study, thoroughness and an altruistic attitude, composed for a physician named Könchok Tenzin
2 Feb 2024
by Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa
Brief advice given near the Yelphuk Cave at the request of a disciple named Kyilu (skyid lu).
7 Nov 2023
by Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa
Verses of instructions on what to adopt and avoid on the path, which Chokgyur Lingpa imparted to his patrons.
2 Oct 2023
by Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa
Verses of advice spoken at the request of a female disciple named Tashi Lhamo and transcribed by Khenpo Rinchen Dargyé (b. 1835).
7 Nov 2023
by Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa
In these verses for an elderly lay disciple, Chokgyur Lingpa notes a lack of seriousness on the part of some followers and explains what it means to be a true practitioner.
8 Jan 2024
by Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa
Basic Dharma advice in verse composed at the request of a devoted disciple from Trindu ('khri 'du).
8 Jan 2024
by Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa
Four lines of advice that stress the importance of reflection upon impermanence, prayer to one's gurus, settling in the emptiness of mind, and dedication and aspiration.
8 Jan 2024
by Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa
These verses, Chokgyur Lingpa says, provide sound advice for all practitoners of Dharma, but for holders of mantra (mantradhara) in particular they represent the heart samaya.
6 Dec 2023
by Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa
In this response to questions, Chokgyur Lingpa addresses controversy surrounding Nyima Drakpa (1647–1710) and the Mindrolling tradition by advocating a nonsectarian attitude of universal acceptance.
18 Mar 2024
by Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa
This brief instruction draws upon three pieces of advice given by great masters of the past.
6 Dec 2023
by Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa
In pithy verses, Chokgyur Lingpa explains the heart of meditation and identifies the major signs of realization.
8 Jan 2024
by Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa
In an address to disciples, Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa sets out a vision of nonsectarianism, in which he emphasizes the commonality of traditions and decries the divisiveness that periodically plagues Tibet and constitutes an act of forsaking the Dharma.
3 May 2020
by Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa
Advice on how to combine and integrate the three sets of vows: 1) the precepts of personal or individual liberation (pratimokṣa), 2) the bodhisattva vows, and 3) tantric samayas.
2 Feb 2024
by Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa
A four-line prayer for uniting with the guru and realizing the three kāyas, extracted from the compilation A Shower of Precious Blessings: A Garland of Supplications to Guru Rinpoche, Embodiment of All Refuge Objects, and to the Three Roots and Lineage Masters.
2 Jul 2024
by Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa
A prayer to Guru Padmasambhava, composed by Chokgyur Lingpa for his own younger brother, taken from the compilation A Shower of Precious Blessings: A Garland of Supplications to Guru Rinpoche, Embodiment of All Refuge Objects, and to the Three Roots and Lineage Masters.
19 Jun 2024
by Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa
Chokgyur Lingpa's first-hand account of the treasure revelations of The Essential Sacred Dharma in Five Cycles (dam chos snying po skor lnga), The Gradual Path of Wisdom Essence (lam rim ye shes snying po), and The Magical Net of the Three Roots (rtsa gsum sgyu ’phrul drva ba) at Chimé Karmo Taktsang and Sengé Yumtsho in Kham in 1866. The account was inscribed on the back of a thangka depicting the revelation scene.
2 Mar 2023
by Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa
In these four short lines, Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa encapsulates, as the colophon reveals, the four qualities that all contemporary tantric practitioners should have.
20 Mar 2023
by Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa
Chokgyur Lingpa imparted this advice at the sacred place of Kyijam Nyida (skyi 'byams nyi zla), while he and his disciples were seated in meditation.
7 Nov 2023
by Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa
A brief history of Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa's treasure (gter ma) revelations from when he was thirteen until he was thirty-three years old as recounted by the tertön himself in either 1860 or 1861.
7 Feb 2023
by Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa
A short prayer to Guru Rinpoche as the source and embodiment of all tantric lineages in Tibet, composed at the request of Riwoche Jedrung.
30 Jun 2020
by Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa
Composed for the sixth Drikung Chungtsang, Könchok Tenzin Chökyi Lodrö (1801–1859), this short text offers straightforward advice on measuring one's progress on the Dharma path.
1 Jun 2020
by Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa
A prayer to Guru Padmasambhava, composed by Chokgyur Lingpa at the request of a disciple named Bechu Buring.
1 Jul 2024
by Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa
A prayer to Guru Padmasambhava and the lineage masters, composed by Chokgyur Lingpa at the request of his ordained and lay disciples, taken from the compilation A Shower of Precious Blessings: A Garland of Supplications to Guru Rinpoche, Embodiment of All Refuge Objects, and to the Three Roots and Lineage Masters.
13 May 2024
by Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa
A four-line prayer to Guru Padmasambhava, composed by Chokgyur Lingpa at the request of a disciple named Karma Dorje, taken from the compilation A Shower of Precious Blessings: A Garland of Supplications to Guru Rinpoche, Embodiment of All Refuge Objects, and to the Three Roots and Lineage Masters.
13 May 2024
by Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa
A prayer to Guru Padmasambhava and the lineage masters, taken from the compilation A Shower of Precious Blessings: A Garland of Supplications to Guru Rinpoche, Embodiment of All Refuge Objects, and to the Three Roots and Lineage Masters.
22 May 2024
by Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa
This short prayer to Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa, which incorporates and plays upon the syllables of his names, was composed at the request of his daughter Könchok Paldrön (dkon mchog dpal sgron).
7 Aug 2024
by Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa
Composed at the request of a disciple named Kunzang Loyang, this prayer invokes Guru Padmasambhava to support practitioners in their inner heat (gtum mo) practice. The text was transcribed by Karme Khenpo Rinchen Dargye.
1 Jul 2024
by Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa
A devotional song for invoking the inspiration and blessings of the guru composed by Chokgyur Lingpa at the request of his disciples Lama Chöying and Yönten.
24 Jun 2024
by Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa
This prayer to Guru Padmasambhava was composed by Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa at the request of a disciple and aide named Ngawang Rinchen.
24 Jun 2024
by Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa
A prayer to Guru Padmasambhava, composed by Chokgyur Lingpa at the request of a geshe from Nyindzong.
27 Jun 2024
by Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa
A prayer to Guru Padmasambhava and the lineage masters, composed by Chokgyur Lingpa at the request of a disciple named Pema Gönpo.
7 Aug 2024
by Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa
A short prayer to Guru Padmasambhava and Yeshe Tsogyal composed at the request of a disciple from Neten Monastery named Pema Sachu.
27 Jun 2024
by Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa
A prayer to the Buddhas of the five families, Guru Padmasambhava and the lineage masters, composed by Chokgyur Lingpa at the request of a disciple named Rigdzin Paljor, taken from the compilation A Shower of Precious Blessings: A Garland of Supplications to Guru Rinpoche, Embodiment of All Refuge Objects, and to the Three Roots and Lineage Masters.
13 May 2024
by Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa
An eight-line prayer to Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa himself and his line of previous incarnations.
7 Aug 2024
by Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa
A four-line prayer to Guru Padmasambhava, composed by Chokgyur Lingpa at the request of a disciple named Sönam Rinchen.
7 Aug 2024
by Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa
A six-line prayer, composed at the request of an unnamed monk from Amdo, from the compilation A Shower of Precious Blessings: A Garland of Supplications to Guru Rinpoche, Embodiment of All Refuge Objects, and to the Three Roots and Lineage Masters.
2 Jul 2024
by Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa
A prayer to Guru Padmasambhava and the lineage masters, taken from the compilation A Shower of Precious Blessings: A Garland of Supplications to Guru Rinpoche, Embodiment of All Refuge Objects, and to the Three Roots and Lineage Masters.
22 May 2024
by Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa
A two-verse prayer addressed to the Fourteenth Gyalwang Karmapa, Tekchok Dorje (1797–1867) to dispel outer and inner obstacles and bestow common and supreme siddhis.
30 Sep 2024
by Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa
A four-line prayer to Guru Padmasambhava, from the compilation A Shower of Precious Blessings: A Garland of Supplications to Guru Rinpoche, Embodiment of All Refuge Objects, and to the Three Roots and Lineage Masters.
2 Jul 2024
by Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa
This seven-line prayer to Longchen Rabjam (1308–1364) was composed at the request of Karme Khenpo Rinchen Dargye (b. 1835).
3 Jul 2024
by Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa
A two-verse prayer addressed to the Fourteenth Gyalwang Karmapa, Tekchok Dorje (1797–1867) to dispel obstacles and bestow accomplishment.
7 Aug 2024
by Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa
This six-line prayer to Guru Padmasambhava is dedicated to the prevention of upheaval in Tibet and Kham.
27 Jun 2024
by Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa
A prayer to Guru Rinpoche, invoking his blessings to go beyond grasping and conceptuality and realize the definite truth of reality.
7 Aug 2024
by Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa
A four-line prayer to Guru Padmasambhava, requesting the elimination of obstacles, bestowal of siddhis and guidance to the realm of Lotus Light.
2 Jul 2024
by Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa
This four-line prayer to the great scholar Rongzom Chökyi Zangpo was composed by Chokgyur Lingpa at the request of Karme Khenpo Rinchen Dargye.
7 Aug 2024
by Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa
A general prayer to the Three Roots from the compilation A Shower of Precious Blessings: A Garland of Supplications to Guru Rinpoche, Embodiment of All Refuge Objects, and to the Three Roots and Lineage Masters.
1 Oct 2024
by Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa
This short autobiography, composed in verse, covers the main events in the great treasure-revealer’s life from 1829, the year of his birth, until 1865, which was five years before he passed away at the age of 42.
3 Apr 2020
by Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa
Verses of invocation and encouragement to dispel obstacles to study, reflection and meditation and accomplish the twofold benefit of self and other.
1 Jul 2024
by Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa
A prayer to Guru Padmasambhava and the lineage masters, composed by Chokgyur Lingpa at the request of a disciple named Rigdzin Paljor, taken from the compilation A Shower of Precious Blessings: A Garland of Supplications to Guru Rinpoche, Embodiment of All Refuge Objects, and to the Three Roots and Lineage Masters.
13 May 2024
by Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa
Pithy words of counsel, pointing out some of the most common shortcomings among practitioners.
2 Oct 2023
by Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa
Chokgyur Lingpa revealed this Gesar practice on the 25th day of the Monkey month in the Fire Rabbit year (1867) following a pure vision. The Second Tsikey Chokling Rinpoche, Könchok Gyurme Tenpé Gyaltsen (1871–1939), later compiled and arranged the treasure text as a sādhana.
1 Aug 2023
by Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa
Verses of advice spoken in response to a request from a mother and child to explain the essence of dependent origination.
7 Nov 2023
by Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa
Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa revealed this concise smoke offering practice (bsang mchod) as part of the famous cycle known as The Guru's Heart Practice: Dispelling All Obstacles on the Path (bla ma'i thugs sgrub bar chad kun sel).
4 Mar 2020
by Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa
Chokgyur Lingpa revealed The Guru’s Heart Practice, Dispeller of All Obstacles (bla ma'i thugs sgrub bar chad kun sel) on the tenth day of the ninth month in the Earth Monkey year (1848). This concise daily sādhana represents the briefest means of practising the cycle.
1 Aug 2023
by Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa
Chokgyur Lingpa revealed this brief Red Hayagrīva sādhana in 1856. It is part of the Magnetizing Profundity of Hayagrīva, which, in turn, belongs to The Sevenfold Profundity (zab pa skor bdun) collection within the Chokling Tersar.
10 Jul 2023
by Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa
This treasure text invoking the Thirty-Five Buddhas of Confession was revealed by Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa as part of the cycle of The Great Compassionate One, Lotus Uṣṇīṣa (thugs rje chen po pad+ma gtsug gtor). It presents a concise version of the famous Bodhisattva’s Confession of Downfalls (byang chub sems dpa'i ltung ba bshags pa).
10 Oct 2022
by Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa
A brief outline of the fivefold practice of Mahāmudrā that is unique to the Drikung Kagyü school: train in bodhicitta, visualize one's body as the deity, visualize the guru as the deity, train in the non-conceptual view, and seal with prayers of dedication and aspiration.
2 Oct 2023
by Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa
On the tenth day of the Monkey month in the Fire Dragon year (12 July 1856) at Yegyel Namkha Dzö, Chokgyur Lingpa revealed The Guru Yoga of Blessings (byin rlabs bla ma'i rnal 'byor), a practice that Guru Padmasambhava is said to have entrusted to Prince Murup Tsenpo.
5 Jul 2023
by Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa
Chokgyur Lingpa revealed the secret cycle of The Heart Practice of Mighty Vajra Wrath (Tukdrup Dorjé Draktsal) from Yegyal Namkha Dzö. This particular Guru Draktsal sādhana is regarded as the auxiliary practice to Chokgyur Lingpa’s The Gradual Path of Wisdom Essence (lam rim ye shes snying po).
2 Mar 2023
by Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa
This concise practice of Guru Dewa Chenpo (gu ru bde ba chen po), the Guru of Great Bliss, was revealed as a terma by Chokgyur Lingpa and transcribed by Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Thaye at Tsurpu Monastery.
22 Nov 2021
by Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa
A simple text to accompany the offering of fragrant incense smoke (bsang) to Gesar Sengchen Norbu Dradül, Great Lion Jewel, Tamer of Foes.
20 Mar 2023
by Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa
Chokgyur Lingpa gave this oral advice, explaining the source of permanent benefit and bliss, to a retinue of followers in Dzözhol Gyurme Ling.
2 Oct 2023
by Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa
At the age of twenty-eight, on the fifteenth day of the fourth month in the Fire Dragon year (19 May 1856), Terchen Chokgyur Lingpa revealed The Sevenfold Cycle of Profundity (zab pa skor bdun) from Damchen Drak at Akanishta Karma. The Three Roots Sādhana (rtsa ba gsum gyi sgrub thabs) constitutes the main sādhana of the sixth cycle, The Profundity of the Three Roots of Longevity (rtsa gsum tshe’i zab pa).
25 Jun 2024
by Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa
This concise biography of the eighth-century master from Uḍḍīyana, Guru Padmasambhava, who established Buddhism in Tibet, was revealed in 1856 by the great treasure-revealer Chokgyur Lingpa as part of the Sevenfold Cycle of Profundity (zab pa skor bdun). The text consists of ten short chapters, each related to a different aspect of the master’s life and activities.
6 Feb 2017
by Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa
Three interrelated aspirations for rebirth in Zangdok Palri, the Copper-Colored Mountain pureland of Guru Rinpoche, from the perspectives of the cause (or ground), path, and fruition.
13 Oct 2020
by Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa
A practice of white and red Sur (gsur), or 'burnt offering', revealed by Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa.
7 Jul 2021
by Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa
Candid verses inviting practitioners to turn their minds inwardly and integrate the teachings.
2 Oct 2023

Chokling Tersé Tulku
by Chokling Tersé Tulku
This short feast-offering liturgy incorporates the Prayer in Six Vajra Lines (Dü Sum Sangyé) and can be used in connection with any guru sādhana.
11 Mar 2022

Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche
by Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche
Chökyi Nyima Rinpoche (b.1951) composed this short biography of his father, Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche (1920–1996), following repeated requests from the khenpos, tulkus, vajra masters, and senior monks of Ka-Nying Shedrub Ling, as well as from disciples at Nagi Gompa, Asura Cave retreat centre, and other Dharma centres.
20 Sep 2022

Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
Khyentse Rinpoche invokes the eight manifestations of Guru Rinpoche (gu ru mtshan brgyad) by drawing on key lines from the famous Mañjuśrīnāmasaṃgīti (Chanting the Names of Mañjuśrī).
14 May 2019
by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
A four-verse prayer to the sacred site of Māratika in Nepal, where Guru Padmasambhava is said to have attained the level of a vidyādhara with power over life.
23 Jan 2025
by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
This prayer to Guru Padmasambhava incorporates the twelve syllables of the Vajra Guru mantra, elaborating upon their meaning in different ways in each of the eight chapters.
20 Apr 2020
by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
A prayer to invoke various wisdom ḍākinīs, including Yeshe Tsogyal, Tārā and Vajravārāhī, in order to request their blessings and aid.
29 May 2019
by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
A fulfilment offering (skong ba) liturgy for the Chokling Tersar cycle of Lama Norlha known as The Excellent Vase of Jewels Wealth Practice (nor sgrub rin chen bum bzang), composed at the behest of Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö.
29 Aug 2024
by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
A lineage supplication for the Chokling Tersar cycle focusing on Lama Norlha known as The Excellent Vase of Jewels Wealth Practice (nor sgrub rin chen bum bzang), composed at the request of a monk named Ngawang Choklé.
29 Aug 2024
by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
A prayer to the lineage of The Profound Essence of Tārā (zab tig sgrol chog), the practice of Green Tārā which was revealed as a mind treasure by Terchen Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa (1829–1870).
15 Jul 2024
by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche adapted this teaching on śamatha and vipaśyanā from The White Lotus, Mipham Rinpoche's supportive teaching (rgyab chos) for the Treasury of Blessings sādhana of Buddha Śākyamuni. The text explains how to accomplish both śamatha and vipaśyanā in the context of that practice and clarifies the relationship between Buddha Śākyamuni, the yidam deity and the guru.
28 Jan 2016
by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
A prayer for the longevity of Neten Chokling Rinpoche (b. 1973) incorporating the name Rigdzin Gyurme Dorje (rig 'dzin 'gyur med rdo rje), which was given to Neten Chokling Rinpoche at his enthronement by His Holiness the Sixteenth Karmapa.
19 Sep 2020
by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
This praise of Kyechok Tsulzang (skyes mchog tshul bzang), also known as Lama Norlha, honors the third of Guru Padmasambhava’s twelve emanations as described in the Tukdrup Barché Kunsel (thugs sgrub bar chad kun sel). The text is composed as an acrostic: the first syllable of each line follows the sequence of the Tibetan alphabet, concluding with the vowels.
23 Apr 2025

Dodrupchen Jigme Tenpe Nyima
by Dodrupchen Jigme Tenpe Nyima
This profound explanation of the individual syllables of Padmasambhava's famous Vajra Guru mantra is written in colloquial language that is concise and easy to understand. The text is explicitly aimed at 'town-dwelling mantrins' who mistakenly confuse the fundamentals of Secret Mantra.
15 Feb 2019

Dudjom Rinpoche
by Dudjom Rinpoche
A brief petitionary offering (gsol mchod) to the mātṛkā Pukkasī, who is the local protectress of the sacred Jarung Kashor stūpa in Boudha, Nepal.
15 Nov 2018
by Dudjom Rinpoche
A simple invocation of Dudjom Rinpoche's lineage masters, from the dharmakāya Padma Amitāyus down to his own root teacher.
2 Apr 2020
by Dudjom Rinpoche
A brief daily practice of Green Tārā, composed at the request of Ngawang Palmo.
20 Mar 2023
by Dudjom Rinpoche
Dudjom Rinpoche composed this prayer of aspiration to be reborn on the Copper-Coloured Mountain of Glory, or Zangdok Palri (zangs mdog dpal ri), after his firstborn daughter, Dekyong Yeshe Wangmo, had left this world. The inspiration for this prayer, it is said, was therefore her parting gift.
12 Nov 2018
by Dudjom Rinpoche
Dudjom Rinpoche composed this four-line supplication after he received the empowerments and transmissions for the Three Sections of the Great Perfection (rdzogs chen sde gsum) from Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche in Lhasa.
17 Mar 2023
by Dudjom Rinpoche
Dudjom Rinpoche composed this short prayer invoking the Abbot, Master and Dharma-King (Khen Lob Chö Sum), i.e., Śāntarakṣita, Guru Padmasambhava and Tri Songdetsen, at Samyé monastery in Tibet at the request of his son, Thinley Norbu Rinpoche.
18 Nov 2018
by Dudjom Rinpoche
Dudjom Rinpoche wrote this short prayer when he was engaged in long-life practice at Māratika cave in Nepal, the sacred site where Guru Rinpoche achieved immortality with his consort, Mandāravā.
14 Feb 2020
by Dudjom Rinpoche
A short daily practice for longevity focusing on Amitāyus, which, in Kyabjé Düdjom Rinpoche's own words, distils "the many vast and profound longevity practices of the treasure tradition."
14 Dec 2021

Eighth Karmapa
by Eighth Karmapa
A short practice of the lion-faced ḍākinī, Siṃhamukhā (seng gdong ma), who is associated with the elimination of adversity, threats and danger.
2 May 2023

Fifteenth Karmapa
by Fifteenth Karmapa
A short prayer invoking Khandro Yeshe Tsogyal in order to dispel obstacles and fulfil wishes.
17 Apr 2020
by Fifteenth Karmapa
A brief rite of amṛta or 'medicinal nectar' offering (sman mchod) to accompany The Guru’s Heart Practice, Wish-Fulfilling Jewel (thugs sgrub yid bzhin nor bu) revelation of Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo and Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa.
3 Apr 2023

Fifth Dalai Lama
by Fifth Dalai Lama
The Great Fifth Dalai Lama wrote this prayer to Guru Padmasambhava in his eight manifestations, calling upon him to remember his pledge to Tibet and its people, for recitation on the tenth day of each lunar month.
4 Jul 2018

Fourteenth Dalai Lama
by Fourteenth Dalai Lama
A two-verse aspiration for the swift reincarnation of Tsikey Chokling Rinpoche, Mingyur Dewey Dorje (1953–2020).
2 Sep 2022

Gönpo Tseten Rinpoche
by Gönpo Tseten Rinpoche
Gönpo Tseten Rinpoche wrote this explanation of the significance of the Tenth Day (or Guru Rinpoche Day) of each lunar month for his American students, in California in 1981. He tells the life-story of Guru Rinpoche, highlights the significance of the tenth day, explains the practice of gaṇacakra, and outlines its benefits.
19 Oct 2018

Guru Chökyi Wangchuk
by Guru Chökyi Wangchuk
This concise instruction on the practice of Vajrakīla (or Vajrakīlaya) was given by Guru Padmasambhava to his closest disciple, Khandro Yeshé Tsogyal. Rooted in the Atiyoga approach, the text elaborates on the oft-quoted verses from the Vajrakīla Root Tantra Fragment (Tōh. 439). Preserved within the Treasury of Revelations (Rinchen Terdzö), it stands as one of the few unedited, original revelations by Guru Chöwang from his Vajrakīla cycle, The Extremely Secret Razor Vajrakīla (phur ba yang gsang spu gri).
18 Mar 2020
revealed by Guru Chökyi Wangchuk
A collection of brief ḍhāraṇīs that are said to encapsulate the essence of the entire Kangyur (bka' 'gyur), or Collected Words of the Buddha, and serve as a powerful means of purification when recited.
21 Jun 2020

Jamgön Amnye Zhab Ngawang Kunga Sönam
by Jamgön Amnye Zhab Ngawang Kunga Sönam
Amnye Zhab Ngawang Kunga Sönam composed this supplication to Guru Padmasambhava for the swift fulfilment of all wishes in 1641, when war and chaos were afflicting the regions of Ü and Tsang. The prayer is included within the Compendium of Sādhanas (sgrub thabs kun btus).
3 Oct 2022

Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Thaye
by Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Thaye
This epic of Guru Padmasambhava, as recorded by Khandro Yeshe Tsogyal, was revealed by Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Thaye as a “siddhi”. The text consists of ten short chapters, each related to a different aspect of the master’s life and activities.
17 Dec 2018
by Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Thaye
A brief rite of amṛta or medicinal elixir offering (sman mchod) to accompany The Three Roots Sādhana (rtsa ba gsum gyi sgrub thabs) from The Profundity of the Three Roots of Longevity (rtsa gsum tshe’i zab pa).
25 Jun 2024
by Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Thaye
This popular song of devotion composed by the celebrated Rimé (ecumenical) master Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Tayé has two parts: the first an invocation of the great holders of various lineages, and the second a declaration of one's own faults and a request for the guru's aid in overcoming them and attaining realization.
9 Dec 2021
by Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Thaye
This practice of smoke (bsang) offering to supplement The Excellent Vase of Jewels Wealth Practice (nor sgrub rin chen bum bzang) from the Chokling Tersar was composed at Chokgyur Lingpa's request.
30 Aug 2023
by Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Thaye
Jamgön Kongtrul supplemented the root treasure text and arranged it into this elaborate sādhana of Guru Dewa Chenpo, which belongs to the Three Roots sub-cycle within the larger cycle of Sevenfold Profundity.
5 Apr 2024
by Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Thaye
This concise ritual for cultivating the pure realm of Amitābha was arranged by Jamgön Kongtrul based on Chokgyur Lingpa’s Amitābha sādhana from the Essence Manual of Oral Instructions (zhal gdams snying byang). The practice forms the sixth of eleven modes of liberation in Kongtrul's Wondrous Ocean: An Elucidation of the Application of the Eleven Modes of Liberation of the Sambhogakāya, Tamer of Beings (longs sku 'gro 'dul gyi las rim grol ba bcu gcig gi lag len gsal byed ngo mtshar rgya mtsho).
2 Nov 2022
by Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Thaye
This description of gaṇacakra, preserved in The Treasury of Extensive Teachings (rgya chen bka’ mdzod), presents a clear Nyingma perspective on the practice of gaṇacakra. The text does not refer to any particular sādhana, but offers a generic explanation that is remarkable for its clarity and detail.
1 Oct 2021
by Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Thaye
Supplication to the lineage of Tsokyé Nyingtik, the secret practice among the Chokling Tersar’s Four Cycles of Guru Yoga (bla sgrub skor bzhi).
5 Sep 2022
by Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Thaye
Jamgön Kongtrul composed this lineage prayer for The Guru’s Heart Practice, Wish-Fulfilling Jewel (thugs sgrub yid bzhin nor bu) while residing at his famous retreat centre of Tsadra Rinchen Drak.
3 Apr 2023
by Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Thaye
This simple practice of 'freeing lives' (tshe thar), which is included in the Rinchen Terdzö, was arranged by Jamgön Kongtrul Rinpoche, who drew mainly upon The Innermost Secret, Unsurpassed Longevity Practice (tshe sgrub yang gsang bla med) of Longsal Nyingpo (1625–1692).
23 Jan 2022
by Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Thaye
Extracted from the famous collection of the life stories of 108 treasure revealers called A Precious Garland of Lapis Lazuli, this account of Guru Padmasambhava's life and liberation synthesises and even comments upon earlier sources.
23 May 2018
by Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Thaye
Upon the request of Öntrul Rinpoche, Jamgön Kongtrul composed this lineage prayer for The Profundity of the Three Roots of Longevity (rtsa gsum tshe’i zab pa) while staying in Palpung Nyingpo Yiga Chödzin.
25 Jun 2024
by Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Thaye
Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Thaye composed this beautiful prayer summarizing Samten Lingpa’s famous terma biography of Khandro Yeshe Tsogyal in 1893 at the request of Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo and the yoginī Doshul Khandro.
21 Feb 2017
by Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Thaye
A guru yoga featuring the three great nonsectarian masters Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa, Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo, and Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Thayé as embodiments of the Lords of the Three Families—Avalokiteśvara, Mañjuśrī and Vajrapāṇi.
2 Jan 2023

Jampal Dewe Nyima
by Jampal Dewe Nyima
A commentary on the famous six-syllable mantra of Mañjuśrī (oṃ arapacana dhīḥ), relating each mantra syllable to aspects of generation stage (bskyed rim), completion stage (rdzogs rim) and Great Perfection (rdzogs chen) practice.
7 Oct 2020

Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
While on pilgrimage through India in 1956, Jamyang Khyentse meditated at the Indian master Śavari's meditation cave in the Śītavana (‘Cool Grove’) charnel ground near Bodhgayā, resulting in a vision of the mahāsiddha. Soon afterwards he composed this guru yoga.
25 Mar 2021
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.
31 Jan 2018
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
This is a poetic guide to the sacred site of Yangleshö (yang le shod) near the village of Pharping to the south of the Kathmandu Valley, where it is said that Guru Padmasambhava attained the level of a Mahāmudrā vidyādhara. Jamyang Khyentse wrote the text following a series of visionary experiences; it has the quality of a revelation and ends with a series of cryptic prophecies.
4 Feb 2018
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
This practice unites the recitation of the famous Dü Sum Sangyé Prayer with a corresponding visualisation of the four main forms of Guru Padmasambhava according to the Chokling Tersar’s Four Cycles of Guru Yoga (bla sgrub skor bzhi), namely Barché Kunsel, Sampa Lhundrup, Tsokyé Nyingtik and Guru Draktsal. It was composed at the request of a minister to the king of Lingkar.
3 Aug 2022
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
Jamyang Khyentse wrote this recitation guide (bklags thabs) for the Vajrakīla Root Tantra Section (phur pa rtsa dum) at the request of his master of ceremonies, Lama Chokden.
24 Jun 2020
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
This practice unites the recitation of the famous Dü Sum Sangyé Prayer with a corresponding visualisation of the four main forms of Guru Padmasambhava according to the Chokling Tersar’s Four Cycles of Guru Yoga (bla sgrub skor bzhi), namely Barché Kunsel, Sampa Lhundrup, Tsokyé Nyingtik and Guru Draktsal.
10 Mar 2022
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
In this brief commentary, Jamyang Khyentse reveals the outer or literal, inner or hidden and secret or ultimate layers of meaning in the famous Düsum Sangyé or Six Vajra-Line Prayer to Guru Padmasambhava revealed by Chokgyur Lingpa (1829–1870).
24 Dec 2021

Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo
by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo
This prayer beautifully summarizes the Padma Kathang (The Chronicles of Padma), one of the most famous and influential of Guru Padmasambhava's many biographies. It reveals how Guru Rinpoche manifests in an infinite variety of forms in order to protect and spread the Buddhadharma.
18 Mar 2017
by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo
A concise ritual invoking the Four Great Kings (rgyal chen sde bzhi), who are the guardians of the four directions, when establishing and dissolving retreat boundaries.
4 Jan 2023
by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo
Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo explains the history and benefits of some sacred substances and two statues of Guru Padmasambhava—the 'representative' (kutsab) images known as Tukjé Ötro and Ngödrup Palbar—that were revealed by Chokgyur Lingpa.
5 Sep 2022
by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo
This popular liturgy for saving the lives of animals includes practices of taking refuge and generating bodhicitta, as well as the recitation of mantras and dhārāṇīs, visualization, and prayers of auspiciousness, dedication and aspiration.
22 Jun 2021
by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo
A practice of Damdrip Nyepa Kunsel (dam grib nyes pa kun sel)—which derives from the revelations of Trengpo Sherab Özer (1518–1584)—based on the deity Ucchuṣma (sme brtsegs), with added preliminary and concluding sections and further instructions on purifying samaya defilements.
7 Jul 2021
by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo
Verses in praise of the eighth-century princess and ḍākinī Mandāravā, one of the principal consorts of Guru Padmasambhava.
22 Oct 2020
by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo
In 1848, at the age of twenty-eight, Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo had a vision in which he was blessed by Guru Rinpoche, who then dissolved into his heart. As a result, the root practice of Guru Tsokyé Nyingtik, the Heart-Essence of the Lake-Born Guru, arose in Khyentse Wangpo’s mind, and he immediately wrote down its activity manual.
6 Sep 2022
by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo
Verses of supplication to Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Thayé, Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa, and Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo, which Khyentse Wangpo composed at Jamgön Kongtrul's behest.
10 Oct 2022
by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo
This commentary to Jamgön Kongtrul’s biographical prayer to Chokgyur Lingpa, The Melody of the Auspicious Spiralled Conch, discusses the great tertön's life and legacy, celebrating, in particular, his terma revelations and accomplishments.
7 Feb 2023
by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo
According to the colophon, this elaborate ritual for cultivating the pure realm of Amitābha was compiled by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo at the passing of Chokgyur Lingpa’s mother, Tsering Yangtso. Taking Chokgyur Lingpa’s treasure Amitābha sādhana from the Essence Manual of Oral Instructions (zhal gdams snying byang) as a basis, Khyentse Wangpo added further instructions and verses, primarily from The Array of Amitābha Sūtra (Toh 49, 'od dpag med kyi bkod pa) and The King of Aspiration Prayers (bzang spyod smon lam).
1 Nov 2022
by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo
This short Tārā feast-offering was composed for practitioners who wish to offer a simple gaṇacakra feast within a Tārā sādhana, such as the Zabtik Drolchok.
17 Jan 2019
by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo
A daily practice of the Great Compassionate One, Wish-fulfilling Wheel (thugs rje chen po yid bzhin 'khor lo), a yidam practice which Chokgyur Lingpa revealed at Yegyel Namkha Dzö in 1856.
2 May 2023
by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo
The longer sādhana, or ritual manual (las byang), for the The Guru’s Heart-Practice, Wish-Fulfilling Jewel (thugs sgrub yid bzhin nor bu), which was jointly revealed by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo and Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa at Drak Rinchen Barwa on November 16, 1858.
3 Apr 2023
by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo
This concise instruction for accomplishing longevity (tshe sgrub) is said to be an abridgement of Thangtong Gyalpo's (1361–1485?) original sādhana. According to the colophon, Khyentse Wangpo composed the practice in a meditation cave used by Thangtong Gyalpo himself.
7 Jul 2021

Jedrung Jampa Jungné
by Jedrung Jampa Jungné
A brief Taklung Kagyü preliminary, or ngöndro, that focuses on Vajradhara, the great Indian siddhas, and the masters of the Taklung Kagyü tradition.
4 Jan 2023
by Jedrung Jampa Jungné
Jedrung Jampa Jungné composed this guru sādhana following a vision of the ḍākinī Kadalī. It involves a self-visualisation of Cakrasaṃvara and a front-visualisation of Vajradhara surrounded by the Eighty-Four Mahāsiddhas.
1 Dec 2022
by Jedrung Jampa Jungné
Following a vision of the ḍākinī Kadalī, Jedrung Jampa Jungné composed this prayer that invokes all eighty-four Mahāsiddhas and accompanies the guru yoga sādhana known as Luminous Bindu.
1 Dec 2022

Jetsün Drakpa Gyaltsen
by Jetsün Drakpa Gyaltsen
A simple outline identifying the main features of each verse in the famous, widely-chanted liturgy known as Praise to Tārā with Twenty-One Verses of Homage.
22 Jun 2020
by Jetsün Drakpa Gyaltsen
Drakpa Gyaltsen's influential, word-by-word commentary to the popular Praise to Tārā with Twenty-One Verses of Homage.
15 Jul 2020

Jigme Lingpa
by Jigme Lingpa
A short historical guide to the sacred place of Samye Chimphu, where Guru Padmasambhava taught and granted empowerments to his twenty-five disciples, who then meditated in the surrounding caves and attained signs of accomplishment. Later, as Jigme Lingpa explains, the place became a pilgrimage site that was visited by many of Tibet's most illustrious masters.
30 Aug 2017

Karma Chakme
by Karma Chakme
This famous commentary on the 'transference of consciousness' ('pho ba; Skt. saṃkrānti/utkrānti) describes the various forms of the practice in general and the specific details of the Namchö (gnam chos) transference in particular. It offers instructions on how to perform the transference both for oneself and others.
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.
2 Nov 2017

Karme Khenpo Rinchen Dargye
by Karme Khenpo Rinchen Dargye
A brief ritual for the descent of blessings (byin 'bebs) in connection with Lama Norlha, which is part of the Tukdrub Barche Kunsel cycle (thugs sgrub bar chad kun sel) within the Chokling Tersar.
15 Jul 2024
by Karme Khenpo Rinchen Dargye
A fulfilment offering (skong ba) liturgy for the Chokling Tersar cycle of Lama Norlha known as The Excellent Vase of Jewels Wealth Practice (nor sgrub rin chen bum bzang).
30 Aug 2023
by Karme Khenpo Rinchen Dargye
A brief ritual for summoning ancestral wealth and prosperity (pha mtshun g.yang ‘gugs) in connection with Lama Norlha, which is part of the Tukdrup Barché Kunsel cycle (thugs sgrub bar chad kun sel) within the Chokling Tersar.
15 Jul 2024
by Karme Khenpo Rinchen Dargye
A brief ritual for summoning spirits for the ransom ritual in connection with Lama Norlha, part of the Tukdrup Barché Kunsel cycle (thugs sgrub bar chad kun sel) within the Chokling Tersar.
29 Aug 2024
by Karme Khenpo Rinchen Dargye
A lineage supplication for the Chokling Tersar cycle focusing on Lama Norlha known as The Excellent Vase of Jewels Wealth Practice (nor sgrub rin chen bum bzang).
30 Aug 2023

Khenchen Jigme Phuntsok
by Khenchen Jigme Phuntsok
Composed at the cave of Yangleshö in Nepal, this spontaneous song praises the power of this sacred site, a place where Guru Padmasambhava once meditated and gained accomplishment, while also attesting to Khenchen Jigme Phuntsok's own poetic mastery and realization.
9 Jul 2017

Mātṛceṭa
by Mātṛceṭa
A poetic eulogy (Toh 1142) that extols the thirty-five Buddhas, who feature in confession practices, such as the Bodhisattvas’ Confession of Downfalls (byang chub sems dpa’i ltung bshags), also known as the Sūtra of the Three Heaps (phung po gsum pa’i mdo).
7 Sep 2023

Minling Khenchen Ngawang Khyentse Norbu
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

Mipham Rinpoche
by Mipham Rinpoche
A four-line prayer to accompany offerings to Mahādeva and consort, the protectors associated with the activity of magnetizing.
21 Sep 2022
by Mipham Rinpoche
This praise to the Abbot Śāntarakṣita is part of a set of three praises commemorating the lives of the so-called Abbot, Master and Dharma-King (Khen Lob Chö Sum), i.e., Śāntarakṣita, Guru Padmasambhava and Tri Songdetsen.
4 Aug 2018
by Mipham Rinpoche
A short prayer of aspiration to accompany the offering of a butter lamp (mar me).
30 Oct 2018
by Mipham Rinpoche
This praise to the Emperor Tri Songdetsen is part of a set of three praises commemorating the lives of the so-called Abbot, Master and Dharma-King (Khen Lob Chö Sum), i.e., Śāntarakṣita, Guru Padmasambhava and Tri Songdetsen.
4 Aug 2018
by Mipham Rinpoche
This praise to the Master Padmasambhava is part of a set of three praises commemorating the lives of the so-called Abbot, Master and Dharma-King (Khen Lob Chö Sum), i.e., Śāntarakṣita, Guru Padmasambhava and Tri Songdetsen.
4 Aug 2018

Nāgārjuna
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.
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.
7 Sep 2023

Neten Chokling Ngedön Drubpe Dorje
by Neten Chokling Ngedön Drubpe Dorje
A ritual for paying homage to the Buddha and eight main bodhisattvas as a means of generating bodhicitta. The text belongs to The Great Compassionate One, Lotus Uṣṇīṣa (thugs rje chen po pad+ma gtsug gtor) cycle within the Chokling Tersar.
13 Jun 2023

Ngakchang Shakya Zangpo
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.
22 Dec 2017

Nyala Pema Dündul
revealed by Nyala Pema Düdul
This practice of invoking and paying homage to various buddhas is said to be a powerful means of purifying obscurations and accumulating merit, tantamount to reciting the Kangyur in its entirety. It belongs to the Profound Secret Teachings of The Natural Liberation Pervading Space (mkha' khyab rang grol) revelation.
10 Oct 2022

Nyangral Nyima Özer
by Nyangral Nyima Özer
This prayer in 26 verses recounts the major events of the life of Guru Padmasambhava, from his miraculous birth upon a lotus to his final departure from Tibet for the land of the rakṣasas. Upon recollecting each stage or episode in the Guru's life, the reader requests empowerment and blessings.
22 Aug 2017

Nyoshul Khenpo Jamyang Dorje
by Nyoshul Khenpo Jamyang Dorje
Nyoshul Khen Rinpoche wrote this song of "calling the guru from afar" (bla ma rgyang 'bod) to accompany the Ultimate Guru Sādhana of Simplicity (spros med don gyi bla sgrub) composed by Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche (1920–1996).
4 Feb 2022

Orgyen Lingpa
by Orgyen Lingpa
This revelation of Orgyen Lingpa, discovered at Samye Chimphu, provides a brief account of Guru Padmasambhava's life and deeds. Each of its sixteen chapters describes eight features, beginning with Padmasambhava's eight manifestations, his eight life-giving fathers, eight mothers, and so on. The text concludes with a series of prophecies.
18 Aug 2017

Pema Karpo
by Pema Karpo
Belonging to the set of instructions known as the Seven Excellent Interdependent Connections (rten 'brel rab bdun ma), this text by the great Kagyü teacher Pema Karpo (1527–1592) explains meditative equipoise, which is "the dependent arising that gives rise to excellent qualities", and post-meditation, which is the "dependent arising for perfecting the capacity".
4 Feb 2016

Rangrik Dorje
by Rangrik Dorje
This very short prayer to Guru Padmasambhava, for 'clearing obstacles from the path' (bar chad lam sel) was composed by the treasure-revealer Rangrik Dorje of Nyarong.
22 Jun 2018
by Rangrik Dorje
This very short prayer to Guru Padmasambhava, for 'spontaneously fulfilling all wishes (bsam pa lhun grub) was composed by the treasure-revealer Rangrik Dorje of Nyarong.
22 Jun 2018
by Rangrik Dorje
A seven-line prayer to Guru Padmasambhava for the elimination of all obstacles and the fulfilment of all wishes.
22 Jun 2018
by Rangrik Dorje
This brief invocation, composed at the request of government officials, calls upon Guru Padmasambhava to remember his pledge to come to the aid of Tibet and its people.
22 Jun 2018
by Rangrik Dorje
A brief prayer to Guru Tsokye Dorje—'Lake-Born Vajra'—for the elimination of all obstacles on the spiritual path.
22 Jun 2018
by Rangrik Dorje
A brief prayer to Guru Padmasambhava for protection against adversity and the fulfilment of all wishes.
22 Jun 2018

Ratna Lingpa
by Ratna Lingpa
A four-line prayer to Guru Padmasambhava, which Ratna Lingpa received during a visionary journey to Zangdokpalri (zangs mdog dpal ri), the Copper-Colored Mountain of Glory.
20 Mar 2023
by Ratna Lingpa
A prayer to Guru Rinpoche recounting eleven significant deeds in his life: 1) forming the enlightened intention to tame beings, 2) descending into the lotus flower, 3) spontaneously taking birth, 4) enjoying the pleasures of a prince, 5) taking ordination, 6) practicing various austerities, 7) overcoming Māra's hosts, 8) attaining complete awakening, 9) turning the wheel of the Dharma, 10) engaging in yogic disciplines, and 11) hiding terma treasures to spread the Dharma far and wide.
30 Sep 2017
by Ratna Lingpa
In this brief treasure text, Padmasambhava prophesies the many ways in which he will reveal himself to disciples in the future. He encourages his students to pray to him continually and gives specific instructions on how to invoke him on the tenth day. The text concludes with a description of the destined revealer of this treasure, Ratna Lingpa.
16 Jan 2019

Sakya Paṇḍita Kunga Gyaltsen
by Sakya Paṇḍita Kunga Gyaltsen
This short text by Sakya Paṇḍita (1182–1251) explains gaṇacakra practice from the Sakya perspective according to the traditions of the Hevajra and Cakrasamvara tantras. It is among the earliest Tibetan commentaries on the subject but was originally composed to clarify an even earlier work by Jetsün Drakpa Gyaltsen (1147–1216).
27 Sep 2021

Samten Lingpa
revealed by Samten Lingpa
This prayer, which recounts Mandāravā’s lives and liberation, forms the 37th chapter of Samten Lingpa’s famous terma biography of Princess Mandāravā.
4 Aug 2018

Sangye Lingpa
revealed by Sangye Lingpa
This devotional appeal to Guru Padmasambhava by one of his main consorts, Princess Mandāravā of Zahor, is adapted from The Golden Garland Chronicles (bka' thang gser phreng) revealed by Sangye Lingpa (1340–1396).
11 Apr 2024

Śāntigarbha
by Śāntigarbha
This four-line praise may be the earliest prayer to Padmasambhava preserved in writing. It forms the colophon of the Noose of Methods (IOL Tib J 321, Thabs zhags, or Upāyapāśa), a Mahāyoga commentary attributed to Padmasambhava. A 10th century manuscript of the Noose of Methods including this praise was found at the Dunhuang caves. The prayer shows some similarity to the famous Seven-Line Prayer (tshig bdun gsol ‘debs).
30 Oct 2018

Shakya Shri
by Shakya Shri
This arrangement of Mipham Rinpoche's famous Shower of Blessings Guru Yoga practice adds opening verses of refuge and bodhicitta, a torma offering to the obstructing forces, visualization of the protective sphere and the descent of blessings, as well as concluding verses for the remainder offering, aspiration and dedication.
2 Apr 2020

Shechen Gyaltsab Gyurme Pema Namgyal
by Shechen Gyaltsab Gyurme Pema Namgyal
This pithy text provides beginners with a clear, comprehensible explanation of kyerim (bskyed rim), or the generation stage, including all the most important points of practice, such as the three samādhis, four aspects of recitation, and four stakes that secure the life-force (srog sdom gzer bzhi).
2 Jun 2022

Shikpo Lingpa
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.
30 Aug 2017

Situ Paṇchen Chökyi Jungne
by Situ Paṇchen Chökyi Jungne
This concise commentary draws from the tradition of Fivefold Mahāmudrā teachings passed down from Pakmodrupa to Jikten Sumgön, and thus especially emphasized within the Drikung Kagyü lineage. When included in a single session of practice, these five points—bodhicitta, guru yoga, yidam practice, Mahāmudrā, and dedication—are held to provide a complete path to awakening. Chokyi Jungné’s instruction expands upon traditional presentations by concluding with specific instructions on how to practice during all periods of the day, as well as at the time of death.
29 Jun 2021

Śrī Siṃha
by Śrī Siṃha
This short commentary (Tōh. 4353) on the secret mantra or tantric meaning of the famous Heart Sūtra is attributed to the Atiyoga teacher Śrī Siṃha. According to the colophon, he gave this explanation to his disciple Vairotsana, who put it into writing and taught it to King Tri Songdetsen.
13 Sep 2019

Tai Situ Rinpoche
by Tai Situ Rinpoche
Brief verses of prayer invoking Buddha Śākyamuni, Prajñāpāramitā, Avalokiteśvara, Guru Padmasambhava, Vajrasattva, and the protector Bernakchen, together with their mantras, composed for daily recitation or use on special occasions.
5 Dec 2022

Tashi Tobgyal
by Tashi Tobgyal
A well-known prayer to Guru Rinpoche's foremost disciples, the king Tri Songdetsen and twenty-five of his subjects.
18 May 2016

Tertön Sogyal
by Tertön Sogyal
This succinct explanation of the Vajra Guru mantra places special emphasis on the various meanings of the ‘vajra name’ by which Padmasambhava is invoked, i.e., Vajra Guru Padma.
14 Apr 2019

Tsewang Drakpa
by Tsewang Drakpa
A brief prayer invoking Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa, composed by the great tertön's eldest son, Tersé Gyurme Tsewang Drakpa.
2 May 2023
by Tsewang Drakpa
A simple feast-offering liturgy to facilitate the accumulation of tsok offerings by means of The Wish-Fulfilling Jewel Guru Heart-Practice, Spontaneous Fulfillment of Wishes (bla ma’i thugs sgrub yid bzhin nor bu bsam pa lhun grub ma).
3 Apr 2023

Tsikey Chokling Rinpoche
by Tsikey Chokling Rinpoche
A concise guru yoga focusing on Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche and composed by his son, the Fourth Tsikey Chokling Rinpoche.
1 Dec 2022
arranged by Tsikey Chokling Rinpoche
This practice invokes Lama Norlha as Kyechok Tsülzang (skyes mchog tshul bzang), the third of Guru Padmasambhava’s twelve emanations according to the Tukdrup Barché Kunsel (thugs sgrub bar chad kun sel) maṇḍala. Jamgön Kongtrul created a sādhana from Chokgyur Lingpa's original revelation, which Tsikey Chokling Rinpoche here abbreviates and, in places, augments.
30 Aug 2023

Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche
by Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche
Having spent parts of his life in the hidden valley (sbas yul) of Kyimolung in Nubri, Nepal, Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche composed this eulogy in praise of its sacred landscape.
2 Aug 2018

Yeshe Dorje
by Yeshe Dorje
A prayer invoking the lineage masters of Absé Lumorab (a bse klu mo rab), a Nyingma monastery in Nyarong, founded by Tertön Rangrik Dorjé in 1896. The monastery shares a close connection with Mindroling. Supplementary lines were later added by Jampal Dewé Nyima and Khyentsé Norbu (1904–1968).
12 Mar 2019

Yeshe Tsogyal
by Yeshe Tsogyal
This aspiration for rebirth in Zangdok Palri, the Copper-Coloured Mountain, is attributed to Yeshe Tsogyal. The text has appeared in several compilations and has been ascribed to Pema Lingpa, but its precise origin remains unclear.
11 Apr 2024

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