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Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa Series

Tibetan Masters Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa

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Lord of all the maṇḍalas, Lake-born Vajradhara,

Manifesting in the form of a supreme vidyādhara,

Great lord of tertöns, sole refuge of all who live in the Land of Snows,

Chokgyur Lingpa, at your feet I pray!

Texts by and about the famous tertön Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa (mchog gyur bde chen gling pa, 1829–1870):

Advice
Six verses of practical advice for a lama from Bumthang in Bhutan.
Advice Chokling Tersar 6 Dec 2023
Verses of advice composed for the benefit of disciples at the sacred site of Khala Rongo.
Advice Chokling Tersar 2 Oct 2023
Two verses of profound meditation instruction for a disciple called Göndrak.
Advice Chokling Tersar 6 Dec 2023
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.
Advice Chokling Tersar 7 Nov 2023
Verses of advice stressing the importance of study, thoroughness and an altruistic attitude, composed for a physician named Könchok Tenzin
Advice Chokling Tersar 2 Feb 2024
Brief advice given near the Yelphuk Cave at the request of a disciple named Kyilu (skyid lu).
Advice Chokling Tersar 7 Nov 2023
Verses of instructions on what to adopt and avoid on the path, which Chokgyur Lingpa imparted to his patrons.
Advice Chokling Tersar 2 Oct 2023
Verses of advice spoken at the request of a female disciple named Tashi Lhamo and transcribed by Khenpo Rinchen Dargyé (b. 1835).
Advice Chokling Tersar 7 Nov 2023
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.
Advice Chokling Tersar 8 Jan 2024
Basic Dharma advice in verse composed at the request of a devoted disciple from Trindu ('khri 'du).
Advice Chokling Tersar 8 Jan 2024
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.
Advice Chokling Tersar 8 Jan 2024
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.
Advice Chokling Tersar 6 Dec 2023
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.
Advice Chokling Tersar Nonsectarianism 18 Mar 2024
This brief instruction draws upon three pieces of advice given by great masters of the past.
Advice Chokling Tersar 6 Dec 2023
In pithy verses, Chokgyur Lingpa explains the heart of meditation and identifies the major signs of realization.
Advice Chokling Tersar 8 Jan 2024
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.
Nonsectarianism Advice Chokling Tersar 3 May 2020
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.
Advice Chokling Tersar 2 Feb 2024
In these four short lines, Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa encapsulates, as the colophon reveals, the four qualities that all contemporary tantric practitioners should have.
Advice 20 Mar 2023
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.
Advice Chokling Tersar 7 Nov 2023
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.
Advice Chokling Tersar 1 Jun 2020
Pithy words of counsel, pointing out some of the most common shortcomings among practitioners.
Advice Chokling Tersar 2 Oct 2023
Verses of advice spoken in response to a request from a mother and child to explain the essence of dependent origination.
Advice Chokling Tersar Dependent Origination 7 Nov 2023
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.
Advice Chokling Tersar Mahāmudrā 2 Oct 2023
Chokgyur Lingpa gave this oral advice, explaining the source of permanent benefit and bliss, to a retinue of followers in Dzözhol Gyurme Ling.
Advice Chokling Tersar 2 Oct 2023
Candid verses inviting practitioners to turn their minds inwardly and integrate the teachings.
Advice Chokling Tersar 2 Oct 2023

Aspiration Prayers
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.
Zangdok Palri Aspirations Guru Rinpoche Prayers 30 Oct 2018
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
A short prayer for the spread of the tradition of Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa, Jamgön Kongtrul and Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo and for the flourishing of the teachings at Tenchok Gyurme Ling (rten mchog 'gyur med gling), the seat of Chokgyur Lingpa, better known as Neten Monastery.
Nonsectarianism Aspiration Prayers 15 Sep 2020
revealed by Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa
This aspiration prayer is said to have been spoken by Guru Padmasambhava when revealing the Vajradhātu maṇḍala in the temple of Samye. The text was revealed by Chokgyur Lingpa and transcribed by Jamgön Kongtrul. Generally, it is known as Mönlam Chokchu Düzhima (Aspiration of the Ten Directions and Four Times), a name which derives from the prayer's first four syllables.
Aspiration Prayers Termas Chokling Tersar Rinchen Terdzö Khyentse Kabab Nyingma Mönlam 14 Jun 2019
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.
Zangdok Palri Aspirations Guru Rinpoche Prayers 13 Oct 2020

Biography
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.
Autobiography Chokling Tersar Rinchen Terdzö 3 Apr 2020
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.
Biography Chokling Tersar Rinchen Terdzö 7 Feb 2023
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.
Biography Guru Rinpoche Prayers Termas Guru Padmasambhava Chokling Tersar 6 Feb 2017

Chöd
by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
A simple practice of Chöd ('severance') extracted from the Essential Manual of Oral Instructions (zhal gdams snying byang), which is part of the Chokling Tersar, and supplemented by verses of introduction and conclusion composed by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche.
Chöd Termas Chokling Tersar Tukdrup Barché Kunsel Restricted 1 Jan 2020

Confession
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).
Confession Chokling Tersar 10 Oct 2022
This version of the Yeshe Kuchokma (ye shes sku mchog ma) was arranged by Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa (1829–1870) for recitation during the Ngakso Drupchen (sngags gso sgrub chen) and the Khorwa Dongdruk (‘khor ba dong sprug) practice. Chokgyur Lingpa has added an additional line as well as the syllables oṃ, āḥ and hūṃ to the root text.
Confession 21 Jan 2020
This version of the famous confession, revealed as part of the Tukdrup Barché Kunsel (thugs sgrub bar chad kun sel) cycle, differs slightly from the eleventh chapter of the Immaculate Confession Tantra, with minor variations throughout and an additional two lines at the very end.
Confession Termas Chokling Tersar Khyentse Kabab Rinchen Terdzö Restricted 9 Jan 2020

Dharma Protectors
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.
Tukdrup Yizhin Norbu Termas Rinchen Terdzö Chokling Tersar 2 Jun 2023

Guru Rinpoche Prayers
During a visionary journey to Zangdokpalri, Chokgyur Lingpa heard this prayer sung by ḍākinīs and recorded it upon awakening.
Guru Rinpoche Prayers 2 Jul 2024
A six-line supplication to Guru Padmasambhava for dispelling obstacles and gaining accomplishment.
Guru Rinpoche Prayers 2 Jul 2024
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.
Guru Rinpoche Prayers 19 Jun 2024
A short prayer to Guru Rinpoche as the source and embodiment of all tantric lineages in Tibet, composed at the request of Riwoche Jedrung.
Guru Rinpoche Prayers Guru Padmasambhava 30 Jun 2020
A prayer to Guru Padmasambhava, composed by Chokgyur Lingpa at the request of a disciple named Bechu Buring.
Guru Rinpoche Prayers 1 Jul 2024
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.
Guru Rinpoche Prayers Guru Padmasambhava 22 May 2024
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.
Guru Rinpoche Prayers Dzogrim 1 Jul 2024
This prayer to Guru Padmasambhava was composed by Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa at the request of a disciple and aide named Ngawang Rinchen.
Guru Rinpoche Prayers 24 Jun 2024
A prayer to Guru Padmasambhava, composed by Chokgyur Lingpa at the request of a geshe from Nyindzong.
Guru Rinpoche Prayers 27 Jun 2024
A prayer to Guru Padmasambhava and the lineage masters, composed by Chokgyur Lingpa at the request of a disciple named Pema Gönpo.
Guru Rinpoche Prayers 7 Aug 2024
A short prayer to Guru Padmasambhava and Yeshe Tsogyal composed at the request of a disciple from Neten Monastery named Pema Sachu.
Guru Rinpoche Prayers 27 Jun 2024
A four-line prayer to Guru Padmasambhava, composed by Chokgyur Lingpa at the request of a disciple named Sönam Rinchen.
Guru Rinpoche Prayers 7 Aug 2024
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.
Guru Rinpoche Prayers Guru Padmasambhava 22 May 2024
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.
Guru Rinpoche Prayers 2 Jul 2024
This six-line prayer to Guru Padmasambhava is dedicated to the prevention of upheaval in Tibet and Kham.
Guru Rinpoche Prayers 27 Jun 2024
A prayer to Guru Rinpoche, invoking his blessings to go beyond grasping and conceptuality and realize the definite truth of reality.
Guru Rinpoche Prayers 7 Aug 2024
A four-line prayer to Guru Padmasambhava, requesting the elimination of obstacles, bestowal of siddhis and guidance to the realm of Lotus Light.
Guru Rinpoche Prayers 2 Jul 2024
Verses of invocation and encouragement to dispel obstacles to study, reflection and meditation and accomplish the twofold benefit of self and other.
Guru Rinpoche Prayers Guru Padmasambhava 1 Jul 2024
This famous prayer to Guru Padmasambhava for the elimination of all obstacles on the spiritual path is the outer practice of The Guru's Heart Practice: Dispelling All Obstacles on the Path (bla ma'i thugs sgrub bar chad kun sel), a joint revelation of Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa and Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo.
Guru Rinpoche Prayers Guru Padmasambhava Termas Rinchen Terdzö Chokling Tersar Tukdrup Barché Kunsel Nyingma Mönlam 31 May 2013
Popularly known as Dü Sum Sangye (Dus gsum sangs rgyas), this short prayer to Guru Padmasambhava was discovered as a treasure (gter ma) by Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa. As indicated in the colophon, it was—and still is—regarded as especially pertinent for the current time.
Guru Rinpoche Prayers Guru Padmasambhava Termas Chokling Tersar Nyingma Mönlam 31 May 2013
Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa’s revelation of the Sampa Lhundrupma (bsam pa lhun grub ma), a famous prayer to Guru Padmasambhava for the spontaneous fulfilment of wishes, forms the outer section of The Guru’s Heart Practice: The Wish-Fulfilling Jewel (thugs sgrub yid bzhin nor bu). The prayer is very similar to Tulku Zangpo Drakpa’s Sampa Lhundrupma prayer, which is counted as the final chapter of the Le’u Dünma or Prayer in Seven Chapters.
Guru Rinpoche Prayers Guru Padmasambhava Termas Rinchen Terdzö Chokling Tersar Tukdrup Yizhin Norbu 31 May 2013
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 Testament Chokling Tersar

Guru Yoga
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.
Guru Yoga
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.
Guru Yoga Chokling Tersar 5 Jul 2023
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
This guru yoga features the Fifteenth Karmapa, Khakhyab Dorje (1871–1922), as the main figure, around whom are three other masters: Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Thaye (1813–1899), Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo (1820–1892) and Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa (1829–1870).
Guru Yoga 5 Oct 2022
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.
Guru Yoga 2 Jan 2023

History
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.
History Chokling Tersar Inscriptions 2 Mar 2023
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.
History Chokling Tersar Rinchen Terdzö 7 Feb 2023

Long-Life Prayers
The author mentions that he wrote this general long-life prayer with teachers such as the Karmapa and Shamarpa particularly in mind, and that he was instructed to compose a practice incorporating both Guru Padmasambhava and Vajrakīla—although several other long-life deities are also invoked, including Tārā.
Long-Life Prayers 5 Jun 2015

Longevity
by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo
This practice for invoking longevity is extracted from The Heart-Essence of Perfect Immortality (yongs rdzogs 'chi med snying thig), which belongs to the Chokling Tersar.
Chimé Pakmé Nyingtik Longevity Rinchen Terdzö Restricted 12 Sep 2022

Offering
Verses for consecrating 'medicine' (sman), or amṛta, as part of The Innermost Cycle of the Yidam (gsang skor yi dam) practice from Three Sections of the Great Perfection (rdzogs chen sde gsum).
Kagyé Amṛta Offering Chokling Tersar Rinchen Terdzö 16 Jul 2024
A practice of white and red Sur (gsur), or 'burnt offering', revealed by Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa.
Sur Offering Chokling Tersar Rinchen Terdzö 7 Jul 2021

Pilgrimage
by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo
This revelation, which belongs to the Dzogchen Dé Sum cycle of the Chokling Tersar, explains the properties of the sacred site of Pema Shelpuk near Dzongsar and the benefits of circumambulating and offering gaṇacakra there.
Pema Shelpuk Rinchen Terdzö 18 Jan 2024

Praise
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
Jamyang Khyentse composed these verses in praise of Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa (1829–1870) while at Tsikey Norbu Ling Monastery, in the presence of the stūpa commemorating the great tertön.
Praise 23 Jun 2020

Prayers
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.
Prayers 27 Jul 2020
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.
Prayers 2 Jul 2024
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.
Prayers 13 May 2024
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.
Prayers 13 May 2024
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).
Prayers 7 Aug 2024
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.
Prayers 24 Jun 2024
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.
Prayers 13 May 2024
An eight-line prayer to Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa himself and his line of previous incarnations.
Prayers 7 Aug 2024
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.
Prayers 2 Jul 2024
by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo
Composed at the request of Chokgyur Lingpa's consort some time after his passing in 1870, this supplication in six verses is a means of invoking the great treasure-revealer's blessings.
Prayers 5 Feb 2024
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.
Prayers 30 Sep 2024
This seven-line prayer to Longchen Rabjam (1308–1364) was composed at the request of Karme Khenpo Rinchen Dargye (b. 1835).
Prayers 3 Jul 2024
A two-verse prayer addressed to the Fourteenth Gyalwang Karmapa, Tekchok Dorje (1797–1867) to dispel obstacles and bestow accomplishment.
Prayers 7 Aug 2024
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
A four-line prayer to invoke the blessings of the three great masters Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo, Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Thaye and Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa.
Nonsectarianism Prayers 22 Jun 2020
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.
Nonsectarianism Prayers 10 Oct 2022
This four-line prayer to the great scholar Rongzom Chökyi Zangpo was composed by Chokgyur Lingpa at the request of Karme Khenpo Rinchen Dargye.
Prayers 7 Aug 2024
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.
Prayers 1 Oct 2024
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.
Prayers 13 May 2024
by Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Thaye
Jamgön Kongtrul’s biographical prayer to Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa (1829–1870) details the master's life and legacy, especially his terma revelations and accomplishments. The text is included within the Rinchen Terdzö collection.
Prayers Biographical Prayers Rinchen Terdzö Khyentse Kabab 18 Jan 2023
This short prayer to Chokgyur Lingpa invokes the great tertön by means of three different names: Chokgyur Lingpa, Dechen Lingpa, and Zhikpo Lingpa.
Prayers Chokling Tersar 6 Jan 2023

Sādhanas
This short practice of invoking Tārā to swiftly accomplish all aims, remove obstacles, and protect from dangers belongs to the Tārā Who Dispels All Fears (sgrol ma 'jigs pa kun sel) subcycle, part of the Tukdrup Barché Kunsel within the Chokling Tersar.
Tārā Tārā Who Dispels All Fears Restricted 26 Jan 2026
by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
Khyentse Rinpoche composed this simple sādhana of Vajrasattva by adapting a section of the Tukdrup Sheldam Nyingjang (thugs sgrub zhal gdams snying byang), the root text of the Barche Kunsel revelation of Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa.
Sādhanas Vajrasattva Termas Chokling Tersar Tukdrup Barché Kunsel Restricted 16 Oct 2019
This arrangement follows Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Thayé’s (1813–1899) instructions for a concise daily version of Tertön Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa’s (1829–1870) Profound Essence of Tārā, commonly known as Zabtik Drolchok (zab tig sgrol chog).
Tārā Profound Essence of Tārā Rinchen Terdzö Restricted 21 Feb 2025
The practice of Tārā’s Profound Essence (sgrol ma'i zab tig), commonly referred to as Zabtik Drolchok (zab tig sgrol chog) is a sādhana of Green Tārā, revealed as a mind treasure (dgongs gter) by Tertön Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa (1829–1870) at Pema Shelpuk (pad+ma shel phug). This is Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Thayé’s (1813–1899) elaborate liturgical arrangement of the root treasure text.
Tārā Profound Essence of Tārā Rinchen Terdzö Nyingma Mönlam Restricted 21 Feb 2025
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.
Sādhanas Chokling Tersar Guru Dewa Chenpo Rinchen Terdzö Restricted 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).
Amitābha Chokling Tersar Rinchen Terdzö Tukdrup Barché Kunsel 2 Nov 2022
by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo
A sādhana for the Kagyé (bka’ bgyad) practice from The Three Sections of the Great Perfection (rdzogs chen sde gsum) revealed by Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa at the Lotus Crystal Cave (padma shel phug) in 1857.
Kagyé Chokling Tersar Rinchen Terdzö Restricted 17 Jul 2024
An expansion of the mantra recitation and visualization sections of The Innermost Cycle of the Yidam (gsang skor yi dam) practice from Three Sections of the Great Perfection (rdzogs chen sde gsum).
Kagyé Chokling Tersar Rinchen Terdzö Restricted 17 Jul 2024
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.
Gesar Chokling Tersar Restricted 1 Aug 2023
An extremely concise arrangement for the daily practice of Tertön Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa’s (1829–1870) Profound Essence of Tārā, commonly known as Zabtik Drolchok (zab tig sgrol chog).
Tārā Profound Essence of Tārā Restricted 21 Feb 2025
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).
Amitābha Chokling Tersar Rinchen Terdzö Tukdrup Barché Kunsel Restricted 1 Nov 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.
Lama Norlha Wealth & Prosperity Restricted 30 Aug 2023
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.
Termas Rinchen Terdzö Chokling Tersar Tukdrup Barché Kunsel Restricted 1 Aug 2023
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.
Hayagrīva Chokling Tersar Restricted 10 Jul 2023
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.
Chokling Tersar Avalokiteśvara Restricted 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.
Tukdrup Yizhin Norbu Sādhanas Chokling Tersar Rinchen Terdzö Restricted 3 Apr 2023
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).
Chokling Tersar Restricted 2 Mar 2023
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.
Sādhanas Chokling Tersar Guru Dewa Chenpo Restricted 22 Nov 2021
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).
Chokling Tersar Rinchen Terdzö Restricted 25 Jun 2024

Sang Offering
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).
Sang Offering Termas Tukdrup Barché Kunsel Chokling Tersar 4 Mar 2020
A simple text to accompany the offering of fragrant incense smoke (bsang) to Gesar Sengchen Norbu Dradül, Great Lion Jewel, Tamer of Foes.
Gesar Sang Offering 20 Mar 2023

Tantra
from the Words of the Buddha
These commonly cited verses of commitment (dam bca' ba) occur several times in the Precious Treasury of Revelations (rin chen gter mdzod) and are also to be found in the collected writings of Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo, Chokgyur Lingpa and Tertön Sogyal. The translation here is based on the commentary by Ju Mipham (1846–1912).
Samaya Rinchen Terdzö 27 May 2020

Tsok
This prayer, to be recited when accumulating tsok offerings on a large scale, is extracted from 'The Essential Drop of Enlightened Activity: A Tsok Offering for the Single Mudrā Form of Vajrakumāra', which is itself part from the Sangtik Korsum cycle, a joint revelation of Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa and Jamgön Kongtrul.
Vajrakīlaya Termas Rinchen Terdzö Chokling Tersar Tsok Restricted 10 Aug 2020
Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa

Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa

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