Padmasambhava

A Garland of Vajra Gems: The Life and Liberation of the Guru

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.

Biography Rinchen Terdzö 17 Dec 2018

The Biography of the Great Orgyen that Naturally Liberates On Sight

revealed by Dudjom Lingpa

This seven-chapter biography is a late example of the Kathang (bka' thang) genre, a versified chronicle of Padmasambhava's life as recounted to Emperor Tri Songdetsen and his subjects. The text is unusually detailed in its description of Padmasambhava's personal practice, listing dozens of places where he meditated, how long he stayed, which practices he performed, which results he gained, and so on. It concludes with a chapter that includes prophecies and practical advice for the people of Tibet.

Biography Termas Dudjom Tersar 22 Jul 2018

The Life and Liberation of Padmākara, the Second Buddha from A Precious Garland of Lapis Lazuli

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.

Biography Rinchen Terdzö 23 May 2018

The Wish-Fulfilling Tree: The Life Story of the Master of Uḍḍiyāna as found in Padmasambhava’s Sevenfold Cycle of Profundity

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.

Biography Guru Rinpoche Prayers Termas Guru Padmasambhava Chokling Tersar 6 Feb 2017

Three Reasons for Confidence: A Work Telling the Life and Liberation Story of the Great Master Padmākara

by Tāranātha

Tāranātha composed this biography of Padmasambhava in 1610. It is unique insofar as it does not follow the version of the life-story recounted in numerous terma texts. Instead, it follows the historical perspective of the Testimony of Ba, as well as several Nyingma tantras and their commentaries.

Biography Rinchen Terdzö 16 Mar 2019

Vast Openness Free from Extremes: An Introduction to Trekchö

revealed by Pema Ledrel Tsal

This brief introduction to Trekchö includes the following topics: probing to the root of thought; searching for hidden flaws; investigating coming, staying and going; introducing thoughts as mind; introducing mind as empty; introducing emptiness as appearance; introducing appearance and emptiness as non-dual; introducing that non-duality as self-liberated; introducing the five poisons as self-liberated; and introducing the six sensory perceptions as self-liberated.

Khandro Nyingtik Dzogchen Restricted 12 Aug 2024

How to Bestow the Empowerments as Thematic Guidance

revealed by Pema Ledrel Tsal

Notes on how to guide students by granting the empowerments gradually over time, waiting for signs of accomplishment before proceeding to the next empowerment and introducing the corresponding practice.

Khandro Nyingtik Empowerment Restricted 30 Jul 2024

Notes on the Empowerments

revealed by Pema Ledrel Tsal

One of two almost identical texts within the Khandro Nyingtik collection explaining how the four empowerments are granted over the course of three days.

Khandro Nyingtik Empowerment Restricted 25 Jul 2024

Notes on the Sequence of the Four Empowerments

revealed by Pema Ledrel Tsal

One of two virtually identical texts within the Khandro Nyingtik collection explaining how the four empowerments are granted over the course of three days.

Khandro Nyingtik Empowerment Restricted 25 Jul 2024

The Prayer that Swiftly Fulfils All Wishes (Sampa Nyur Drupma)

by Longchen Rabjam and Jigme Lingpa

This prayer to Guru Padmasambhava for the swift fulfilment of all wishes begins with a verse from ‘The Infinite Cloud Banks of Profound Meaning’ (zab don rgya mtsho'i sprin phung), which is part of Longchen Rabjam’s Khandro Yangtik (mkha' 'gro yang tig), and concludes with several verses written by Jigme Lingpa. It is said to be particularly beneficial for Tibet, as it has the power to pacify illness, prevent famine and border invasions, and contribute to the welfare of the teachings and beings.

Guru Rinpoche Prayers Guru Padmasambhava Khandro Yangtik Nyingma Mönlam 27 Apr 2013

History of the Lineage of Gurus of the Great Perfection’s Heart-Essence of the Ḍākinīs

revealed by Pema Ledrel Tsal

A brief account of the Khandro Nyingtik lineage from Samantabhadra and Samantabhadrī down to the treasure-revealer Pema Ledrel Tsal and beyond.

Khandro Nyingtik History 22 Nov 2023

A Praise to the Lotus King

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).

Praise 30 Oct 2018

In Praise of Padmākara, the Great Guru of Uḍḍiyāna

by Drikung Kyobpa Jikten Sumgön

This very short work in praise of Guru Padmasambhava—the Great Guru of Uḍḍiyāna—appears at the beginning of the first volume of the Drikung Yangre Gar (ʾbri gung yang re sgar) edition of Jikten Sumgön's collected works.

Praise 23 Feb 2016

The Three Kāyas: Praises to the Great Master Padmasambhava

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 Trisong Detsen.

Praise 4 Aug 2018

A Prayer Recalling the Life and Liberation of the Precious Master Padmasambhava

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.

Guru Rinpoche Prayers Guru Padmasambhava Biographical Prayers Termas Rinchen Terdzö 22 Aug 2017

A Synopsis of Guru Padmasambhava’s Life

by Alak Zenkar Pema Ngödrup Rolwe Dorje

An eight-line prayer to Guru Padmasambhava that incorporates the shortest possible summary of his life and an aspiration for rebirth on the Glorious Copper-Coloured Mountain.

Guru Rinpoche Prayers Guru Padmasambhava Zangdok Palri Aspirations 2 Feb 2019

Prayer of the Profound and Secret Heart-Essence of the Ḍākinīs

revealed by Pema Ledrel Tsal

A prayer to the lineage of Khandro Nyingtik: Samantabhadra and Samantabhadrī, the peaceful and wrathful deities, Vajradhara, Garab Dorje, Śrī Siṃha, Padmasambhava and Yeshe Tsogyal, Pema Ledrel Tsal, Gyalse Lekpa, Longchen Rabjam, Jamyang Khyabdal Lhundrup and Tulku Drakpa Özer.

Khandro Nyingtik Lineage Prayers 15 Nov 2023

Prayer to the Indian Mahāpaṇḍita Padmasambhava

attributed to Menlungpa Mikyö Dorje

One of the most famous four-line prayers to Guru Padmasambhava. It is attributed to Menlungpa Mikyö Dorje, who is also credited with a detailed commentary on the prayer. The final line is often adapted to turn the text into a tea-offering (ja mchod).

Guru Rinpoche Prayers Guru Padmasambhava 12 Apr 2019

The Abbreviated Prayer in Seven Chapters

by Nyangral Nyima Özer

This brief Prayer in Seven Chapters (gsol 'debs le'u bdun ma) is said to have been discovered by the great tertön Nyangral Nyima Özer at Samye Monastery.

Le'u Dünma Guru Rinpoche Prayers Guru Padmasambhava Termas 31 May 2013

Divine Blue Water: A Contamination Purifying Smoke Offering by the Great Master Padmasambhava

Divine Blue Water (lha chab sngon mo) is a smoke offering (bsang) ritual that functions as a remedy against ritual pollution (grib), specifically the form known as ‘contamination’ (mnol). The text is attributed to Padmasambhava, but was not hidden as a treasure (gter ma); it was painted on the wall at Samye Monastery and it is from there that the textual lineage derives. Kyabje Dudjom Rinpoche (1904–1987) edited the version published here, which appears in modern editions of the Nyingma Kama.

Sang Offering 18 Feb 2018

First Testament of the Buddhas

revealed by Pema Ledrel Tsal

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

Khandro Nyingtik Testament Restricted 6 Sep 2024

Second Testament of the Buddhas

revealed by Pema Ledrel Tsal

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

Khandro Nyingtik Testament Restricted 24 Oct 2024

Third Testament of the Buddhas

revealed by Pema Ledrel Tsal

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

Khandro Nyingtik Testament Restricted 13 Nov 2024

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