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ISSN 2753-4812
ISSN 2753-4812

Gatön Ngawang Lekpa Series

Tibetan Masters Gatön Ngawang Lekpa

English (16) | བོད་ཡིག (16)

Holding the oceanic treasury of the profound and secret aural lineage

Of the lords of speech, Mañjughoṣas of the Sakya tradition,

You are without equal in creating a feast of excellent explanation,

Glorious guru, at your feet I pray!

Texts by and about the Sakya lama Gatön Ngawang Lekpa (sga ston ngag dbang legs pa, 1864–1941) of Tharlam Monastery, one of the foremost Lamdré (lam ’bras) teachers of recent times:

Advice

Verses of advice that Gatön Ngawang Lekpa gave to his heart-disciple Dezhung Tulku Ajam (1885–1952) and which were published within the latter’s collected writings.
Advice 17 Jan 2023

Aspiration Prayers

This short light offering prayer (mar me'i smon lam) by Gatön Ngawang Lekpa, which is commonly recited in the Sakya tradition, encourages the practitioner to visualize a lamp that is as vast as the universe and that shines with the light of a billion suns, as the basis for infinite 'offering-clouds'.
Light Offering Prayers 10 Feb 2007
As he was approaching death, Gatön Ngawang Lekpa composed this four-line prayer to Ga Rabjampa Kunga Yeshe (1397–1470) requesting his assistance in order to reach the pureland of Sukhāvatī.
Sukhāvatī Aspirations Prayers 20 Jan 2023
Taken from the author's miscellaneous writings, this inspiring prayer to complete the bodhisattva path was composed at the request of Lama Jamyang Gyaltsen (1870–1940).
Aspiration Prayers 31 Jan 2019

Guru Yoga

by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
Jamyang Khyentse says that he composed this guru yoga based on his teacher Gatön Ngawang Lekpa (1864–1941) following "a minor delusory apparition"—in other words, a vision. The practice features Ngawang Lekpa in the form of the bodhisattva Padmarāja in the pureland of Sukhāvatī.
Guru Yoga 23 Jan 2023

Lineage Prayers

by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
Supplementary verses for the lineage prayer of Tsarchen Losal Gyatso's instructions from the Lamdré, including two verses composed by Gatön Ngawang Lekpa and two which Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö wrote in 1954 while transmitting the Lamdré Lopshé to Sakya Dagchen Rinpoche.
Lineage Prayers Lamdré 27 Aug 2021

Long-Life Prayers

Gatön Ngawang Lekpa composed these verses for the occasion of Dezhung Rinpoche's enthronement at Tharlam Monastery in 1923.
Long-Life Prayers 15 Jun 2021
This four-line prayer for the longevity of Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö describes the master’s qualities using the trope of threefold categories.
Long-Life Prayers 18 Jul 2019
A three-verse prayer for the longevity of the great Sakya scholar Öntö Khyenrab Chökyi Özer (1889–1959).
Long-Life Prayers 5 Feb 2019

Praise

by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
Verses in praise of the great Sakya teacher Ngawang Lekpa (1864–1941) composed at the request of two of his devoted disciples, Yeshe Nyima and Ngawang Rinchen.
Praise 14 Jun 2021
This four-line verse in praise of Dezhung Tulku Ajam Rinpoche (1885–1952) incorporates the syllables of the master's name, Jamyang Kunga Tenpé Gyaltsen.
Praise 19 Jan 2023
In these five verses, Ngawang Lekpa praises the body, speech, mind, qualities and activity of Ga Rabjampa, the great scholar and founder of Tharlam Monastery. The author incorporates the syllables of the master's name, Kunga Yeshe (meaning total joy and wisdom), into every verse.
Praise 31 Jan 2019

Prayers

This nine-verse composition is both a supplication to Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö (1893–1959) and a prayer for his long life.
Prayers 20 Jan 2023
A four-line prayer composed by the master himself at the request of the monks of Dezhung Monastery.
Prayers 29 Dec 2022
by Dezhung Tulku Ajam
Dezhung Tulku Ajam's three-verse supplication to his root teacher, Gatön Ngawang Lekpa (1864–1941), includes a prayer for the master's long life and the flourishing of his activity.
Prayers 18 Jan 2023
According to his biography, Gatön Ngawang Lekpa recited this prayer to Sakya Paṇḍita together with the famous four-line Shejama (shes bya ma) prayer that he accumulated 4,300,000 times while performing prostrations.
Prayers 19 Jan 2023
Gatön Ngawang Lekpa

Gatön Ngawang Lekpa

Photographer unknown

Name variants:

Gatön Vāgindra

Further information:

Sakya Research Centre Profile
Treasury of Lives Author Bio
BDRC Author Profile (P812)

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