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ISSN 2753-4812
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Karma Chakme Series

Tibetan Masters Karma Chakme

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Texts by and about Karma Chakme (karma chags med, 1613–1678), also known as Rāga Asya, a Sanskritized version of his name which he often uses in his writings:

Confession

Karma Chakme is said to have received this confessional liturgy, which includes a number of mantras, from Yama Dharmarāja (gshin rje chos kyi rgyal po) in a vision.
Confession 21 Feb 2016
A brief petition to the earth lords, or spirits of the land (sa bdag), requesting purification for various forms of action that disturb the natural environment.
Confession

Empowerment

A brief torma empowerment (gtor dbang) for the cycle of teachings known as the Profound Dharma of the Peaceful and Wrathful Deites of Self-Liberated Wisdom Mind (zab chos zhi khro dgongs pa rang grol), revealed by Karma Lingpa.
Karling Zhitro Empowerment Peaceful and Wrathful Deities Rinchen Terdzö Restricted 18 Oct 2023

Gesar

A simple, eight-line text to accompany the offering of sang, or fragrant incense smoke, to Gesar, the great leonine warrior-king.
Gesar Sang Offering 9 Jan 2019

Healing

A simple visualization and mantra practice for Medicine Buddha, otherwise known as Bhaiṣajya-Guru, Lord of Physicians.
Medicine Buddha Sickness & Healing 20 Oct 2017

Lungta

A short prayer to Dhvajāgrakeyūra (rgyal mtshan rtse mo'i dpung rgyan), a female deity whose dhāraṇī is particularly treasured as a method for enhancing windhorse (rlung rta).
Prayers Gyaltsen Tsemö Pung Gyen Lungta 30 Mar 2013

Mañjuśrī

This prayer to Buddha Amitābha, Mañjuśrī the 'Lion of Speech' (smra ba'i seng ge) and the goddess Sarasvatī was composed by Karma Chakmé for his own daily practice. It includes a series of aspirations related to wisdom and intelligence.
Mañjuśrī Prayers Sarasvatī Compendium of Sādhanas 3 May 2008

Offering Rites

A concise liturgy to be recited when burying a treasure vase for the earth lords (sa bdag), as is done on such occasions as the construction of a stūpa.
Vase Burial 22 Mar 2024
A brief liturgy to accompany the offering of sang (bsang), or fragrant incense smoke, to the goddess Tārā and her retinue.
Tārā Sang Offering 8 Jul 2021
Lasel Chenmo, 'The Great Spirit Clearing', is a practice for offering sang (incense smoke) to the nāgas (serpent spirits). It is a terma composed by Padmasambhava and revealed by Karma Chakme. This edition also includes further practices written by Paṇchen Lobzang Chökyi Gyaltsen (1570–1662), Tsasum Terdak Lingpa (1694–1738) and others.
Sang Offering 2 Jun 2017

Prayers

Karma Chakmé composed this five-verse prayer to Parṇaśavarī (or Parṇaśabarī, lo gyon ma) on the basis of a vision of the goddess, which he experienced when performing a fire offering.
Parṇaśavarī Prayers 6 Jul 2021
by Fourteenth Karmapa
This brief prayer of aspiration to accompany the offering of a butter lamp (mar me'i smon lam) is part of the feast offering (tshogs mchod) for the Accomplishing the Land of Great Bliss (bde chen zhing sgrub) cycle of practices based on the original Namchö (gnam chos) revelation of Tertön Mingyur Dorje (1645–1667).
Light Offering Prayers Amitābha Sukhāvatī Aspirations Namchö 10 Mar 2016
by Fourteenth Karmapa
A lineage prayer for the Accomplishing the Land of Great Bliss (bde chen zhing sgrub) cycle of practices based on the original Namchö (gnam chos) revelation of Tertön Mingyur Dorje (1645–1667) and compiled by Karma Chakme (1613–1678).
Lineage Prayers Sukhāvatī Aspirations Namchö 26 Sep 2016

Preliminary Practices

This extremely concise form of the Mahāmudrā preliminaries includes contemplations on the preciousness of human birth, impermanence, karma and the sufferings of saṃsāra, as well as the practices of taking refuge, generating bodhicitta, Vajrasattva visualization and recitation, maṇḍala offering and guru yoga.
Mahāmudrā Ngöndro 20 Jan 2021

Sādhanas

A simple practice focusing on Buddha Akṣobhya (mi 'khrugs pa) for purifying karmic obscurations, especially those of the deceased.
Akṣobhya Sādhanas Restricted 6 Jul 2021
A brief sādhana of the Medicine Buddha (Bhaiṣajya Guru) with a special emphasis on pacifying the sickness and mental toxins of all beings.
Medicine Buddha Sickness & Healing Sādhanas Restricted 19 Mar 2020
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.
Sitātapatrā Sādhanas Restricted 2 Nov 2017

Transference (Phowa)

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.
Transference Namchö

Vajraṇakhī

A brief version of the Vajraṇakhī dhāraṇī (rdo rje sder mo’i gzungs) arranged for daily recitation, invoking Vajraṇakhī to protect the practitioner's domestic space, family, friends and allies and to avert any obstacles that might threaten them.
Vajraṇakhī Dhāraṇī 27 Jun 2019
Karma Chakme

Karma Chakme (Rāga Asya)

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Name variants:

Karma Arāga
Rāga Asya

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BDRC Author Profile (P649)

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