Shabkar Tsokdruk Rangdrol Series

Tibetan Masters Shabkar Tsokdruk Rangdrol

Having seen the luxuries of saṃsāra as akin to a nest of vipers,

You sincerely turned away from compulsive attachment

To the affairs of the present life, and became a renunciant—

Tsokdruk Rangdrol, at your feet I pray.

Texts by the great poet and Dzogchen adept Shabkar Tsokdruk Rangdrol (zhabs dkar tshogs drug rang grol, 1781–1851):

Aspiration Prayers

Aspiration

A five-verse prayer of dedication and aspiration for the swift enlightenment of all beings.

Aspiration Prayers Dedication 20 Feb 2023

Aspiration to Be Chanted at the Conclusion of the Recitation

This five-verse prayer of dedication and aspiration was composed for an event at which the maṇi mantra of Avalokiteśvara was recited.

Aspiration Prayers Dedication 21 Feb 2023

Light Offering Aspiration Prayer

In this short text to accompany the offering of a butter lamp or candle, the great yogi Shabkar Tsokdruk Rangdrol offers an inspiring visualisation and series of aspirations.

Light Offering Prayers 21 Sep 2016

Auspiciousness

Auspiciousness in Abundance

Verses calling for multiple forms of auspiciousness, including the ubiquity of the Three Jewels and happiness to rival that of the deva realm or a golden age.

Auspiciousness 21 Feb 2023

Benefits

The Benefits of Creating Sacred Objects

A short text outlining the enormous benefits of creating sacred representations of enlightened body, speech and mind.

Benefits Arts & Crafts 1 Mar 2023

Calling the Guru from Afar

A brief devotional song for calling upon the root guru and requesting compassionate attention in spite of one's failings.

Calling the Guru from Afar 22 Feb 2023

Dzogchen

A Song of Dzogchen Instructions

This short song of experiential instructions on the Dzogchen view and meditation is rich in imagery and direct in tone. It has recently been misattributed to Khenpo Gangshar Wangpo (1925–1958/9).

Dzogchen Songs and Poems 11 Apr 2023

A Song to Introduce the Unmistaken View of the Great Perfection

by Khenpo Gangshar

This short song on the view and meditation of the Great Perfection was composed by Shabkar Tsokdruk Rangdrol (1781–1851) but has recently been misattributed to Khenpo Gangshar Wangpo.

Dzogchen Songs and Poems 28 Oct 2015

Guru Yoga

Guru Yoga That Liberates the Illusory Body as a Kāya of Light

In this guru yoga for transforming the body into a kāya of rainbow light one visualizes oneself as Avalokiteśvara and the guru as Amitābha within one's heart.

Amitābha Guru Yoga 28 Feb 2023

Prayers

Prayer for Happiness and Well-Being Throughout the Land

An appeal to the guru and Three Roots to grant their blessings, thereby ensuring happiness, peace and prosperity throughout the land.

Prayers Aspiration Prayers 13 Feb 2023

Short Prayer to Shabkar’s Various Incarnations

A prayer to Shabkar identifying his previous incarnations, including Avalokiteśvara, Milarepa, Gyalse Tokme Zangpo and Thangtong Gyalpo, composed at the request of a noblewoman named Drolma Kyidzom.

Prayers 23 Feb 2023

The Swift Infusion of Blessings: A Prayer to the Guru

This supplication to Shabkar himself, invoking the blessings of his body, speech and mind, was composed at Mount Kailash.

Prayers 13 Feb 2023

Preliminary Practice

Concise Preliminaries Practice

This concise set of preliminary practices by Shabkar Tsokdruk Rangdrol includes the outer preliminaries, as well as the inner preliminary practices of taking refuge, arousing bodhicitta, visualisation and recitation of Vajrasattva, maṇḍala offering, and guru yoga.

Ngöndro 3 Feb 2016

Entranceway for the Faithful: Refuge and Bodhicitta Prayers

Three verses for taking refuge, generating bodhicitta and offering hearfelt prayer, composed at Mount Kailash for a student named Lobzang Gelek.

Taking Refuge Bodhicitta 24 Feb 2023

Maṇḍala Offering That Opens the Door to the Pure Realms

A three-kāya maṇḍala offering composed at Mount Kailash at the request of a student named Tendzin Repa.

Maṇḍala Offering 26 Feb 2023

Stream to Wash Away Misdeeds and Obscurations: Vajrasattva Visualization and Recitation

A simple practice for purifying misdeeds and obscurations through visualizing Vajrasattva and reciting his mantra, composed at Mount Kailash for the benefit of multiple disciples.

Vajrasattva 25 Feb 2023

Sang Offering

Brief Sang Offering

This short ritual for offering fragrant incense smoke was written at Lapchi, in the mountains near the border between southern Tibet and Nepal.

Sang Offering 25 May 2023

Songs

A Short Song of Practice

In this short song the famous yogi Shabkar Tsokdruk Rangdrol explains the essence of all practices, from the contemplations of the outer preliminaries to the practices of the inner preliminaries, and the main practices of the generation and perfection stages.

Advice Songs and Poems 28 Jan 2016

A Song of Compassion

The great yogi Shabkar Tsokdruk Rangdrol is, like Milarepa, famous for the songs of realization through which he communicated the teachings. In this song, inspired by the repeated appearance of some beggars at his door, he expresses his compassion for all beings—his very own mothers from previous lives—who are now suffering in saṃsāra's various realms.

Songs and Poems 10 Apr 2008

Pure Perception of Madhyamaka, Dzogchen, and Mahāmudrā

This song advocating a nonsectarian approach to the teachings of Madhyamaka, Dzogchen, and Mahāmudrā was composed for a group of disciples and patrons from Shartsang (shar tshang).

Nonsectarianism Songs and Poems 11 May 2023

Song of Nonsectarianism

In this song promoting a nonsectarian approach to the teachings, Shabkar compares the major traditions of Tibetan Buddhism to various mountain paths, all of which lead to the summit that is Buddhahood. Although approaches might vary in their speed, difficulty and so on, all are valid, just as any path leading to a mountaintop is valid.

Nonsectarianism Songs and Poems 13 May 2023

The Sunlight of Pure Perception

Composed while on retreat on Mahādeva Island in Lake Kokonor, this brief song offers a critical indictment of sectarianism. The text appears in the master's autobiography.

Nonsectarianism Songs and Poems 11 May 2023

When Remembering My Mother

Inspired by a thought of his mother, Shabkar Tsokdruk Rangdrol sang these verses to himself, as a reminder of the importance of recognising all beings as one's mother and remembering their kindness.

Songs and Poems 12 May 2019

Swift Rebirth Prayers

General Prayer for Swift Rebirth

A four-verse supplication for swift rebirth (myur byon gsol 'debs) that is applicable to any lama who has passed into parinirvāṇa.

Swift Rebirth Prayers 3 Mar 2023

Shabkar Tsokdruk Rangdrol Series

Aspiration Prayers

Auspiciousness

Benefits

Calling the Guru from Afar

Dzogchen

Guru Yoga

Prayers

Preliminary Practice

Sang Offering

Songs

Swift Rebirth Prayers

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