Tsongkhapa Lobzang Drakpa Series

Tibetan Masters Tsongkhapa Lobzang Drakpa

Great treasury of non-referential compassion, Avalokiteśvara,

Powerful lord of flawless wisdom, Mañjuśrī,

And destroyer of all the hosts of māra, Vajrapāṇi, Lord of Secrets—

Crowning glory amongst all the learned masters of the Land of Snows,

Tsongkhapa Lobzang Drakpa, at your feet I pray!

Texts by and about the great master Tsongkhapa Lobzang Drakpa (tsong kha pa blo bzang grags pa, 1357–1419), founder of the Gelug school:

Aspiration Prayers

Aspiration for the Stages of the Path

This very short prayer of aspiration, just seven quatrains long, focuses on accomplishing the stages of the path (lamrim) as a means to benefit all beings.

Lamrim Aspiration Prayers 13 Jul 2018

Guru Yoga

Rain of Wisdom, Love and Spiritual Power: A Guru Yoga of the Three Mañjughoṣas of the Land of Snow

by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö

A guru yoga focusing on the so-called Three Mañjuśrīs of Tibet, i.e., Longchen Rabjam (1308–1364), Sakya Paṇḍita (1182–1251) and Tsongkhapa Lobzang Drakpa (1357–1419). Here, Jamyang Khyentse further identifies Longchen Rabjam with the bodhisattva Vajrapāṇi and Tsongkhapa with the bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara.

Guru Yoga Nonsectarianism 24 Jan 2019

Short Guru Yoga of the Noble Lord, All-Knowing Tsongkhapa

by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö

Composed in 1958, this simple guru yoga practice of Tsongkhapa Lobzang Drakpa (1357–1419) incorporates the famous Miktsema prayer to the master.

Guru Yoga 8 Dec 2020

Mind Training

Three Principal Aspects of the Path

One of the great Tsongkhapa Lobzang Drakpa's most famous teachings, this short text highlights the importance of renunciation, the motivation of bodhicitta, and the wisdom that realises the nature of things.

Lamrim Mind Training (Lojong) Damngak Dzö 30 Oct 2006

Praise

Praise of Sarasvatī, Goddess of Eloquence

This famous poem is a combined invocation, praise and prayer to Sarasvatī, goddess of eloquence. It is included in the recently compiled anthology known as Ḍākinīs' Great Dharma Treasury.

Sarasvatī Praise Ḍākinī Treasury 13 Mar 2023

Praise to Mañjughoṣa

A short, five-verse praise to Mañjughoṣa, the foremost bodhisattva and father of all the victorious ones.

Praise Mañjuśrī 21 Dec 2021

The Flower of Faith: Praise to the Great Lord Guru Tsongkhapa

by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö

One of two texts in praise of Tsongkhapa Lobzang Drakpa (1357–1419) that Jamyang Khyentse composed, this one dates from early 1959 and follows what he describes as a delusory dream of filling a statue of the master.

Praise 8 Dec 2020

Prayers

Prayer to Rendawa Zhönnu Lodrö

Tsongkhapa composed this five-line verse in honour of his teacher Rendawa Zhönnu Lodrö (who then in turn adapted it into the famous Miktséma prayer to Tsongkhapa himself).

Prayers 11 Jul 2018

The Foundation of All Qualities

This concise prayer of just fourteen stanzas encapsulates the entire teaching of the graduated path (Tib. lamrim) to enlightenment, including both sūtra and tantra.

Prayers Lamrim 13 Jul 2018

The Sweet Melody of Devotion: A Prayer to the Great Omniscient Lord Tsongkhapa

by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö

Jamyang Khyentse composed this prayer in seventeen verses on Tsongkhapa's anniversary in December 1931.

Prayers 29 Jan 2023

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