Damngak Dzö Series

This short text (Bodhisattvamaṇyāvalī in Sanskrit), which is included in the Middle Way section of the Tengyur (Toh 3951), is regarded as a classic work of the Mind Training (blo sbyong) tradition. With its direct and pithy language, it is not so much a poem as a series of maxims on the bodhisattva path.

Mind Training (Lojong) Advice Tengyur 28 Jan 2008

The Lamp for the Path to Enlightenment

by Atiśa Dīpaṃkara

This short text, Atiśa Dīpaṃkara Śrījñāna's most famous and important work, served to establish lamrim, the 'graduated path', as a genre of Tibetan literature and to introduce the three types of being (skyes bu gsum) as a significant typology. It is included in the Middle Way section of the Tengyur (Toh 3947).

Lamrim Tengyur 7 Apr 2021

The Seven Points of Mind Training: Root Text of the Mahāyāna Instruction

by Geshe Chekhawa Yeshe Dorje

This version of the Seven Points of Mind Training, which is included in the Damngak Dzö collection, accords with the commentary by Gyalse Tokme Zangpo (1297–1371)—in its sequence of the slogans and in its annotations.

Seven Points of Mind Training 4 Mar 2025

Commentary on the Seven Points of Mind Training

by Gyalse Tokme Zangpo

This is among the best known and most commonly taught commentaries on the popular mind training slogans. The author, famous for his Thirty-Seven Practices of the Bodhisattvas, writes in the style of the pith instructions, in plain and simple language.

Seven Points of Mind Training 16 Aug 2018

Prayer to the Lineage of Seven-Point Mind Training

by Gyalse Tokme Zangpo

A supplication to the lineage of the Seven Points of Mind Training (blo sbyong don bdun ma), or Verses of Mahāyāna Mind Training.

Seven Points of Mind Training Lineage Prayers Compendium of Sādhanas 29 Nov 2022

Three Principal Aspects of the Path

by Tsongkhapa Lobzang Drakpa

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) 30 Oct 2006

A Song of Calling the Guru from Afar

by Fifth Shamarpa

This famous song of devotion, which is addressed to the Karmapa, is included in the Treasury of Instructions (gdams ngag mdzod).

Calling the Guru from Afar 8 Jan 2020

A Casket of Sacred Dharma: Stages of Meditation on Dependent Arising

by Pema Karpo

Belonging to the set of instructions known as the Seven Excellent Interdependent Connections (rten 'brel rab bdun ma), this text by the great Kagyü teacher Pema Karpo (1527–1592) explains meditative equipoise, which is "the dependent arising that gives rise to excellent qualities", and post-meditation, which is the "dependent arising for perfecting the capacity".

Mahāmudrā Meditation Stages of Meditation 4 Feb 2016

Instructions on the Fivefold Mahāmudrā

by Situ Paṇchen Chökyi Jungne

This concise commentary draws from the tradition of Fivefold Mahāmudrā teachings passed down from Pakmodrupa to Jikten Sumgön, and thus especially emphasized within the Drikung Kagyü lineage. When included in a single session of practice, these five points—bodhicitta, guru yoga, yidam practice, Mahāmudrā, and dedication—are held to provide a complete path to awakening. Chokyi Jungné’s instruction expands upon traditional presentations by concluding with specific instructions on how to practice during all periods of the day, as well as at the time of death.

Mahāmudrā Advice 29 Jun 2021

The Ganges Mahāmudrā Instructions

by Tilopa

This well-known and important source for the Mahāmudrā tradition, which is included within the Tengyur (Toh 2303), contains instructions that Tilopa imparted to Nāropa on the banks of the River Ganges.

Mahāmudrā Tengyur 24 Nov 2021

The Sweet-Sounding Song that Fulfils All Aims: A Prayer to Noble Tārā Combined with Her Root Mantra

by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo

This brief supplication to the saviouress Tārā incorporates and expands upon the literal meaning of the syllables of her root mantra (oṃ tāre tuttāre ture svāhā).

Tārā Compendium of Sādhanas Khyentse Kabab 1 Oct 2020

Vajra Speech of the Prayer to Noble Avalokiteśvara from the Great Siddha Thangtong Gyalpo's Lifetime as Bhikṣu Padma Karpo

recalled by Thangtong Gyalpo

Thangtong Gyalpo recalled this supplication to Noble Avalokiteśvara from the devotional practices of a previous lifetime as the bhikṣu Padma Karpo.

Avalokiteśvara Prayers Rinchen Terdzö Compendium of Sādhanas 17 Apr 2020

First Testament of the Buddha

from the Words of the Buddha

The first of three testaments received by Garab Dorje and preserved in the Vima Nyingtik. This text is also reproduced in the Damngak Dzö collection.

Vima Nyingtik Testament Restricted 10 Oct 2024

Second Testament of the Buddha

from the Words of the Buddha

The second of three testaments received by Garab Dorje and preserved in the Vima Nyingtik. This text is also reproduced in the Damngak Dzö collection.

Vima Nyingtik Testament Restricted 23 Oct 2024

Third Testament of the Buddha

from the Words of the Buddha

The third of three testaments received by Garab Dorje and preserved in the Vima Nyingtik. This text is also reproduced in the Damngak Dzö collection.

Vima Nyingtik Testament Restricted 13 Nov 2024

Adornment of the Four Continents: A Maṇḍala Offering

by Longchen Rabjam

A liturgy to be recited at the time of the extremely unelaborate empowerment (shin tu spros med dbang) as part of the Lama Yangtik.

Maṇḍala Offering Lama Yangtik 3 Apr 2024

Clarification of the Names for the Elaborate Maṇḍala

by Longchen Rabjam

Lists of possible names for disciples receiving the elaborate empowerment of Lama Yangtik, arranged according to the direction of the maṇḍala in which their flower lands.

Lama Yangtik Restricted 17 Jan 2024

Cloud Banks of Blessings: The Descent of the Wisdom Deities

by Longchen Rabjam

Part of the unelaborate empowerment rite for Lama Yangtik, this text provides the visualizations and mantras to bring about the descent of the wisdom deities (jñānasattva).

Lama Yangtik Restricted 9 Sep 2024

Clouds of Twofold Accumulation: A Maṇḍala Offering Ritual

by Longchen Rabjam

This three-kāya maṇḍala offering rite belongs to the Clouds Trilogy within the Lama Yangtik collection and is also included in the Chetsün Nyingtik section of the Rinchen Terdzö.

Maṇḍala Offering Lama Yangtik Rinchen Terdzö Chetsün Nyingtik 9 Apr 2024

The Wish-Fulfilling Web: A Maṇḍala Offering in Five Sets of Five

by Longchen Rabjam

A liturgy to be recited at the time of the utterly unelaborate empowerment (rab tu spros med dbang) as part of the Lama Yangtik.

Maṇḍala Offering Lama Yangtik 13 Sep 2023

Supplement to the Omniscient Ngorchen Kunga Zangpo’s Prayer to the Lineage of Parting from the Four Attachments

by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo

Supplementary verses to be added to the prayer to the lineage of Parting from the Four Attachments composed by Ngorchen Kunga Zangpo (1382–1456).

Lineage Prayers Parting from the Four Attachments Sakya 22 Feb 2019

Parting from the Four Attachments

by Jetsün Drakpa Gyaltsen

Drakpa Gyaltsen's famous commentary on the four-line instruction that his father, Sachen Kunga Nyingpo, received from Mañjuśrī, is so closely associated with the root text that it is often known by the same title, Parting from the Four Attachments.

Parting from the Four Attachments Advice Sakya Kabum 15 Nov 2011

Prayer to the Lineage of Parting from the Four Attachments

by Ngorchen Kunga Zangpo

A prayer to the lineage of masters who held the instructions for the famous four-line teaching from the Buddha and Mañjuśrī down to Ngorchen's own guru, Sharchen Yeshe Gyaltsen (shar chen ye shes rgyal mtshan, 1359–1406).

Lineage Prayers Parting from the Four Attachments Compendium of Sādhanas Sakya 21 Feb 2019

Nubpa Rigdzin Drak's Parting from the Four Attachments

by Nubpa Rigdzin Drak

Little is known about the author, Nubpa Rigdzin Drak, who may have been a student of Jetsün Drakpa Gyaltsen (1147–1216), but his commentary is among the best known works on Parting from the Four Attachments—partly as a result of its inclusion in the Blo sbyong brgya rtsa compendium. The text explains the antidotes to each of the four attachments and the results that will accrue from applying them.

Parting from the Four Attachments Advice 11 Sep 2018

The Instructions on Parting from the Four Attachments

spoken by Mañjuśrī to Sachen Kunga Nyingpo

This famous four-line teaching was spoken by Mañjuśrī, who appeared in a vision to the young Sachen Kunga Nyingpo during a six-month retreat. It is said to encapsulate the entire bodhisattva path of the pāramitās.

Parting from the Four Attachments Advice 26 Jan 2007

Sakya Paṇḍita’s Instruction on Parting from the Four Attachments

by Sakya Paṇḍita Kunga Gyaltsen

A brief commentary on Parting From the Attachments (zhen pa bzhi bral), the famous four-line instruction originally revealed by Mañjuśrī to Sachen Kunga Nyingpo (1092–1158), Sakya Paṇḍita's great uncle.

Parting from the Four Attachments Advice Sakya Kabum 10 Apr 2014

The Thirty Aspirations

by Padampa Sangye

This popular liturgy, attributed to Padampa Sangye, consists of thirty short aspirations related to the Mahāyāna path in general and the Vajrayāna in particular.

Aspiration Prayers 30 Mar 2021

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