Empowerment Series

Opening the Door of Wisdom: A Clear Arrangement for Granting the Common Permission Blessing of Longevity, from the Heart-Essence of the Sublime Lady of Immortality

by Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Thaye

A simple authorization or permission blessing (rjes gnang) for Chimé Pakmé Nyingtik, which enables a practitioner to perform the daily practice or participate in group accomplishment rituals (sgrub chen). (Note, however, that the more elaborate empowerment is required for recitation retreats.)

Chimé Pakmé Nyingtik Rinchen Terdzö Restricted 12 Apr 2024

Clarifying the Self-Initiation: An Empowerment of the Great Compassionate One, the Natural Liberation of Suffering

by Jigme Lingpa

Jigme Lingpa himself composed this self-initiation (bdag 'jug) for the Natural Liberation of Suffering (Dukngal Rangdrol, sdug bsngal rang grol) practice of the Longchen Nyingtik cycle at the request of a lama called Rinchen Dorje.

Dukngal Rangdrol Avalokiteśvara Restricted 21 Mar 2022

Purposeful Contact: A Torma Empowerment for the Profound Dharma, the Peaceful and Wrathful Deities of Self-Liberated Wisdom Mind

by Karma Chakme

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 Peaceful and Wrathful Deities Rinchen Terdzö Restricted 18 Oct 2023

How to Bestow the Empowerments as Thematic Guidance

revealed by Pema Ledrel Tsal

Notes on how to guide students by granting the empowerments gradually over time, waiting for signs of accomplishment before proceeding to the next empowerment and introducing the corresponding practice.

Khandro Nyingtik Restricted 30 Jul 2024

Notes on the Empowerments

revealed by Pema Ledrel Tsal

One of two almost identical texts within the Khandro Nyingtik collection explaining how the four empowerments are granted over the course of three days.

Khandro Nyingtik Restricted 25 Jul 2024

Notes on the Sequence of the Four Empowerments

revealed by Pema Ledrel Tsal

One of two virtually identical texts within the Khandro Nyingtik collection explaining how the four empowerments are granted over the course of three days.

Khandro Nyingtik Restricted 25 Jul 2024

Empowerments of the Eight Symbols, Eight Substances and Seven Emblems

by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö

An arrangement for the empowerments of the eight auspicious symbols, eight auspicious substances and seven emblems of royalty, as part of the Longsal Dorje Nyingpo cycle.

Akṣobhya Longsal Dorje Nyingpo 28 Jul 2022

Elaborate and Concise Empowerments of the Substances, Symbols and Seven Emblems Extracted from the Three-Kāya Peaceful and Wrathful Deities of the Longsal Dorje Nyingpo

revealed by Longsal Nyingpo

Empowerments of the eight auspicious symbols, eight auspicious substances and seven emblems of royalty from the Longsal Dorje Nyingpo cycle.

Longsal Dorje Nyingpo Rinchen Terdzö 28 Jul 2022

A Prayer to Jowo Rinpoche Combined with Aspirations and a Means to Receive the Four Empowerments

by Jigme Lingpa

Jigme Lingpa wrote this prayer for a student who was accumulating prayers before the famous Jowo Rinpoche statue in the Jokhang temple in Lhasa. It is not only a prayer to Śākyamuni Buddha, but also a means to receive the four empowerments: vase, secret, wisdom-knowledge, and the supreme empowerment of great rays of light.

Prayers Pilgrimage Tibet Rinchen Terdzö 14 Nov 2017

Elaborate Rigdzin Düpa Empowerment from A Feast that Delights the Fortunate Ones and Reveals the Nectar of the Profound and Secret

by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche

The Rigdzin Düpa section from the collection of Longchen Nyingtik empowerments that Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche composed in 1966 on the basis of an earlier suggestion from Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö in Tibet and a vision of Jigme Lingpa at Paro Taktsang in Bhutan.

Rigdzin Düpa Restricted 31 Oct 2024

Shower of Indestructible Splendour: A Self-Initiation for the Guru Practice of the Vidyādhara Assembly, from the Heart-Essence of the Vast Expanse

by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche

Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche wrote this self-initiation (bdag 'jug) for the Vidyādhara Assembly (Rigdzin Düpa) when he presided over a group practice (tshogs sgrub) in Bhutan and the need for such a text became clear. The practice of self-initiation, he says, "restores the power of the four empowerments, heals impairments and breakages of enlightened body, speech and mind, and offers a training in maturing through self-entry to the maṇḍala."

Rigdzin Düpa Restricted 21 Sep 2021

The Quintessence of Deathless Amṛta: A Concise Method for Conferring the Long-Life Empowerment of the Vidyādharas Multiple Times

by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo

A simple liturgy to be recited when conferring the long-life empowerment of the vidyādharas from the Longchen Nyingtik multiple times.

Rigdzin Düpa Longevity Restricted 14 Mar 2024

The Root Empowerment of the Vase Conferring Majesty from the Heart-Essence of the Vast Expanse

by Jigme Lingpa

This root empowerment text, revealed as a mind treasure by Jigme Lingpa for the Vidyādhara Assembly (Rigdzin Düpa), contains the inner enabling empowerments (nang nus pa 'jug pa'i dbang).

Longchen Nyingtik Termas Rinchen Terdzö Restricted 2 Jul 2021

The New Glorious Bestower of Immortality: A Long-Life Practice and Empowerment that Unites the Oral, Treasure and Visionary Teachings

by Chöje Lingpa

This long-life practice (tshe sgrub) and empowerment (tshe dbang) of Thangtong Gyalpo (1361–1485?) is said to bring together the oral, treasure and visionary teachings. It combines Thangtong Gyalpo's original Glorious Bestower of Immortality ('chi med dpal ster) with Chöjé Lingpa's own treasure revelation and visionary account.

Longevity Termas Compendium of Sādhanas Rinchen Terdzö Restricted 20 Nov 2020

Key Points for the Empowerment of Takhyung Barwa, ‘The Blazing Wrathful Guru, Hayagrīva and Garuḍa’

by Jigme Lingpa

The root empowerment for The Blazing Wrathful Guru, Hayagrīva and Garuḍa (Lama Drakpo Takhyung Barwa), a treasure revealed by Jigme Lingpa.

Takhyung Barwa Rinchen Terdzö Restricted 7 Feb 2023

The Supreme Bestowal of Wisdom: The Ripening Empowerment for the Innermost Secret Guru Practice, the Sealed Quintessence (Tiklé Gyachen)

by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo

Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo composed this empowerment text for Tiklé Gyachen following a vision of Longchenpa that he experienced while visiting the master's residence at Gangri Thökar in 1840. The text is therefore regarded as a mind treasure, supplemental to Jigme Lingpa's original Longchen Nyingtik revelation.

Tiklé Gyachen Rinchen Terdzö Khyentse Kabab Restricted 11 Sep 2024

Essential Drop of Enlightened Activity: An Empowerment Ritual for Vajrakīlaya, The Razor That Destroys at a Touch

by Dudjom Rinpoche

This empowerment rite for the Vajrakīlaya practice of Pudri Rekpung, or 'Razor That Destroys at a Touch', was composed at the request of Chatral Rinpoche, Sangye Dorje (1913–2015).

Dudjom Tersar Vajrakīlaya Restricted 22 Nov 2024

The Cascading Essence of Great Bliss: An Empowerment Ritual for the Female Practice of the Queen of Great Bliss, from the Heart-Essence of the Vast Expanse

by Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Thaye

Jamgön Kongtrul compiled this empowerment text for Yumka Dechen Gyalmo on the basis of the original treasure revelation, Blessing and Empowerment for the Female Practice. The result is "clear yet concise," as Kongtrul himself put it, and less elaborate than the later arrangement by Dodrupchen Jigme Tenpe Nyima (1865–1926).

Yumka Dechen Gyalmo Rinchen Terdzö Restricted 5 Apr 2021

A Ritual of Blessing and Empowerment for the Female Practice, from the Heart-Essence of the Vast Expanse

by Jigme Lingpa

This source text of the Yumka Dechen Gyalmo empowerment, part of the original treasure revelation of Longchen Nyingtik, served as the basis for later, more elaborate manuals composed by Jamgön Kongtrul and the Third Dodrupchen, Jigme Tenpe Nyima.

Yumka Dechen Gyalmo Termas Restricted 29 Jan 2021

Illuminating the Meaning of Empowerment: A Self-Initiation for the Female Practice of the Ḍākinī

by Jigme Lingpa

This self-initiation (bdag 'jug) for the practice of Yumka Dechen Gyalmo was composed by Jigme Lingpa himself. Receiving empowerments in this way, he explains, is a means of purifying impairments and breakages of samaya and receiving inspiration and blessings, and should therefore be practised regularly and repeatedly.

Yumka Dechen Gyalmo Restricted 4 Feb 2021

Empowerment Series

Chimé Pakmé Nyingtik

Dukngal Rangdrol

Karling Zhitro

Khandro Nyingtik

Longsal Dorje Nyingpo

Prayers

Rigdzin Düpa

Rites

Takhyung Barwa

Tiklé Gyachen

Vajrakīlaya

Yumka Dechen Gyalmo

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