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ISSN 2753-4812
ISSN 2753-4812

Hayagrīva Series

Hayagrīva Restricted

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Texts related to Hayagrīva (rta mgrin), a wrathful manifestation of Avalokiteśvara who symbolizes enlightened speech and is usually depicted with a horse's head protruding from his crown:

Black Hayagrīva

by Fifth Dzogchen Rinpoche
A four-line fulfilment offering to Black Hayagrīva (rta mgrin nag po) with an Iron Sword (lohakhaḍga) according to the tradition of Nyangrel Nyima Özer (1124–1192).
Fulfilment 24 Apr 2019

Lineage Prayers

by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
A lineage prayer for the Heart-Essence of the Supreme Hayagrīva Emanation (rta mchog rol pa'i snying thig) cycle, received as an aural transmission (snyan brgyud) by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo.
Lineage Prayers Rinchen Terdzö Khyentse Kabab 7 Jan 2022
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
A supplication to the lineage of the healing practice known as The Five-Deity Subjugative Hayagrīva (rta mgrin gnyen po lha lnga), a treasure originally revealed by Rigdzin Chokden Gönpo (1497–1557) and later rediscovered by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo.
Lineage Prayers Rinchen Terdzö Khyentse Kabab 4 Apr 2022

Lungta

by Mipham Rinpoche
Mipham wrote this longer practice for offering the flag of windhorse (rlung rta) in 1903. It includes optional verses addressed to Gesar, Hayagrīva, Gaṇapati (tshogs bdag), and Magyal Pomra (rma rgyal spom ra), the protector of the Amnye Machen mountain range.
Lungta Gesar 27 Nov 2006

Sādhanas

by Chatral Rinpoche
A short daily practice of Takhyung Barwa, the revelation of Jigme Lingpa (1730–1798) that combines the practices of Hayagrīva, Garuḍa and Guru Drakpo, and is renowned for its capacity to subjugate negative forces and cure disease.
Sādhanas Takhyung Barwa Restricted 9 Jul 2019
by Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa
Chokgyur Lingpa revealed this brief Red Hayagrīva sādhana in 1856. It is part of the Magnetizing Profundity of Hayagrīva, which, in turn, belongs to The Sevenfold Profundity (zab pa skor bdun) collection within the Chokling Tersar.
Chokling Tersar Restricted 10 Jul 2023
by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
This shorter, daily practice is adapted from the full sādhana of Hayagrīva's Play of the Three Realms (rta mgrin khams gsum rol pa), which itself belongs to the Assembly of Awesome Ones (Palchen Düpa) cycle within the Longchen Nyingtik.
Palchen Düpa Sādhanas Restricted 6 Sep 2022
by Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Thaye
A liturgy for the Blazing Wrathful Guru, Hayagrīva and Garuḍa (Lama Drakpo Takhyung Barwa) practice that Jigme Lingpa revealed in 1795. Kongtrul follows Namkha Tsewang Chokdrup’s earlier compilation and supplements the root text with verses from the Vidyādhara Assembly (Rigdzin Düpa), the Female Practice of The Queen of Great Bliss (Yumka Dechen Gyalmo) and also the Awesome Ones’ Assembly (Palchen Düpa).
Takhyung Barwa Rinchen Terdzö Restricted 29 Nov 2022
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
A simple daily sādhana of Red Hayagrīva composed at the request of a disciple named Sonam Gyaltsen.
Sādhanas Restricted 19 Nov 2020
by Jigme Lingpa
A sādhana of Hayagrīva, the wrathful form of the Natural Liberation of Suffering (Dukngal Rangdrol) practice of Avalokiteśvara, from the Longchen Nyingtik cycle.
Dukngal Rangdrol Sādhanas Termas Restricted 31 Aug 2021
by Jigme Lingpa
This short practice of Hayagrīva, which is included among the core texts of the Longchen Nyingtik collection, is intended to pacify gyalpo spirits and harmful influences (dön).
Sādhanas Averting Obstacles Longchen Nyingtik Restricted 2 Oct 2023
by Jigme Lingpa
The root text for the Blazing Wrathful Guru, Hayagrīva and Garuḍa (Lama Drakpo Takhyung Barwa), which the great tertön Jigme Lingpa revealed in 1795. The practice combines three deities—Hayagrīva, Garuḍa and Guru Drakpo—and is considered to be a powerful means of subjugating negative forces and overcoming disease.
Takhyung Barwa Sādhanas Rinchen Terdzö Restricted 27 Oct 2022
by Namkha Tsewang Chokdrup
There are several arrangements for the Takhyung Barwa practice, but this appears to be the earliest. Its compiler, Namkha Tsewang Chokdrup, mentions that he was the object of Jigme Lingpa's own prayers of aspiration and that he received signs of accomplishment related to this deity.
Takhyung Barwa Restricted 26 Dec 2022

Related Topics

Kagyé Takhyung Barwa

Red Hayagrīva

Courtesy of Himalayan Art Resources

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BDRC T2044 (rta mgrin)

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