Lama Yangtik Series

• 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.

• Ocean of Siddhis: The Stages of Guru Service by Longchen Rabjam

This frequently cited text discusses the guru-disciple relationship in a Dzogchen context—a means of bringing about boundless blessings and realization.

• Autobiography of Longchen Rabjam from The Jewel Rosary History by Longchen Rabjam

As part of his history of the Lama Yangtik lineage, Longchenpa offers a first-hand account of his own early life, a brief but important reference for later biographers.

• Biography of Guru Jober from The Jewel Rosary History by Longchen Rabjam

Extracted from The Jewel Rosary History, this brief biography of Guru Jober (1196–1255) provides details about his spiritual training and accomplishment.

• Biography of Gyalwa Zhangtön from The Jewel Rosary History by Longchen Rabjam

Extracted from The Jewel Rosary History, this short biography of Zhangtön Tashi Dorje (1097–1167) describes his encounters with emanations of the protectors Vajrasadhu and Ekajaṭī and his discovery of the Dzogchen teachings as hidden termas in a cave.

• Biography of Khepa Nyibum from The Jewel Rosary History by Longchen Rabjam

Extracted from The Jewel Rosary History, this short biography of Khepa Nyima Bum (1158–1213) provides some details about his spiritual training and accomplishment.

• Biography of Kumārādza from The Jewel Rosary History by Longchen Rabjam

Extracted from The Jewel Rosary History, this biography of Longchenpa’s root guru became an important source for later historians, such as Gö Lotsawa Zhönnu Pal, Guru Tashi, Dudjom Rinpoche and Nyoshul Khenpo Jamyang Dorje.

• Biography of Melong Dorje from The Jewel Rosary History by Longchen Rabjam

Extracted from The Jewel Rosary History, this biography of Kumārādza’s root teacher became an important source for later historians, such as Gö Lotsawa Zhönnu Pal, Guru Tashi, Dudjom Rinpoche and Nyoshul Khenpo Jamyang Dorje.

• Biography of Trulzhik Sengge Gyabpa from The Jewel Rosary History by Longchen Rabjam

Extracted from The Jewel Rosary History, this brief biography of Trulzhik Sengge Gyabpa, root teacher of Melong Dorje (1243–1303), provides details about his training and accomplishment.

• Circle of the Sun: Inventory to the Lama Yangtik by Longchen Rabjam

One of two inventories to the Lama Yangtik that Longchen Rabjam wrote, this text identifies the thirty-five main sections of the collection and explains their purpose.

• The Essence of Luminosity: Inventory to the Lama Yangtik by Longchen Rabjam

The longer of two inventories to the Lama Yangtik authored by Longchen Rabjam, this one identifies the fifty-one texts that constitute the collection and explains their purpose.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• Supplement to the Clouds of Blessings Homage to the Lineage of Lama Yangtik by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö

Additional verses of praise to three later masters of the lineage of Lama Yangtik: Shechen Gyaltsab (1871–1926), Shechen Kongtrul (1901–c.1960) and Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö (1893–1959) himself.

• Clouds of Blessings: Homage to the Lineage of Lama Yangtik by Longchen Rabjam

Verses of praise to the masters of the lineage of Lama Yangtik, from Samantabhadra to one's own root guru.

• Supplement to the Clouds of Blessings Homage to the Lineage of Lama Yangtik by Shechen Gyaltsab Gyurme Pema Namgyal

Supplementary verses for the Lama Yangtik homage, covering the lineage from Khyabdal Lhundrup (1304?–1400?) through to Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Thaye (1813–1899).

• Prayer from the Lama Yangtik by Longchen Rabjam

This popular prayer is extracted from Ocean of Siddhis: The Stages of Guru Service (bla ma'i rim pa dngos grub rgya mtsho), which is part of the Lama Yangtik.

• Ocean of Liberation: The Aspects of Samaya by Longchen Rabjam

In this brief survey of commitments related to the Lama Yangtik, Longchenpa explains the categories of samaya to be maintained, the methods for maintaining them, and the results of putting such methods into practice.

• Transference: The Essence of Clear Light by Longchen Rabjam

Longchenpa says in the inventory to the Lama Yangtik that this profound transference practice is a means of bypassing the terrors of the bardo and arriving at the primordial state.

• Dzogchen Series

• Longchen Nyingtik Series

• Nyingtik Yabzhi

• Vima Nyingtik Series