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Swift Rebirth Prayers

Swift Rebirth Prayers

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A selection of prayers for the swift rebirth (myur byon gsol ’debs) of prominent individuals (arranged alphabetically by subject):

Dampa Rinpoche Ngawang Lodrö Nyingpo

by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
A four-verse prayer for the swift reincarnation of Dampa Rinpoche Ngawang Lodrö Nyingpo (1876–1953), the sixty-fifth great abbot (mkhan chen) of Ngor.
24 Mar 2022

Fifth Dzogchen Rinpoche

by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
A prayer for the swift return of the Fifth Dzogchen Rinpoche, Thupten Chökyi Dorje (1872–1935), written at the request of a monk-disciple.
11 May 2020

Fourth Dodrupchen Rinpoche

by Alak Zenkar Rinpoche
Alak Zenkar Rinpoche composed these poetic verses calling for the swift rebirth of his guru, the Fourth Dodrupchen Rinpoche, Tupten Trinlé Palzang (1927–2022), in Hong Kong on 28 January 2022.
30 Jan 2022
by Fifth Dodrupchen Rinpoche
A five-verse supplication for the swift rebirth of the Fourth Dodrupchen Rinpoche, Tupten Trinlé Palzangpo (1927–2022), composed on 29 January 2022.
2 Feb 2022
by Fourteenth Dalai Lama
A two-verse aspiration for the swift reincarnation of the Fourth Dodrupchen Rinpoche, Tupten Trinlé Palzangpo (1927–2022).
25 Aug 2022
by Fourth Dodrupchen Rinpoche
Nuptul Tenpei Nyima put together these two verses—the first by Dodrupchen Rinpoche himself and the second adapted from a long-life prayer by Dudjom Rinpoche (1904–1987)—to create a prayer for his root guru's swift return.
31 Jan 2022
by Shechen Rabjam Rinpoche
A two-verse prayer for the swift reincarnation of the Fourth Dodrupchen Rinpoche (1927–2022), which Rabjam Rinpoche wrote by adapting the words of a prayer previously composed by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche.
1 Feb 2022

General

by Shabkar Tsokdruk Rangdrol
A four-verse supplication for swift rebirth (myur byon gsol 'debs) that is applicable to any lama who has passed into parinirvāṇa.
3 Mar 2023

Getse Gyurme Tenpa Namgyal

by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
A three-verse prayer for the swift return of the Third Katok Getse, Gyurme Tenpa Namgyal (1886–1952), composed shortly after the master's passing.
9 Feb 2023

Gyurme Tsewang Gyatso

by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
Jamyang Khyentse wrote this prayer upon the death of Gyurme Tsewang Gyatso, who was both his teacher and his father, as a call for his swift rebirth and as an aspiration.
2 Feb 2022

Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Thaye

by Jamyang Loter Wangpo
Loter Wangpo composed two stanzas and added them to the standard four-line prayer to Jamgön Kongtrul as soon as Kongtrul passed away (at the very end of the nineteenth century) in order to create this three-verse prayer for swift rebirth.
18 Feb 2019

Jamyang Khyenrab Tayé

by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
A five-verse prayer for the swift reincarnation of Jamyang Khyenrab Tayé (1862–1937), a master from whom Jamyang Khyentse received the Kālacakra empowerment and other teachings.
28 Jan 2022

Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö

by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche composed this moving prayer of lament in the presence of Jamyang Khyentse's sacred remains (sku gdung) at the request of Dzongsar Ngari Tulku (1945–2008) and other disciples.
24 Sep 2021
by Dudjom Rinpoche
A three-verse prayer for the swift reincarnation of Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö (1893–1959).
1 Jan 2023

Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo

by Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Thaye
Following the master’s passing in 1892, Kongtrul composed four lines of prayer for his swift rebirth as an addendum to a four-line supplication that Khyentse Wangpo himself had written.
30 Mar 2022

Jamyang Loter Wangpo

by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
A short, four-verse prayer for the swift rebirth of Jamyang Loter Wangpo (1847–1914) composed at the request of Ngor Khenchen Jamyang Kunzang Tenpai Gyaltsen.
13 May 2020

Katok Situ Chökyi Gyatso

by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
This prayer for the swift rebirth of the three masters Katok Situ Orgyen Chökyi Gyatso (1880–1925), Dodrupchen Jigme Tenpai Nyima (1865–1926) and Shechen Gyaltsab Gyurme Pema Namgyal (1871–1926) was most likely composed in March 1927.
19 Jun 2023
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
A short, two-verse prayer for the swift rebirth of Katok Situ Chökyi Gyatso (1880–1925) composed at the request of Lekshe Jorden, a prominent khenpo at Katok Monastery.
12 May 2020

Khandro Tsering Chödrön

by Sakya Trichen
A prayer for the swift rebirth of Khandro Tsering Chödrön (1929–2011), the consort of Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö.
by Sogyal Rinpoche
Sogyal Rinpoche composed this prayer for the swift rebirth of his aunt, Khandro Tsering Chödrön (1929–2011), by adapating the words of Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö.

Ngawang Samten Lodrö

by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
Jamyang Khyentse composed this lament and invocation of his teacher Ngawang Samten Lodrö following the master's passing in 1931.
Prayers 26 Nov 2020

Pewar Rinpoche

by Alak Zenkar Rinpoche
Alak Zenkar Rinpoche composed this prayer for the swift rebirth of his close friend and teacher, Pewar Rinpoche (1933–2022), in Hong Kong on 7 October 2022. The verses incorporate the syllables of Pewar Rinpoche's several names: Chimé Dorje, Jamyang Tupten Lungtok Gyatso, Kunga Sonam Rabgye, and Jamyang Sonam Lekpai Wangpo.
9 Oct 2022

Tenpai Nyima Rinpoche

by Alak Zenkar Rinpoche
A prayer for the swift reincarnation of Tenpai Nyima Rinpoche, a senior Nyingma teacher at Traling Monastery.
28 Jun 2018
by Namkha Drimed Rinpoche
A prayer for the swift reincarnation of Tenpai Nyima Rinpoche, a senior Nyingma teacher at Traling Monastery.
28 Jun 2018

Thirteenth Dalai Lama

by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
Jamyang Khyentse composed this eleven-verse invocation and prayer for swift rebirth shortly after the passing of the Thirteenth Dalai Lama, which occurred at the end of 1933.
12 May 2020

Thrangu Rinpoche

by Shechen Rabjam Rinpoche
This three-verse prayer for the swift reincarnation of Kyabje Thrangu Rinpoche (1933–2023) was composed at the request of Thrangu Tashi Choling Monastery (acting on behalf of all Thrangu monasteries, nunneries and dharma centres).
22 Jun 2023

Trulshik Rinpoche

by Fourteenth Dalai Lama
His Holiness composed this prayer for the swift rebirth of his teacher Trulshik Rinpoche Ngawang Chökyi Lodrö (1924–2011) in an airport in Argentina in 2011, shortly after the master's parinirvāṇa.
27 Apr 2018

Tsikey Chokling Rinpoche

by Fourteenth Dalai Lama
A two-verse aspiration for the swift reincarnation of Tsikey Chokling Rinpoche, Mingyur Dewey Dorje (1953–2020).
2 Sep 2022

Yangthang Rinpoche

by Fourth Dodrupchen Rinpoche
A four-verse prayer for the swift rebirth of Domang Yangthang Rinpoche (1929–2016) composed shortly after the master's passing in 2016.
22 Dec 2022

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BDRC T17 (yang srid myur byon)

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