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Translations by Han Kop

Translators Han Kop

English (141) | Nederlands (1)

Han Kop began studying Tibetan in 2009. He has also studied at Dzongsar Shedra in Himachal Pradesh and served as an instructor and oral translator at the Rigpa Shedra in Nepal. From 2017 until 2020 he studied at Rangjung Yeshe Institute to obtain an MA in Translation, Textual Interpretation, and Philology. He is now the Director of the Longchen Nyingtik Project.

Texts translated into English by Han Kop

Adzom Drukpa

by Adzom Drukpa
In this arrangement of the Longchen Nyingtik transference (phowa), Adzom Drukpa adds some pithy advice exhorting all those who have not yet accomplished Dzogchen to take this practice to heart and train in it regularly.
4 Apr 2023

Adzom Gyalse Gyurme Dorje

by Adzom Gyalse Gyurme Dorje
These notes provide a brief but valuable overview of the practices of Tsa Lung (rtsa rlung)—literally 'channels and wind-energies'—according to the Longchen Nyingtik tradition. The text identifies some important literary sources that explain the theory behind the training, warns of potential pitfalls and highlights the benefits.
28 Jan 2021
by Adzom Gyalse Gyurme Dorje
This brief lineage prayer for the guru practice of the Longchen Nyingtik, the Gathering of Vidyādharas (Rigdzin Düpa), was written by Adzom Gyalse Gyurme Dorje in 1956 at the behest of Pema Kunzang Rangdrol (1916–1984).
12 Jun 2024
by Adzom Gyalse Gyurme Dorje
A prayer to the lineage of 'Blazing Wrathful Guru, Hayagrīva and Garuḍa' (Lama Drakpo Takhyung Barwa) from the Longchen Nyingtik cycle.
26 Oct 2022

Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa

by Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa
Verses for consecrating 'medicine' (sman), or amṛta, as part of The Innermost Cycle of the Yidam (gsang skor yi dam) practice from Three Sections of the Great Perfection (rdzogs chen sde gsum).
16 Jul 2024
by Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa
An expansion of the mantra recitation and visualization sections of The Innermost Cycle of the Yidam (gsang skor yi dam) practice from Three Sections of the Great Perfection (rdzogs chen sde gsum).
17 Jul 2024
by Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa
This short prayer to Chokgyur Lingpa invokes the great tertön by means of three different names: Chokgyur Lingpa, Dechen Lingpa, and Zhikpo Lingpa.
6 Jan 2023

Dezhung Rinpoche

by Dezhung Rinpoche
This brief explanation of the Fourfold Heart-Essence (Nyingtik Yabzhi) corpus and Heart-Essence of the Vast Expanse (Longchen Nyingtik) revelation was written in Seattle in the early 1960s in reply to a question from E. Gene Smith. Dezhung Rinpoche consulted Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, who clarified some points and added further notes. The text is thus included among the collected writings of both masters.
30 Apr 2023

Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche

by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
This daily practice of Tārā Sarasvatī belongs to the Inner Female Practice (Yumka) of the Heart Essence of the Vast Expanse (Longchen Nyingtik), A Treasure Vase Containing the Essence of Great Bliss, through which all enlightened activities are carried out based on the Twenty-One Tārās.
3 Jun 2021
compiled by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche added several verses to an original prayer composed by one of Jigme Lingpa's direct disciples, in order to complete the list of lineage masters—from whom, as he says, he received great kindness—up to and including to himself.
18 Jun 2021
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.
31 Oct 2024
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."
21 Sep 2021
by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
Additional lines for the Longchen Nyingtik lineage prayer, from the First Dodrupchen Rinpoche, Jigme Trinlé Özer (1745–1821) onwards, down to Jamyang Khyentse Chokyi Lodrö (1893–1959) and Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche himself.
26 Aug 2024
compiled by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
A collection of short prayers to all the key figures in the lineage of the Heart-Essence of the Vast Expanse (Longchen Nyingtik) compiled by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche for regular recitation in conjunction with any practice from the Longchen Nyingtik cycle.
22 Feb 2021
by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
A daily sādhana of Dukngal Rangdrol (sdug bsngal rang grol), 'Natural Liberation of Suffering', the Avalokiteśvara practice from the Longchen Nyingtik that is either classed as a peaceful yidam or secret-level guru practice from the peaceful male-vidyādhara section of the cycle.
13 Aug 2019
by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
Written in Nepal at the then newly-built Shechen monastery during a great accomplishment (sgrub chen) ritual of Tsokchen Düpa, this is an aspiration to accomplish the entire Longchen Nyingtik path, from the preliminaries through to the generation and completion stages and the practices of the Great Perfection.
28 May 2021
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.
6 Sep 2022

Dodrupchen Jigme Tenpe Nyima

by Dodrupchen Jigme Tenpe Nyima
A short fulfilment offering for the Kagyé practice known as the Gathering of Awesome Ones (Palchen Düpa) from the Longchen Nyingtik.
18 Jan 2024
by Dodrupchen Jigme Tenpe Nyima
A supplementary fulfilment practice (bskang ba) for Siṃhamukhā, the Lion-Faced Ḍākinī, from the Longchen Nyingtik cycle.
4 Dec 2023
by Dodrupchen Jigme Tenpe Nyima
This is the second major commentary on Yumka, the ḍākinī practice of the Longchen Nyingtik, (not including Jigme Lingpa's own writings) after the much longer and more elaborate Raṭik, which it supplements. The text begins with a discussion of the role and significance of Yeshe Tsogyal, and then proceeds to examine the practice itself, highlighting its special qualities and elaborating on many of its profound and subtle features.
24 Feb 2022
by Dodrupchen Jigme Tenpe Nyima
A prayer to the various masters of the lineage of Vidyādhara Assembly (rig 'dzin 'dus pa), the inner guru sādhana from the Longchen Nyingtik cycle revealed by Jigme Lingpa.
by Dodrupchen Jigme Tenpe Nyima
Verses for offering 'medicine' (sman), or amṛta, as part of the Rigdzin Düpa (Vidyādhara Assembly) practice from the Longchen Nyingtik.
25 Jun 2020
by Dodrupchen Jigme Tenpe Nyima
This four-verse song proclaiming victory over dualistic concepts, obstacles and other forms of interference relates to the Siṃhamukhā sādhana from the Longchen Nyingtik.
2 Jan 2024
by Dodrupchen Jigme Tenpe Nyima
A simple, abbreviated version of the root Yumka Dechen Gyalmo sādhana, which is known as The Glorious Blissful Garland, arranged for daily practice.
13 Mar 2019
by Dodrupchen Jigme Tenpe Nyima
A fulfilment (bskang ba) practice to accompany the sādhana of Yumka Dechen Gyalmo, the Queen of Great Bliss, from the Longchen Nyingtik cycle.
20 Jan 2020

Dodrupchen Jigme Trinle Özer

by Dodrupchen Jigme Trinle Özer
The gaṇacakra feast offering text to accompany the practice of Dukngal Rangdrol (Natural Liberation of Suffering) from the Longchen Nyingtik.
29 Jun 2020
by Dodrupchen Jigme Trinle Özer
This liturgy for blessing the activity vase (las bum) by means of the deity Ucchuṣma follows the tradition of Dodrupchen Monastery.
6 May 2024
by Dodrupchen Jigme Trinle Özer
General mantras for blessing the vajra and bell followed by text for the invoking the fields of merit according to each of the main Longchen Nyingtik sādhanas: Rigdzin Düpa, Palchen Düpa, Yumka Dechen Gyalmo, and Dukngal Rangdrol.
7 May 2024
by Dodrupchen Jigme Trinle Özer
A detailed description of the deities in the retinue of the Great Compassion One (Mahākaruṇika) according to the practice of Dukngal Rangdrol.
16 Oct 2019
by Dodrupchen Jigme Trinle Özer
This short daily practice of the peaceful and wrathful deities (zhi khro) takes the famous treasure revelations of the tertön Karma Lingpa (b. 14th C.) as its basis and is widely used within the Longchen Nyingtik tradition.
9 Dec 2021
by Dodrupchen Jigme Trinle Özer
Mantras and verses to be recited when offering a torma for the eight classes of spirits as part of a drum rite (rnga chog) according to the Dodrupchen Monastery tradition.
7 May 2024
by Dodrupchen Jigme Trinle Özer
This short request for the fulfilment of wishes and entrustment of activity to the protectors of the Longchen Nyingtik is often added to the preliminary torma offerings and recited during dharmapālas practices.
21 Nov 2023
by Dodrupchen Jigme Trinle Özer
General mantras for blessing the rosary (Skt. mālā) followed by verses specific to the mantra recitations of the major Longchen Nyingtik sādhanas: Rigdzin Düpa, Palchen Düpa, Yumka Dechen Gyalmo and Dukngal Rangdrol.
6 May 2024
by Dodrupchen Jigme Trinle Özer
Text for the concluding sections of the various Longchen Nyingtik sādhanas, beginning with the blessing of the tsok, arranged according to the tradition of Dodrupchen Monastery.
6 May 2024
by Dodrupchen Jigme Trinle Özer
A lineage supplication for the Longchen Nyingtik practice of Siṃhamukhā, the Lion-Faced Ḍākinī, which is the secret, wrathful aspect of Yumka, including additional verses by the Third Dodrupchen.
31 Aug 2023
by Dodrupchen Jigme Trinle Özer
A practice of confession and fulfilment (bskang bshags) for the Great Compassionate One, Natural Liberation of Suffering (Dukngal Rangdrol) within the Longchen Nyingtik cycle.
11 Jul 2022
by Dodrupchen Jigme Trinle Özer
The mantras and liturgy recited in the Dodrupchen tradition when offering the torma for obstructing forces (bgegs gtor) as a preliminary to the sādhanas of the Longchen Nyingtik.
7 May 2024
by Dodrupchen Jigme Trinle Özer
A liturgy to be recited in the Dodrupchen tradition when offering the white torma (dkar gtor) as a preliminary to bell rites (dril chog) in the Longchen Nyingtik.
7 May 2024

Dola Jigme Kalzang

by Dola Jigme Kalzang
A short averting ritual (dokpa) for the practice of Blazing Wrathful Guru, Hayagrīva and Garuḍa (Lama Drakpo Takhyung Barwa) from the Longchen Nyingtik cycle.
26 Oct 2022
by Dola Jigme Kalzang
The author offers a concise yet complete overview of the entire path according to the Longchen Nyingtik, applicable to monastics and lay tantrikas alike. Using the structure of virtuous beginning, middle and end, he covers the common and uncommon preliminary practices, the generation and perfection phases, and the practices of Trekchö and Tögal.
31 Mar 2022

Dorje Dechen Lingpa

by Dorje Dechen Lingpa
This rite for summoning the spirit of abundance or prosperity (g.yang 'gug) is a terma revelation of Dorje Dechen Lingpa (1857–1928).
13 Apr 2015

Dudjom Rinpoche

by Dudjom Rinpoche
A very brief ritual for blessing and consecrating representations of enlightened body, speech and mind.
23 Oct 2019
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).
22 Nov 2024

Fourth Dodrupchen Rinpoche

by Fourth Dodrupchen Rinpoche
This vase consecration, which is necessary when performing the guidance practice (nedren) according to the Dukngal Rangdrol cycle, appears in a recent compilation of Dukngal Rangdrol material published by Dodrupchen Monastery, Sikkim.
16 Jun 2022
by Fourth Dodrupchen Rinpoche
A simple practice of guru yoga, in which one's root guru is visualized in the form of Padmasambhava, the Lake-Born Vajra (Tsokyé Dorje).
2 Feb 2022
by Fourth Dodrupchen Rinpoche
A four-line prayer to the ultimate guru, one's own non-conceptual awareness.
1 Feb 2022
by Fourth Dodrupchen Rinpoche
A concise gaṇacakra, or feast-offering, liturgy for the practice of Yumka Dechen Gyalmo, the Queen of Great Bliss, from the Longchen Nyingtik, composed at the suggestion of Khenpo Dazer (1922–1990).
31 Jul 2020
by Fourth Dodrupchen Rinpoche
A detailed, practical guide to meditating in retreat on each of the major sādhanas of the Longchen Nyingtik, with advice on how to prepare the location, set up a shrine, chant the liturgy and play a bell and drum. This first part covers the sādhana of Rigdzin Düpa (Gathering of Vidyādharas).
28 Aug 2024
compiled by the Fourth Dodrupchen Rinpoche
This arrangement integrates the Longchen Nyingtik's practice of transference, or phowa, with elements from the same tradition's preliminary practices. The text was first compiled for the sake of new retreatants at Serdrang Monastery in Nepal.
30 Jan 2023

Getse Mahāpaṇḍita

by Getse Mahāpaṇḍita
Getse Mahāpaṇḍita wrote this catalogue to the collected writings of Jigme Lingpa on the occasion of their publication in Derge in or after 1802. He begins with a biography of Jigme Lingpa, then identifies the patrons of the printing, the King and Queen of Derge, and the one who requested the publication, Dodrupchen Jigme Trinle Özer. This is followed by the actual catalogue, which lists all Jigme Lingpa’s writings except those of the Longchen Nyingtik revelation, for which there is a separate catalogue by Jigme Losal Özer.
8 Oct 2021

Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Thaye

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).
29 Nov 2022
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.)
12 Apr 2024
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).
5 Apr 2021
by Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Thaye
Kongtrul wrote this prayer while at the site of Yamalung, sacred for its connection with Guru Padmasambhava. In a series of verses aspiring for the longevity of all non-sectarian teachers, he offers not only a powerful practice text, but also a concise statement of his celebrated Rimé ideals.
3 Jun 2015
by Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Thaye
Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Thayé composed this lineage prayer for The Innermost Cycle of the Yidam (gsang skor yi dam) while on pilgrimage with Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo at the Yoru Tradruk Temple in Central Tibet in the Iron Mouse year of 1840.
16 Jul 2024

Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö

by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
This is a poetic guide to the sacred site of Yangleshö (yang le shod) near the village of Pharping to the south of the Kathmandu Valley, where it is said that Guru Padmasambhava attained the level of a Mahāmudrā vidyādhara. Jamyang Khyentse wrote the text following a series of visionary experiences; it has the quality of a revelation and ends with a series of cryptic prophecies.
4 Feb 2018
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
A brief supplementary guide (zur rgyan) to the practice of Chimé Pakmé Nyingtik in the form of an intensive ritual (sgrub mchod) conducted over several days. The text includes practical instructions and liturgies for the preparation, main part and conclusion of the practice.
29 Apr 2020
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
Composed in Darjeeling (most likely in 1958), this short invocation of Rigdzin Jigme Lingpa (1730–1798) calls upon the famed Dzogchen master and treasure-revealer by his various names and invokes his blessings and inspiration.
29 Nov 2020
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
Jamyang Khyentse composed this prayer to the great revealer of the Longchen Nyingtik when he passed through the master's place of residence, the Yarlung Valley, during his first trip to central Tibet in 1925.
22 Apr 2020
by Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö
Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö wrote these detailed instructions on how to practise the short 'single-form' daily sādhana of Chimé Pakmé Nyingtik based on teachings he received from Katok Situ Chökyi Gyatso, who, in turn, received them from Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo, the revealer of the practice, himself.
18 Jan 2021

Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo

by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo
Verses for consecrating 'medicine' (sman), or amṛta, as part of the Rigdzin Düpa (Vidyādhara Assembly) practice from the Longchen Nyingtik.
7 May 2021
by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo
This supplement to the Mindrolling Vajrasattva (Minling Dorsem) practice is used as a means of consecrating tsa-tsas, small clay stūpas, Buddhas, or other figures, made using a mould.
6 Sep 2023
by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo
A concise gaṇacakra, or feast-offering, liturgy for the practice of Yumka Dechen Gyalmo, the Queen of Great Bliss, from the Longchen Nyingtik.
22 Jul 2020
by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo
A lineage supplication for the Vajrasattva guru yoga known as Dorsem Ngön-ga (Abhirati Vajrasattva), which is part of the Longchen Nyingtik revelation.
16 Oct 2019
by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo
This daily practice of Vasudhārā and Jambhala is part of the Illusory Net of the Three Roots (rtsa gsum sgyu 'phrul drwa ba) cycle that Khyentse Wangpo revealed as an earth treasure at Senggö Yutso (seng rgod g.yu mtsho), the Turquoise Lake.
19 Sep 2023
by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo
Jamyang Khyentse spontaneously composed this feast-offering liturgy for the Sealed Quintessence, or Tikle Gyachen (thig le'i rgya can), when he was just sixteen years old. He later revised the text and made it available at the request of some students.
15 Jun 2023
by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo
A sādhana for the Kagyé (bka’ bgyad) practice from The Three Sections of the Great Perfection (rdzogs chen sde gsum) revealed by Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa at the Lotus Crystal Cave (padma shel phug) in 1857.
17 Jul 2024
by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo
These instructions on how to practise the Dukngal Rangdrol recitation in retreat are taken from a collection of the author's notes on various practices and topics related to the Longchen Nyingtik cycle. Though very concise, they accord with Khenpo Pema Vajra's (1807–1884) longer commentary, An Ornament to the Vidyādharas’ Wisdom.
14 Mar 2022
by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo
A simple feast-offering text for use in conjunction with sādhanas related to the magnetizing deity of the lotus family, Kurukullā.
2 Jan 2018
by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo
A prayer to the holders of the lineage of Dukngal Rangdrol ('Natural Liberation of Suffering') from Amitāyus and Avalokiteśvara down to Jamyang Khyentse's own root teacher.
25 Jun 2020
by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo
Jamyang Khyentse composed this fulfilment offering during a visit to Gangri Thökar, Longchenpa's main residence, in the summer of 1838, when he was just eighteen years old.
19 Dec 2023
by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo
This version of the Palchen Düpa sādhana was arranged by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo from the original revelation for daily use or for when the practice has to be done repeatedly in a single day, such as during a drupchen (sgrub chen). It is of a medium size, shorter than the full revelation but longer than the daily practice which Khyentse Wangpo also compiled.
30 Nov 2020
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.
14 Mar 2024
by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo
A supplication to the lineage of the Longchen Nyingtik's innermost secret guru practice, the Sealed Quintessence or Tikle Gyachen (thig le'i rgya can).
28 Jan 2022
by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo
A prayer to the lineage of Yumka Dechen Gyalmo (yum ka bde chen rgyal mo), or The Queen of Great Bliss, the peaceful ḍākinī sādhana from the Longchen Nyingtik cycle.
30 Nov 2020
by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo
An abbreviated, daily practice of Palchen Düpa, the Awesome Ones' Assembly, which is the wrathful yidam practice of the Longchen Nyingtik cycle.
16 Jul 2020
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.
11 Sep 2024
by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo
A brief fulfilment (skong ba) practice to be recited as part of the gaṇacakra offering for the Longchen Nyingtik guru practice of Rigdzin Düpa (Vidyādhara Assembly).
29 Sep 2020
by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo
A description of the goddesses in the retinue of the Great Compassion One (Mahākaruṇika) according to the practice of Dukngal Rangdrol.
19 Nov 2020

Jigme Lingpa

by Jigme Lingpa
This concise, daily fulfilment practice for Gönpo Lekden, protector of the tantras, is found in the Longchen Nyingtik core texts collection alongside the longer fulfilment practice of which it is an abridgement.
18 Apr 2024
revealed by Jigme Lingpa
Yumka Dechen Gyalmo (yum ka bde chen rgyal mo), the Queen of Great Bliss, is the peaceful ḍākinī practice from the Longchen Nyingtik cycle. It features Yeshe Tsogyal in the form of a wisdom ḍākinī.
23 Oct 2019
by Jigme Lingpa
A simple rite of confession to amend any impairments and breakages of samaya and to purify actions that upset the dharma protectors.
3 Mar 2018
by Jigme Lingpa
Jigme Lingpa wrote this prayer recalling his own life and liberation at the request of the First Dodrupchen, Jigme Trinlé Özer (1745–1821). The prayer includes a summary of his previous lives, as well as his most important accomplishments and qualities, when—as he puts it—he emphasized the positive.
26 Oct 2017
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.
29 Jan 2021
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.
31 Aug 2021
by Jigme Lingpa
This outer autobiography in verse was likely composed in 1786 at the request of the Sakya throne-holder, Jamgön Wangdü Nyingpo (1763–1809).
17 Oct 2023
by Jigme Lingpa
This series of aspirations for future rebirths is tailored, Jigme Lingpa says, to the sorrow-inducing nature of this final age of degeneration, or kaliyuga.
22 Apr 2021
by Jigme Lingpa
An aspiration to perfect bodhisattva aspirations, bring all sentient beings to maturity and purify the world and its inhabitants into a buddha realm. The text is included within recent editions of the Rinchen Terdzö, or Treasury of Revelations.
28 Mar 2024
by Jigme Lingpa
This prayer to be reborn in Sukhāvatī draws upon the Array of Amitābha Sūtra (amitābhavyūhasūtra, Toh 49) for its elaborate descriptions of the blissful realm. As with many of Jigme Lingpa's writings, the text is beautiful yet opaque in places, and the translation thus relies upon Rigdzin Gargyi Wangchuk's (1858–1930) commentary entitled Gateway to the Realm of Great Bliss (bde chen zhing gi 'jug ngogs).
14 Nov 2021
by Jigme Lingpa
Palchen Düpa (dpal chen 'dus pa), the 'Awesome Ones' Assembly', is the wrathful yidam practice of the Longchen Nyingtik cycle. It features the Kagyé (bka' brgyad), or eight herukas, with Chemchok Vajra Tötrengtsal as the central deity.
27 Aug 2020
revealed by Jigme Lingpa
This prophetic guide of the Longchen Nyingtik was revealed during Jigme Lingpa's initial vision in which he flew to the Boudha stūpa in Nepal. The text recounts the history of Padmasambhava's entrustment of the treasure to the destined disciples, who would later emanate as Jigme Lingpa and his students, to reveal and propagate the Longchen Nyingtik. It also refers to key events in Jigme Lingpa's life and the physical and psychological attributes that identify him as the treasure revealer.
3 Nov 2024
by Jigme Lingpa
These notes from the oral tradition of Jigme Lingpa clarify the shape and arrangement of the various tormas needed when practising the sādhanas and protector rites of the Longchen Nyingtik cycle.
26 Sep 2024
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.
21 Mar 2022
by Jigme Lingpa
This stacked-pills torma (spungs gtor) ritual, during which one visualizes oneself as Avalokiteśvara, was written for those of lesser acumen. It includes offerings to the four types of guest, with particular focus on water offerings to the pretas, or hungry ghosts.
30 May 2023
by Jigme Lingpa
Part of the Longchen Nyingtik cycle, this Vajrasattva guru yoga is entitled 'Cultivating the Pure Realm of Abhirati (or Manifest Joy)' but is often known simply as 'Dorsem Ngön-ga' (Abhirati Vajrasattva). It includes all the standard elements of visualization, offering, mantra recitation and receiving empowerment.
26 Sep 2019
by Jigme Lingpa
This brief liturgy for invoking the inspiration power, or blessings, of the eight vidyādharas (rig 'dzin brgyad) of India was extracted from ‘A Precious Casket: A Framework for Accomplishment, from the Ocean-like Assembly of Awesome Ones’ (dpal chen bka' 'dus rgya mtsho las/ sgrub pa'i khog 'bubs rin po che'i za ma tog).
31 Jul 2020
by Jigme Lingpa
Further clarifications on the bodily maṇḍala (lus dkyil) of Yumka Dechen Gyalmo including the correspondence between external and internal sacred places, composed at the request of the female disciple Palding Jetsünma (alias Lhading Jetsün) of Gyangru.
23 Aug 2020
by Jigme Lingpa
A well-known text for entrusting activity to the Dharma protectors, so that they may ensure the flourishing of the Buddhadharma, especially the Vajrayāna, and protect practitioners from every form of harm.
22 Jun 2023
by Jigme Lingpa
The Fourth Dodrupchen Rinpoche, Tupten Trinlé Palzangpo (1927–2022) took Jigme Lingpa's original fire offering, which was composed for both peaceful and wrathful practices—and was itself based on the fire offering for Nyangral Nyima Özer's Kagyé Deshek Düpa—as the basis for this peaceful fire offering for the Rigdzin Düpa practice within the Longchen Nyingtik.
9 Dec 2024
by Jigme Lingpa
This guru yoga, composed by the master himself, includes invocation and prayer, the seven-branch offering, mantra recitation and receiving of the four empowerments.
11 Oct 2018
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.
4 Feb 2021
by Jigme Lingpa
A succinct guide to the ḍākinī practice of Yumka Dechen Gyalmo, or Queen of Great Bliss, including details concerning necessary preparations and details of the visualization.
23 Aug 2020
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).
2 Oct 2023
by Jigme Lingpa
A word-by-word commentary on the Ultimate Inexpressible Confession practice—popularly known as Yeshe Kuchokma—which is the fourth chapter of the Immaculate Confession Tantra. The commentary belongs to the Collection of Discourses (gtam tshogs) section of Jigme Lingpa’s writings.
25 Jul 2024
by Jigme Lingpa
A short prayer to the lineage of Palchen Düpa, the wrathful yidam practice of Longchen Nyingtik, including supplementary verses composed by the Third Dodrupchen, Jigme Tenpe Nyima.
22 Jun 2020
revealed by Jigme Lingpa
This short text outlines a simple method for repairing impairments and breakages of the samaya commitments.
4 Mar 2024
by Jigme Lingpa
This fulfilment (bskang ba) practice is so rare that it was not included in previous editions of Jigme Lingpa's collected writings but appears only in modern liturgies of Shechen and Namdroling monasteries.
9 Nov 2020
by Jigme Lingpa
An offering of red sur for the four types of guest, especially yakṣas, rākṣasas and harmful spirits, so that they may shed their anger and resentment and arouse bodhicitta.
25 Jul 2023
by Jigme Lingpa
The Longchen Nyingtik sādhana of Siṃhamukhā, which is considered to be the secret, wrathful aspect of the Female Practice (Yumka).
20 Sep 2023
by Jigme Lingpa
One of the fundamental works in the core Longchen Nyingtik collection, the root tantra provides a terse overview of the inner tantras and a brief account of the treasure's revelation. As Khenchen Pema Sherab Rinpoche remarked, it is usually taught only to a few select disciples.
29 Jul 2021
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.
27 Oct 2022
by Jigme Lingpa
A short ritual for taking the eight vows of a lay practitioner (upāsaka/upāsikā) for a single day. As Jigme Lingpa mentions, it is traditionally recommended to take these precepts on the eighth, fifteenth (full moon) and thirtieth (new moon) days of each lunar month.
28 Mar 2021
by Jigme Lingpa
Jigme Lingpa describes how the cycle of Yumka Dechen Gyalmo was first revealed to him by a ḍākinī, while he was on pilgrimage in Drakyi Yangdzong in 1773.
26 Jun 2020
by Jigme Lingpa
This letter relates the history of the kīla that Jigme Lingpa found as a material treasure at Mount Hepori. The text was written for Queen Tsewang Lhamo of Derge and offered to her together with the kīla itself. The letter is found only in the Lhasa edition of Jigme Lingpa's writings, which might indicate that it was initially kept secret and only discovered after her passing, too late to be included in the Derge edition.
24 Nov 2022
by Jigme Lingpa
This is one of two commentaries by Jigme Lingpa on the Dukngal Rangdrol practice of Avalokiteśvara that he himself revealed. Here, Jigme Lingpa offers a word-by-word explanation of the sādhana, both its preliminaries and its main part, in a simple yet precise manner. He does not comment on the feast offering section, which was added only later by the First Dodrupchen, Jigme Trinle Özer (1745–1821).
6 Jan 2022
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).
2 Jul 2021
by Jigme Lingpa
The innermost secret guru practice of the Longchen Nyingtik cycle focuses on Longchen Rabjam and is considered an indispensable preliminary to Dzogchen practice. Jigme Lingpa revealed the practice some time around 1761, during his second three-year retreat, then kept it secret for five years.
19 Sep 2022
by Jigme Lingpa
The sādhana of Dukngal Rangdrol (sdug bsngal rang grol), 'Natural Liberation of Suffering', is the Avalokiteśvara practice from the Longchen Nyingtik that is classed either as a peaceful yidam or as the secret-level guru practice from the peaceful, male-vidyādhara section of the cycle.
26 Jun 2020
by Jigme Lingpa
This fire offering for Yuma Dechen Gyalmo, the main ḍākinī practice of Longchen Nyingtik, can be adapted to any of the four activities: pacifying, enriching, magnetizing or wrathful subjugation.
6 May 2019
by Jigme Lingpa
This longevity practice related to Rigdzin Düpa (The Vidyādhara Assembly) includes a means of attaining immortality through Amitāyus and a summoning of longevity (tshe 'gugs) that invokes the eight vidyādharas.
28 Oct 2020
by Jigme Lingpa
The inner guru practice Vidyādhara Assembly (Rigdzin Düpa) features Guru Padmasambhava and Mandāravā at the centre of the maṇḍala, surrounded by the eight vidyādharas, twenty-five disciples and other deities.
23 Dec 2020
revealed by Jigme Lingpa
The outer guru yoga of the Longchen Nyingtik cycle, most of which was later incorporated into the preliminary, or ngöndro, practice.
22 Sep 2021
by Jigme Lingpa
This fundamental text from the Longchen Nyingtik cycle summarizes the view of the three inner tantras— Mahāyoga, Anuyoga and Atiyoga—and explains the approach, close approach, accomplishment and great accomplishment phases. It also elucidates major categories, such as the three objects, three enemies, and three ravines, and shows how each of the inner tantras overcomes the four māras.
22 Dec 2021
by Jigme Lingpa
This short guide can be read aloud in the presence of the dead and dying. It begins by explaining the truth of the person's situation, that they have passed away, then offers citations from the sūtras, encourages them to aim for Sukhāvatī, and finally guides them in a practice of transference (phowa).
19 May 2023
by Jigme Lingpa
A popular white sur offering, in which one visualizes oneself as Khasarpaṇi and presents burnt offerings to all the buddhas and bodhisattvas, gurus, deities, goddesses, protectors, and spirits and to all sentient beings.
9 Aug 2023

Karma Chakme

by Karma Chakme
A concise liturgy to be recited when burying a treasure vase for the earth lords (sa bdag), as is done on such occasions as the construction of a stūpa.
22 Mar 2024
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.
18 Oct 2023
by Karma Chakme
A simple visualization and mantra practice for Medicine Buddha, otherwise known as Bhaiṣajya-Guru, Lord of Physicians.
20 Oct 2017

Khenpo Pema Vajra

by Khenpo Pema Vajra
The largest commentary on Dukngal Rangdrol, this text provides a detailed explanation of how to do a retreat on Avalokiteśvara according to the Longchen Nyingtik. Drawing on Jigme Lingpa's own commentary The Visionary Instructions, the manual explains how beginners should practise the approach phase and how more advanced practitioners can practice the approach and accomplishment phases in union. The text concludes with an overview of how the path is brought to fruition.
23 May 2022

Minling Terchen Gyurme Dorje

by Minling Terchen Gyurme Dorje
This rite for offering to the dharma protectors, headed by Mahākāla in various forms, is among the most popular liturgies in the Nyingma tradition.
2 Jan 2018

Mipham Rinpoche

by Mipham Rinpoche
Mipham Rinpoche composed this more extensive practice for offering sang, or purificatory incense smoke, to the magnetizing ḍākinī Kurukullā at the request of a doctor named Atsang.
29 Mar 2021

Namkha Tsewang Chokdrup

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.
26 Dec 2022

Neten Chokling Pema Gyurme

by Neten Chokling Pema Gyurme
Two short prayers from the Chokling Tersar tradition to accompany offerings to Mahādeva and consort, who are associated with the activity of magnetizing.
18 Jun 2024

Orgyen Tobgyal Rinpoche

compiled by Orgyen Tobgyal Rinpoche
Orgyen Tobgyal Rinpoche took the Etrom Lower Activities Manual from the Yangsang Tukkyi Purchik as a basis and added verses from Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche’s Nyakluk Phurba and a Rigdzin Kulwa from the Sakya tradition. The text was compiled during the Netik Phurba Drupchen in Lerab Ling, 2018.
3 Jun 2019

Patrul Rinpoche

by Patrul Rinpoche
A short summary of what must be covered when teaching Jigme Lingpa's celebrated treatise, The Treasury of Precious Qualities (yon tan rin po che'i mdzod).
20 Sep 2021
by Patrul Rinpoche
This prayer to the lineage of the Longchen Nyingtik transference (phowa) practice is not included in current editions of Patrul Rinpoche's collected works but does appear in several liturgies.
7 Mar 2023
by Patrul Rinpoche
This three-verse exhortation to the dharmapālas, which is regularly recited by followers of the Longchen Nyingtik tradition, was composed for Tsamtrul Rinpoche, the incarnation of Jigme Gyalwai Nyugu, when he was about to travel through the bandit-plagued land of Golok.
7 Aug 2023
by Patrul Rinpoche
A brief guide for teachers of Jigme Lingpa's magnum opus The Treasury of Precious Qualities (yon tan rin po che'i mdzod), which offers a practical guide to the entire Buddhist path.
24 Feb 2021
compiled by Patrul Rinpoche
This compilation, which supplements the root text of the transference (phowa) practice from the Heart-Essence of the Vast Expanse (Longchen Nyingtik) with additional prayers, is extracted from Patrul Rinpoche's famous The Words of My Perfect Teacher (kun bzang bla ma'i zhal lung).
29 Sep 2020

Trulshik Rinpoche

by Trulshik Rinpoche
This six-verse prayer for the longevity of Tulku Rigdzin Pema Tendzin Dorje (b. 1948) was written in June 2004 at the Māratika cave in Nepal.
3 Jan 2024

Tulku Rigdzin Pema

compiled by Tulku Rigdzin Pema
Optional verses to be added to the ritual cleansing (khrus) section of Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo's consecration (rab gnas) practice entitled The Rain of Virtue and Goodness.
21 Aug 2024

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