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A Lineage Prayer for the Natural Liberation of Grasping

This lineage prayer for Do Khyentse's treasure cycle Natural Liberation of Grasping (Dzinpa Rangdröl) is found in a liturgical compilation arranged by Galwang Nyima. The prayer comprises verses from the supplication prayer and Troma practice as located in the revealed treasure texts as well as a short transmission lineage. 

Do Khyentse Yeshe Dorje

Lineage Prayer

Cloudbanks of Blessings: A Guru Yoga

Our research has unveiled a rare gem hidden in Do Khyentse Yeshe Dorje’s treasure collection (gter chos) — a guru yoga that transcends conventional narratives, anchored in the reverence of a historical yoginī. Join us in unraveling the secrets of female practitioners in the Tibetan world, where feminine power becomes a gateway to tantric transformation.

Do Khyentse Yeshe Dorje

Guru Yoga

For the Long Life of Ḍākki Losal Drölma​

Composed by Do Khyentse Yeshe Dorje under the not-well-known moniker of Tragtung Dorje, this tract of a text lauds her blessed abilities and creates the conditions for her long life, all the while playing off her name, one that is also less known, incorporating Drön over Dröl.

Do Khyentse Yeshe Dorje

Asprational Prayer

The Hook Which Invokes Blessings: A Supplication to the Life and Liberation of Knowledge-Holder Jalu Dorje

This concise biographical prayer to Do Khyentse Yeshe Dorje was written by the master himself at the request of a king, most likely Namkha Lhundrub of Trokyab.

Do Khyentse Yeshe Dorje 

Biographical

The Recitation for the Gradual Path of the Preliminaries

This liturgy for the preliminary practices, or ngöndro (sngon 'gro), of Do Khyentse's terma revelation Yangsang Khandrö Tuktik, 'The Exceedingly Secret, Enlightened Heart–Essence of the Ḍākinī", includes the common, outer practices of contemplation and the main, inner preliminaries of taking refuge, generating bodhicitta, offering the maṇḍala, purifying obscurations through Vajrasattva, and guru yoga.

Do Khyentse Yeshe Dorje

Preliminary Practice

The Truthful Words of a Sage  

This aspirational prayer of Do Khyentse is the last text in his Natural Liberation of Grasping (Dzinpa Rangdröl) treasure cycle located within The Exceedingly Secret, Enlightened Heart–Essence of the Ḍākinī treasure cache.

Do Khyentse Yeshe Dorje

Asprational Prayer

Translated Works 

Abridged Biographies: The Lineage of the Do Family

This text provides us with an insight into the life of Do Khyentse Yeshe Dorje by presenting a concise biography of the master in addition to those of his family. It, moreover, offers stories from the life of his half-sister and spiritual partner, Losal Drölma—an honored teacher in her own right and a figure on the fringe of the Yeshe Dorje tales told in temples. 

Do Dasal Wangmo

Biography

Biography of Getse Lama Jigme Ngotsar Gyatso 

Holder of the Longchen Nyingtik, disciple of Jigme Lingpa, and founder of Kilung Monastery, Jigme Ngotsar Gyatso, aka Getse Lama Sönam Tenzin, helped establish and promulgate the teachings of his masters. Come take a glimpse into the enlightened life of this master by reading his concise biography, penned by Tenzin Lungtok Nyima.

Tenzin Lungtok Nyima

Biography

A Brief Biography of Jetsunma Do Dasal Wangmo

Nun, physician, and treasure revealer, Do Dasal Wangmo was a well-respected female master in eastern Tibet. She was the great-granddaughter of Do Khyentse Yeshe Dorje and the last member of his family line. Her religious affinity and familial connections allowed her to follow a contemplative, studious, and altruistic lifestyle as a monastic physician and professor of Tibetan medicine.

Tsangpo

Biography

Biography of Gyalse Rigpe Raltri 

Rigpa Raltri was the younger son of Do Khyentse Yeshe Dorje and was recognized as the reincarnation of Jigme Lingpa's son, Jigme Nyinche Özer. 

Tubten Chödar

Biography

The Biography of Ḍākki Losal Drölma

Losal Drölma, half-sister and religious companion of Do Khyentse Yeshe Dorje, was pivotal in the treasure teachings that he brought forth and became the Dharma custodian of his teachings. while imbibing the streams of instructions, she spent a wealth of time in retreat and grew rich in experiential realization. 

Tubten Chödar

Biography

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Treasure Revealer

Do Khyentse Yeshe Dorje (1800–1866) was born in the Golok region of Amdo after a mythic and divine conception. He spent many years of his youth with the Drigung sect and his root guru, the First Dodrubchen, Jigme Trinle Özer. He was later recognized as an emanation of Jigme Lingpa (1729–1798) and is remembered as a wild yogi and treasure revealer, leading a life filled with magical narratives.

Do Khyentse Yeshe Dorje

1800–1866

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