An Aspiration to Travel to the Hidden Land of Pemokö

A prayer to take rebirth in the hidden sanctuary of Pemakö, where obstacles such as sickness and conflict are scarce or nonexistent and favourable conditions may aid progress on the Dharma path.

Lelung Shepé Dorje

Aspiration Prayer

Chapter Narrating the Pure Vision of Gesar

The Fifth Lelung Rinpoche, Shepé Dorje (1697–1740), is unusual among senior Geluk figures for having taken a personal interest in the figure of Gesar of Ling, eponymous hero of the Tibetan epic. The text translated here narrates his ‘pure vision’ (dag snang) of Gesar, which took place near his monastic seat at Lelung, in Ölga, in 1729.

Lelung Shepé Dorje

Pure Vision

The Magical Lasso – A Prayer of Aspiration to Accomplish Khecara

This aspirational prayer, composed at the request of Trinle Losal, calls upon all the ḍākinīs of the three worlds to grant their blessings, so that the practitioner may complete the vajrayāna path and bring benefit to all beings. It was composed at the camp of Dudul Dewa Chenpo, the heart dharmacakra of Pemokö, the supreme emanated realm of Akaniṣṭha.

Lelung Shepé Dorje

Aspiration Prayer

Translated Works

Persons

The Fifth Lelung Jedrung, Lobsang Trinle (1697–1740), on being recognized as the reincarnation of the Fourth Lelung Jedrung, Gendun Chögyal, had his hair cutting ceremony carried out by The Sixth Dalai Lama (1683–1706) in 1702. Later the treasure revealer Chöje Lingpa (1681–1720/1722) prophesied that Lelung would be the one to receive and propagate a terma focussed on a peaceful and wrathful form of Avalokiteśvara. His collected works total some forty-six volumes. In 1740 he passed away at the age of forty-three and was posthumously declared to be the protector deity Drakshul Wangpo who is focused on subduing the spirit Dorje Shugden.