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Don’t Place Your Trust in…

A mgur of direct “pointing out” in which Sera Khandro dismantles every support of the path, revealing the already-complete unity of emptiness and luminosity.

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Five Aphoristic Couplets

These five aphoristic couplets by Nyagla Pema Dundul use vivid images of natural impossibility to show that pride, confusion, and distraction obstruct liberation, emphasising that knowledge must be integrated into lived experience.

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Ocean, Waves, and Wind: A Song on the Nature of Mind

A song by Tsangnyön Heruka, using the imagery of ocean, waves, and wind to point directly at the nature of mind.

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Song of the Vulture

Sera Khandro sang this song at the age of eleven, a month after her mother’s death, following an encounter with a white vulture she recognised as the soul-bird of a ḍākinī.

Biography of Getse Lama Jigme Ngotsar Gy

A Prayer to the Three Roots

An opening homage to the Three Roots, invoking the full refuge assembly, gurus, deities, ḍākinīs, and protectors—as they arise from the expanse of the dharmadhātu and carry out enlightened activity.

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A Madman’s Meditation Experiences: A Song from Labchi

A Madman’s Meditation Experiences: A Song from Labchi, is a doha sung by Tsangnyön Heruka at the sacred hermitage of Labchi.

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Passing Song of the First Dodrubchen, Jigme Trinle Özer

At the moment of his death, the First Dodrubchen Jigme Trinle Özer sings of his conscious dissolution into each of the five buddha wisdoms, before closing with final instructions to his heart student Do Khyentse Yeshe Dorje.

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A Spontaneous Song on Departing for Pemokö

This spontaneous song was composed by Lelung Zhepe Dorje (1697–1740) at Gyala in Kongpo in 1729, at the moment of departure from a gathered assembly of pilgrims and patrons on the threshold of the hidden land of Pemokö.

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The Outer, Inner, and Secret Practice Cycle of Zhepe Dorje

This text presents the outer, inner, and secret practice cycles of Zhepe Dorje, transmitted by Lhachik Nyima Zhönu—a protector deity revealed through pure vision—in 1730 and recorded in 1731.

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Opening the Door to Prosperity: A Praise to Invoke the Sacred Commitment of the Great Shanglön Dorje Dudul

Devotional praises invoking Shanglön Dorje Dudul, composed by Lelung Zhepe Dorje, describe him in great detail as a dark blue yakṣa figure adorned with jewels, holding a wish-fulfilling jewel and nectar vase, and capable of transforming into various wrathful forms.

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A Biography of Chöje Lingpa

A Biography of Chöje Lingpa by Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Taye, detailing the life of Chöje Lingpa (Rogje Lingpa), a seventeenth- to eighteenth-century Tibetan treasure revealer (tertön) known for discovering and transmitting profound spiritual treasures (terma), including teachings on Guru Padmasambhava, Mahāmudrā, and Dzogchen.

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A Series of Spontaneous Spiritual Songs

Two spontaneous songs by Lelung Zhepe Dorje: one honouring the 2nd Dzogchen Drubwang Gyurme Thekchog Tenzin, the other celebrating the experience of unobstructed, effortless awareness. Both transmit direct spiritual realization through verse.

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