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A Madman’s Meditation Experiences: A Song from Labchi

“A Madman’s Meditation Experiences: A Song from Labchi,” as titled here, is an untitled doha from the Precious Collected Songs of Tsangnyön Heruka, sung at the sacred hermitage of Labchi following a teaching encounter with his heart-disciple.

Biography of Getse Lama Jigme Ngotsar Gy

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.

Biography of Getse Lama Jigme Ngotsar Gy

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.

Biography of Getse Lama Jigme Ngotsar Gy

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.

Biography of Getse Lama Jigme Ngotsar Gy

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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The Great Symbolic Vision at Palpuk Ring: A Dream of Guru Chökyi Wangchuk

In this 1245 dream vision at Palpuk Ring, Guru Chöwang encounters his recurring guide, a ḍākinī named Yeshe Gyen, at his childhood home - sparking profound symbolic revelations of dharmic truth.

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Namkechenma: A Dream of Guru Chökyi Wangchuk

Armed with the 'scroll of devastation' from his father, Guru Chöwang's first treasure excavation leads to a terrifying encounter with the Nine-Headed Nāga Demon, guardian of hidden teachings.

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How Guru Chöwang Met the Guru at Ne Ngön

During an alchemical corpse ritual, Guru Chöwang meets Padmasambhava in a profound encounter that defies categorization as dream, vision, or reality - an event he insisted truly occurred.

Biography of Getse Lama Jigme Ngotsar Gy

An Extraordinary Pure Vision at Kharchu's Nectar Cave: A Dream of Guru Chöwang

After five days of Guru Pema practice, Chöwang's pure vision atop Mt Meru reveals worldly omens and a profound teaching: all phenomena, even demons, arise from mind itself.

Biography of Getse Lama Jigme Ngotsar Gy

A Brief Biography: The Successive Incarnations of Tsoknyi Özer

The reincarnation lineage of Tsoknyi Özer exemplified supreme devotion - illustrated by the Third Tsoknyi's offering of his burning finger as a lamp to fulfill his guru's wishes.

Biography of Getse Lama Jigme Ngotsar Gy

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