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. A Spontaneous Song on Departing for Pemokö Above, in the deep blue sky, five-coloured rainbow light swirls; In the spontaneously arising great palace— Dwells the sole father, Great Orgyen, together with consort and ḍākinīs— Please bestow upon the fortunate men and women gathered here, supreme and common siddhis. Pemokö in the eastern direction, the second pure Khechara— We yogis who have turned our backs on our homeland, without attachment or clinging, Depart to establish the instructions of the lamas and ḍākinīs. May all the patrons gathered here remain in good health. We, vajra brothers and sisters, Wholeheartedly directing our minds to the three-root deities, Set out with delight. Since illness and joy, death and ease are all certain, There is not the slightest hope or fear. The concerns of lamas and leaders, The narrow hope of seeking refuge, [2] The fetters of kin, friends, and monastery— The knotted shackle of both this and future lives Since we yogis are unbound by these things— we live as we please. Even though we return, it is with happiness; Even though we die on the road, it is with joy. Whether we stay or go, there is neither attachment nor clinging. If you wish to compete with us— come in this way. I make only this aspiration— to behold your fine faces once again. With that, I sang songs of whatever arose and beat out the dance. Amid the buzzing of the melodic recitation of the three syllables Hūṃ Phaṭ Bhyoḥ, whistling songs, flute, hand-drum, and damaru, I went forth with leaping, running, and gazes of rigpa's tantric conduct. COLOPHON None NOTES [1] This spontaneous song was sung in Pemokö by Lelung Zhepe Dorje in 1729, and is found in his travel account entitled Pleasant and Truthful Words: Directions to the Supreme Pilgrimage Site of Pemak o. Lelung had embarked on an expedition to open the sacred sites of Pemokö having been commanded in a vision by Gesar Gyalpo. Far from a gentle paradise, he describes the region as a perilous landscape filled with venomous snakes, swarms of insects, predatory beasts, hostile tribes, and debilitating illnesses—fevers, swelling, blisters, tumours, and pustules—as well as malevolent spirits displaying magical emanations. By this point in the journey, Lelung had reached the rugged Gyala region in Kongpo with a small group of close companions, including consorts, mediums, and advanced practitioners. Having just bestowed empowerments and offered a great feast for local patrons and pilgrims, who remained behind, he and his inner circle prepared to press onward into the hidden land. It is at this moment of departure, as the expedition leaves the settled world and enters deeper into Pemokö, that he bursts into spontaneous song. [ 2 ] This is an interesting sentence and should be read in the context of having a narrow mind towards only certain lamas or traditions contrary to the spirit of non-sectarianism that Lelung Zhepe Dorje embodied. Photo credit: Photograph © Thomas Laird, from The Dalai Lama's Secret Temple: Tantric Wall Paintings from Tibet , Ian A. Baker (Thames & Hudson, 2011) Published: March 2026 BIBLIOGRAPHY Lelung Jedrung Zhepe Dorje (Sle lung rje drung bZhad paʼi rdo rje). 1983a. "Gnas mchog Padmo bkod du bgrod paʼi lam yig." In Sle lung rje drung bZhad paʼi rdo rjeʼi gsung ʼbum , v., 389–493. Leh: Sonam, T. and Tashigang, D.L. BDRC W22130 . Abstract This spontaneous song was composed by Lelung Zhepe Dorje in 1729 at Gyala in Kongpo, on the threshold of the hidden land of Pemokö. It is preserved in his travel account Pleasant and Truthful Words: Directions to the Supreme Pilgrimage Site of Pemokö , which records his expedition to open its sacred sites within a harsh and formidable landscape. Having just bestowed empowerments and presided over a great feast for a large gathering of local patrons and pilgrims, Lelung set out once more with his close circle of companions—consorts, mediums, and practitioners, leaving the wider assembly behind. It was at this charged moment of departure, as they pressed onward into the wilderness, that this spontaneous song arose. [1] BCRC W22130 DOWNLOAD TRANSLATION GO TO TRANSLATION LISTEN TO AUDIO 00:00 / 00:27 TRADITION Geluk | Nyingma INCARNATION LINE Lelung Jedrung HISTORICAL PERIOD 18th Century TEACHERS The Sixth Dalai Lama, Tsangyang Gyatso The Fifth Panchen Lama, Lobzang Yesh e Damchö Zangpo Mingyur Paldrön Chöje Lingpa Dönyö Khedrup The First Purchok, Ngawang Jampa Ngawang Chödrak Yeshe Gyatso Damchö Gyatso Losal Gyatso Lhundrub Gyatso Dungkar Tsangyang Drukdrak The Second Dzogchen Drubwang, Gyurme Tekchok Tendzin TRANSLATOR Tib Shelf INSTITUTIONS Lelung Monastery Mindröling Ngari Dratsang Chökhor Gyal Trandruk Potala Tsāri STUDENTS Kunga Mingyur Dorj e Dorje Yom e Kunga Paldzom Lobzang Lhachok Dönyö Khedrub Polhane Sönam Tobgy e Ngawang Jampa Mingyur Paldrön The Fifth Dorje Drak Rigdzin, Kalzang Pema Wangchuk Lhasang Khan AUTHOR Lelung Zhepe Dorje A Spontaneous Song on Departing for Pemokö VIEW ALL PUBLICATIONS NEXT PUBLICATION > < PREVIOUS PUBLICATION Home Publications Read Listen Watch People Information About Meet the Team Services Translators Donate Subscribe to our newsletter Support Tib Shelf's ongoing work & Subscribe Today! 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Teacher Losal Drölma 1802–1861 BDRC P1GS138134 TREASURY OF LIVES PHOTO CREDIT Ḍākki Losal Drölma (1802–1861) was a remarkable Tibetan Buddhist practitioner, recognized for her deep spiritual achievements and her contributions to the religious legacy of her brother, the treasure revealer Do Khyentse Yeshe Dorje . Born in the Golok region, she received teachings from some of the most esteemed masters of her time, including Dodrubchen Jigme Trinle Özer and others at monasteries like Drigung Til and Katok. Renowned for her visionary experiences, including manifestations ḍākinī emanations, she played a critical role in preserving and disseminating treasure teachings, earning titles such as "dharma custodian" (chos bdag ). Despite familial constraints preventing formal recognition as a tulku, she maintained significant influence in spiritual and educational spheres, serving her community, family, and lineage with profound devotion until her passing. Translated Works Biography The Biography of Ḍākki Losal Drölma Tubten Chödar A realized female master, Ḍākki Losal Drölma served as custodian of her half-brother Do Khyentse's treasure teachings while deepening her own spiritual attainments in Tibet's sacred sites Read Biography The Biography of Gyalse Rigpe Raltri Tubten Chödar Son of Do Khyentse and recognized as Jigme Lingpa's son's reincarnation, Rigpe Raltri became a revered Minyak guru, transmitting the Yangsang Khandro Tugtik treasures to his own son. Read Timetable A Chronological Timetable: Lives of Do Khyentse’s Familial Line Tubten Chödar A chronology of birth and death dates mapping Do Khyentse Yeshe Dorje's family lineage through its key figures and connections. Read Biography A Brief Biography of Jetsunma Do Dasal Wangmo Tsangpo A renowned female master in eastern Tibet, Do Dasal Wangmo - Do Khyentse's great-granddaughter - served as nun, physician, and treasure revealer, later teaching medicine despite political hardship. Read Aspirational Prayer For the Long Life of Ḍākki Losal Drölma Do Khyentse Yeshe Dorje Do Khyentse, writing as Tragtung Dorje, crafts a long-life prayer for Ḍākki Losal Drölma that playfully incorporates her lesser-known name Drön while praising her spiritual attainments. Read Guru Yoga, Prayer, Supplication Prayer Cloudbanks of Blessings: A Guru Yoga Do Khyentse Yeshe Dorje A rare guru yoga from Do Khyentse's treasure teachings centered on a historical yoginī, revealing unique insights into female practitioners and tantric transformation in Tibet. Read Lineage Prayer A Lineage Prayer for the Natural Liberation of Grasping Gyalwang Nyima, Do Khyentse Yeshe Dorje A compilation of supplication verses and transmission lineage for Do Khyentse's Dzinpa Rangdröl treasure cycle, arranged by Galwang Nyima from original revealed texts. Read Biography Abridged Biographies: The Lineage of the Do Family Do Dasal Wangmo Chronicling Do Khyentse Yeshe Dorje's lineage, with special attention to his half-sister Losal Drölma - an honored teacher whose story emerges from the margins of temple narratives. Read Mentioned In Menu Close Home Publications Read Listen Watch People Information About Meet the Team Services Translators Donate Research Tool Privacy Policy & Terms of Use SUBSCRIBE Publications Watch People Listen

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“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. A Madman’s Meditation Experiences: A Song from Labchi Emaho! Victorious Hevajra is One’s own mind—primordially pure. Neither empty nor non-empty— It abides in a state free from elaboration. That self-arising primordial wisdom, without elaboration, I’d not recognised it before—while meditating on the path; I’ve come to understand this was delusion meditating on delusion. Now being free from the meditating intellect, When I wish to meditate, meditation is obscured by meditation itself. But with the great realisation of nonmeditation, everything dawns as meditation— While ordinary beings are fettered by wisdom itself— For the yogi, the five poisons arise as ornaments. The ultimate nature of phenomena, beyond arising and cessation, The learned don’t understand it, so I asked the simple-minded—they know not either! I questioned the corpses in the charnel grounds; What they explain is the ultimate nature of phenomena. These are a madman’s meditation experiences in the snowy mountains of Labchi. Evaṃ, written down in words—how wonderful! Evaṃ COLOPHON None NOTES [1] “A Madman’s Meditation Experiences: A Song from Labchi” is a title supplied by the translators since this “song,” or doha , is untitled in the Collected Songs of Tsangnyön Heruka, sung at the sacred Kagyu hermitage of Labchi. BIBLIOGRAPHY Tsangnyön Heruka (gtsang smyon he ru ka rus paʼi rgyan can). rje btsun gtsang smyon he ru kas la phyi nas blangs pa’i nyams mgur . In gtsang smyon he ru kaʼi mgur ʼbum , 1 vol., 1, compiled by Godtsangpa Natsok Rangdröl (rgod tshang pa sna tshogs rang grol). BDRC MW4CZ1248 . Abstract “A Madman’s Meditation Experiences: A Song from Labchi” [1] —a title supplied by the translators—is an untitled doha drawn from the Precious Collected Songs of the Jetsun Tsangnyon Heruka, sung in Labchi. Arising within the context of a teaching encounter following the bestowal of empowerment and instruction to his heart-disciple, the song unfolds through a series of striking reversals: Tsangnyön speaks of confused meditative striving—delusion upon delusion—through the recognition of self-arising wisdom, free from elaboration, to the realisation of nonmeditation, in which all experience dawns as meditation and the five poisons arise as ornaments. The song culminates in one of Tsangnyon’s most arresting images: the learned cannot explain the ultimate nature of phenomena, the simple cannot, but the charnel ground corpses can. An expression of Mahāmudrā realisation in the doha tradition. BDRC LINK MW4CZ1248 DOWNLOAD TRANSLATION GO TO TRANSLATION LISTEN TO AUDIO 00:00 / 00:27 TRADITION Marpa Kagyu CLAN Nyang HISTORICAL PERIOD 14th Century 15th Century TEACHERS sangs rgyas seng+ge kun dga' sangs rgyas yon tan rgya mtsho kun dga' nyi ma don grub grags pa The Second Drukchen, Kunga Peljor TRANSLATOR Tib Shelf INSTITUTIONS Pelkhor Chode Swayambhunath Rechung Puk Kailash Tsāri Labchi STUDENTS sna tshogs rang grol rdo rje seng+ge rin chen rnam rgyal dngos grub dpal 'bar AUTHOR Tsangnyon Heruka A Madman’s Meditation Experiences: A Song from Labchi VIEW ALL PUBLICATIONS NEXT PUBLICATION > < PREVIOUS PUBLICATION Home Publications Read Listen Watch People Information About Meet the Team Services Translators Donate Subscribe to our newsletter Support Tib Shelf's ongoing work & Subscribe Today! Name * Email* Submit Tib Shelf is a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to translating, presenting and preserving primary source Tibetan texts across a vast array of genres and time periods. We make these literary treasures accessible to readers worldwide, offering a unique window into Tibet's rich history, culture and traditions. Tib Shelf has been accredited by the British Library with the International Standard Serial Number (ISSN): 2754–1495 CONTACT US | SHELVES@TIBSHELF.ORG © 2024 Tib Shelf. All rights reserved.

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. The Outer, Inner, and Secret Practice Cycle of Zhepe Dorje Namo ḍākinī ye! I received the outer, inner, and secret practice cycles of Zhepe Dorje from Lhachik Nyima Zhönu in the Iron Male Dog year (1730). E ma! For Zhepe Dorje, there are outer, inner, and secret explanations. For those wishing to accomplish the outer practice, Visualise Zhepe Dorje in monastic attire, Seated in a lama’s teaching posture, In a place that is either the sangha's joyous garden Or atop the stupa's tiered chambers— Before a Dharma wheel with a retinue of renunciants, Surrounded by many śrāvakas— Make supplications with deep yearning and clear resonance. For those wishing to accomplish the inner practice, Visualise Zhepe Dorje in the form of a master of mantra, Appearing in any attire, free from convention. His dwelling places are forest groves, riverbanks, Solitary abodes, rocky mountains, villages, and so forth. Visualise [him] in various forms and surrounded by a diverse retinue, Seated in the centre of the gaṇacakra gathering— Then make feast offerings, Fire offerings, water offerings, and others. [179] For those wishing to accomplish the secret practice, Visualise Zhepe Dorje as a naked ascetic Engaged in the conduct of invoking blessings. Bearing many implements—thigh bone trumpet, ḍamaru, bell, and conch shell, Surrounded by a hundred thousand beautiful young women, He binds ḍākinīs, ging, and lang as servants [1] Proclaiming HŪṂ PHAṬ BHYO, His abodes are haunted places and charnel grounds, where he roams. Meditate on maintaining the yogic observances, Take up the HŪṂ song and raise awareness, Dispatch with PHAṬ and mix space and awareness, Proclaim fierce cries, longing songs, and whistles. Colophon Thus, having received authorisation, this was written down in the Miracle Month of the Iron Female Pig year (1731). This completes the great chapter of Zhepe Dorje's practice cycle. NOTES [1] Ging (ging) and lang (glang) are classes of spirits in Tibetan Buddhism—ging often depicted as fierce skeletal figures and lang as messenger spirits. Published: January 2026 BIBLIOGRAPHY Bzhad pa'i rdo rje. 1983–1985. bzhad pa'i rdo rje'i phyi nang gsang gsum gyi sgrub skor . In gsung 'bum/_bzhad pa'i rdo rje , vol. 12, pp. 193–195. Leh: T. Sonam & D.L. Tashigang. BDRC MW22130_1813C6 Abstract 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. The three-tiered practice system offers progressive visualisation methods: the outer practice presents Zhepe Dorje as a monastic teacher, the inner practice depicts him as a tantric master, and the secret practice reveals him as a naked ascetic. BDRC LINK MW22130 DOWNLOAD TRANSLATION GO TO TRANSLATION LISTEN TO AUDIO 00:00 / 02:26 TRADITION Geluk | Nyingma INCARNATION LINE Lelung Jedrung HISTORICAL PERIOD 18th Century TEACHERS The Sixth Dalai Lama, Tsangyang Gyatso The Fifth Panchen Lama, Lobzang Yesh e Damchö Zangpo Mingyur Paldrön Chöje Lingpa Dönyö Khedrup The First Purchok, Ngawang Jampa Ngawang Chödrak Yeshe Gyatso Damchö Gyatso Losal Gyatso Lhundrub Gyatso Dungkar Tsangyang Drugdrak The Second Dzogchen Drubwang, Gyurme Tekchok Tendzin TRANSLATOR Tib Shelf INSTITUTIONS Lelung Monastery Mindröling Ngari Dratsang Chökhor Gyal Trandruk Potala Tsāri STUDENTS Kunga Mingyur Dorj e Dorje Yom e Kunga Paldzom Lobzang Lhachok Dönyö Khedrub Polhane Sönam Tobgy e Ngawang Jampa Mingyur Paldrön The Fifth Dorje Drak Rigdzin, Kalzang Pema Wangchuk Lhasang Khan AUTHOR Lelung Zhepe Dorje The Outer, Inner, and Secret Practice Cycle of Zhepe Dorje VIEW ALL PUBLICATIONS NEXT PUBLICATION > < PREVIOUS PUBLICATION Home Publications Read Listen Watch People Information About Meet the Team Services Translators Donate Subscribe to our newsletter Support Tib Shelf's ongoing work & Subscribe Today! Name * Email* Submit Tib Shelf is a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to translating, presenting and preserving primary source Tibetan texts across a vast array of genres and time periods. We make these literary treasures accessible to readers worldwide, offering a unique window into Tibet's rich history, culture and traditions. Tib Shelf has been accredited by the British Library with the International Standard Serial Number (ISSN): 2754–1495 CONTACT US | SHELVES@TIBSHELF.ORG © 2024 Tib Shelf. All rights reserved.

Teacher Jetsunma Tamdrin Wangmo Kalzang Chokyi Nyima 1836-1896 BDRC P910 TREASURY OF LIVES PHOTO CREDIT Jetsunma Tamdrin Wangmo Kelzang Chokyi Nyima (1836-1896) was a highly accomplished female master of the Sakya tradition, born into the noble Khön family. She received extensive tantric training from renowned masters and was instrumental in preserving rare lineage transmissions, including Lamdre Lobshe and the teachings of the three "red deities." Upon returning to Sakya, she became a prolific teacher who transmitted empowerments and teachings to countless disciples, notably giving the complete Lamdre Lobshe twice and Vajramāla three times. Remembered as an emanation of Vajra Nairātmyā and Vajravārahī, she was accorded honours equal to male lineage holders and left a lasting legacy through her dedication to preserving Sakya teachings. Translated Works Mentioned In Menu Close Home Publications Read Listen Watch People Information About Meet the Team Services Translators Donate Research Tool Privacy Policy & Terms of Use SUBSCRIBE Publications Watch People Listen

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. Passing Song of the First Dodrubchen, Jigme Trinle Özer ང་འགྲོ་ཆོས་དབྱིངས་ཡེ་ཤེས་ཀློང་དུ་འགྲོ། ། I go—I go into the dharmadhātu wisdom expanse, ཆོས་དབྱིངས་ཡེ་ཤེས་སྨྲ་བསམ་བརྗོད་པ་བྲལ། ། the dharmadhātu wisdom is beyond speech, thought, and expression. ང་འགྲོ་མེ་ལོང་ཡེ་ཤེས་ངང་དུ་འགྲོ། ། I go—I go into the state of mirror-like wisdom, གསལ་མདངས་མ་འགགས་ས་ལེ་ཧྲིག་གེ་བ། ། luminous clarity unobstructed—vividly clear, alertly awake. ང་འགྲོ་མཉམ་ཉིད་ཡེ་ཤེས་ཀློང་དུ་འགྲོ། ། I go—I go into the all-equalising wisdom expanse, འཁོར་འདས་གཟུང་འཛིན་རྣམ་རྟོག་དབྱིངས་སུ་ཡལ། ། saṃsāra and nirvāṇa, subject–object concepts, dissolve into the expanse. ང་འགྲོ་སོར་རྟོག་ཡེ་ཤེས་ངང་དུ་འགྲོ། ། I go—I go into the state of discriminating wisdom, མངོན་ཤེས་དྲུག་གི་འཆར་སྒོ་ས་ལེ་བ། ། the six clairvoyances arise, vividly clear. ང་འགྲོ་བྱ་གྲུབ་ཡེ་ཤེས་ངང་དུ་འགྲོ། ། I go—I go into the state of all-accomplishing wisdom, གདུལ་བྱར་མཐུན་སྣང་སྤྲུལ་པ་སྣ་ཚོགས་སྟོན། ། displaying manifold emanations suited to disciples. ང་འགྲོ་དཔའ་རིའི་རིག་འཛིན་ཞིང་དུ་འགྲོ། ། I go—I go to the vidyādhara land of Pari ཧེ་རུ་ཀ་དང་དགོངས་པ་མཉམ་པའི་ཚེ། ། when the wisdom mind is equal with Heruka. སྤྲུལ་པ་རྣམ་གསུམ་ཁྱོད་ཀྱི་གྲོགས་སུ་འོང་། ། Three emanations will come as your companions. འདས་རྗེས་མཁའ་འགྲོ་གསང་བའི་བརྡ་རིས་ལ། ། After my passing, regarding the ḍākinīs' secret symbolic scripts— གསལ་བར་ནམ་ཞིག་དུས་ལ་མ་བབ་པར། ། until the time arrives for them to be clearly revealed, སྤྱིར་གྱི་ཁ་བཞིན་སྡོམས་ཤིག་གསང་བའི་རྒྱ། ། keep your lips tightly closed and bind them with the seal of secrecy. བརྡ་རིས་ཡལ་བ་མེད་དོ་ཏིཥྛ་ལྷན༔ ། ། Symbolic scripts will never fade—tiṣṭha lhan! བུ་ཁྱོད་རེ་ཞིག་སྐུ་ཁམས་བདེ་བར་བཞུགས། ། Son, remain in good health for now. ད་ནི་སྐུ་འཕྲེང་ [2] བར་ཆད་གཡུལ་ལས་རྒྱལ། ། Now be victorious over the obstacles in the succession of incarnations, སྣང་སྲིད་བརྡ་དང་དཔེ་ཆར་མ་གྲོལ་བར། ། Until appearance and existence are liberated as signs and scriptures, འཁོར་འདིར་རྨི་ལམ་སྒྱུ་མར་ཤེས་ཀྱིས་ལ། ། Knowing this saṃsāra as a dream-illusion, གང་ལ་གཏད་སོ་མེད་པའི་ལམ་ཁྱེར་འབུངས། ། Take up the path—apply yourself without a fixed reference point. གཏད་རྒྱ་སྨོན་ལམ་ཚང་སྤྲུགས་གདབ་པའི་དབང་། ། The empowerment of the seal of entrustment and the casting of the all-encompassing aspiration. འདི་ནི་དབང་གི་ནང་ནས་དབང་དཀའ་འོ། ། This empowerment is the most difficult among all empowerments! COLOPHON None NOTES [1] On the identity of Chökyi Gyalpo. In the context of this final testament song, Do Khyentse Yeshe Dorje attributes it to Chökyi Gyalpo, whom we identify as the First Dodrubchen, Jigme Trinle Özer (1745–1821), his root guru (rtsa ba’i bla ma). This identification is supported by several converging sources. The publisher’s introduction to the collected biography explicitly equates the names, referring to “the holy lama Jetsun Chökyi Gyalpo, possessor of the three kindnesses, Dodrub Wang Rinpoche” (mDo mkhyen brtse ye shes rdo rje and sKal bzang don grub 1997, 10). Within the autobiography itself, he is also called “the protector Dodrub Wang, the Omniscient One” (mDo mkhyen brtse ye shes rdo rje 1997, 134), and Do Khyentse addresses him directly as “my lama, the Omniscient Chökyi Gyalpo” (ibid., 56). The name “Dodrub Wang” is independently attested as an epithet of the First Dodrubchen (Dasal Wangmo 2007), while the biographical account situates his seat at Shugchen Takgo in the Do valley (mDo mkhyen brtse ye shes rdo rje 1997, 35), identified by Garry (2007) and Dasal Wangmo (2007) as his principal early centre (shugs chen stag mgo ru phan bde ’gro don gling; BDRC G4952). Finally, the date of the passing described—on the thirteenth day of the Iron Snake year (mDo mkhyen brtse ye shes rdo rje 1997, 155)—corresponds exactly with the recorded death date of the First Dodrubchen (Garry 2007; Dasal Wangmo 2007). Taken together, these sources strongly support that Chökyi Gyalpo refers to Jigme Trinle Özer. [2] The BDRC e-text reads སྐུ་འཕྲང་ (“narrow pass” or “defile”), which appears to be a scribal error for སྐུ་འཕྲེང་ (“succession of incarnations”). The emended reading yields a more coherent sense in context, aligning with Chökyi Gyalpo’s final words to Do Khyentse as his lineage successor. The translation therefore follows the emended reading. BIBLIOGRAPHY Dasal Wangmo (zla gsal dbang mo). 2007. mdo tshang gi brgyud pa'i rnam thar mdor bsdus . In gsung thor bu , 283–297. pe cin: mi rigs dbe skrun khang. BDRC W1GS60403 Do Khyentse Yeshe Dorje (mDo mkhyen brtse ye shes rdo rje). "mDo mkhyen brtse ye shes rdo rjeʼi rang rnam mkhaʼ ʼgroʼi zhal lung." In mDo mkhyen brtse ye shes rdo rjeʼi rnam thar , 13–303. Khreng tuʼu: Si khron mi rigs dpe skrun khang, 1997. BDRC MW21847_3C101C . Do Khyentse Yeshe Dorje (mDo mkhyen brtse ye shes rdo rje) and Kalzang Dondrub (sKal bzang don grub). mDo mkhyen brtse ye shes rdo rjeʼi rnam thar . Khreng tuʼu: Si khron mi rigs dpe skrun khang, 1997. BDRC MW21847 . Garry, Ron. "The First Dodrubchen, Jigme Trinle Wozer." Treasury of Lives: Biographies of Masters from the Tibetan Buddhist Traditions . 2007. TBRC_p293. Thondup, Tulku. Masters of Meditation and Miracles: The Longchen Nyingthig Lineage of Tibetan Buddhism . Edited by Harold Talbott. Boston: Shambhala Publications, 1996. Abstract This text presents the departure song and final testament of the First Dodrubchen Jigme Trinle Özer (1745–1821), also known as Chökyi Gyalpo [1] . It is recorded in the autobiography of Do Khyentse Yeshe Dorje (1800–1866), who was present at his teacher’s passing and received his final words directly. Structured around the five wisdoms of Vajrayāna Buddhism, the song describes Chökyi Gyalpo’s passing into each of the five buddha wisdoms in turn, before concluding with a series of final instructions. He then bestows what he declares to be the most difficult of all empowerments—the empowerment of the seal of entrustment—before dissolving without trace. Do Khyentse recounts in his namthar that he fainted momentarily upon receiving it, and upon recovering, self-arisen awareness was seen nakedly and vividly, with all arising thoughts liberated without grasping. BDRC LINK MW21847 DOWNLOAD TRANSLATION GO TO TRANSLATION LISTEN TO AUDIO 00:00 / 00:27 TRADITION Nyingma INCARNATION LINE Jigme Lingpa HISTORICAL PERIOD 19th Century TEACHERS The Fourth Dzogchen Drubwang, Mingyur Namkhe Dorje The First Dodrubchen, Jigme Trinle Özer Gyurme Tsewang Chokdrub Dola Jigme Kalzang Jigme Gyalwe Nyugu TRANSLATOR Tib Shelf INSTITUTIONS Mahā Kyilung Monastery Katok Monastery Dzogchen Monastery Tseringjong Yarlung Pemakö Drigung Til STUDENTS Losal Drölma Trokyab Gyalpo Tsewang Rabten Nyala Pema Dudul The Second Dodrubchen, Jigme Puntsok Jungne Patrul Orgyen Jigme Chökyi Wangpo The First Dodrubchen, Jigme Trinle Özer Ranyak Gyalse Nyoshul Luntok Tenpe Gyaltsen Özer Taye Kalzang Döndrub Pema Sheja Do Drimé Drakpa Kunzang Tobden Wangpo Gyalse Zhenpen Taye Özer The Third Alak Gyalpo Chöying Tobden Dorje Rigpe Raltri AUTHOR Do Khyentse Yeshe Dorje Passing Song of the First Dodrubchen, Jigme Trinle Özer VIEW ALL PUBLICATIONS NEXT PUBLICATION > < PREVIOUS PUBLICATION Home Publications Read Listen Watch People Information About Meet the Team Services Translators Donate Subscribe to our newsletter Support Tib Shelf's ongoing work & Subscribe Today! 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Polymath The Fifth Lelung Zhepe Dorje 1697–1740 BDRC P675 TREASURY OF LIVES LOTSAWA HOUSE PHOTO CREDIT The Fifth Lelung Jedrung, Lobzang 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 treasure cycle 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 Dragshul Wangpo who is focused on subduing the spirit Dorje Shugden. Song A Spontaneous Song on Departing for Pemokö Lelung Zhepe Dorje 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. Read Prayer The Outer, Inner, and Secret Practice Cycle of Zhepe Dorje Lelung 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. Read Prayer Opening the Door to Prosperity: A Praise to Invoke the Sacred Commitment of the Great Shanglön Dorje Dudul Lelung Zhepe Dorje 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. Read Song A Series of Spontaneous Spiritual Songs Lelung Zhepe Dorje 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. Read Aspirational Prayer The Magical Lasso: A Prayer of Aspiration to Accomplish Khecara Lelung Zhepe Dorje A heartfelt prayer to the ḍākinīs of three worlds, composed at Pemokö's Dudul Dewa Chenpo, seeking blessings to master the Vajrayāna path for all beings' benefit. Read Pure Vision Chapter Narrating the Pure Vision of Gesar Lelung Zhepe Dorje Senior Geluk figure Lelung Zhepe Dorje (1697-1740) recounts his extraordinary 1729 pure vision of Gesar of Ling, marking a rare intersection of Geluk tradition with Tibet's epic hero. Read Buddhist An Aspiration to Travel to the Hidden Land of Pemokö Lelung Zhepe Dorje A prayer aspiring to rebirth in Pemokö, a sacred hidden land where dharmic conditions flourish and worldly obstacles dissolve - composed by Lelung Zhepe Dorje. Read Translated Works Mentioned In Menu Close Home Publications Read Listen Watch People Information About Meet the Team Services Translators Donate Research Tool Privacy Policy & Terms of Use SUBSCRIBE Publications Watch People Listen