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Song
Arousing Desire of the Beautiful One: Simile and Meaning in Union
Śākya Śrī
A spontaneous karmamudra song by the yogin Śākya Śrī, uniting longing for his consort Namkha Dronma with direct recognition of rigpa.
Biography
Mura Pema Dechen Zangpo
Tenzin Lungtok Nyima
A genealogy of the Mura lineage through its incarnations, focusing on the Third Mura Pema Dechen's life, teachings, and key relationships, penned by Tenzin Lungtok Nyima.
Advice
Essential Advice in Three Sets of Three
Butön Rinchen Drub
Butön Rinchen Drup's concise text outlines ascending qualities for sages, bodhisattvas, and Mantrayāna practitioners, mirroring the progression through Buddhism's three vehicles.
Supplication Prayer
The Drop of Spring: A Spontaneous Vajra Song of Definitive Meaning That Supplicates the Great Charioteers of the Luminous Mahāmudrā
Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo
A vajra song supplicating the early Dagpo Kagyu masters while expressing aspirations for realization through the luminous Mahāmudrā path.
Biography
Namkechenma: A Dream of Guru Chökyi Wangchuk
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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Lelung Zhepe Dorje
Three Songs of Experience: Lavapa’s Cave and the Mad Yogins
WEEKLY QUOTES
བྱང་བསྟན་ཕུག་པར་རྟ་ལྗང་ཅན་གྱི་ཟེར། །
Sun rays do not enter a northern facing cave;
མི་འཇུག་དངོས་པོའི་གཤིས་ལ་བཅོས་མེད་ཀྱང་། །
The nature of such things cannot be changed.
ཕྱོགས་གཞན་བུག་པར་ཤར་བའི་སྣང་བ་ཡིས། །
However, light shining through the other opening
འཐིབས་པོའི་སྨག་རུམ་སེལ་བ་འབྱུང་སྙམ་བགྱིད། །
Dispels the thick darkness
One can contemplate this
The 5th Dalai Lama – Ngawang Lobzang Gyatso (1617–1682)
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Song of Experience: The Gateway of Manifold Appearances
Lelung Zhepe Dorje
Composed in 1718 amid violent political and religious upheaval in Tibet, this deeply personal song captures the young Lelung Zhepe Dorje’s disenchantment with worldly life, devotion, longing for hidden lands, and urgent yearning for freedom.
