RETURN TO ALL PUBLICATIONS ༈ ནམ་མཁར་རྒྱུ་བའི་སྙིང་སྡུག་མ། My Beloved in the Sky ​ ད་རང་མཚན་མོར་སྐར་མའི་ཐོག་ལངས་ཏེ།། ས་ཡི་གོ་ལར་བལྟས་ན་ཐག་རིང་བས།། ང་ཡི་སྡོད་ཁང་རིག་རྒྱུ་མ་རེད་མོད།། རྒྱང་རིང་རྒྱང་རིང་ཞིག་ན་འོད་ཐིག་ཅིག ། གཡོ་ཙམ་གཡོ་ཙམ་བྱེད་པ་མཐོང་ངེས་ཡིན།། ​ You stand atop the midnight stars Glancing out at the earth from afar. You may not see me in my room, Yet I sure see you, glittering, A single dot of light far, far away. དེ་ནི་ང་ཡི་ཁང་བའི་སྒེའུ་ཁུང་ཡིན།། སྐབས་དེར་ང་རང་གདན་སྟེང་གན་རྐྱལ་བསྡད།། རྣ་ཉན་རྣ་ནང་བཙུགས་ནས་གླུ་གཞས་མཉན།། གླུ་དེའི་གླུ་ཚིག་སྙན་རྒྱུ་མེད་ན་ཡང་།། དབྱངས་ནི་སྟོང་གསུམ་འོད་ཀྱིས་ཁྱབ་པ་ལྟར།། བཤད་ཀྱང་བཤད་མི་ཤེས་པའི་བྲོ་བ་སྟེར།། ​ That right there is the window to my room. In this moment, I’m lying on a cushion With earbuds in and listening to a song. The lyrics don't do much for me but the melody Seems to fill the whole universe with light, Giving me a feeling that defies description. ཁྱོད་ཀྱིས་ལོ་ཟླ་མང་པོ་མང་པོའི་རིང་།། སྐར་མ་མང་པོ་མང་པོའི་སྟེང་འཕུར་ནས།། ས་ཡི་གོ་ལའི་ང་ལ་བྱ་ར་བྱེད།། གནས་འདིར་ཁངས་ཆར་འབབ་ཅིང་རླུང་ལྡང་དུས།། ཁྱོད་ཀྱིས་མཐོང་བའི་འོད་ཐིག་མག་མོག་ཡིན།། མག་མོག་དེ་ཡང་ཁྱོད་ཀྱིས་ང་རུ་བསྒོམས།། དེ་ལྟར་ང་ནི་ས་ཆེན་ཐོག་བསྡད་ནས།། ཁྱོད་ཀྱི་ཕྱོགས་སུ་འོད་བརྡ་ཙམ་ཞིག་བརྒྱབ།། ​ For years on years and months on months You’ve flown past countless untold stars Standing guard over me here on earth. Whenever we have storms of snow and wind, There’s a dot you see, fuzzy and blurred. You focus on that blur, imagining it’s me. And I stand atop this vast and barren earth, Sending out signals of light in your direction. ཁྱོད་ནི་བར་སྣང་ཁམས་ཀྱི་སྐར་ཕྲན་སྟེང་།། བསྒོངས་ནས་འོད་ཐིག་ཙམ་དེ་མིག་གིས་འཚོས།། ཞག་ཅིག་ཁྱོད་ཀྱི་རྒྱང་གི་འོད་ཐིག་དེ།། མེད་པར་གྱུར་ཏེ་སླར་ཡང་མཐོང་མ་གྱུར།། དེ་ནི་ང་རང་ཤིན་ཏུ་རྒས་གྱུར་ཏེ།། ཚེ་ཡི་འཕེན་པ་གློ་བུར་བཏང་བས་ཡིན།། དེ་ནས་བཟུང་སྟེ་ཁྱོད་ཀྱང་སྐར་མའི་སྟེང་།། ལ་ལས་ཡོད་ཟེར་ལ་ལས་མེད་ཟེར་ཏོ།། ​ Atop a tiny star in the vastness of space You curl into a ball and search for the light. One night, the distant ball of light Disappears and is never seen again— I had become old and decrepit And suddenly cast off this life. From then on, some say you still sit there Amongst the stars. Yet some do not. 2nd April 2017 ​ སྙན་ངག་སྐ་རགས་ཀྱི་མདུད་ཁ་ཞེས་བྱ་བ། A Knot in the Belt: A Poem མེ་ཏོག་སོས་པ་འདབ་མ་གཡེལ་བ་ལ།། ཞོགས་པའི་ཟིལ་ཆུས་བརྒྱན་པ་ནང་བཞིན་གྱི།། ཁྱེད་ཀྱི་མཆུ་སྒྲོས་འདི་ནི་བིམ་པའམ།། ཞིམ་པའི་ཞོའམ་སྦྲང་ངམ་བུར་རམ་ཅི།། ​ What could be these lips of yours Moist flowers, curvy petals laden with dew? Perhaps bimba fruit or yet still Sweet curd? Honey? Molasses? ཡིད་འོང་སྣ་དེའི་འོག་གི་ཁ་ལ་ལྟོས།། དམར་ཞིང་སྣུམ་ལ་ཆུང་ཞིང་གཡེལ་བར་ལྟོས།། ཁ་དེ་གདངས་ནས་སོ་ཞིག་བཏབ་གྱུར་ན།། བྲང་ལ་རྨ་ཁ་བཏོད་ཀྱང་འགྱོད་པ་ཅི།། ​ Look at that mouth, below a nose so charming. Look! How rosy and glowing, petite and free you are. Even if your mouth opened to sink its teeth into me I’d have not the slightest regret at a wounded chest. མོ་ནི་ང་ཡི་གཡང་དཀར་ལུག་ཁྱུ་ཡིན།། ང་ནི་ལུག་མཐའི་ཁྱི་རྒན་ནག་ལྡང་ཡིན།། ང་ཡིས་སྐྱག་པ་ཟ་ཞོར་ལུག་ཁྱུ་བསྲུངས།། ང་ཡིས་རྔ་མ་གཡུག་ཞོར་ལུག་ཁྱུ་བསྲུངས།། ​ She is my flock of sheep, prosperous, pure and white. I'm but an old black dog standing watch by their side. I eat shit, all the while guarding the flock. I wag my tail, all the while guarding the flock. མོ་ཡི་ལག་པས་ང་ཡི་རྣ་འབྱོག་གཉིས།། ཚ་རག་བར་དུ་འཐེན་ཏེ་མོའི་ཕན་ནས།། བུ་མོ་གཞན་པ་བཙལ་ན་མི་ཆོག་ཅེས།། བསྒག་ཀྱང“ཡ་ཡ་ཡ”ཞེས་ཁས་ལེན་ནོ།། ​ With her hand, she grabs my ears Pulling them until they sting. “Don't you look for other girls now!” I manage to promise, “Ya ya okay...” སངས་རྒྱས་སྟོང་ལ་ཅི་མི་སྙམ་པ་དང་།། མཁས་གྲུབ་འབུམ་ལ་དཔུང་ཐུག་རྒྱག་པ་ངས།། དེ་རིང་ནག་མོ་གཅིག་ལ་ཕྱག་དགུ་བཙལ།། ཁོ་མོའི་རྐང་བ་བཀྲུས་ནས་རྐང་ཆུ་འཐུངས།། ​ I have turned a blind eye to thousands of buddhas And I have come head to head with millions of scholars. But today I bow down nine times to this woman. I wash her feet and then drink the water too. ཞེས་པ་འདི་དྲ་ལམ་དུ་གཞས་མ་དབང་སྒྲོན་མཚོ་ལགས་ཀྱིས་སྤེལ་བའི་ཁོ་མོ་རང་གི་པར་འགའི་གཤམ་ལ་ངས་ཚིག་གཅིག་བྲིས་པ་ལ། དྲ་འབུ་ལ་ལས་ཁྱོད་རང་མོ་ལ་དགའ་འམ་སོགས་འདྲི་མི་དགོས་པ་མང་པོ་དྲིས་བྱུང་བས་ཁོ་བོ་ཉམས་འུར་ཏེ་ཁད་ཀྱིས་བྲིས་པ་ལགས། This poem was written after I made a one-word comment under some pictures that the Tibetan singer Wangdron Tso shared of herself. Other netizens asked a lot of unnecessary questions like "are you in love with her" and such things, so I felt that I should take my time and write this. Excited, I set about writing this poem. ​ ༈ ཁང་བ་གཅིག་ནང་ཡོད་ཀྱང་ངོ་མི་ཐུག་པ། We'll Never Meet, Even in the Same Building ​ རང་འགྲོ་ལྕགས་སྐས་གཉིས་པོ་བཤིབས་ནས་ནི།། མི་ཚོགས་ཁུར་ནས་སྟེང་འོག་འཐེན་བཞིན་བརྒྱུགས།། ང་ནི་ལྕགས་སྐས་གཡོན་སྟེང་ཡར་ལ་འཁུར།། ཁྱོད་ནི་ལྕགས་སྐས་གཡས་སྟེང་མར་ལ་འདྲུད།། ​ Two escalators ride side by side, Carrying the crowds up and down. The escalator on the left lifts me up Just as the right one shoots you down. ཁོ་བོ་གློ་བུར་ཁྱོད་ལ་དགའ་དྲགས་བྱུང་།། ཆགས་སྲེད་ཙམ་མིན་སེམས་ཀྱི་གཏིང་ནས་འཁོལ།། གསལ་པོར་བཤད་ཐབས་མེད་པའི་ཚོར་བ་ཞིག ། རང་དགར་སྙིང་ཁ་ལྡིང་ཞིང་མིག་ཆུ་བརྡོལ།། ​ Right then, I'm overcome with intense love— Not simple lust but a stirring deep in my heart. A particular feeling I can't quite place. My heart races. Tears erupt! ཁྱོད་ཀྱི་ངོ་མདངས་བལྟས་ན་ཁྱོད་ཀྱང་ནི།། ཚེ་འདས་ཕ་མར་ཐུག་ལྟར་དུངས་ཟིན་ཤེས།། ཀི་རིང་བཏབ་ནས་འབོད་རྒྱུར་ངོ་ཡང་ཚ།། ཁྱོད་སར་ལྡིང་ན་ང་རང་འཆི་རྒྱུར་ཟད།། ​ And judging from your face, it is clear You feel as strongly for me as your late parents. If I called out with a ki-hi-hi, it'd only embarrass you And if I jumped down at you, it might even kill me. ཁོ་བོ་སྐད་ཅིག་ཉིད་ལ་ལྔ་ཐོག་བསྐྱལ།། ཁྱོད་ཀྱང་སྡོད་དབང་མེད་པར་བཞི་ཐོག་འཕངས།། ང་རང་ལྕགས་སྐས་བརྗེས་ནས་བཞི་ཐོག་བབས།། ཁྱོད་ནི་གར་སོང་མི་ཤེས་བཙལ་མི་རྙེད།། ​ In an instant, I've reached the fifth floor And you, unwillingly, the fourth. I switch escalators and head to the fourth. No idea where you went, I search to no avail. ཁྲིགས་ཁྲིགས་མེད་ན་ཁྱོད་ཀྱང་ང་བཞིན་དུ།། ལྔ་ཐོག་བརྒྱུགས་ནས་ང་རང་བཙལ་ཡོད་སྲིད།། འུ་གཉིས་ཕན་ཚུན་མིང་ཡང་མི་ཤེས་ན།། ཁ་པར་ལ་སོགས་ཤེས་ཐབས་ག་ལ་ཡོད།། ​ In all likelihood you're just like me Racing around the fifth floor after me. Given we don't even know each other's names Forget about phoning or other forms of contact. ཁྱོད་རང་བརྒྱད་ཐོག་ཡོད་དུས་ང་དགུ་ཐོག ། ང་རང་དྲུག་ཐོག་ཡོད་དུས་ཁྱོད་བཞི་ཐོག ། དེ་ལྟར་འཛོལ་ནས་འཕྲད་རྒྱུ་མེད་པ་འདྲ།། ངེད་གཉིས་མི་ཚེ་གང་བོར་ཁང་ཆེན་འདིའི།། ནང་ན་ཡོད་ཀྱང་ཕན་ཚུན་མི་ཐུག་འདྲ།། ​ You're now on the eighth and I the ninth. When I’m on the sixth you're back on the fourth! With all this chaos it seems we'll never meet. We may spend our whole lives in this building, But it seems like we’ll never meet. 5th May 2017 BIBLIOGRAPHY Poetry by Sengdor Abstract Sengdor follows in the footsteps of Tibetan blogging. He presents poems about a different subject matter and the three chosen here, as translated by Lowell Cook. BDRC LINK W26033 DOWNLOAD TRANSLATION VIEW TRANSLATION AUTHOR Sengdor TRADITION Not Applicable INCARNATION LINE Not Applicable HISTORICAL PERIOD 20th Century 21st Century TEACHERS Not Applicable TRANSLATOR Lowell Cook INSTITUTIONS Not Applicable STUDENTS Not Applicable Poetry by Sengdor Alongside our own publications, Tib Shelf peer reviews and publishes the works of aspiring and established Tibetologists. If you would like to publish with us or request our translation services, please get in touch , our team would be pleased to help. TIB SHELF Contact ​ 40 Okehampton London NW10 3ER ​ shelves@tibshelf.org +44 (0) 203 983 7265 Follow Us ​ Subscribe ​ Instagram Facebook ​ Support Us ​ TIB SHELF SUBMIT A TRANSLATION SUBSCRIBE ALL PUBLICATIONS BIOGRAPHICAL GOVERNMENTAL MISCELLANEOUS CONTEMPORARY INSTITUTIONAL BUDDHIST

RETURN TO ALL PUBLICATIONS I offer this at the feet of the incomparable glorious protector of the doctrine and beings, the venerable lord and excellent being, Hotoktu Rinpoche.[1 ] ​ In these exceedingly virtuous times, I [hope] your supreme body, the singular eddy flowing from the pure conduct of your primordial and immense resolve to attain enlightenment and the source of precious jewels, is entirely brilliant. ​ Moreover, the garland of your incomparable, marvellous deeds brings about the benefit and welfare of the teachings and beings in an all-pervasive manner, as if it is rising to the summit of existence. We are grateful for your loving care! I am also well, both mentally and physically. We humbly request that the precious emanation of the supreme protector, [the Paṇchen Lama], take up all the lifestyles of previous reincarnations and diligently engage in studying and conducting deeds beneficial for religious and secular matters. ​ The main point of this letter is connected with an enquiry made by the head personal attendant Nomin Han .[2 ] Here, we have made good preparations for the long-life offering to the refuge protectors, victorious lords, father and son (the Paṇchen Lama and the Dalai Lama) and to serve and venerate the sangha. However, it has not been possible to obtain permission to do this in the last three years. Hence, [the Panchen Lama], like a thirsty person desires water, very much wishes to visit you. ​ However, in addition to his old age, recently, from the beginning of the second month, he has developed an illness that is combined with phlegm, blood pressure, and bo disease.[3 ] It is increasingly worsening. Not only that, but the divination that was conducted last year indicated that the obstacles of his sixty-second year would be significant. This divination also indicated that there would be a slightly greater obstacle on the way. Subsequently, we do not have the hope that he will recover for a while or for you both to come together. ​ At this time, the treasurer, master, and servants were specially delegated to offer gifts without delay to everyone, especially the government, in reciprocity with the gifts received. Apart from that, we have no choice but to take leave for a few years until his health is completely restored. ​ Also, as the head personal attendant himself has [already] sent a separate detailed letter requesting permission to serve you, the Excellent Protector, when you come to Tibet, if you are definitely going to come, I hope his request will be answered with a positive result. Please keep us informed of your visit and, as per your wishes, we can choose and appoint suitable and new personal attendants. Please keep [these words] in the deep expanse of your mind. ​ In the future, for the excellent benefit of the doctrine and beings, please spontaneously establish your precious feet in the everlasting nature. Moreover, may your enlightened resolve and beneficial activities be even better than before, and from that state, may you also keep your compassionate deeds uninterrupted like the Ganges river. I send this request and my regards along with a pair of ceremonial scarfs.[4 ] ​ Sent on an auspicious date. [1] If the letter is from the secretary of the Ninth Paṇchen Lama, then Hotoktu Rinpoche is khal kha rje btsun dam pa 08 ngag dbang blo bzang chos kyi nyi ma, or rje btsun dam pa ho thog thu rin po che, 1870/1871–1923/1924, BDRC P4945 [2] byabs khrus mkhan po no min han [3] 'bo nad [4] lha rdzas Photo Credit: Wikipedia ​ Published: September 2021 NOTES BIBLIOGRAPHY paN chen bla ma 09 thub bstan chos kyi nyi ma (purported). Date unknown. Private Collection. London: Tib Shelf W003 COLOPHON None A Letter to Hotoktu Rinpoche Abstract This letter is purportedly from the secretary of the Ninth Paṇchen Lama to Hotoktu Rinpoche. It was purchased and is now conserved in a private collection in France. The means of the initial acquisition is unknown. We are happy to receive any information concerning this letter. Tib Shelf W003 DOWNLOAD TRANSLATION VIEW TRANSLATION AUTHORS The Secretary of The Ninth Paṇchen Lama, Tubten Chökyi Nyima TRADITION Geluk INCARNATION LINE Paṇchen Lama HISTORICAL PERIOD 19th Century 20th Century TEACHERS The Thirteenth Dalai Lama, Tubten Gyatso Ngawang Tsültrim Dönden Tenzin Wanggyal TRANSLATOR Rachael Griffiths Tib Shelf INSTITUTIONS Tashilhünpo Monastery ​ STUDENTS Pema Chok Palsangpo The Fifth Jamyang Shepa, Lobsang Jamyang Yeshé Tenpé Gyaltsen Jigmé Trinlé Gyatso Lobsang Lungtok Jikmé Tenpé Gyaltsen Ngawang Tsültrim Dönden Jigmé Tenpé Gyaltsen The Fifth Maṇipa, Lobsang Chöpel Gyatso A Letter to Hotoktu Rinpoche Alongside our own publications, Tib Shelf peer reviews and publishes the works of aspiring and established Tibetologists. If you would like to publish with us or request our translation services, please get in touch , our team would be pleased to help. 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Alongside our own publications, Tib Shelf peer reviews and publishes the works of aspiring and established Tibetologists. If you would like to publish with us or request our translation services, please get in touch , our team would be pleased to help. TIB SHELF Contact ​ 40 Okehampton London NW10 3ER ​ shelves@tibshelf.org +44 (0) 203 983 7265 Follow Us ​ Subscribe ​ Instagram Facebook ​ Support Us RETURN TO ALL PUBLICATIONS Emaho! One such as I, the Lake-Born Padmasambhava, meandered throughout India like a river for 3028 [years] and stayed in the region of U in central Tibet for 111 years. In Chamara,[ 1 ] the country of the rakshasa demons, I led the red-faced [cannibals] to the Dharma. I established all beings in happiness. ​ Even still, forty eons in the future, famine, and poverty will arise from desire, proliferating war will arise from hatred, different forms of pestilence will arise from delusion, and various torments will arise from the three poisons in equal measure. At that time, sentient beings will have no opportunities for happiness, and the Turkish armies will invade every direction. Alas! What a surging wave of misery! Although it might be possible to escape to the sixteen greater and lesser hidden lands, due to the power of negative karma, very few will escape. The wealthy will be caught by the noose of avarice, and those who have heirs will deceive one other. The elderly will lose the will to travel, children will be unable to find the path, and animals will just up and die. Such is the ripening of negative karma for beings without refuge! ​ As a sign of the ripening of such karma for beings devoid of a protection, there will also be these outer, inner, and secret bad omens: sudden avalanches will occur on Mt. Kailash, lightning and hail will destroy the region of Ngari, earthquakes will destroy the borderlands of Tibet and China, heretical doctrines will multiply in Nepal, and samaya-breakers, maras, and elemental spirits will overrun U and Tsang. ​ In the region of Dokham, destructive wildfires will burn alive tens of thousands of sentient beings, causing [the survivors] to wander the scorched earth. There will be many mad dogs and crazed people in the lands of Jar, Dak, and Nyal. Suffering and pestilence will blanket Drak, Long, and Nyang. Many multifarious maladies will steam forth from the mouths of the people of Hor and Mongolia. The majority will die as medicine will prove ineffective. Provocations and elemental spirits from the east, wild men, predatory animals, and barbarians from the south, poisonous commerce of warfare from the west, and Hor, Mongols, and Turks from the north—all these will spread! Countless bolts of lightning as well as hailstones and meteorites will descend from the vast sky. Multiple earthquakes will shake the ground. Bright stars and white lights will appear over and over again, and the red light of the god of fire will fill the sky. ​ Orchards and crops will be blighted and bear no fruit. Due to famine, generations of families will repeatedly face ruin. Rain will fall sporadically, and there will be great depressions and caverns in the earth. The ground will collapse, rock faces will subside, rivers will overflow, and there will be many wildfires. When all these things occur, the signs of illness will arise: people will be physically stunted and possess a great desire for destructive actions. They will debauch themselves as much as possible. All of this will appear like the rising of a storm. At that time, various kinds of [cultural] ornamentation and weaponry will spread, there will be a great trend of new people, new languages, and new fashion. The jewellery and attire of the borderlands will spread into the centre of the country, while the appearance of the ordained living in the centre of the country will disperse to the borderlands. ​ At that time, the appearance of both sutra and mantra practitioners will be in disarray, new doctrines will arise like a whirling blizzard, and unusual treatises will pervade the land. Confidence in the Mahayana will fade in the face of individual fabrications of sophistry. Demonic emanations appearing in the guise of dharmic practitioners will become ubiquitous while individuals who attain accomplishment will be as rare as stars in broad daylight. At that time, most beings will be under the power of Mara. Towns will be lawless like a mala with a broken cord. There will be no compensation for murder or maiming [a member]. Wicked individuals will win arguments, and robbery and stealing will be rife. What spiritual friends there are will have short lives, the meaning of meditation will go unlearned, and people will learn to be competitive in arts and technology.[ 2 ] Some people, seeking to destroy their delusion, will eat human flesh and solely devote themselves to the misguided conduct of depriving beings of their lives. ​ At that time, an emanation of Gyalwa Chokyang (8th cent.)[ 3 ] will be born on the north-east border and will gain widespread fame. All who hear of him will be led to Sukhavati (Dewachen), by the very same [emanation] Vajradharmadhatu. ​ The teachings will be confused [as the perplexed people] won’t understand the [correct] ordering of them. Internally the people will be in disarray, and externally they will [appear] Chinese. These will be the secret signs of their appearance. At that time, all the countryside will be in complete turmoil! All men and women, lay and ordained, and livestock will be distraught! Even the eight classes of gods and demons, the non-humans, will be upset. As there will be external fighting, internally the mind will be conflicted! The channels and winds will be muddled, as if one had drunk poison, and people will lack self-confidence. This is definitely the magical ploys of demons. After that, there will be an emanation of Nine Gonpo demon brothers, bearing the name Duk Lung because of whom a singular act harmful to the whole of Tibet will arise. ​ For these reasons there exist the sixteen great hidden lands. Concerning the great place Pemoko[ 4 ] : east of Samye there is a valley called Dakpo, and if you follow the river, there is a valley that resembles a prone scorpion. Atop the tip of the tail sits a site called Gyala, which is the extraordinary supreme sacred site of Yama, Lord of Death. From there you can continue to follow the river, or, alternately, going towards Kukar pass is also acceptable, where there is the great charnel ground, Tsenmo Mebar. In the east, it is similar to a gathering of wildlife with a base [shaped] like upward climbing scales. Behind there is a mountain in the shape of an open flower, resembling a brandished weapon. About seven furlongs away is a place where the gods and [ravenous] rakshasas gather. There are many large and small border stones, and then the four doors to the sacred site. ​ At Drangtsi Drak, perform a hundred feast offerings, make smoke offerings, and declare the power of the words of truth. Then there is the so-called Ziknang Drak, which reveals the reflection of all who gaze upon it. Then there is a great eddy in the river and a large tree about two arm spans in width, with a fragrance like incense and a pungent flavour. You will be able to make a bridge by felling it. There are many such big trees, so sharpen your tools. There is a stone stupa as big as Mt. Meru then, there is a place called Rabtroling. All visions that are seen will appear as if they are real. There are [also] many stone crossings. Then you will arrive at Namdak Jatson Ling, a place which appears to be endowed with the eight auspicious signs[ 5 ] and the eight articles.[ 6 ] The smell of incense billows everywhere and the streams murmur with the sound of the rulu [mantra]. This is a place where meditative concentration arises spontaneously. ​ Then there is a small mountain pass called Jokpama, where the path has the shape of the syllable bhyo , the earth has an eight-petalled lotus, and there is an eight-spoked wheel in the sky. The surroundings feature the eight auspicious symbols and the eight auspicious articles. To the east of the place called Gumik Lingtse is Namdak Kopa as well as Melong Kochung, to the south is Palden Kopa as well as Yonten Kochung, to the west is Pemo Kopa as well as Pemo Kochung, to the north is Lerab Kopa as well as Drakpo Kochung, and in the centre is Taye Kopa. The area of the Five Kochen is one hundred and eighty furlongs, and the Four Kochung extend for thirty-five furlongs. The perimeter is surrounded by snow and rock, and a rain of flowers falls continuously from the sky. When the seasons change, if one flees the four places—China, Jang, Lo, and Kong—then one will be satisfied by escaping to the place [of Pemoko]. Each and every area is sealed by mountain passes, rivers, and cliffs. There will be no risk of conflict or strife. ​ At that time, the emanation of the Guru will gradually show the path. Remember [me] Orgyen at all times and recite the Guru Pema Siddhi [Hum mantra]. This will clear away obstacles and adversity. I will appear vividly to those who have undoubting faith in me and longingly keep me in the centre of their hearts. Continuously sing heartfelt supplications and I will also come as sundry sounds. Visualise [me] either above the crown of your head or in front of you, and you will be able to perceive me directly. Let everyone during the five hundred [degenerate] years humbly beseech me, Padmakara, and take refuge in me. Compared to other Buddhas, my compassion is swift. Even if we do not meet in this life, I will certainly dispel suffering in the intermediate state. For me, there is nothing more than the welfare of beings. Whatever one wishes will be spontaneously accomplished. Amongst the sixteen hidden lands, whoever hears of or recalls this great Pemoko, their karmic obscurations will be purified. Even walking or riding seven steps in its direction will certainly result in being born there. Performing seven full prostrations while visualising this [place] will lead to becoming a Non-Returner and no longer wandering in cyclic existence. Whoever surely arrives here will obtain the indestructible rainbow body. Even drinking a single drop of water or eating a pinch of herb will pacify sufferings such as chronic illness and clear dulled sense faculties. The elderly too will take on youthful forms. Those with bad karma, who do not recall the excellent dharma, will, by virtue of travelling to this sacred site, become self-liberated accomplished ones. ​ Consuming the earth and stones of this place, even at the end of one’s [karmic] lifespan, will extend life by hundreds and thousands of years. If feeling cold, wear the union of fire and wind as clothing. If thirsty, enjoy ambrosial water. If hungry or destitute, live on corn, the five kinds of cereal, and the fruits from trees. There is no physical pain or mental suffering, and there is no need for conflict or sloth. The primordial wisdom of the [union of] emptiness, luminosity, and the self-blazing warmth of bliss will arise. The majority of fruit is about the size of a horse’s head, unhusked wheat and barley grains the size of an apricot stone, and radishes and turnips [so large] people can barely lift them. There is no need to grind salt as the food is comparable to nectar and equal in potency to the sustenance of the gods. ​ The channel of clear intelligence will open, clairvoyance and the four immeasurables like love and compassion will arise, and in six months a body of light will be spontaneously accomplished. ​ How amazing! How amazing that the victorious ones of the three times have such powerful prayers of aspiration and such capacity! One such as I, the Lake-Born Padmakara, concealed many texts as treasures in mountains and valleys. I concealed many sacred substances, representations of body, speech, and mind. I hid a mixture of many excellent teachings for protecting, repelling, and killing. In the future may those treasures be taken out by a [heart] son. There will be many obstacles when Jatson, the emanation of [Myang] Tingdzin Zangpo (8th cent.),[ 7 ] fulfils his own and others’ aims. ​ At that time an emanation light ray of Takra Lugong (d. 782)[ 8 ] will appear disguised as a [heart] son, and there is a risk that he will cause obstacles. Practice firm samadhi which blazes forth with the powers of subjugation and wrathful activity. An emanation of the evil minister Tramik will appear in the guise of a spiritual friend and through his cunning disparage others and eventually cause disputes. At such a time, entreat the Lord of Great Compassion (Avalokiteśvara). There will be an emanation of the demoness Zanglak, who will adopt a beautifully fine form and cause obstacles to your practice, vows, and samaya. Look at her with intelligence as she could be seen as a demoness or a goddess. An emanation of Tsenmar Raru will appear in the guise of a nobleman pretending to be your patron and eventually take hold of your life. It is crucial that you dedicate yourself to the ablution of Ucchuṣma, king of the wrathful (Trogyal Metsek). You will come across about seven manifestations of red-faced Te'u Rang dwarves, who will provide bad, unclean food and disparage you. Develop compassion towards them and transform them through that relationship. ​ Furthermore, at that time since the three poisons will be expressed so strongly, gradually spread and cherish the profound treasures. Simultaneously, as a result of propagating empowerments and oral transmissions, there will be many samaya transgressors and you must absolutely look after them at all times as well as strive in your own practice. Do not drink maddening alcohol and avoid low caste women. Travel the path of secret mantra and be diligent. Whatever happiness or suffering befalls you, recall [Guru] Orgyen, and all those with whom you come into contact, however significant or insignificant, will be satisfied. Even amongst manifestations, this heart son[ 9 ] is the foremost emanation. For example: among all the different kinds of blood, he is that of the very heart. Among celestial bodies in the sky, he is the essential sun and moon. Among the best medicines, he is the special, all-conquering one. Among jewels, he is that which fulfils all wishes and desires. Among treasure revealers, he is the discoverer of the most supreme and rarest treasure. Fortunate ones, supplicate him. In this vidyadhara’s heart centre, light energy blazes in the branch channels to form a triangle, the auspiciousness of which is externally apparent. The ferocity of his exalted mind is akin to the games of children— one moment divine, the next demonic. [However] his conduct is faithful to the Three Baskets [of the Buddhist teachings]. As for his meditation, he practices Mahamudra, Dzogchen, and Madhyamaka, and his view arises as the non-referential view, free from the extremes [of nihilism and eternalism]. He immediately remembers that he has no time for distractions. Suffering unbearably, eyes wet with tears, unfriendly yet maintaining samaya—all of this is the magical display of his channels. A person possessing such karma is one in a hundred. This heart son of Padma will be surrounded by plenty of fortunate ones with the right karma. However, since there are many with bad karma and forsaken samaya, dakinis who are the essence of the sky, protect him! Samaya. ​ The seal of the words of the Buddha, the seal of the nectar of the excellent dharma, the seal of the aspirational prayers of the sangha. Seal! Seal! Sea! The seal of the compassion of the gurus, the seal of the blessings of the deities, the seal of the entrustment of the dakinis, the seal of the power and force of the dharma protectors. Seal! Seal! Seal! [1] Cāmara can be identified as Sri Lanka [2] The text reads gzo rigs which we have interpreted as a spelling error for bzo rig. [3] rgyal ba mchog dbyangs, BDRC P2JM167 [4] There are two variations of the spelling of this hidden land: Pad+mo bkod and Pad+ma bkod. We have followed the form that Jatson Nyingpo uses [5] The eight signs include the lotus (padma), the endless knot (dpal be’u, śrīvatsa), the pair of golden fish (gser nya, suvarṇamatsya), the parasol (gdugs, chattra), the victory banner (rgyal mtshan, ketu), the treasure vase (gter gyi bum pa, dhanakumbha), the white conch shell (dung dkar, śaṅkha), and the wheel ('khor lo, cakra). [6] i.Right-coiling conch shell (dung dkar gyas 'khyil), ii. Yogurt (zho) iii. Durva grass (rtsa dur ba) iv. Vermilion (li khri) v. Bilva fruit (shing tog bil ba), vi. Mirror (me long) vii. Bezoar (gi wang) viii. White mustard seed (yungs dkar). [7] myang ting 'dzin bzang po, BDRC P3827 [8] stag gra klu khong, BDRC P10MS16952 [9] At this point the treasure text is describing Jatson Nyingpo as the heart son. ​ Thanks to Adam Pearcey at Lotsawa House for his editing. ​ Published: November 2020 ​ NOTES BIBLIOGRAPHY 'Ja' tshon snying po. 1979. Sbas yul pad+ma bko kyi lam yig . In: Gter chen rig 'dzin 'ja' tshon snying po'i zab gter chos mdzod rin po che, vol.1, pp.445–460. Konchog Lhadrepa. Majnukatilla, Delhi. BDRC W1KG3655 COLOPHON Concerning both the concise and extensive guidebooks of Pemoko, which is one of the sixteen hidden lands, the treasure revealer Jatson Nyingpo brought forth [this guide] from the Guru Rinpoche Practice Cave in the valley of Kongpo. The Guidebook to the Hidden Land of Pemoko Abstract The Guidebook to the Hidden Land of Pemoko is a revealed treasure text included in Jatson Nyinpo’s Embodiment of the Precious Ones, the Konchok Chidu. It is a prediction text about the future degenerate times and purportedly the first guidebook to the hidden land of Pemoko. BDRC LINK W1KG3655 DOWNLOAD TRANSLATION VIEW TRANSLATION AUTHOR Jatson Nyingpo TRADITION Nyingma INCARNATION LINE - HISTORICAL PERIOD 16th Century 17th Century TEACHERS Namkha Jigme Chade Terton Tsultrim Gyeltsen Mipham Lodro The Tenth Karmapa, Choying Dorje TRANSLATOR Tib Shelf INSTITUTIONS Bangri Jokpo STUDENTS Dudul Dorje Sonam Gyatso Natsok Rangdrol Namkha Jigme Lodro Nordan The Sixth Zharmapa, Chokyi Wangchuk The Fifth Drukchen, Paksam Wangpo The First Drigung Chungtsang, Chokyi Drakpa The Third Dorje Drak Rigdzin, Ngakgi Wangpo Chokyi Gyatso Norbu Gyenpa Pema Mati The Guidebook to the Hidden Land of Pemoko TIB SHELF SUBMIT A TRANSLATION SUBSCRIBE ALL PUBLICATIONS BIOGRAPHICAL GOVERNMENTAL MISCELLANEOUS CONTEMPORARY INSTITUTIONAL BUDDHIST

RETURN TO ALL PUBLICATIONS ཨེ་མ་ཧོ། emaho Emaho! ​ སྣང་གྲགས་འགྱུ་བའི་ཆོས་རྣམས་ཀུན། ། nangdrak gyuwé chönam kün All phenomena which appear, resound, and pass through the mind ​ འཇོ་སྒེག་ལྷ་མོའི་རྣམ་འགྱུར་དུ། ། jogek lhamö namgyur du Are the appearances of the charming goddess, ​ ཅིར་ཡང་རོལ་པའི་སྒྱུ་འཕྲུལ་ཅན། ། chiryang rölpé gyutrül chen Who magically displays as anything whatsoever: ​ རང་རིག་ཕྱག་རྒྱ་ཆེན་མོར་འདུད། ། rangrig chakgya chenmor dü To the reflexive awareness of the Great Seal Mahāmudrā, I bow down. ཐོག་མཐའ་མེད་པའི་རྡོ་རྗེའི་སེམས། ། togta mepé dorjé sem Through the vajra mind, which has neither beginning nor end ​ འཁོར་འདས་ཀུན་ལ་ཁྱབ་པ་ཡིས། ། khordé künla khyabpa yi And which pervades the whole of saṃsāra and nirvāṇa, ​ འཆིང་དང་གྲོལ་མཛད་དེ་དང་དེར། ། chingdang drölzé dedang der You manifest in untold ways for those who are bound and set free— ​ ཅིར་ཡང་འཆར་བའི་ལྷ་ཚོགས་དགོངས། ། chiryang charwé lhatsok gong Assembly of deities, please consider me! ​ ​ བདག་ནི་ཐོག་མ་མེད་པ་ནས། ། dagni tokma mepa né Throughout beginningless time, ​ ཀུན་ནས་དཀྲིས་པས་རྣམ་པར་དཀྲུགས། ། küné tripé nampar truk I have been plagued by my [mental] entanglements, ​ ལས་ཉོན་སྲ་བའི་ཞགས་པས་བཅིངས། ། lenyön sawé shakpé ching And the intractable lasso of karma and afflictions has tightened around me ​ ཉམ་ཐག་འཁོར་བའི་གནས་སུ་འཁྱམས། ། nyamtak khorwé nesu khyam As I wander through the destitute abodes of saṃsāra. ​ ​ ད་ནི་འཇིགས་པས་ཡིད་གདུངས་ཏེ། ། dani jigpé yidung té Now my mind is tortured by fear, ​ སྐྱབས་གནས་ཁྱེད་རྣམས་མ་ལགས་པའི། ། kyabné khyenam malak pé So from the depth of my heart, I take refuge in you, ​ གཙོ་བོ་གཞན་དུ་སྐྱབས་མ་མཆིས། ། tsowo shendu kyabma chi For there are no principal protectors other than you, ​ སྙིང་ནས་ཁྱོད་ལ་སྐྱབས་སུ་མཆི། ། nyingné khyöla kyabsu chi The sources of refuge! ​ ​ གདུང་བའི་མིག་ནས་མཆི་མ་འཁྲུག ། dungwé migné chima truk Tears flood from my despairing eyes; ​ སྐྱོ་བའི་སྨྲེ་སྔགས་ཤུགས་རིང་འབྱིན། ། kyowé mengak shugring jin I cry out in sorrow and sigh deeply; ​ བཟོད་མེད་སྙིང་རླུང་ཁོང་ནས་ལངས། ། sömé nyinglung khongné lang And an unbearable melancholy arises from within; ​ གསོལ་བ་འདེབས་པ་འདི་གཟིགས་སམ། ། sölwa debpa disik sam Can you not perceive this supplication of mine? ​ ​ ཀྱེ་མ་བདག་ནི་ཁྱོད་བསམས་ནས། ། kyema dagni khyösam né Alas, I have been thinking of you ​ ཉིན་མཚན་ལེ་བར་མ་མཆིས་པར། ། nyintsen lewar machi par Uninterruptedly, day and night. ​ གདུང་བས་སྐྱབས་སུ་རེ་བ་ལ། ། dungwé kyabsu rewa la And so, will you not compassionately consider ​ ཐུགས་རྗེས་དགོངས་པར་མི་མཛད་དམ། ། tugjé gongpar mizé dam My yearning hope for refuge? ​ ​ གཏིང་མཐའ་མེད་པའི་རྒྱ་མཚོ་འདིར། ། tingta mepé gyatso dir In this bottomless and boundless ocean, ​ གནས་བཅས་འཇིགས་པས་གཙེས་པའི་དུས། ། neché jigpé tsepé dü When its inhabitants are oppressed by fear, ​ དབུགས་དབྱུང་གཟེངས་བསྟོད་མི་མཛད་ན། ། ugyung sengtö mizé na If you do not provide respite and encouragement, ​ ཁྱོད་ཀྱི་ཐུགས་རྗེས་ཅི་ཞིག་བྱ། ། khyökyi tugjé chishik ja What is the use of your compassion? ​ ​ ཡུན་རིང་དུས་ནས་བསྒྲུབས་པ་ཡིས། ། yünring düné drubpa yi As I have engaged in your practice for a long time, ​ མ་གཅིག་ལྷ་མོ་ཁྱེད་རྣམས་ཀྱི། ། machik lhamo khyenam kyi Sole mother goddess, ​ མཛེས་ཞལ་ནམ་མཁའི་རྗེས་འགྲོ་བ། ། dzéshal namkhé jedro wa Will you not deign to reveal just a tiny portion of ​ ཟུར་ཙམ་སྟོན་པར་མི་གནང་ངམ། ། surtsam tönpar minang ngam Your exquisite face that resembles the sky? ​ ལས་ཉོན་སྲ་བའི་དཔྱང་ཐག་འདི། ། lenyön sawé changtak di This tight collar of karma and mental afflictions, ​ ཕན་མཛད་ཐུགས་རྗེའི་རལ་གྲི་ཡིས། ། penzé tugjé raldri yi If you do not swiftly act to sever it ​ མྱུར་དུ་གཅོད་པར་མི་མཛད་ན། ། nyurdu chöpar mizé na With the beneficial sword of compassion, ​ ཁྱོད་ཀྱི་ཐུགས་དམ་མི་ཉམས་སམ། ། khyökyi tugdam minyam sam Would this not undermine your sacred commitments? ​ ཁྱོད་ཀྱང་སྔོན་གྱི་དུས་ཀྱི་ཚེ། ། khyökyang ngöngyi dükyi tsé When even in your previous lives, ​ བདག་ལྟར་རྨོངས་པ་ཞིག་ལགས་ན། ། dagtar mongpa shiklak na You were once deluded like me; ​ སྒོ་གསུམ་མི་ཤེས་བག་མེད་པས། ། gosum mishé bagmé pé If, through unawareness and carelessness of my three doors, ​ ནོངས་པར་ཐུགས་ཀྱང་འཁྲུག་མི་འཚལ། ། nongpar tukyang trugmi tsal I make mistakes, there is no need to be upset. ​ ​ ཤིན་ཏུ་བཙོག་པའི་རྐྱལ་པ་ལ། ། shintu tsogpé kyalpa la How could the excellent nature arise ​ རང་བཞིན་བཟང་པོ་ཅི་ལ་འཆར། ། rangshin sangpo chila char In such a filthy leather bag [as this body]? ​ དེ་ཕྱིར་བདག་གིས་ནོངས་པ་རྣམས། ། dechir dagi nongpa nam Compassionate one, for this reason, ​ བཟོད་པར་བཞེས་ཤིག་ཐུགས་རྗེ་ཅན། ། söpar shéshik tugjé chen Please be patient with the mistakes I have made! ​ ​ རྩ་གསུམ་ལྷ་ཡི་འཁོར་ལོ་ནས། ། tsasum lhayi khorlo né Bless me so that I may be benefitted ​ བེམ་པོའི་རྣམ་འགྱུར་ཚུན་ཆད་ཀྱིས། ། bempö namgyur tsünché kyi By whatever manifestations are appropriate, ​ བཀོད་པ་གང་ལ་གང་འཚམས་པས། ། köpa gangla gangtsam pé From the maṇḍalas of Three Root deities ​ བདག་ལ་ཕན་པར་བྱིན་གྱིས་རློབས། ། dagla penpar jingyi lob Down to expressions of inanimate form! ​ ​ གཟུགས་སུ་སྣང་བའི་དངོས་པོ་ཀུན། ། suksu nangwé ngöpo kün As all things which visibly appear ​ མཐོང་བ་ཙམ་གྱིས་ཡིད་འཕྲོག་པའི། ། tongwa tsamgyi yitrok pé Arise as the display of the lovely and beautiful goddess, ​ མཛེས་སྡུག་ལྷ་མོའི་རོལ་པར་ཤར། ། dzeduk lhamö rölpar shar Whose mere glance is enchanting; ​ བདེ་ཆེན་འབར་བར་བྱིན་གྱིས་རློབས། ། dechen barwar jingyi lob Please bless me that the great bliss blazes forth! ​ ​ ཟིན་དང་མ་ཟིན་སྒྲ་རྣམས་ཀུན། ། sindang masin dranam kün As all sounds, whether natural or deliberately produced, ​ གྲག་སྟོང་སྔགས་ཀྱི་འཁོར་ལོར་འབྱོངས། ། dragtong ngakyi khorlor jong Manifest as the wheel of mantra—sound and emptiness, ​ རླུང་སྔགས་གཉིས་སུ་མི་ཕྱེད་པའི། ། lungngak nyisu miché pé Please bless me so that the power of ​ ནུས་པ་འབབ་པར་བྱིན་གྱིས་རློབས། ། nüpa babpar jingyi lob The indivisibility of prāṇa and mantra arises! ​ ​ རྟོག་ཚོགས་གང་ཤར་སྣང་བ་ཀུན། ། togtsok gangshar nangwa kün Let whatever conceptual patterns arise, all appearances, ​ སྔོན་བསུ་རྗེས་གཅོད་མེད་པར་དེངས། ། ngönsu jechö mepar deng Dissipate without being anticipated or pursued; ​ རང་སར་བཞག་པས་ཆོས་སྐུར་གྲོལ། ། rangsar shakpé chökur dröl And as I allow them to rest in their own place, so that they are liberated in the dharmakāya, ​ རྟོགས་པ་འབར་བར་བྱིན་གྱིས་རློབས། ། togpa barwar jingyi lob Please bless me so that realisation may blaze forth! ​ ​ གནས་གསུམ་མཁའ་འགྲོ་མ་ལུས་པ། ། nesum khandro malü pa May all ḍākinīs of the three worlds ​ རང་དབང་མེད་པར་གྲོགས་སུ་ཁུག ། rangwang mepar drogsu khuk Be summoned irresistibly as companions; ​ ཡིད་ཀྱི་རེ་བ་སྐོང་བྱེད་པའི། ། yikyi rewa kongjé pé Please bless me that they may grant the attainments ​ དངོས་གྲུབ་སྩོལ་བར་བྱིན་གྱིས་རློབས། ། ngödrub tsölwar jingyi lob That fulfil the hopes within my mind! ​ ​ དམ་ཅན་རྒྱ་མཚོ་མ་ལུས་པས། ། damchen gyatso malü pé Let the ocean of oath-bound ones, without exception, ​ འགལ་རྐྱེན་བར་ཆད་ཐམས་ཅད་སེལ། ། galkyen barché tamché sel Clear away all adversity and obstacles. ​ རབ་འབྱམས་འཕྲིན་ལས་རྣམ་པ་བཞི། ། rabjam trinlé nampa shi Please bless me that they may accomplish, without hindrance, ​ ཐོགས་མེད་བསྒྲུབ་པར་བྱིན་གྱིས་རློབས། ། togmé drubpar jingyi lob The infinite array of the four types of enlightened activity! ​ ​ བཟང་ངན་རྐྱེན་གྱི་བྱེ་བྲག་ཀུན། ། sangngen kyengyi jedrak kün Let the variety of good and bad conditions ​ ཐམས་ཅད་རོ་གཅིག་རྒྱན་དུ་ཤར། ། tamché rochik gyendu shar Arise as the ornament of one taste. ​ འདེམས་ངོའི་དགག་སྒྲུབ་མེད་པ་ཡི། ། demngö gagdrub mepa yi Please bless me to practice the yogic conduct ​ བརྟུལ་ཞུགས་སྤྱོད་པར་བྱིན་གྱིས་རློབས། ། tülshuk chöpar jingyi lob In which there is no preference for cultivating or rejecting. ​ ​ སྣང་བ་སྟོང་པའི་རྩལ་དུ་ཤར། ། nangwa tongpé tsaldu shar As appearances arise as the dynamic expression of emptiness, ​ སྟོང་པ་རྟེན་འབྲེལ་ཉིད་དུ་ངེས། ། tongpa tendrel nyidu ngé And emptiness is ascertained as dependent arising itself, ​ ཟུང་འཇུག་ཅོག་བཞག་ཆེན་པོར་འབྱམས། །་ sungjuk chogshak chenpor jam Please bless me [to attain] the Great Perfection ​ རྫོགས་པ་ཆེན་པོར་བྱིན་གྱིས་རློབས། ། dzogpa chenpor jingyi lob And merge into the great, freely resting union. ​ ​ དབྱིངས་རིག་ཀ་དག་ཆེན་པོ་དང་། ། yingrik kadak chenpo dang The great primordial purity of space-awareness ​ རྩལ་སྣང་ལྷུན་གྲུབ་ཐོད་རྒལ་གཉིས། ། tsalnang lhündrub tögal nyi And the spontaneously accomplished manifestation of dynamic energy, Leaping Over— ​ རེས་འཇོག་ཕྱོགས་རེར་མ་གོལ་བའི། ། rejok chokrer magol wé Please bless me that I may practice the excellent path ​ ལམ་བཟང་སྤྱོད་པར་བྱིན་གྱིས་རློབས། ། lamsang chöpar jingyi lob That does not stray into favouring one practice over another. ​ ​ དང་པོར་ཆོས་ཉིད་སྣང་བ་ཤར། ། dangpor chönyi nangwa shar First, the vision of dharmatā arises, ​ བར་དུ་སྣང་བས་ཕྱོགས་ཀུན་ཁྱབ། ། bardu nangwé chok künkhyab Then, the visions extend in all directions, ​ ཐ་མར་ཀུན་ཀྱང་དབྱིངས་སུ་ཐིམ། ། tamar künkyang yingsu tim Finally, everything dissolves into space; ​ གྲོལ་སར་ཕྱིན་པར་བྱིན་གྱིས་རློབས། ། drölsar chinpar jingyi lob Please bless me to reach the state of liberation! ​ གནས་མཆོག་པདྨོ་བཀོད་ལ་སོགས། ། nechok pemo köla sok In the naturally manifesting buddha-fields of Akaniṣṭha ​ གནས་གསུམ་མཁའ་འགྲོ་ཀུན་འདུ་བའི། ། nesum khandro kün duwé And places where all ḍākinīs of the three worlds gather, ​ རང་སྣང་འོག་མིན་ཞིང་རྣམས་སུ། ། rangnang ogmin shingnam su Supreme holy sites, such as Pemokö, ​ འགྲོ་དོན་སྐྱོང་བར་བྱིན་གྱིས་རློབས། ། drodön kyongwar jingyi lob Please bless me to attend to beings’ benefit! ​ ​ དུས་གསུམ་རྒྱལ་བ་ཐམས་ཅད་ཀྱིས། ། düsum gyalwa tamché kyi Please bless me that I may tame ​ མངོན་སུམ་འདུལ་བར་མ་ནུས་པའི། ། ngönsum dülwar ma nüpé All beings of lesser fortune, however many there are, ​ སྐལ་དམན་སྐྱེ་བོ་ཇི་སྙེད་པ། ། kalmen kyewo jinye pa Those whom all the victorious ones of the three times ​ བདག་གིས་འདུལ་བར་བྱིན་གྱིས་རློབས། ། dagi dülwar jingyi lob Are incapable of taming directly! ​ ​ ནམ་མཁའ་ཟད་པར་མ་གྱུར་པར། ། namkha separ magyur par Please bless me that I may carry out the benefit of beings, ​ སྐྱོ་ངལ་མེད་པའི་སྤྱོད་པ་ཡིས། ། kyongal mepé chöpa yi Tirelessly and without discouragement, ​ འཕེལ་འགྲིབ་མེད་པ་འགྲོ་བའི་དོན། ། peldrib mepa drowé dön Without my actions waxing and waning, ​ བདག་གིས་སྤྱོད་པར་བྱིན་གྱིས་རློབས། ། dagi chöpar jingyi lob Until space itself fades away! ​ ​ བདག་ནི་མཐོང་དང་ཐོས་པ་དང་། ། dagni tongdang töpa dang May all those who see or hear me, ​ མིང་ཙམ་འཛིན་པར་བྱེད་པ་ཡང་། ། mingtsam dzinpar jepa yang Or even merely recall my name, ​ ཁམས་གསུམ་འཁོར་བ་དོང་སྤྲུགས་ཏེ། ། khamsum khorwa dongtruk té Be delivered from the depths of saṃāra’s three realms. ​ ཆམ་གཅིག་གྲོལ་བར་བྱིན་གྱིས་རློབས། ། chamchik drölwar jingyi lob Bless me that I may simultaneously liberate them all! ​ ​ གང་ཞིག་ཕན་པར་སེམས་པ་དང་། ། gangshik penpar sempa dang Bless me to train those whose minds are altruistic, ​ བཏང་སྙོམས་བར་མ་དག་ཀྱང་རུང་། ། tangnyom barma dakyang rung As well as those with feelings of indifference, ​ བརྙས་སྨོད་བརྡེག་འཚོག་མཚང་འབྲུ་བ། ། nyemö degtsok tsangdru wa And especially those who would disparage others, ​ ལྷག་པར་འདུལ་བར་བྱིན་གྱིས་རློབས། ། lhakpar dülwar jingyi lob Or abuse them and expose their hidden faults. ​ ​ དུག་གསུམ་དྲག་པོས་རྒྱུད་སྦགས་ཤིང་། ། dugsum drakpö gyübak shing The beings whose mind streams are sullied by the intense three poisons, ​ ངན་སོང་གསུམ་དང་ཁྱད་པར་དུ། ། ngensong sumdang khyepar du And those who experience the suffering of the three lower realms, ​ བར་དོའི་སྡུག་བསྔལ་ལ་སྤྱོད་པའི། ། bardö dugngal lachö pé And in particular the suffering of the intermediate state; ​ འགྲོ་བ་འདུལ་བར་བྱིན་གྱིས་རློབས། ། drowa dülwar jingyi lob Please bless me so that I may tame them all! ​ ​ རིག་འཛིན་པདྨ་འབྱུང་གནས་དང་། ། rigzin pema jungné dang Please bless me so that my mind may be of one taste ​ ཐུགས་ཀྱི་དགོངས་པར་རོ་གཅིག་པས། ། tugkyi gongpar rochik pé With the enlightened wisdom mind of Vidyādhara Padmasambhava, ​ རྣམ་ཐར་མཉམ་པར་སྤྱོད་པ་ཡི། ། namtar nyampar chöpa yi And I may thereby accomplish the two aims ​ དོན་གཉིས་འགྲུབ་པར་བྱིན་གྱིས་རློབས། ། dönnyi drubpar jingyi lob Through conduct that is comparable to his life of liberation! ​ ​ བདག་ནི་གལ་ཏེ་ཚེ་འདི་ལ། ། dagni galté tsedi la If I do not seize ​ བཙན་ས་ཟིན་པར་མ་གྱུར་ན། ། tsensa sinpar magyur na The citadel [of enlightenment] in this life, ​ ནམ་ཞིག་འཆི་བའི་དུས་ཀྱི་ཚེ། ། namshik chiwé dükyi tsé Then, when I reach the moment of death, ​ ཁྱེད་རྣམས་བསུ་བའི་ཕྱིར་གཤེགས་ཤིག ། khyenam suwé chirshek shik May you all come back to welcome me. ​ ​ ཞལ་གྱི་དཀྱིལ་འཁོར་གསལ་པོར་སྟོན། ། shalgyi kyilkhor salpor tön May you clearly reveal the maṇḍala of your face, ​ དབུགས་དབྱུང་གསུང་གི་སྣང་བ་སྩོལ། ། ugyung sunggi nangwa tsöl Bestow the elucidation of your comforting speech, ​ བརྩེ་གདུང་མཛའ་བའི་ཐུགས་རྗེས་བཟུང་། ། tsedung dzawé tugjé sung Embrace me with your compassion of love, affection, and friendliness, ​ འོད་གསལ་བདེ་བ་ཆེན་པོར་དྲོངས། ། ösal dewa chenpor drong And lead me to the great bliss of luminosity. ​ ​ འཁྲུལ་བའི་སྣང་བར་ཨ་འཐས་པའི། ། trülwé nangwar até pé When the terrors of the intermediate state arise ​ བར་དོའི་འཇིགས་སྐྲག་ཤར་བ་ན། ། bardö jigtrak sharwa na As deluded perception solidifies, ​ མདུན་བསུས་རྒྱབ་སྐྱོར་མཐའ་ནས་བརྟེན། ། dünsü gyabkyor tané ten Be a welcome in front, a support behind, and an assistance all around. ​ འཁྲུལ་པ་ཐམས་ཅད་རང་སར་སྐྱོངས། ། trülpa tamché rangsar kyong Keep all delusions in their own place! ​ ​ བར་དོར་གྲོལ་བར་མ་གྱུར་ན། ། bardor drölwar magyur na If I am not liberated in the intermediate state, ​ སྤྲུལ་པའི་ཞིང་ཁམས་སྣ་ཚོགས་སུ། ། trülpé shingkham natsok su May I be born on the stem of a lotus ​ པདྨའི་སྡོང་པོ་ལས་སྐྱེས་ཏེ། ། pemé dongpo lekyé té In various emanated pure lands, ​ མཚན་དང་ལྡན་པའི་ལུས་ཐོབ་ཤོག ། tsendang denpé lütob shok And may I obtain a body endowed with the marks of enlightenment! ​ ​ སྤྱན་དང་མངོན་ཤེས་གཟུངས་སྤོབས་སོགས། ། chendang ngönshé sungpob sok Through the limitless gates of meditative absorption, ​ ཏིང་འཛིན་སྒོ་བརྒྱ་མཐའ་ཡས་པས། ། tingzin gogya tayé pé Including the divine eye, clairvoyance, retention, and eloquence, ​ བདག་རྒྱུད་ལྷག་པར་ཕྱུག་པ་དང་། ། dagyü lhagpar chugpa dang May my mind stream become abundantly enriched, ​ འཕྲིན་ལས་རྣམ་བཞིར་དབང་འབྱོར་ཤོག ། trinlé namshir wangjor shok And may I gain mastery over the four kinds of enlightened activity! ​ ​ འབྱུང་བཞིའི་གནོད་པས་མི་བརྫི་ཞིང་། ། jungshi nöpé mizi shing May I not fall victim to harm from the four elements, ​ འཆི་མེད་རྡོ་རྗེའི་སྐུ་གྲུབ་སྟེ། ། chimé dorjé kudrub té And may I accomplish the deathless vajra-body, ​ རྡོ་རྗེ་ཐེག་པའི་རྣལ་འབྱོར་གྱི། ། dorjé tegpé naljor gyi And thus complete the paths and stages of maturation and liberation ​ སྨིན་གྲོལ་ས་ལམ་མཐར་ཕྱིན་ཤོག ། mindröl salam tarchin shok Of the Vajrayāna yoga! ​ ​ མདོར་ན་གནས་སྐབས་ཐམས་ཅད་དུ། ། dorna nekab tamché du In brief, may the ocean of ḍākinīs grant their blessings, ​ རང་དང་གཞན་གྱི་དོན་གང་ཡིན། ། rangdang shengyi döngang yin That I may accomplish ​ ཐམས་ཅད་མཁའ་འགྲོ་རྒྱ་མཚོ་ཡིས། ། tamché khandro gyatso yi All that is beneficial to myself and others ​ གཡེལ་མེད་བསྒྲུབ་པར་བྱིན་གྱིས་རློབས། ། yelmé drubpar jingyi lob In all circumstances without ever wavering! ​ ​ དུས་གསུམ་བསགས་པའི་དགེ་ཚོགས་དང་། ། düsum sagpé getsok dang Through the accumulation of virtue gathered throughout the three times, ​ ཁྱད་པར་རྩ་གསུམ་ལྷ་ཚོགས་ཀྱི། ། khyepar tsasum lhatsok kyi And in particular, the power of the truth of the inconceivable compassion ​ ཐུགས་རྗེ་བསམ་གྱིས་མི་ཁྱབ་པའི། ། tugjé samgyi mikhyab pé of the Three Roots and the assembly of the deities, ​ བདེན་མཐུས་སྨོན་ལམ་མྱུར་འགྲུབ་ཤོག ། dentü mönlam nyurdrub shok May these aspirations be swiftly accomplished! ​ ​ ཆོས་ཉིད་བསམ་གྱིས་མི་ཁྱབ་ཀྱང་། ། chönyi samgyi mikhyab kyang Although dharmatā is inconceivable, ​ ཆོས་ཅན་རྟེན་འབྲེལ་མི་སླུ་བས། ། chöchen tendrel milu wé The truth never changes, ​ བདེན་པ་འགྱུར་བ་མེད་པ་དེས། ། denpa gyurwa mepa dé Since the dependent arising of conditioned phenomena is infallible; ​ ཅི་བཏབ་སྨོན་ལམ་འགྲུབ་པར་ཤོག ། chitab mönlam drubpar shok Thus, may any aspirations I have formulated be accomplished! ​ Photo credit: Himalayan Art Resource Thanks to Adam Pearcey at Lotsawa House for his editing. ​ Published: August 2021 NOTES BIBLIOGRAPHY Bzhad pa'i rdo rje. 1983–1985. mkha' spyod grub pa'i smon lam 'phrul gyi zhags pa sogs . In gsung 'bum/_bzhad pa'i rdo rje, vol. 7, pp. 421–428. Leh: T. Sonam & D.L. Tashigang. BDRC W22130 COLOPHON ཅེས་གནས་གསུམ་གྱི་མཁའ་འགྲོ་རྒྱ་མཚོ་ཐམས་ཅད་དབང་མེད་དུ་འགུག་པར་བྱེད་པའི་སྨོན་ལམ་འཕྲུལ་གྱི་ཞགས་པ་ཞེས་བྱ་བ་འདི་ཉིད་ནི་མཁའ་ཁྱབ་ཀྱི་མཁའ་འགྲོ་རྒྱ་མཚོར་གཅིག་ཏུ་མོས་པ་འཕྲིན་ལས་བློ་གསལ་གྱིས་ནན་ཏན་ཆེན་པོས་བསྐུལ་བ་དོན་ཡོད་པར་བྱ་བའི་ཕྱིར་དུ་ངེས་མེད་ཀུན་ཏུ་སྤྱོད་པའི་རྣལ་འབྱོར་པ་ཆགས་པ་རྡོ་རྗེས་འོག་མིན་སྤྲུལ་པའི་ཞིང་མཆོག་པདྨོ་བཀོད་ཀྱི་སྐུ་འཁོར་གྱི་ཆ་ལས་འཁོར་ལོ་ལྔའི་ནང་ཚན་སྙིང་ག་ཆོས་ཀྱི་འཁོར་ལོའི་ཆར་གཏོགས་པ་ཀློ་ཁུག་ཚོགས་ཀྱི་བདག་པོའི་ཕོ་བྲང་གི་ཉེ་འདབས་བདུད་འདུལ་བདེ་བ་ཆེན་པོའི་སྒར་དུ་སྤེལ་བ་བདེ་ལེགས་སུ་གྱུར་ཅིག ། In order to fulfil the insistent request of Trinlé Losal, who holds a singular devotion to all the oceans of ḍākinīs who pervade all of space, I, Chagpa Dorjé the aimless yogin, wrote “The Magical Lasso: An Aspirational Prayer” that spontaneously summons all the oceans of ḍākinīs of the three worlds. It was composed at the camp of Düdül Dewa Chenpo (Demon-Taming Great Bliss) in the vicinity of the palace of the lord of the Lo people. This area belongs to the heart dharmacakra, one of five cakras of the retinue of Pemokö, the supreme emanated realm of Akaniṣṭha. May there be happiness and well-being! ​ ༄༅།། མཁའ་སྤྱོད་འགྲུབ་པའི་སྨོན་ལམ་འཕྲུལ་གྱི་ཞགས་པ་ཞེས་བྱ་བ་བཞུགས་སོ། ། The Magical Lasso A Prayer of Aspiration to Accomplish Khecara ​ Abstract This aspirational prayer, composed at the request of Trinlé 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 Düdül Dewa Chenpo, the heart dharmacakra of Pemokö, the supreme emanated realm of Akaniṣṭha. BDRC LINK W22130 DOWNLOAD TRANSLATION VIEW TRANSLATION AUTHOR The Fifth Lelung Jedrung, Lobsang Trinlé TRADITION Geluk | Nyingma INCARNATION LINE Lelung Jedrung HISTORICAL PERIOD 18th Century TEACHERS The Sixth Dalai Lama, Tsangyang Gyatso The Fifth Panchen Lama, Lobsang Yeshé Damchö Sangpo Mingyur Paldrön Chöjé Lingpa Dönyö Khedrup The First Purchok, Ngawang Jampa Ngawang Chödrak Yeshé Gyatso Damchö Gyatso Losal Gyatso Lhündrup Gyatso TRANSLATOR Tib Shelf INSTITUTIONS Lelung Monastery Mindröling Ngari Dratsang Chökhor Gyal Trandruk Potala Tsari STUDENTS Kunga Mingyur Dorjé Dorjé Yomé Kunga Paldzom Lobsang Lhachok Dönyö Khedrub Polhané Sönam Tobgyé Ngawang Jampa Mingyur Paldrön The Fifth Dorjé Drak Rigdzin, Kalzang Pema Wangchuk The Magical Lasso A Prayer of Aspiration to Accomplish Khecara Alongside our own publications, Tib Shelf peer reviews and publishes the works of aspiring and established Tibetologists. 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RETURN TO ALL PUBLICATIONS LETTER ONE: ​ These days, [I hope] your Mount Meru like body, which is produced as a result of the glorious and outstanding training of the past, is well and that the series of great benevolent waves of your four virtuous actions are continuously beautiful. ​ Note that from Chabtru Khenpo,[1 ] who recently arrived in Lhasa on the 21st day of the 11th Tibetan lunar month of the Water Dog Year (1922), I have received, as offerings for advice, good khataks (offering scarfs) made of Mongolian silk, five zho of rin and tur ,[2 ] one handkerchief [made of] a type of fine cloth, and a manaho snuff box with a lid and case.[3 ] On my side, my conditioned body is not tainted by any harm and is in a state of temporary comfort. I am continuously and happily, with the highest intentions, conducting religious and temporal matters for the benefit of beings and the doctrine, like that of the supreme one’s[4 ] life. ​ In the future, too, please be sure to take good care of your health, which is the source of all the auspicious goodness and prosperity, and run [the country] as before to generate waves of benefit for the doctrine and all beings. Moreover, [please] continue to accumulate auspicious merit. ​ Together with this letter, I enclose a blessed protective object,[5 ] a sealed pair of handprints, and three handmade, blessed circles of earth.[6 ] ​ Sent on the auspicious 11th day of the 9th month of the Water Pig Year (1923). ​ LETTER TWO: ​ These days, [I hope] your body is as stable as conch, which comes from the glorious ocean of virtuous actions, and that you are enjoying the wealth, which competes with the gardens of heavenly paradise. ​ Note that from Chabtru Khenpo,[7 ] who recently arrived in Lhasa on the 21st day of the 11th Tibetan lunar month of the Water Dog Year (1922), I have received, as offerings for advice, good khataks (offering scarfs) made of Mongolian silk, and five zho of rin and tur , one handkerchief [made of] a type of fine cloth, and a manaho snuff box with a lid and case. On my side, the conditioned constitution [of my body] is steady, and I endeavour to carry out virtuous actions to spread religious and temporal matters. ​ In the future too, please spread happiness in accordance with local conditions. Moreover, like the good actions of the past, [please] continue to accumulate auspicious merit. ​ Together with this letter, I enclose a blessed protective object, a sealed pair of handprints, and three handmade, blessed circles of earth. ​ Sent on the auspicious 11th day of the 9th month of the Water Pig Year (1923). [1] byab[s] khrus mkhan po [2] Zho is a measurement of currency. rin and mthur [3] Ma na ho is a type of precious stone. [4] Supreme one could be one of three things: the Manchu emperor, Russian royalty, or previous incarnations of the Dalai Lama. Given that the first two no longer existed in 1922, it is most likely that he was referring to his previous incarnations [5] For example, an amulet or protective thread [6] Dried soil. It is blessed with mantras and considered auspicious (many ingest it). [7] byabs khrus mkhan po NOTES BIBLIOGRAPHY Ta la'i bla ma 13 thub bstan rgya mtsho. 1923. Private Collection. London: Tib Shelf W002 ​ Published: May 2021 COLOPHON None Eleventh Day, Ninth Month, Water Pig Year Abstract These letters were purchased and are now conserved in a private collection in France. The means of the initial acquisition is unknown. The recipient(s) of the letters are currently unidentified, and their connection with the Thirteenth Dalai Lama is undetermined. We are happy to receive any information concerning these letters. Tib Shelf W002 DOWNLOAD TRANSLATION VIEW TRANSLATION AUTHOR The Thirteenth Dalai Lama, Tubten Gyatso TRADITION Geluk INCARNATION LINE Dalai Lama HISTORICAL PERIOD 19th Century 20th Century TEACHERS The Third Purchok, Jampa Gyatso The Fourth Amdo Zhamar, Gendun Tendzin Gyatso The Fifth Ling Rinpoche, Lobzang Lungtok Tenzin Trinle The Tenth Tatsak Jedrung, Ngawang Pelden Chokyi Gyeltsen Lobzang Rabsel The Eighty-Second Ganden Tripa, Yeshe Chopel Lerab Lingpa Agvan Dorjiev TRANSLATOR Rachael Griffiths Tib Shelf INSTITUTIONS Ganden Sera Monastery Drepung Monastery Tashilhunpo Kumbum Jampa Ling Tsel Gungtang Ralung Monastery Gyuto Dratsang Reting Monastery Drepung Gomang Dratsang Langdun Manor House Lhasa Tsuklakhang Shol Printery Namgyel Potala Norbulingkha Mentsikhang Ikh Khuree Tsari Bhutan House Wutai Shan Bodhgaya Lhamo Latso STUDENTS Tubten Namdrol The Fifth Reting Rinpoche, Tubten Jampel Yeshe Tenpai Gyeltsen The Ninth Panchen Lama, Tubten Chokyi Nyima Gedun Lungtok Rabgye The Ninth Dorje Drak Rigdzin, Tubten Chowang Nyamnyi Dorje The Sixteenth Karmapa, Rangjung Rigpai Dorje The Second Jamgon Kongtrul, Khyentse Ozer The Eleventh Tongkhor, Lobzang Jigme Tsultrim Gyatso The Fifth Kondor Tulku, Lobzang Namgyel Tendzin Lhundrub Jampa Taye The Sixth Ling Rinpoche, Thupten Lungtok Namgyal Trinle Eleventh Day, Ninth Month, Water Pig Year Alongside our own publications, Tib Shelf peer reviews and publishes the works of aspiring and established Tibetologists. 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A Chronological Timetable: Lives of Do Khyentsé’s Familial Line This concise table features birth and death dates for essential individuals connected with Do Khyentsé Yeshé Dorjé's familial line. Tubten Chödar Timetable Biography of Gyalsé Rigpé Raltri A biography of Rigpa Raltri written by Tubten Chödar. Rigpa Raltri was the younger son of Do Khyentsé Yeshé Dorje and was recognized as the reincarnation of Jigme Lingpa's son, Jigme Nyinche Wozer. Tubten Chödar Biography Translated Works – – – – Mentioned In Librarian and Author According to his BDRC profile, Tubten Chodar is a librarian and a scholar from the Minyak region of Kham. Tubten Chödar b. 1969 BDRC P6329 TREASURY OF LIVES LOTSAWA HOUSE ALL PUBLICATIONS BIOGRAPHICAL GOVERNMENTAL MISCELLANEOUS CONTEMPORARY INSTITUTIONAL BUDDHIST