Guru Rinpoche Day

Chokgyur Lingpa’s Prayers for Rebirth in Zangdok Palri

Chokgyur Lingpa’s Prayers for Rebirth in Zangdok Palri

I hope this message finds you well, healthy and happy. To conclude our Copper-Colored Mountain series on this last Guru Rinpoche day of the year of the pig, I would like to share with you a very special prayer for rebirth in Zangdok Palri, written by the great tertön Chokgyur Lingpa himself.

Pema Lingpa’s Visionary Journey to the Copper-Colored Mountain

Pema Lingpa’s Visionary Journey to the Copper-Colored Mountain

One morning before dawn, as Pema Lingpa was in a dream-like meditative state, three ḍākinīs came to him, leading a white horse. They invited the tertön to mount the horse and follow them to Zangdok Palri, and so they journeyed to the summit of a snow mountain…

New Translation | “Three Reasons for Confidence“ by Taranatha

New Translation | “Three Reasons for Confidence“ by Taranatha

Tāranātha (1575–1634) composed this biography of Padmasambhava in 1610. It is unique insofar as it does not follow the version of the life-story recounted in numerous terma texts. Instead, it follows the historical perspective of the Testimony of Ba, as well as several Nyingma tantras and their commentaries.