Report April 2025: Senge Dongma and Rigdzin Düpa Longevity
This month we published two new translations. Both texts are empowerment manuals written by Jigme Lingpa himself.
Our first text is A Bundle of Blessings: An Empowerment Ritual for the Secret Female (Yumka) Practice of Siṃhamukhā, by Jigme Lingpa. This is the root empowerment for the practice of Siṃhamukhā (Tib. Senge Dongma), which in the Longchen Nyingtik tradition is the secret aspect of the Yumka Dechen Gyalmo sādhana and is said to provide protection against obstacles, disputes and spells—including the 'spell' of dualism.
Our second text is the Supplementary Instructions for the Empowerment of the Long-Life Practice “The Vase of Immortal Life”, by Jigme Lingpa. These are instructions on how to bestow the empowerment for The Vase of Immortal Life, a longevity practice related to the Gathering of Vidyādharas (Rigdzin Düpa).
Some other news is that Khenchen Pema Sherab Rinpoche will be teaching in Paris for 2 days on the Longchen Nyingtik Ngondro on the 10th and 11th of May, live and on Zoom. The teaching will be in Tibetan and translated into English by his translator Khenpo Sonam Tsewang. After that it will also be translated into French.
The Longchen Nyingtik Project is not organizing this event and any inquiries must be made to the organizers.
“When you are in retreat, if you do not keep to the rules strictly, there will be a great danger that you will get distracted. Therefore, do not be lax. Unless you have confidence that you are truly diligent, do not make a long-term commitment to retreat at the outset. If you do, you may be tempted to give up. Therefore, extend your commitment gradually.”
