This month we published two new translations in English, two in French and one in German.
This month marked Jigme Lingpa’s anniversary, which we celebrated with a blog post exploring his vision of the Longchen Nyingtik, illustrated by a beautiful painting by the artist Tara di Gesu.
Jigme Lingpa’s vision of the Longchen Nyingtik, by Tara di Gesu
Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche
Courtesy of Rabjam Rinpoche
Our major publication for this month is the The Wish-Fulfilling Jewelled Scroll of the Whispered Transmission: The Prāṇa-Based Perfection Stage of Bliss and Emptiness, revealed by Jigme Lingpa. This revelation is the main practice text for the Longchen Nyingtik cycle on the yogic practice of subtle channels and winds (tsa-lung). The text explains how this practice is supreme among all perfection-stage practices, including the six yogas. The second part provides instructions on the yoga of inner heat (tummo) and on the signs and results of such practices, the ultimate result being the great exhaustion of phenomena beyond the conceptual mind.
We also created a separate page on Lotsawa House dedicated to the Longchen Nyingtik Tsalung, featuring a special photograph of Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche used with the blessing of Rabjam Rinpoche.
Again, we want to remind our readers about the nature of these texts:
“This text contains instructions on the yogic practices of channels and winds (tsa-lung) from the Longchen Nyingtik tradition. If practised incorrectly and without supervision, these practices can cause serious physical and mental problems, and therefore these texts have traditionally been kept secret and restricted to practitioners—and this is still the case today. After careful consideration and in consultation with the lineage holders of the Longchen Nyingtik, these texts are now being published online, for the benefit of serious practitioners who have received the appropriate transmissions and are practising under the guidance of a qualified teacher. Given their nature, please treat these texts with respect and do not reproduce them on any social media platforms.”
Our second text is The Falling Rain of Nectarous Blessings, A Praise and Offering to the Lineage of Vidyādharas of the Luminous Vajra Essence, by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo, which belongs to the Tikle Gyachen cycle. In 1840, when the 20-year-old Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo was travelling through Central Tibet on pilgrimage, he visited Lhari Tsé Nga, where he performed a gaṇacakra and composed this prayer to the lineage masters of the Great Perfection.
Traductions françaises
Requête pour l’exaucement des souhaits et l’accomplissement des activités confiées, par le premier Dodrupchen, Jigmé Trinlé Özer. Cette brève requête pour l’exaucement des souhaits et l’accomplissement des activités confiées est adressée aux protecteurs du Longchen nyingtik. Elle est souvent ajoutée aux offrandes préliminaires de tormas et récitée pendant les pratiques consacrées aux dharmapālas.
Préliminaires et pratique principale : Un chemin abrégé, par Jigmé Lingpa. Une pratique particulièrement concise – et combinant néanmoins le refuge, l’esprit d’éveil, les sept branches, une aspiration à renaître sur une terre pure et une répétition de mantras –, que Jigmé Lingpa a composée pour les pratiquants âgés.
Neue deutsche Übersetzung
Visualisierung für die Rezitation von Vajrakīlaya: Das Bezwingen von Māras Heerscharen, aus der Herzessenz der Großen Weite (ཀློང་སྙིང་ཕུར་པ་བདུད་དཔུང་ཟིལ་གནོན་གྱི་ཛཔ་དམིགས།) von Chatral Rinpoche. Diese Beschreibung der Visualisierung für die Mantra-Rezitation von Vajrakīlaya: Das Bezwingen von Māras Heerscharen (Phurba Düpung Zilnön) aus der Longchen Nyingtik wurde von Chatral Rinpoche aus Auszügen von Jigme Lingpas Tantrischem System Vajrakīlaya (Gyüluk Phurba) zusammengestellt.