A Prayer of Longing

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Lama, think of me!

My kind, precious root Lama, essence of all Buddhas in one, to you I pray.

Bless my mind stream, I beseech you!

Grant your blessings that the essence of leisures and opportunities remain.

Grant your blessings that I remember death and impermanence.

Grant your blessings that trust in karma arises.

Grant your blessings that my attachment to samsara collapses.

Grant your blessings that I see my Lama as Buddha.

Grant your blessings that my mind blends with the Dharma.

Grant your blessings that I become free from attachment to this life.

Grant your blessings that I have no unfinished business in my mind at death.

Grant your blessings that I have no extreme pain at death.

Grant your blessings that I be adept in the profound path of transference.

Grant your blessings that I be liberated in the intermediate state’s clear light.

Grant your blessings that I recognize the nature of phenomena (chos nyid).

Grant your blessings that delusion be liberated within itself.

Grant your blessings that I receive supreme assurance of rebirth in the pure lands.

Grant your blessings that I awaken to my true nature, awareness itself.

Grant your blessings that I accomplish the immortal vase body.

Grant your blessings for the spontaneous completion of the two goals!

I, Jigdral Yeshe Dorje, wrote this in response
to a request by the faithful lady Dechen Tso.
May this prove virtuous!

With this spirit of longing and devotion, we look forward to Wednesday’s monthly Ngondro  Teaching on Calling the Lama from Afar Part 2 with Tulku Thadral Rinpoche.

Rinpoche will also give the lung for the Dudjom Sater Ngondro, the Tersar Concise Ngondro and the Dudjom Troma Ngondro.

Wednesday, October 14, 2026
5:00–6:30 PM Pacific Time
Pema Osel Ling & YouTube Live

Watch Live:
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May these words inspire us to turn our minds toward the Lama and open our hearts to the blessings of the lineage.

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Recalling the Dudjom Lineage

~ DudjomTersarNgondro
During Tulku Thadral Rinpoche’s recent teaching on Calling the Lama fun Afar,  part of the Dudjom Ngondro Program’s NEW SERIES of monthly teachings, Tulku Thadral Rinpoche spoke about the succession of lives of Kyabje Dudjom Rinpcohe Jigdral Yeshe Dorje, recalling the continuity of this extraordinary lineage.
As part of his commentary, Rinpoche drew attention to a short supplication composed by Kyabje Dudjom Rinpoche himself:
Supplication to Kyabje Dudjom Rinpoche
In the past you were the Vidyadhara Nuden Dorje,
In the future, the Sugata Möpa Taye,
Now, the representative of Pema Jungne, Drokben himself—
To you, Jigdral Yeshe Dorje, I pray!
I wrote this myself for those with faith.
The prayer is brief, yet within these few lines Dudjom Rinpoche points to a succession extending across past, present, and future—a continuity through which enlightened activity appears again and again for the benefit of beings.
Rinpoche’s comments brought to mind another beloved prayer composed by Kyabje Dudjom Rinpoche: the Pearl Necklace, a supplication recalling the great masters of the lineage. For practitioners of the Dudjom tradition, reciting such a lineage prayer is not simply remembering figures from the past. It is a way of bringing the lineage to mind and reconnecting with the living stream of blessing and transmission that has been passed from teacher to student.
Dungse Thinley Norbu Rinpoche, the eldest son of Kyabje Dudjom Rinpoche, later illuminated the Pearl Necklace through his commentary The Ruby Rosary: Joyfully Accepted by Vidyadharas and Dakinis as the Ornament of a Necklace.
Through The Ruby Rosary, the names within the lineage prayer open into something much larger. Thinley Norbu Rinpoche recounts the lives and qualities of the great beings being invoked, helping us understand the profound connections through which the Dudjom lineage has continued.
This feels especially meaningful as we begin our new monthly teachings with Tulku Thadral Rinpoche on Calling the Lama from Afar. Calling the lama from afar is itself an act of remembrance—not merely remembering a person, but turning the mind toward the source of blessing and recognizing the connection between teacher, lineage, and our own practice.
The lineage is remembered because it is alive in the transmission we receive and in the practice we carry forward today.
May remembering these great masters strengthen our faith, devotion, and connection to the lineage, and may whatever virtue arises benefit all beings.
Review Part 1 of Calling the Lama from Afar given on September 30th.
Save the date and join Join Tulku Thadral Rinpoche for these precious teachings on Calling the Lama from Afar written by HH Dudjom Rinpoche Jigdral Yeshe Dorje and receive the oral reading transmissions for the Dudjom Tersar Ngondro, Dudjom SaTer Ngondro and the Dudjom Troma Ngondro at Pema Osel Ling or YouTube live for Part 2 of Calling the Lama from Afar on October 14, 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm. Free and open for everyone.
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NOTE: If you are wishing to receive the Ngodro lungs (Oral Reading Transmissions), October 14th would be a good time to do so. Due to the full four-month schedule of the Rinchen TerDzö empowerments and oral reading transmissions, the next opportunity to receive the Ngondro lungs will be sometime in spring 2027.