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[[Image:Senge Dongma 3.jpg|thumb|350px|Courtesy of he private collection of Lopön Ogyan Tanzin Rinpoche, Senge Dongma, Simhamukha. Bhutanese painting, Shantiniketan 1976.]]
'''Daki Gyepe Gegyang''' (Tib. ད་ཀི་དགྱེས་པའི་གད་རྒྱང་, [[Wyl.]] ''da ki dgyes pa'i gad rgyang''),<ref>The full title is ''jigs byed bdud 'dul drag mo seng gdong ma'i phrin las DA ki dgyes pa'i gad rgyang zhes bya ba bzhugs so''</Ref> ‘Gladdening Laughter of the Dakini—The Activity Rite of the Terrifying Tamer of Demons, the Fierce Simhamukha’<Ref>Dudjom Sungbum Volume 12 (na), p.283-327</Ref> is a [[Senge Dongma]] practice of the [[Dudjom Tersar]] lineage. This [[terma]] was revealed by [[Dudjom Lingpa]] and later edited by [[Dudjom Rinpoche]].

==Purpose==
According to [[Lopön Ogyan Tanzin Rinpoche]]<Ref>Dudjom Lingpa and Dudjom Rinpoche, ‘Gladdening Laughter of the Dakini, The Activity Rite of the Terrifying Tamer of Demons, the Fierce Simhamukha’, translated by Dylan Esler and Nicholas Chong, Restricted text. Nyingmapa Students' Welfare Committee, Sarnath, India, 2011, Foreword.</Ref>:
:The Lion-Face Senge Dongma is a powerful dakini particularly effective in repelling obstacles to one’s spiritual practice, including curses and other such calamities. On the ultimate level, she represents the wisdom nature of mind. Padmasambhava […] manifested in the wrathful guise of Senge Dongma when he accomplished this practice.”

According to [[Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche]]<Ref>Presentation text of empowerments given in Hong-Kong in 2005.</Ref>:
:I found the practice of Senge Dongma to be a reliable source of protection when obstacles arise. Defilements attract the [[mara]]s of hindrances and enemies just as a magnet attracts iron filings. When you clear away the negativity of your own poisons, there is nothing to attract the maras.

==Content==
The Daki Gyepe Gegyang is a complete practice which contains three parts: a preliminary (in 8 sections), a main part (in 8 sections) and concluding practices (in 8 sections)<Ref>Dudjom Lingpa and Dudjom Rinpoche, ‘Gladdening Laughter of the Dakini, The Activity Rite of the Terrifying Tamer of Demons, the Fierce Simhamukha’, translated by Dylan Esler and Nicholas Chong, Restricted text. Nyingmapa Students' Welfare Committee, Sarnath, India, 2011.</Ref>.

Though not belonging to the Daki Gyepe Gegyang practice text, there are several other practice texts of Senge Dongma in the Dudjom Tersar tradition, such as:
*'''The General Fulfilment of the Dakini, Called ‘Crystal Mirror’''', from the Wisdom Sun Cycle of the Awakened Mind Evocation’, of the [[Zabsang Khandro Nyingtik]] cycle by [[Dudjom Lingpa]]<Ref>Dudjom Sungbum, volume 12 (na) p.339-349.</Ref>
*'''Dark Red Senge Dongma''', by Dudjom Rinpoche, a brief evocation of the red-colored Senge Dongma<Ref>Dudjom Sungbum, volume 16 (ma), p. 29</Ref>
*'''The Condensed Quintessence of the Daily Practice for the Wisdom Dakini Senge Dongma''', by Dudjom Rinpoche<Ref>Dudjom Sungbum, volume 12, p. 331-338</Ref>
*'''Profound Essence, The Secret Dakini Sadhana of Senge Dongma''', from the [[Khandro Tuktik]]<Ref>Dudjom Sungbum, volume 16, p. 29.</Ref>
*'''Short Daily Practice of Senge Dongma with Hand Clapping''' ([[Wyl.]] ''seng gdong ma'i thal rdeb rgyung khyer ni''), by Dudjom Rinpoche<Ref>Dudjom Sungbum Volume 18 (Tsha), p.304.5-305.4</Ref>, a widely used daily reversal practice [[dokpa]] for Dudjom Tersar tradition followers.

==Revelation of the Terma==
The Daki Gyepe Gegyang practice was first concealed by [[Guru Rinpoche]], revealed by Dudjom Lingpa during the 19th century and later, clarified and edited by Dudjom Rinpoche in 1971 in Kalimpong, as is stated in the colophon of the text<Ref>Dudjom Lingpa and Dudjom Rinpoche, ‘Gladdening Laughter of the Dakini, The Activity Rite of the Terrifying Tamer of Demons, the Fierce Simhamukha’, translated by Dylan Esler and Nicholas Chong, Restricted text. Nyingmapa Students' Welfare Committee, Sarnath, India, 2011, page 110.</Ref>:
:Thus, because the yogin [[Lama Tsewang Lhagyal]], who autonomously enjoyed his lot of accomplishments through the path of the quintessential [[mother tantras]] of the secret [[Mantrayana]], repeatedly exhorted [me] with great exertion, this “Gladdening Laughter of the Dakini, the activity rite of the terrifying tamer of the demons, the fierce Senge Dongma” has been collated in an order whose procedures are utterly clear and easy to approach, without confusing the intent of the root treasure text.
:This mantra-holder of the end of time, Jikdral Yeshe Dorje, aged sixty-eight, composed this during the waning period of the moon, in the fourth month of the iron female pig year, at the mountain’s throat on the Mount of Heaped up Kapalas. The assembler of the initial draft if the mantrin’s son Losal Rinchen Phuntsok.

==Propagation==
In his outer autobiography, Dudjom Lingpa recounts<Ref>Dudjom Lingpa, ‘A Clear Mirror’, The Visionary Autobiography of a Tibetan Master’, The Outer Autobiography, translated by Chönyi Drolma, Rangjung Yeshe Publications, 2011, p.192.</Ref>:
::[In 1896, when I was 61], in a dream at night on the eighteenth day of the first autumn month, I saw crowds of Chinese people covering the earth. Someone called '''Damtsik Lhamo Pramoha''' [one of the eight [[Mamo]]s of the sacred sites] came from a gap in space saying:
:::This evil contingent of the Chinese army is led by demons of corrupt aspirations.
:::For that, persevere in the means to get yourself through this:
:::Perform the meditation and recitation practice of [[Senge Dongma]], Lion-Faced Dakini, constantly perform [[dokpa]] rituals, and enter a month-long retreat on the meditation of '''Wangchuk Chenpo''', Magnificent Ruler Deity
:::Then she vanished.

According to [[Jigme Tromge Rinpoche]]<Ref>Son of Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche</Ref><Ref>Presentation text of a Dudjom Tersar Senge Dongma [[empowerment]] given by Jigme Rinpoche in Hong-Kong in 2005.</Ref>:
:[[Guru Rinpoche]] remained in Tibet for 111 years and in his 73rd year there he gave many teachings on the [[Kagye]] and also on Senge Dongma. The practice was transmitted to [[Yeshe Tsogyal]], who is an emanation of Senge Dongma, and with her [[siddhi]] of infallible memory, she recorded the text in dakini script and concealed it, to be revealed later by [[tertön]]s. This particular treasure was revealed by Dudjom Lingpa, and kept secret for 44 years. When Dudjom Lingpa felt it was the right time, he opened the practice, recorded it in human script and transmitted it to others.

Dudjom Rinpoche edited the '''Daki Gyepe Gegyang''' practice text in 1971, and transmitted many times the “Short Daily Practice of Senge Dongma with Hand Clapping”.

==Notes==
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==Further Reading==
*Dudjom Lingpa and Dudjom Rinpoche, ''Gladdening Laughter of the Dakini, The Activity Rite of the Terrifying Tamer of Demons, the Fierce Simhamukha'', translated by Dylan Esler and Nicholas Chong, Restricted text. Nyingmapa Students' Welfare Committee, Sarnath, India, 2011.

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