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[[Image:Pos-thugchen.jpg|frame|Dukngal Rangdrol [[thangka]] courtesy of Mahasiddha.org]]
'''Dukngal Rangdrol''' (Tib. སྡུག་བསྔལ་རང་རང་གྲོལ་, Wyl. ''sdug bsngal rang grol''), 'The Self-Liberation of Suffering'<ref>Alternative translation : ‘Natural Liberation of Suffering’.</ref> — a [[sadhana]] of [[Avalokiteshvara]] from the [[Longchen Nyingtik]]. It is classed as a peaceful yidam practice, or as the secret guru practice from the peaceful male vidyadhara section of the cycle.

==History==
As it says in the colophon of the text, [[Jikmé Lingpa]] revealed the [[mind terma]] of Dukngal Rangdrol in the Earth Tiger year, although he kept it concealed for a further seven years:
:Thus, the teaching on the most profound crucial points of the [[sadhana]], ‘The Supreme Noble Natural Liberation of Suffering’ by the [[Guru Rinpoche|Jetsun Mahaguru]] was bestowed on the monarch, the dharma king, father and son, on the second storey [of [[Samyé]]], in the ‘[[Blazing Turquoise Shrine|Glowing Turquoise Covered Shrine Room]]’. It was placed in a casket of heart treasures and entrusted to them with powerful aspirations. 

:The time for revelation came in the Earth Tiger year, when I had a vision of the [[Avalokiteshvara|Great Compassionate One]], and the [[dakini]] of the space of wisdom, in the vast expanse of the magical net of illusion, the luminous space, entrusted me with the scrolls of the symbolic script. I wrote it down without concealing anything of the signs and meaning.

See also: [http://www.rigpawiki.org/index.php?title=Longchen_Nyingthig#The_Revelation_of_Longchen_Nyingtik The Revelation of the Longchen Nyingtik]

==Texts of the Cycle==
''klong chen snying thig rtsa pod'' - 1994 Shechen edition in 5 volumes

===By Jikmé Lingpa===
*''(thugs chen) klong chen snying gi thig le las/ gsang sgrub thugs rje chen po sdug bsngal rang grol''/ vol 2 (ah)  pp.355-364
*''(dka' 'grel) thugs rje chen po sdug bsngal rang grol gyi cho ga'i dka' 'grel dbyar gyi rnga gsang/ vol 2 (ah) pp.365-381-382 
*''(dbang don) thugs rje chen po sdug bsngal rang grol las/ dbang don bdag 'jug gsal ba''/ vol 2 (ah) pp.383-387/388
*''(pra khrid) thugs rje chen po sdug bsngal rang grol las/ pra khrid dmar byang gnad yig''/ vol 2 (ah) pp.389-402
*'' 'phags pa'i gsol 'debs zhal mthong ma''/ vol 2 (ah) pp.403-407/408

===Other Masters===
*''(sdug bsngal rang grol brgyud 'debs) gsang sgrub thugs rje chen po sdug bsngal rang grol gyi brgyud 'debs byin rlabs dpal ster''/ vol 4 (sva) p.357/358
*''(sdug bsngal rang grol mngon rtogs) thugs rje chen po sdug bsngal rang grol gyi sems ma bzhi'i mngon rtogs''/ vol 4 (sva) p.359/360
*''(sdug bsngal rang grol dmigs bzlas) thugs rje chen po sdug bsngal rang grol gyi myang grol ril bu sgrub pa'i skabs rtsa ba'i dmigs bzlas''/ vol 4 (sva) p.361/362
*''(sdug bsngal rang grol ril dbang) thugs rje chen po sdug bsngal rang grol gyi dbang dang 'brel bar myong grol ril bu'i dbang bskur bar 'dod''/ vol 4 (sva) p.363/364
*''(sdug bsngal rang grol gnas lung) thugs rje chen po sdug bsngal rang grol gyi gnas lung grangs gsog skabs''/ vol 4 (sva) pp.365-368 
*''(rang grol tshogs mchod) klong chen snying gi thig le las/ gsang sgrub thugs rje chen po sdug bsngal rang grol gyi tshogs mchod bsod nam dpal ster''/ vol 4 (sva) pp.381-387/388
*''(bskang bshags) bla ma dang dbyer med pa'i thugs rje chen po sdug bsngal rang grol gyi bskang bshags byed par 'dod''/ vol 4 (sva) pp.389-392
*''(thugs chen gnas 'dren) klong chen snying thig gi cha lag thugs rje chen po sdug bsngal rang grol gyi gnas 'dren rnam grol lam bzang''/ vol 4 (sva) pp.393-414
*''(sbyin sreg) thugs rje chen po sdug bsngal rang grol las/ sreg sbyong gi chog sgrig thar pa'i 'od''/ vol 4 (sva) pp.415-434
*''(rus sngags)'' vol 4 (sva) pp.435-437/438
*''(sAts+tsha gtab) byang sAts+tsha gtab pa'i cho ga''/ vol 4 (sva) pp.439-448
*''(sAts+tsha sgrub) 'gro 'dul sdug bsngal rang grol la brten pa'i sAts+tsha bsgrub tshul''/ vol 4 (sva) pp.449-461/462
*''(lag len) klong snying thugs rje chen po'i sgo nas sAts+tsha bsgrub lag len''/ vol 4 (sva) pp.463-476
*[[Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche]], ''(rgyun khyer) gsang sgrub thugs rje chen po sdug bsnal rang grol kyi rgyun khyer thugs rje'i yang zhun''/ vol 4 (sva) pp.477-480; also in ''gsang sgrub thugs rje chen po sdug sngal rang grol gyi rgyun khyer thugs rje’i yang zhun'' (Collected Works Vol. 6, pp.148-151/2) – a text for daily practice requested by Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche’s mother, Karma Drolma.
*''(dbang chog) klong chen snying gi thig le las/ gsang sgrub thugs rje chen po sdug bsngal rang grol gyi dbang chog 'od dkar mtha' yas''/ vol 4 (sva) pp.481-508
*''(sgrub khog) klong chen snying gi thig le las/ thugs rje chen po sdug bsngal gyi sgrub chen khog dbub gzhan phan bdud rtsi'i snang ba''/ vol 4 (sva) pp.509-550

==Tibetan Commentaries==
*[[Khenpo Pema Vajra]], ''sdug bsngal rang grol bsnyen yig grub gnyis nor bu'i gan mdzod''
*[[Khenpo Pema Vajra]], ''sdug bsngal rang grol bsnyen yig rig pa 'dzin pa'i dgongs rgyan''
*[[Khenpo Ngawang Palzang]], ''sdug bsngal rang grol sgrub pa'i khog dbub rin po che'i za ma tog'', [''smyo shul mkhan po ngag dbang dpal bzang bka' 'bum'', Vol 1, pp. 754-843]
**''thugs chen sgrub khog'' (pp. 449-508) 
**''klong snying thugs rje chen po'i sgrub chen 'brel ba'i stong thun'' (pp. 509-535)
**''thugs rje chen po'i bsgom bzlas'' (pp. 537-538)

==English Translations==
*''Natural Liberation from Suffering - The Great Compassionate One - The Secret Sadhana from the Longchen Nyingthig Cycle, According to the liturgical tradition of Dodrupchen'', translated by [[Tulku Thondup]] and Philip Richman, 2006

==Notes==
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==The Empowerment of Dukngal Rangdrol==
The [[empowerment]] has been given to the [[About Rigpa|Rigpa]] [[sangha]] on several occasions, including:
*Kyabjé [[Trulshik Rinpoche]], [[Lerab Ling]], Saturday 13th November 1999
*[[Tulku Pegyal Rinpoche]], [[Dzogchen Beara]], 20th December 1999
*Kyabjé [[Penor Rinpoche]], London, 9th November, 2003
*Kyabjé [[Trulshik Rinpoche]], [[Lerab Ling]], Wednesday 25th June 2003
*Kyabjé [[Yangthang Rinpoche]], [[Lerab Ling]], 6th August 2012

==Further Reading==
*[[Tulku Thondup]], ''Masters of Meditation & Miracles'' (Shambhala, 1996), pages 45, 122-124. 
*Janet Gyatso, ''Apparitions of the Self: The Secret Autobiographies of a Tibetan Visionary'' (Princeton University Press, 1998), pages 38, 79, 94.



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