Tukdrup Yang Nying Kundü

Ngawang Lobsang Gyatso, the Great Fifth Dalai Lama

Tukdrup Yang Nying Kundü (Tib. ཐུགས་སྒྲུབ་ཡང་སྙིང་ཀུན་འདུས་, Wyl. thugs sgrub yang snying kun 'dus), 'The Union of All the Innermost Essences' - a sadhana of Guru Rinpoche and his eight manifestations from the Sangwa Gyachen cycle of pure visions of the Great Fifth Dalai Lama. The sadhana and empowerment texts were arranged by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo.

Translations

• Clouds of Offerings to Delight the Lotus-born (thugs sgrub yang snying kun 'dus kyi las byang padma dgyes pa'i mchod sprin), Padmakara Translation Group

The Empowerment of Tukdrup Yang Nying Kündü

The empowerment has been given to the Rigpa Sangha on the following occasions:

• His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Paris, Thursday 7th October 1982
• His Holiness the Dalai Lama, San Jose, California, 1989
• His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Lerab Gar, 23rd September 2000

Further Reading

• Dalai Lama, Mind in Comfort and Ease: The Vision of Enlightenment in the Great Perfection, Boston: Wisdom, 2007
• Samten Karmay, Secret Visions of the Fifth Dalai Lama, Serindia, 1998