Palchen Düpa

Palchen Düpa single mudra, courtesy of Mahasiddha.org

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Palchen Düpa (Tib. དཔལ་ཆེན་འདུས་པ་, Wyl. dpal chen 'dus pa) — the wrathful yidam practice from the Longchen Nyingtik cycle. It is a practice of Kagyé related to the Kagyé Rigdzin Yongdü revealed by Ngari Panchen Pema Wangyal.

Texts

• Awesome Ones’ Assembly, the Heart Practice of the Awareness-Holders, from the Heart Essence of the Vast Expanse (Palchen Düpa) (དཔལ་ཆེན་འདུས་པ་ - ཀློང་ཆེན་སྙིང་གི་ཐིག་ལེ་ལས། རིག་འཛིན་ཐུགས་སྒྲུབ་དཔལ་ཆེན་འདུས་པ་, dpal chen 'dus pa - klong chen snying gi thig le las/ rig 'dzin thugs sgrub dpal chen 'dus pa) (641-676)
  • English translation: Awesome Ones’ Assembly, the Heart Practice of the Awareness-Holders, from the Heart Essence of the Vast Expanse. Translated by Han Kop, 2020.
  • Colophon: This treasure originates from the secret scrolls of the ḍākinīs, who are the masters of the mind direct transmission of the buddhas and the sign transmission of the vidyādharas, and who are the source of blessings. It does not contradict the tantras of ground, path and fruition either in words or meaning. For gaining accomplishment, it is undeceiving. It is my, Padma’s, extraordinary teaching. May it become the Naturally Arisen Vajra’s glory! Guhya. The signs dissolve.
• Dodrupchen Jikme Tenpe Nyima, Unlocking the Jewel Casket, Minor Clarifications on the Accomplishment Framework for the Heart Practice of the Awesome Ones' Assembly (thugs sgrub dpal chen 'dus pa'i sgrub khog cung zad yang gsal du byas pa rin po che'i za ma tog rnam par 'byed pa)

Commentaries

• Jikme Lingpa, Words of the Awesome Ones: An Overview of the Three Yogas (yo ga'i spyi chings - yo ga gsum gyi spyi chings dpal chen zhal lung)
• Jikme Lingpa, Recitation Manual for the Awesome Ones' Assembly, the Heart Practice of Vidyādharas (dpal chen bsnyen yig - rig 'dzin thugs sgrub dpal chen 'dus pa bsnyen yig)
• Khenpo Pema Vajra, Marking, Light Aspiration and Praise for the Consecration of Amrita of the Awesome Ones' Assembly (dpal 'dus sman sgrub brtags thabs mar me smon lam stong thun bchas)
• Khenpo Ngawang Palzang, A Guide to the Awesome Ones' Assembly (dpal chen 'dus pa'i zin bris) (Collected Works, vol. 1, pp. 173-174).
• Khenpo Chemchok, A Guide to the Heart Practice of the Awesome Ones' Assembly , from the Heart Essence of the Vast Expanse (rdzogs pa chen po klong chen snying thig gi thugs sgrub dpal chen 'dus pa'i zin bris)
• Khenpo Chemchok, A Supplement Containing the Crucial Points for those Aspiring to do Approach and Accomplishment (bsnyen sgrub mos pa rnams la mkho gal che ba khol byung zur du bkod pa)
• Garwa Khenpo Ozang of Dodrupchen, Drops of Amrita, Instructions from the Oral Lineage on the Stages of Visualization of the Ritual of the Awesome Ones' Assembly (dpal chen 'dus pa'i cho ga'i dmigs rim zhal lung bdud rtsi'i thig pa)
• Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, An Illuminating Jewel: A Few Explanations that Clarify the Profound Meaning of the Wisdom Intent of the Activity Manual for the Heart Practice of the Deities, the Fierce Blue Gurus in the Awesome Ones' Assembly, from the Great Perfection Heart Essence of the Vast Expanse (rdzogs pa chen po klong chen snying gi thig le'i yi dam thugs sgrub bla ma drag mthing dpal chen 'dus pa'i las byang gi dgongs don cung zad bshad pa zab don gsal byed rin chen snang ba)
• Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, The Wisdom Mind Ornament that Accomplishes the Secret: An Explanation of the Awesome Ones' Assembly's Mantra (sngags bshad - dpsal chen 'dus pa'i sngags kyi rnam bshad gsang ba grub pa'i dgongs rgyan)
• Lopön Thekchok Yeshe Dorje, Ocean of the Eight Great Mandalas: A Guide to the Meditation on the Awesome Ones' Assembly (dpal 'dus bsgom khog bka’ brgyad rgya mtsho)

Empowerments Given to the Rigpa Sangha

• Yangthang Rinpoche, Lerab Ling, France, 4-6 August 2012
• Khenchen Pema Sherab, Rigpa London centre, UK, 18-19 May 2018

Alternative translations

• Great Glorious Ones' Assembly
• Supreme Heruka Assembly (Ani Jinba Palmo)
• Awesome Ones' Assembly