Seven Profound Cycles

Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa

The Seven Profound Cycles (zab pa skor bdun) are seven collections of practices revealed by Chokgyur Dechen Lingpa in 1856. They are:

1. Illusory Net: profound tantra;
2. Yangdak (Vishuddha): profound eminence;
3. Hayagriva: profound empowerment;
4. Manjushri Yamāntaka: profound fierce mantra;
5. Kilaya: profound wrathful activity;
6. Guru, Deva, Dakini: profound long life; and
7. Mamo: profound dispeller of obstacles and creator of realization.

References

• Andreas Doctor, Tibetan Treasure Literature: Revelation, Tradition and Accomplishment in Visionary Buddhism, Ithaca: Snow Lion, 2005, p.88