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[[Image:Tendrel Nyesel.jpg|thumb|[[Thangka]] commissioned by [[Sogyal Rinpoche]] under the guidance of [[Kyabjé Trulshik Rinpoche]]. Painted by Salga.]]
 
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'''[[Tendrel Nyesel]]''' (Tib. {{BigTibetan|[[རྟེན་འབྲེལ་ཉེས་སེལ་]]}}, [[Wyl.]] ''[[rten ‘brel nyes sel]]'') is a [[terma]] revealed by [[Tertön Sogyal]], containing a [[sadhana]]s and teachings.<ref>Note that in addition to the practice revealed by [[Tertön Sogyal]], there are other practices called [[Tendrel Nyesel]] composed by other [[masters]], or revealed as [[terma]], including one by [[Apang Tertön]]</ref> It is a special practice for eliminating inauspiciousness by invoking [[Guru]] [[Padmasambhava]], together with the [[buddha]]s and [[bodhisattva]]s and the [[mandala]]s of the [[hundred peaceful and wrathful deities]], [[Tsokchen Düpa]], [[Lama Gongdü]] and [[Kagyé]].
 
  
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The [[terma]] of [[Tendrel Nyesel]] contains three practices:
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'''[[Tendrel Nyesel]]''' (Tib. {{BigTibetan|[[རྟེན་འབྲེལ་ཉེས་སེལ་]]}}, [[Wyl.]] ''[[rten ‘brel nyes sel]]'') is a [[terma]] revealed by [[Tertön Sogyal]], containing a [[sadhana]]s and teachings.
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<ref>Note that in addition to the practice revealed by [[Tertön Sogyal]], there are other practices called [[Tendrel Nyesel]] composed by other [[masters]], or revealed as [[terma]], including one by [[Apang Tertön]]</ref>
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It is a special practice for eliminating inauspiciousness by invoking [[Guru]] [[Padmasambhava]], together with the [[buddha]]s and [[bodhisattva]]s and the [[mandala]]s of the [[hundred peaceful and wrathful deities]], [[Tsokchen Düpa]], [[Lama Gongdü]] and [[Kagyé]].
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==The [[terma of Tendrel Nyesel]] contains three practices:==
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*an elaborate or long one, ‘[[The Profound Instruction of Tendrel Nyesel]]’;
 
*an elaborate or long one, ‘[[The Profound Instruction of Tendrel Nyesel]]’;
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*a {{Wiki|medium}} length one, ‘[[The Medium Length Practice of Tendrel Nyesel]]’ and
 
*a {{Wiki|medium}} length one, ‘[[The Medium Length Practice of Tendrel Nyesel]]’ and
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*a brief one, ‘[[The Brief Practice of Tendrel Nyesel]]’.  
 
*a brief one, ‘[[The Brief Practice of Tendrel Nyesel]]’.  
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It is the brief one that the [[About Rigpa|Rigpa]] [[sangha]] uses for daily practice. The {{Wiki|medium}} length one is [[traditionally]] used during [[Tendrel Nyesel]] [[drupchö]]s and [[drupchen]]s.
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It is the brief one that the [[About Rigpa|Rigpa]] [[sangha]] uses for daily practice.  
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The {{Wiki|medium}} length one is [[traditionally]] used during [[Tendrel Nyesel]] [[drupchös]] and [[drupchens]].
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==History==
 
==History==
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===Its [[Revelation]]===
 
===Its [[Revelation]]===
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The [[terma]] of [[Tendrel Nyesel]] was revealed by [[Lerab Lingpa]] in the year 1900. His {{Wiki|biography}} describes how, at night on the tenth day of the seventh [[Tibetan]] month, [[Guru Rinpoche]] and the [[dakinis]] of the [[five buddha families]] appeared to him in a [[dream]] and gave him the complete [[empowerment]] and instructions of [[Tendrel Nyesel]]. On the twenty-fifth day, he performed a [[tsok]] feast [[offering]] of [[Khandro]] [[Sangwa]] Kundü, and prayed that there be no {{Wiki|obstacles}} to the discovery of the [[terma]], and for its [[revelation]] to bring tremendous [[benefit]]. During the [[tsok]] feast, [[Lerab Lingpa]] had a clear [[vision]] of the site where the [[terma]] would be found. Two days later, he received the casket containing the [[Tendrel Nyesel]] from the [[terma]] [[protector]] in a secret {{Wiki|cave}}. He said he felt [[happier]] at that [[moment]] than when revealing any other of his [[termas]].
 
  
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The next evening, [[Guru Rinpoche]] appeared to him, riding a {{Wiki|tiger}} and making a {{Wiki|prophecy}} concerning the decipherment of the [[terma]]. From the tenth to the twelfth day of the eighth [[Tibetan]] month, [[Lerab Lingpa]] deciphered the [[Tendrel Nyesel]], made many fervent [[prayers]] of [[aspiration]], and was consumed with a [[feeling]] of [[joy]]. To decipher that many folios, as he did, in just over two days with no error, omission or fault, was an [[extraordinary]] feat.  
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The [[terma]] of [[Tendrel Nyesel]] was revealed by [[Lerab Lingpa]] in the year 1900. His {{Wiki|biography}} describes how, at night on the tenth day of the seventh [[Tibetan]] month, [[Guru Rinpoche]] and the [[dakinis]] of the [[five buddha families]] appeared to him in a [[dream]] and gave him the complete [[empowerment]] and instructions of [[Tendrel Nyesel]].
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On the twenty-fifth day, he performed a [[tsok]] feast [[offering]] of [[Khandro Sangwa Kundü]], and prayed that there be no {{Wiki|obstacles}} to the discovery of the [[terma]], and for its [[revelation]] to bring tremendous [[benefit]].
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During the [[tsok]] feast, [[Lerab Lingpa]] had a clear [[vision]] of the site where the [[terma]] would be found.
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Two days later, he received the casket containing the [[Tendrel Nyesel]] from the [[terma]] [[protector]] in a secret {{Wiki|cave}}. He said he felt [[happier]] at that [[moment]] than when revealing any other of his [[termas]].
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The next evening, [[Guru Rinpoche]] appeared to him, riding a {{Wiki|tiger}} and making a {{Wiki|prophecy}} concerning the decipherment of the [[terma]].  
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From the tenth to the twelfth day of the eighth [[Tibetan]] month, [[Lerab Lingpa]] deciphered the [[Tendrel Nyesel]], made many fervent [[prayers]] of [[aspiration]], and was consumed with a [[feeling]] of [[joy]].  
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To decipher that many folios, as he did, in just over two days with no error, omission or fault, was an [[extraordinary]] feat.  
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===The [[Lineage]]===
 
===The [[Lineage]]===
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[[Image:Terton Sogyal, 1913.jpg|thumb|left|[[Tertön Sogyal|Tertön Sogyal Lerab Lingpa]]]]
 
[[Image:Terton Sogyal, 1913.jpg|thumb|left|[[Tertön Sogyal|Tertön Sogyal Lerab Lingpa]]]]
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In the following year in [[Lhasa]], [[Lerab Lingpa]] [[offered]] the [[empowerment]]s and [[transmission]] of [[Tendrel Nyesel]] to the [[Thirteenth Dalai Lama]], [[Thubten Gyatso]], who composed a liturgy and [[prayer]] to the [[Tendrel Nyesel]] [[protectors]]. Another [[great master]] on whom [[Lerab Lingpa]] bestowed the complete [[transmission]] of [[Tendrel Nyesel]] was [[Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö]]. He in turn conferred it on [[Kyabjé]] [[Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche]], insisting that he continue the [[lineage]] of [[Tendrel Nyesel]].  
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In the following year in [[Lhasa]], [[Lerab Lingpa]] [[offered]] the [[empowerment]]s and [[transmission]] of [[Tendrel Nyesel]] to the [[Thirteenth Dalai Lama]], [[Thubten Gyatso]], who composed a liturgy and [[prayer]] to the [[Tendrel Nyesel]] [[protectors]].  
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Another [[great master]] on whom [[Lerab Lingpa]] bestowed the complete [[transmission]] of [[Tendrel Nyesel]] was [[Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö]]. He in turn conferred it on [[Kyabjé Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche]], insisting that he continue the [[lineage]] of [[Tendrel Nyesel]].  
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In [[time]], [[Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche]] [[offered]] the [[empowerment]] and [[transmission]] to [[His Holiness]] the Fourteenth [[Dalai Lama]], and, while [[teaching]] in various {{Wiki|western}} countries, fulfilled His Holiness’s request that he compose a text with [[ritual]] instructions for granting the [[empowerments]] of [[Tendrel Nyesel]]. At the end of the [[empowerment]] text, he praises the [[Tendrel Nyesel]]: “This profound [[teaching]], so pertinent in this age, is like a secret [[treasure]] of advice never known before, one that is easy to practise and simple to apply,” and recalls [[Jamyang Khyentse’s]] encouragement to maintain the [[lineage]] of [[Tendrel Nyesel]]. He writes:
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In [[time]], [[Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche]] [[offered]] the [[empowerment]] and [[transmission]] to [[His Holiness]] the Fourteenth [[Dalai Lama]], and, while [[teaching]] in various {{Wiki|western}} countries, fulfilled His Holiness’s request that he compose a text with [[ritual]] instructions for granting the [[empowerments]] of [[Tendrel Nyesel]].  
  
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"In keeping with his words, I [[offered]] these [[nectar]] clouds that mature and liberate—with the [[intention]] of bringing [[benefit]] and [[happiness]] to the [[teaching]] and [[beings]] of [[Tibet]], the ‘Land of Snow-capped Mountains’—to [[Ngawang Lobsang]] [[Tenzin Gyatso]], the [[Fourteenth Dalai Lama]], who is praised in the [[vajra]] {{Wiki|prophecies}} of the [[omniscient]] [[Guru]] of [[Orgyen]] as a holder of this very [[teaching]]. In turn, he gave me a command which I kept as one would wear a [[precious]] diadem on the {{Wiki|crown}} of one’s head, and I composed this clear arrangement with the [[pure]] [[intention]] to continue the [[tradition]] of [[transmission]], [[empowerment]] and explanation."
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At the end of the [[empowerment]] text, he praises the [[Tendrel Nyesel]]:
  
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The [[Tendrel Nyesel]], which invokes the [[wisdom]], [[compassion]] and power of all the [[buddhas]] and [[bodhisattvas]], [[Guru Rinpoche]] and the [[mandalas]] of all the [[tantric]] [[deities]], is famed as a practice dedicated specifically to averting the inauspiciousness of the times. With [[world]] events hanging in the [[balance]], including the {{Wiki|future}} predicament of [[Tibet]], the [[empowerment]] of this powerful practice at this point is considered by many [[lamas]] to be particularly timely and extremely significant. There is an all-encompassing, [[universal]] [[quality]] to the [[Tendrel Nyesel]], both in the number of [[buddhas]] and [[deities]] whose [[blessing]] is invoked, and in its reach and effect throughout the [[universe]] in eliminating, preventing, protecting against and [[transforming]] harm and conflict. [[Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche]] describes it:  
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“This profound [[teaching]], so pertinent in this age, is like a secret [[treasure]] of advice never known before, one that is easy to practise and simple to apply,” and recalls [[Jamyang Khyentse’s]] encouragement to maintain the [[lineage]] of [[Tendrel Nyesel]].
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"In keeping with his words, I [[offered]] these [[nectar]] clouds that mature and liberate—with the [[intention]] of bringing [[benefit]] and [[happiness]] to the [[teaching]] and [[beings]] of [[Tibet]], the ‘Land of Snow-capped Mountains’—to [[Ngawang Lobsang Tenzin Gyatso]], the [[Fourteenth Dalai Lama]], who is praised in the [[vajra]] {{Wiki|prophecies}} of the [[omniscient]] [[Guru]] of [[Orgyen]] as a holder of this very [[teaching]].
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In turn, he gave me a command which I kept as one would wear a [[precious]] diadem on the {{Wiki|crown}} of one’s head, and I composed this clear arrangement with the [[pure]] [[intention]] to continue the [[tradition]] of [[transmission]], [[empowerment]] and explanation."
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The [[Tendrel Nyesel]], which invokes the [[wisdom]], [[compassion]] and power of all the [[buddhas]] and [[bodhisattvas]], [[Guru Rinpoche]] and the [[mandalas]] of all the [[tantric deities]], is famed as a practice dedicated specifically to averting the inauspiciousness of the times.  
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With [[world]] events hanging in the [[balance]], including the {{Wiki|future}} predicament of [[Tibet]], the [[empowerment]] of this powerful practice at this point is considered by many [[lamas]] to be particularly timely and extremely significant.  
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There is an all-encompassing, [[universal]] [[quality]] to the [[Tendrel Nyesel]], both in the number of [[buddhas]] and [[deities]] whose [[blessing]] is invoked, and in its reach and effect throughout the [[universe]] in eliminating, preventing, protecting against and [[transforming]] harm and conflict. [[Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche]] describes it:  
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“Using the power of [[skilful means]] and [[practical instructions]], it is possible to heal all such harm, to prevent it from [[arising]], to guard against it, and to {{Wiki|increase}} positive circumstances.
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This wonderful practice of the undeceiving and [[unsurpassed]] [[secret mantra]] is extremely powerful and effective, and combines [[visualization]] of [[deities]], [[mantra]], [[realization]] of the [[view]] and [[samadhi]].
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What is more, it is straightforward and easy to practise, and the [[signs]] of its [[blessing]] have not diminished.
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“So this practice of [[Tendrel Nyesel]] is really just like a [[wish-fulfilling jewel]], an instruction that brings [[benefit]] and [[happiness]] to [[fortunate]] [[beings]], given to us by the [[second Buddha]], the [[Great Master]] [[Padmasambhava]].
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Imparted to the secret [[consort]] [[Yeshe Tsogyal]] and the [[master]] [[Nanam Dorje Dudjom]], it was concealed as a [[precious]] [[earth terma]], and later revealed and spread by the great [[tertön]] [[Lerab Lingpa]] as a [[gift]] that would bring [[benefit]] and [[happiness]] to [[Tibet]], the [[Land of Snows]].”
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==[[Texts in the Tendrel Nyesel Cycle]]==
  
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“Using the power of [[skilful means]] and [[practical instructions]], it is possible to heal all such harm, to prevent it from [[arising]], to guard against it, and to {{Wiki|increase}} positive circumstances. This wonderful practice of the undeceiving and [[unsurpassed]] [[secret mantra]] is extremely powerful and effective, and combines [[visualization]] of [[deities]], [[mantra]], [[realization]] of the [[view]] and [[samadhi]]. What is more, it is straightforward and easy to practise, and the [[signs]] of its [[blessing]] have not diminished.
 
  
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“So this practice of [[Tendrel Nyesel]] is really just like a [[wish-fulfilling jewel]], an instruction that brings [[benefit]] and [[happiness]] to [[fortunate]] [[beings]], given to us by the [[second Buddha]], the [[Great Master]] [[Padmasambhava]]. Imparted to the secret [[consort]] [[Yeshe Tsogyal]] and the [[master]] [[Nanam Dorje Dudjom]], it was concealed as a [[precious]] [[earth terma]], and later revealed and spread by the great [[tertön]] [[Lerab Lingpa]] as a [[gift]] that would bring [[benefit]] and [[happiness]] to [[Tibet]], the [[Land of Snows]].”
 
  
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==Texts in the [[Tendrel Nyesel]] Cycle==
 
 
[[Image:13DLweb.jpg|thumb|[[Thupten Gyatso|The Thirteenth Dalai Lama]]]]
 
[[Image:13DLweb.jpg|thumb|[[Thupten Gyatso|The Thirteenth Dalai Lama]]]]
 
*[[The Profound Instruction of Tendrel Nyesel]] ({{BigTibetan|[[རྟེན་འབྲེལ་ཉེས་སེལ་གྱི་གདམས་པ་ཟབ་མོ་]]}}, ''[[rten 'brel nyes sel gyi gdams pa zab mo]]'')
 
*[[The Profound Instruction of Tendrel Nyesel]] ({{BigTibetan|[[རྟེན་འབྲེལ་ཉེས་སེལ་གྱི་གདམས་པ་ཟབ་མོ་]]}}, ''[[rten 'brel nyes sel gyi gdams pa zab mo]]'')
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*[[The Profound Method of Removing Spiritual Pollution Through the Practice of Tendrel Nyesel]] ({{BigTibetan|[[རྟེན་འབྲེལ་ཉེས་སེལ་གྱི་སྒོ་ནས་གྲིབ་སེལ་ཟབ་མོ་]]}}, ''[[rten 'brel nyes sel gyi sgo nas grib sel zab mo]]'')
 
*[[The Profound Method of Removing Spiritual Pollution Through the Practice of Tendrel Nyesel]] ({{BigTibetan|[[རྟེན་འབྲེལ་ཉེས་སེལ་གྱི་སྒོ་ནས་གྲིབ་སེལ་ཟབ་མོ་]]}}, ''[[rten 'brel nyes sel gyi sgo nas grib sel zab mo]]'')
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*[[Additional Practices for the Fire Offering of Tendrel Nyesel]] ({{BigTibetan|[[ཉེས་སེལ་གྱི་སྦྱིན་སྲེག་སྐབས་ཟུར་བྱང་]]}}, ''[[nyes sel gyi sbyin sreg skabs zur byang]]'')
 
*[[Additional Practices for the Fire Offering of Tendrel Nyesel]] ({{BigTibetan|[[ཉེས་སེལ་གྱི་སྦྱིན་སྲེག་སྐབས་ཟུར་བྱང་]]}}, ''[[nyes sel gyi sbyin sreg skabs zur byang]]'')
 
*[[Additional Practices for Tendrel Nyesel]] ({{BigTibetan|[[ཉེས་སེལ་གྱི་ཟུར་འཛར་]]}}, ''[[nyes sel gyi zur 'dzar]]'')
 
*[[Additional Practices for Tendrel Nyesel]] ({{BigTibetan|[[ཉེས་སེལ་གྱི་ཟུར་འཛར་]]}}, ''[[nyes sel gyi zur 'dzar]]'')
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*[[A Method for Bringing Together the Crucial Points of the Requests to the 36 Vajradanda Protectors of Tendrel Nyesel]] ({{BigTibetan|ཉེས་སེལ་རྡོ་རྗེ་བེ་ཅོན་གྱི་སྲུང་བ་སུམ་ཅུ་རྩ་དྲུག་གི་འདོད་གསོལ་གནད་བསྡུས་ཕྱོགས་གཅིག་ཏུ་སྦྱར་ལུགས་}}, ''[[nyes sel rdo rje be con gyi srung ba sum cu rtsa drug gi 'dod gsol gnad bsdus phyogs gcig tu sbyar lugs]]'') by the [[Thirteenth Dalai Lama]]
 
*[[A Method for Bringing Together the Crucial Points of the Requests to the 36 Vajradanda Protectors of Tendrel Nyesel]] ({{BigTibetan|ཉེས་སེལ་རྡོ་རྗེ་བེ་ཅོན་གྱི་སྲུང་བ་སུམ་ཅུ་རྩ་དྲུག་གི་འདོད་གསོལ་གནད་བསྡུས་ཕྱོགས་གཅིག་ཏུ་སྦྱར་ལུགས་}}, ''[[nyes sel rdo rje be con gyi srung ba sum cu rtsa drug gi 'dod gsol gnad bsdus phyogs gcig tu sbyar lugs]]'') by the [[Thirteenth Dalai Lama]]
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*[[The Brief Practice of Tendrel Nyesel]] ({{BigTibetan|[[རྟེན་འབྲེལ་ཉེས་སེལ་གྱི་དོན་བསྡུས་]]}}, ''[[rten 'brel nyes sel gyi don bsdus]]'')
 
*[[The Brief Practice of Tendrel Nyesel]] ({{BigTibetan|[[རྟེན་འབྲེལ་ཉེས་སེལ་གྱི་དོན་བསྡུས་]]}}, ''[[rten 'brel nyes sel gyi don bsdus]]'')
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*[[The Medium Length Practice of Tendrel Nyesel]] ({{BigTibetan|[[ཉེས་སེལ་གྱི་ཆོ་ག་འབྲིང་པོ་]]}}, ''[[nyes sel gyi cho ga 'bring po]]'')
 
*[[The Medium Length Practice of Tendrel Nyesel]] ({{BigTibetan|[[ཉེས་སེལ་གྱི་ཆོ་ག་འབྲིང་པོ་]]}}, ''[[nyes sel gyi cho ga 'bring po]]'')
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*[[Delighting The Deities of the Great Mandala of Tendrel Nyesel: The Stages of the Tsok Feast Offering]] ({{BigTibetan|[[རྟེན་འབྲེལ་ཉེས་སེལ་གྱི་དཀྱིལ་འཁོར་ཆེན་པོའི་ལྷ་རྣམས་དགྱེས་བྱེད་ཚོགས་མཆོད་ཀྱི་རིམ་པའ་]]}}, ''[[rten 'brel nyes sel gyi dkyil 'khor chen po'i lha rnams dgyes byed tshogs mchod kyi rim pa]]'')
 
*[[Delighting The Deities of the Great Mandala of Tendrel Nyesel: The Stages of the Tsok Feast Offering]] ({{BigTibetan|[[རྟེན་འབྲེལ་ཉེས་སེལ་གྱི་དཀྱིལ་འཁོར་ཆེན་པོའི་ལྷ་རྣམས་དགྱེས་བྱེད་ཚོགས་མཆོད་ཀྱི་རིམ་པའ་]]}}, ''[[rten 'brel nyes sel gyi dkyil 'khor chen po'i lha rnams dgyes byed tshogs mchod kyi rim pa]]'')
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*[[The Luminous Nectar of Virtue and Goodness That Benefits All—Bringing Together the Extensive, Medium-length and Brief Blessing and Empowerment Rituals for the Profound Practice of Tendrel Nyesel]] ( {{BigTibetan|རྟེན་འབྲེལ་ཉེས་སེལ་གྱི་ཆོ་ག་ཟབ་མོ་རྒྱས་འབྲིང་བསྡུས་གསུམ་གྱི་བྱིན་རླབས་དབང་གི་མཚམས་སྦྱོར་ཀུན་ཕན་དགེ་ལེགས་བདུད་རྩིའི་སྣང་བ་}} , ''[[rten 'brel nyes sel gyi cho ga zab mo rgyas 'bring bsdus gsum gyi byin rlabs dbang gi mtshams sbyor kun phan dge legs bdud rtsi'i snang ba]]'') by [[Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche]]
 
*[[The Luminous Nectar of Virtue and Goodness That Benefits All—Bringing Together the Extensive, Medium-length and Brief Blessing and Empowerment Rituals for the Profound Practice of Tendrel Nyesel]] ( {{BigTibetan|རྟེན་འབྲེལ་ཉེས་སེལ་གྱི་ཆོ་ག་ཟབ་མོ་རྒྱས་འབྲིང་བསྡུས་གསུམ་གྱི་བྱིན་རླབས་དབང་གི་མཚམས་སྦྱོར་ཀུན་ཕན་དགེ་ལེགས་བདུད་རྩིའི་སྣང་བ་}} , ''[[rten 'brel nyes sel gyi cho ga zab mo rgyas 'bring bsdus gsum gyi byin rlabs dbang gi mtshams sbyor kun phan dge legs bdud rtsi'i snang ba]]'') by [[Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche]]
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:{{TBRCW|O2DB57601|O2DB576012DB60927$W21809|རྟེན་འབྲེལ་ཉེས་སེལ་གྱི་ཆོ་ག་ཟབ་མོ་རྒྱས་འབྲིང་བསྡུས་གསུམ་གྱི་བྱིན་རླབས་དབང་གི་མཚམས་སྦྱོར་ཀུན་ཕན་དགེ་ལེགས་བདུད་རྩིའི་སྣང་བ་, ''rten 'brel nyes sel gyi cho ga zab mo rgyas 'bring bsdus gsum gyi byin rlabs dbang gi mtshams sbyor kun phan dge legs bdud rtsi'i snang ba''}}
 
:{{TBRCW|O2DB57601|O2DB576012DB60927$W21809|རྟེན་འབྲེལ་ཉེས་སེལ་གྱི་ཆོ་ག་ཟབ་མོ་རྒྱས་འབྲིང་བསྡུས་གསུམ་གྱི་བྱིན་རླབས་དབང་གི་མཚམས་སྦྱོར་ཀུན་ཕན་དགེ་ལེགས་བདུད་རྩིའི་སྣང་བ་, ''rten 'brel nyes sel gyi cho ga zab mo rgyas 'bring bsdus gsum gyi byin rlabs dbang gi mtshams sbyor kun phan dge legs bdud rtsi'i snang ba''}}
  
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The [[empowerment]] has been given to the [[Rigpa Sangha]] on many occasions, including:
 
The [[empowerment]] has been given to the [[Rigpa Sangha]] on many occasions, including:
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===1990s===
 
===1990s===
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*[[Kyabjé]] [[Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche]], [[Prapoutel]], 16th August 1990
 
*[[Kyabjé]] [[Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche]], [[Prapoutel]], 16th August 1990
 
*[[Khenpo Jikmé Phuntsok]], [[Lerab Ling]], Summer 1993? [check]
 
*[[Khenpo Jikmé Phuntsok]], [[Lerab Ling]], Summer 1993? [check]
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*[[Kyabjé]] [[Trulshik Rinpoche]], {{Wiki|New York}}, 12 September 1999
 
*[[Kyabjé]] [[Trulshik Rinpoche]], {{Wiki|New York}}, 12 September 1999
 
*[[Kyabjé]] [[Trulshik Rinpoche]], [[Lerab Ling]], [[Sunday]] 14th November 1999
 
*[[Kyabjé]] [[Trulshik Rinpoche]], [[Lerab Ling]], [[Sunday]] 14th November 1999
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===2000s===
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*[[Sogyal Rinpoche]], Kirchheim, 5 January 2003
 
*[[Sogyal Rinpoche]], Kirchheim, 5 January 2003
 
*[[His Holiness the Dalai Lama]], {{Wiki|Dharamsala}}, 27 March 2003 (at [[Sogyal Rinpoche's]] request)
 
*[[His Holiness the Dalai Lama]], {{Wiki|Dharamsala}}, 27 March 2003 (at [[Sogyal Rinpoche's]] request)
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*[[Kyabjé]] [[Trulshik Rinpoche]], [[Lerab Ling]], Thursday 1st December 2005 ({{Wiki|Medium}} Length Practice)
 
*[[Kyabjé]] [[Trulshik Rinpoche]], [[Lerab Ling]], Thursday 1st December 2005 ({{Wiki|Medium}} Length Practice)
 
*[[Sogyal Rinpoche]], [[Lake]] Tahoe, 6th December 2009
 
*[[Sogyal Rinpoche]], [[Lake]] Tahoe, 6th December 2009
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===2010s===
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*[[Sogyal Rinpoche]], Kirchheim, 1st January 2010
 
*[[Sogyal Rinpoche]], Kirchheim, 1st January 2010
 
*[[Sogyal Rinpoche]], {{Wiki|Myall Lakes}}, [[Australia]], 25th January 2010, brief [[empowerment]]
 
*[[Sogyal Rinpoche]], {{Wiki|Myall Lakes}}, [[Australia]], 25th January 2010, brief [[empowerment]]
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*[[Sogyal Rinpoche]], UK Easter [[Retreat]], Haileybury: 8 April 2013, Brief [[Tendrel Nyesel]] [[empowerment]].
 
*[[Sogyal Rinpoche]], UK Easter [[Retreat]], Haileybury: 8 April 2013, Brief [[Tendrel Nyesel]] [[empowerment]].
 
*[[Sogyal Rinpoche]], [[Lerab Ling]], {{Wiki|France}}, 20 July 2013: Brief [[Tendrel Nyesel]] [[empowerment]].
 
*[[Sogyal Rinpoche]], [[Lerab Ling]], {{Wiki|France}}, 20 July 2013: Brief [[Tendrel Nyesel]] [[empowerment]].
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==Teachings on [[Tendrel Nyesel]]==
 
==Teachings on [[Tendrel Nyesel]]==
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===1990s===
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*[[Garje Khamtrul Rinpoche]], [[Lerab Ling]], 9, 10 & 12th August 1992
 
*[[Garje Khamtrul Rinpoche]], [[Lerab Ling]], 9, 10 & 12th August 1992
 
*[[Sogyal Rinpoche]], [[Lerab Ling]], 25 August 1994
 
*[[Sogyal Rinpoche]], [[Lerab Ling]], 25 August 1994
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*[[Nyoshul Khen Rinpoche]], [[Lerab Ling]], 19 October 1996
 
*[[Nyoshul Khen Rinpoche]], [[Lerab Ling]], 19 October 1996
 
*[[Sogyal Rinpoche]], [[Lerab Ling]], 19-20 October 1996
 
*[[Sogyal Rinpoche]], [[Lerab Ling]], 19-20 October 1996
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*[[Kyabjé Trulshik Rinpoche]], {{Wiki|New York}}, 12 September 1999
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===2000s===
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*[[Sogyal Rinpoche]], 2003
 
*[[Sogyal Rinpoche]], 2003
 
**Brookville, 25 & 29 May 2003
 
**Brookville, 25 & 29 May 2003
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**[[Lerab Ling]], 29 & 31 July 2003  
 
**[[Lerab Ling]], 29 & 31 July 2003  
 
**[[Lerab Ling]], 14, 20, 29 & 31 August 2003  
 
**[[Lerab Ling]], 14, 20, 29 & 31 August 2003  
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*[[Kyabje Trulshik Rinpoche]], Kirchheim, 31 December 2003
 
*[[Sogyal Rinpoche]], {{Wiki|Munich}}, 5-7 November 2004
 
*[[Sogyal Rinpoche]], {{Wiki|Munich}}, 5-7 November 2004
 
*[[Sogyal Rinpoche]], [[Lerab Ling]], 1 & 3 August 2006
 
*[[Sogyal Rinpoche]], [[Lerab Ling]], 1 & 3 August 2006
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*[[Sogyal Rinpoche]], [[Lerab Ling]], 5-6 May 2009
 
*[[Sogyal Rinpoche]], [[Lerab Ling]], 5-6 May 2009
 
*[[Orgyen Tobgyal Rinpoche]], {{Wiki|Paris}}, 30 May 2009
 
*[[Orgyen Tobgyal Rinpoche]], {{Wiki|Paris}}, 30 May 2009
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===2010s===
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*[[Sogyal Rinpoche]], Kirchheim, 1st January 2010
 
*[[Sogyal Rinpoche]], Kirchheim, 1st January 2010
 
*[[Sogyal Rinpoche]], Haileybury, UK, 10 April 2010
 
*[[Sogyal Rinpoche]], Haileybury, UK, 10 April 2010
 
*[[Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche]], {{Wiki|Berlin}} Centre, 26 June 2010
 
*[[Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche]], {{Wiki|Berlin}} Centre, 26 June 2010
 
*[[Sogyal Rinpoche]], {{Wiki|Tuncurry}}, [[Australia]], 12-13 March 2011
 
*[[Sogyal Rinpoche]], {{Wiki|Tuncurry}}, [[Australia]], 12-13 March 2011
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===Edited Teachings of [[Sogyal Rinpoche]]===
 
===Edited Teachings of [[Sogyal Rinpoche]]===
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*Dzogchenlink July 2001, ''Teachings on [[Tendrel Nyesel]]''
 
*Dzogchenlink July 2001, ''Teachings on [[Tendrel Nyesel]]''
 
*Ngöndrolink August 2001, ''Recognising the Display of Our [[Wisdom Mind]]''
 
*Ngöndrolink August 2001, ''Recognising the Display of Our [[Wisdom Mind]]''
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==Further Reading==
 
==Further Reading==
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*''Guide to [[Vajrayana]] Practice for the [[Rigpa Sangha]]'', section 4. [[Tendrel Nyesel]] ([[Tertön Sogyal Trust]]: 2006)
 
*''Guide to [[Vajrayana]] Practice for the [[Rigpa Sangha]]'', section 4. [[Tendrel Nyesel]] ([[Tertön Sogyal Trust]]: 2006)
 
*[[Sogyal Rinpoche]], ''Being On Top of Things'' (first published in ''[[View]]'', issue 2; republished in ''The Future of [[Buddhism]]'')
 
*[[Sogyal Rinpoche]], ''Being On Top of Things'' (first published in ''[[View]]'', issue 2; republished in ''The Future of [[Buddhism]]'')

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Thangka commissioned by Sogyal Rinpoche under the guidance of Kyabjé Trulshik Rinpoche. Painted by Salga.




Tendrel Nyesel (Tib. རྟེན་འབྲེལ་ཉེས་སེལ་, Wyl. rten ‘brel nyes sel) is a terma revealed by Tertön Sogyal, containing a sadhanas and teachings.

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It is a special practice for eliminating inauspiciousness by invoking Guru Padmasambhava, together with the buddhas and bodhisattvas and the mandalas of the hundred peaceful and wrathful deities, Tsokchen Düpa, Lama Gongdü and Kagyé.


The terma of Tendrel Nyesel contains three practices:


It is the brief one that the Rigpa sangha uses for daily practice.

The medium length one is traditionally used during Tendrel Nyesel drupchös and drupchens.


History

Its Revelation

The terma of Tendrel Nyesel was revealed by Lerab Lingpa in the year 1900. His biography describes how, at night on the tenth day of the seventh Tibetan month, Guru Rinpoche and the dakinis of the five buddha families appeared to him in a dream and gave him the complete empowerment and instructions of Tendrel Nyesel.

On the twenty-fifth day, he performed a tsok feast offering of Khandro Sangwa Kundü, and prayed that there be no obstacles to the discovery of the terma, and for its revelation to bring tremendous benefit.

During the tsok feast, Lerab Lingpa had a clear vision of the site where the terma would be found.

Two days later, he received the casket containing the Tendrel Nyesel from the terma protector in a secret cave. He said he felt happier at that moment than when revealing any other of his termas.


The next evening, Guru Rinpoche appeared to him, riding a tiger and making a prophecy concerning the decipherment of the terma.

From the tenth to the twelfth day of the eighth Tibetan month, Lerab Lingpa deciphered the Tendrel Nyesel, made many fervent prayers of aspiration, and was consumed with a feeling of joy.

To decipher that many folios, as he did, in just over two days with no error, omission or fault, was an extraordinary feat.


The Lineage

Tertön Sogyal Lerab Lingpa

In the following year in Lhasa, Lerab Lingpa offered the empowerments and transmission of Tendrel Nyesel to the Thirteenth Dalai Lama, Thubten Gyatso, who composed a liturgy and prayer to the Tendrel Nyesel protectors.

Another great master on whom Lerab Lingpa bestowed the complete transmission of Tendrel Nyesel was Jamyang Khyentse Chökyi Lodrö. He in turn conferred it on Kyabjé Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, insisting that he continue the lineage of Tendrel Nyesel.


In time, Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche offered the empowerment and transmission to His Holiness the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, and, while teaching in various western countries, fulfilled His Holiness’s request that he compose a text with ritual instructions for granting the empowerments of Tendrel Nyesel.

At the end of the empowerment text, he praises the Tendrel Nyesel:

“This profound teaching, so pertinent in this age, is like a secret treasure of advice never known before, one that is easy to practise and simple to apply,” and recalls Jamyang Khyentse’s encouragement to maintain the lineage of Tendrel Nyesel.


He writes:


"In keeping with his words, I offered these nectar clouds that mature and liberate—with the intention of bringing benefit and happiness to the teaching and beings of Tibet, the ‘Land of Snow-capped Mountains’—to Ngawang Lobsang Tenzin Gyatso, the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, who is praised in the vajra prophecies of the omniscient Guru of Orgyen as a holder of this very teaching.

In turn, he gave me a command which I kept as one would wear a precious diadem on the crown of one’s head, and I composed this clear arrangement with the pure intention to continue the tradition of transmission, empowerment and explanation."


The Tendrel Nyesel, which invokes the wisdom, compassion and power of all the buddhas and bodhisattvas, Guru Rinpoche and the mandalas of all the tantric deities, is famed as a practice dedicated specifically to averting the inauspiciousness of the times.

With world events hanging in the balance, including the future predicament of Tibet, the empowerment of this powerful practice at this point is considered by many lamas to be particularly timely and extremely significant.

There is an all-encompassing, universal quality to the Tendrel Nyesel, both in the number of buddhas and deities whose blessing is invoked, and in its reach and effect throughout the universe in eliminating, preventing, protecting against and transforming harm and conflict. Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche describes it:


“Using the power of skilful means and practical instructions, it is possible to heal all such harm, to prevent it from arising, to guard against it, and to increase positive circumstances.

This wonderful practice of the undeceiving and unsurpassed secret mantra is extremely powerful and effective, and combines visualization of deities, mantra, realization of the view and samadhi.

What is more, it is straightforward and easy to practise, and the signs of its blessing have not diminished.


“So this practice of Tendrel Nyesel is really just like a wish-fulfilling jewel, an instruction that brings benefit and happiness to fortunate beings, given to us by the second Buddha, the Great Master Padmasambhava.

Imparted to the secret consort Yeshe Tsogyal and the master Nanam Dorje Dudjom, it was concealed as a precious earth terma, and later revealed and spread by the great tertön Lerab Lingpa as a gift that would bring benefit and happiness to Tibet, the Land of Snows.”


Texts in the Tendrel Nyesel Cycle

The Thirteenth Dalai Lama



རྟེན་འབྲེལ་ཉེས་སེལ་གྱི་ཆོ་ག་ཟབ་མོ་རྒྱས་འབྲིང་བསྡུས་གསུམ་གྱི་བྱིན་རླབས་དབང་གི་མཚམས་སྦྱོར་ཀུན་ཕན་དགེ་ལེགས་བདུད་རྩིའི་སྣང་བ་, rten 'brel nyes sel gyi cho ga zab mo rgyas 'bring bsdus gsum gyi byin rlabs dbang gi mtshams sbyor kun phan dge legs bdud rtsi'i snang ba


The Empowerment of Tendrel Nyesel

The empowerment has been given to the Rigpa Sangha on many occasions, including:

1990s


2000s


2010s


Teachings on Tendrel Nyesel

1990s


2000s


2010s


Edited Teachings of Sogyal Rinpoche

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Note that in addition to the practice revealed by Tertön Sogyal, there are other practices called Tendrel Nyesel composed by other masters, or revealed as terma, including one by Apang Tertön


Further Reading

External Links

Source

RigpaWiki:Tendrel Nyesel

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