

Aro gTér Lineage Invocation
Composed by Lopön Ögyen Ten’dzin Rinpoche
Lopön Ögyen Ten’dzin Rinpoche is a Nyingma Ngak’phang Lama in the Düd‘jom gTér lineage.
༄I, Lopön Ögyen Ten’dzin, in the palace of the wisdom-body of self-existing Guru Rinpoche——Rang-Nè Ögyen Chöküi Phodrang——genuinely present this lineage invocation. I request the wisdom beings and people everywhere to accept my repentance for any errors there may be in the text. Sarwa Mangalam:
༄I invoke the Three Spheres of Being of the gTérma lineage of the great Female gTértön Aro Lingma É: Ma: Ho: ཨེཿ མཿ ཧོཿ
༄Seng-gé Dongma is the Sambhogakaya emanation of Kuntuzangmo.
༄Seng-gé Dongma’s Nirmanakaya emanation are Yeshe Tsogyel, Ma-gÇig Labdrön, Jomo Menmo, Aro Lingma, and all the female Lamas of the Aro gTér Lineage. I invoke the Khandro Lamas of the Three Spheres of Being.
༄I invoke of the personal lineage of the great gTértön Aro Lingma who is none other than Kuntuzangmo in the form of Yeshé Tsogyel of the Rocky Crags. Jomo Chhi’mèd Pema, who was able to command oath-bound protectors of the mountains - please accept me into your visionary lineage. I invoke Jomo Chhi’med Pema - incarnation of the Great Niguma. ་
༄By the great compassion of Aro Lingma - Jomo Pema ’ö-Zér and Rang-rig Togden, accept me as a disciple of your lineage. I invoke Jomo Pema ’ö-Zér - Mistress of the Wrathful kyil’khor - incarnation of Mönmo Tashi Chi’drèn.
༄Jomo Pema’s secret male consort and disciple Rang-Rig Togden whose powerful body could fell a wild yak. With his matchless mastery of method he devised and played a damaru made of five male and five female skulls. I invoke Rang-rig Togden - emanation of Thangtong Gyalpo.
༄Khyungchen Aro Lingma--daughter born to Jomo Pema ’ö-Zér—Lady gTértön saw Yeshé Tsogyel in person. I invoke Aro Lingma - she attained unobstructed rainbow body through her siddhis.
༄Zér-tsal Lingpa first appeared as Aro gZa’ Druk-tsal Shèldrakma the disciple of Padmasambhava and Yeshé Tsogyel. Through her siddhis, she commanded lightning and other phenomena to manifest in the sky. She integrated her mind with the sky and displayed diverse phenomenal for all to see. I invoke Aro gZa’ Druk-tsal Shèldrakma.
༄Aro gZa’ Druk-tsal Shèldrakma took incarnation as A’dzom Yeshé Khandro, Tsang-yang Gyamtso’s inspirational daughter – the connoisseur of hidden gesture yogas who gave spontaneous pointing-out instructions to disciples whilst in union with them. I invoke A’dzom Yeshé Khandro.
༄A’dzom Yeshé Khandro took incarnation as ’a-Shul Pema Legden, gTértön Khyungchen Aro Lingma single spiritual consort and excellent close disciple. He was a heart-son of the great gTértön Khalden Lingpa, I invoke the entirely excellent ’a-Shul Pema Legden.
༄’a-Shul Pema Legden was inspirationally transmitted by supremely awesome means from mind to mind as Aro Lingma’s lineal son. By the great gTértön’s intention ’a-Shul Pema Legden was born as her own son Aro Yeshé. I invoke the entirely excellent Aro Yeshé - Yogi of immeasurable gTummo.
༄Aro Yeshé took incarnation as Zér-tsal Lingpa, who holds himself to be inconsequential in comparison with the riches of gTér-den Dé-tsal Gyalmo his glorious realised consort. I invoke the entirely excellent Zér-tsal Lingpa.
༄I invoke, from the beginning, the lineage of the entirely excellent gTér-den Dé-tsal Gyalmo.
༄Firstly I invoke the Mélong-holding Khandro - close disciple of Padmasambhava and Yeshe Tsogyel in union, as a sign of accomplishment, she hung her clothes on the sun’s rays and danced naked in her mountains wilderness.
She then appeared as the incarnation of one of the two excellent students of Jomo Menmo – who, accompanied by Jomo Menmo’s other student, attained the magical power of soaring in the sky dimension as a garuda - I invoke Gomchenma Tsédrüp Rolpa’i Yeshé. She then took incarnation as Jomo A’dzom Yeshé Khandro’s disciple – who once having heard any teaching could recall it without further study - Lady endowed with glory emanating unobstructedly throughout space, I invoke Gomchenma Yé dröl Pema Wangdrüpma. She then took incarnation as the spiritual consort of the supreme Aro Yeshé who she annihilated subject-object duality in her disciples simply by staring at them. She who rides naked on pure untamed horses - I invoke the entirely excellent A-yé Khandro.
She then took incarnation as gTér-den Dé-tsal Gyalmo as the khandro vajra-master of secrets, authenticate of Being from your heart and with the symbolic mélong transmission. I invoke the entirely excellent gTér-den Dé-tsal Gyalmo - living Dakini, accept us as your fortunate disciples and enable us in this life to rely on the supreme Lama Zér-tsal Lingpa.

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