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Daki Gyepe Gegyang

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Daki Gyepe Gegyang (Wyl. da ki dgyes pa'i gad

rgyang),[1] ‘Gladdening Laughter of the Dakini—
The Activity Rite of the Terrifying Tamer of
Demons, the Fierce Simhamukha’[2] is a Senge
Dongma practice of the Dudjom Tersar lineage.
This terma was revealed by Dudjom Lingpa and
later edited by Dudjom Rinpoche.

Contents
1 Purpose
2 Content
3 Revelation of the Terma
4 Propagation
5 Notes
6 Further Reading

Purpose
According to Lopön Ogyan Tanzin Rinpoche[3]:

The Lion-Face Senge Dongma is a powerful

dakini particularly effective in repelling
obstacles to one’s spiritual practice, including
curses and other such calamities. On the
ultimate level, she represents the wisdom
nature of mind. Padmasambhava […] Courtesy of he private collection of Lopön Ogyan Tanzin
manifested in the wrathful guise of Senge Rinpoche, Senge Dongma, Simhamukha. Bhutanese
Dongma when he accomplished this painting, Shantiniketan 1976.
practice.”

According to Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche[4]:

I found the practice of Senge Dongma to be a reliable source of protection when obstacles arise.
Defilements attract the maras of hindrances and enemies just as a magnet attracts iron filings. When you
clear away the negativity of your own poisons, there is nothing to attract the maras.

Content
The Daki Gyepe Gegyang is a complete practice which contains three parts: a preliminary (in 8 sections), a
main part (in 8 sections) and concluding practices (in 8 sections)[5].

Though not belonging to the Daki Gyepe Gegyang practice text, there are several other practice texts of Senge
Dongma in the Dudjom Tersar tradition, such as:

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The General Fulfilment of the Dakini, Called ‘Crystal Mirror’, from the Wisdom Sun Cycle of the
Awakened Mind Evocation’, of the Zabsang Khandro Nyingtik cycle by Dudjom Lingpa[6]
Dark Red Senge Dongma, by Dudjom Rinpoche, a brief evocation of the red-colored Senge Dongma[7]
The Condensed Quintessence of the Daily Practice for the Wisdom Dakini Senge Dongma, by
Dudjom Rinpoche[8]
Profound Essence, The Secret Dakini Sadhana of Senge Dongma, from the Khandro Tuktik[9]
Short Daily Practice of Senge Dongma with Hand Clapping (Wyl. seng gdong ma'i thal rdeb rgyung
khyer ni), by Dudjom Rinpoche[10], a widely used daily reversal practice dokpa for Dudjom Tersar
tradition followers.

Revelation of the Terma

The Daki Gyepe Gegyang practice was first concealed by Guru Rinpoche, revealed by Dudjom Lingpa during
the 19th century and later, clarified and edited by Dudjom Rinpoche in 1971 in Kalimpong, as is stated in the
colophon of the text[11]:

Thus, because the yogin Tsewang Lhagyal, who autonomously enjoyed his lot of accomplishments
through the path of the quintessential mother tantras of the secret Mantrayana, repeatedly exhorted [me]
with great exertion, this “Gladdening Laughter of the Dakini, the activity rite of the terrifying tamer of
the demons, the fierce Senge Dongma” has been collated in an order whose procedures are utterly clear
and easy to approach, without confusing the intent of the root treasure text.
This mantra-holder of the end of time, Jikdral Yeshe Dorje, aged sixty-eight, composed this during the
waning period of the moon, in the fourth month of the iron female pig year, at the mountain’s throat on
the Mount of Heaped up Kapalas. The assembler of the initial draft if the mantrin’s son Losal Rinchen
Phuntsok.

Propagation
In his outer autobiography, Dudjom Lingpa recounts[12]:

[In 1896, when I was 61], in a dream at night on the eighteenth day of the first autumn month, I
saw crowds of Chinese people covering the earth. Someone called Damtsik Lhamo Pramoha
[one of the eight Mamos of the sacred sites] came from a gap in space saying:

This evil contingent of the Chinese army is led by demons of corrupt aspirations.
For that, persevere in the means to get yourself through this:
Perform the meditation and recitation practice of Senge Dongma, Lion-Faced Dakini,
constantly perform dokpa rituals, and enter a month-long retreat on the meditation of
Wangchuk Chenpo, Magnificent Ruler Deity
Then she vanished.

According to Jigme Rinpoche[13][14]:

Guru Rinpoche remained in Tibet for 111 years and in his 73rd year there he gave many teachings on the
Kagye and also on Senge Dongma. The practice was transmitted to Yeshe Tsogyal, who is an emanation
of Senge Dongma, and with her siddhi of infallible memory, she recorded the text in dakini script and
concealed it, to be revealed later by tertöns. This particular treasure was revealed by Dudjom Lingpa, and
kept secret for 44 years. When Dudjom Lingpa felt it was the right time, he opened the practice, recorded
it in human script and transmitted it to others.

Dudjom Rinpoche edited the Daki Gyepe Gegyang practice text in 1971, and transmitted many times the
“Short Daily Practice of Senge Dongma with Hand Clapping”.

Notes
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1. The full title is jigs byed bdud 'dul drag mo seng gdong ma'i phrin las DA ki dgyes pa'i gad rgyang zhes bya ba bzhugs so
2. Dudjom Sungbum Volume 12 (na), p.283-327
3. Dudjom Lingpa and Dudjom Rinpoche, ‘Gladdening Laughter of the Dakini, The Activity Rite of the Terrifying Tamer of
Demons, the Fierce Simhamukha’, translated by Dylan Esler and Nicholas Chong, Restricted text. Nyingmapa Students'
Welfare Committee, Sarnath, India, 2011, Foreword.
4. Presentation text of empowerments given in Hong-Kong in 2005.
5. Dudjom Lingpa and Dudjom Rinpoche, ‘Gladdening Laughter of the Dakini, The Activity Rite of the Terrifying Tamer of
Demons, the Fierce Simhamukha’, translated by Dylan Esler and Nicholas Chong, Restricted text. Nyingmapa Students'
Welfare Committee, Sarnath, India, 2011.
6. Dudjom Sungbum, volume 12 (na) p.339-349.
7. Dudjom Sungbum, volume 16 (ma), p. 29
8. Dudjom Sungbum, volume 12, p. 331-338
9. Dudjom Sungbum, volume 16, p. 29.
10. Dudjom Sungbum Volume 18 (Tsha), p.304.5-305.4
11. Dudjom Lingpa and Dudjom Rinpoche, ‘Gladdening Laughter of the Dakini, The Activity Rite of the Terrifying Tamer of
Demons, the Fierce Simhamukha’, translated by Dylan Esler and Nicholas Chong, Restricted text. Nyingmapa Students'
Welfare Committee, Sarnath, India, 2011, page 110.
12. Dudjom Lingpa, ‘A Clear Mirror’, The Visionary Autobiography of a Tibetan Master’, The Outer Autobiography, translated
by Chönyi Drolma, Rangjung Yeshe Publications, 2011, p.192.
13. Son of Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche
14. Presentation text of a Dudjom Tersar Senge Dongma empowerment given by Jigme Rinpoche in Hong-Kong in 2005.

Further Reading
Dudjom Lingpa and Dudjom Rinpoche, Gladdening Laughter of the Dakini, The Activity Rite of the
Terrifying Tamer of Demons, the Fierce Simhamukha, translated by Dylan Esler and Nicholas Chong,
Restricted text. Nyingmapa Students' Welfare Committee, Sarnath, India, 2011.

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