A Praise to Deathless Mandāravā: teaching with Sangye Khandro

For our February Text of the Month, we’re delighted to welcome Sangye Khandro, who will teach on Music to Delight the Ḍākinī: A Praise to Deathless Mandāravā, a spontaneous praise by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo.

Born a princess of Zahor, Mandāravā was a fully realised wisdom ḍākinī whose teachings and activities brought tremendous benefit to beings. Often invoked in longevity rituals, she was one of the five principal consorts of Padmasambhava, with whom she accomplished the essence of long-life practice at the sacred Maratika Cave in Nepal. This evocative praise is particularly special in that it portrays her in a semi-wrathful form, an expression of her enlightened power to liberate beings, bestow siddhis, and remove obstacles to life.

Explore this text in our reading room.

Drawing on decades of practice, translation, and close study with great masters of the Nyingma tradition, Sangye Khandro will offer a teaching connected with this text, using it as a basis to explore lineage devotion and the power of blessings.

Sangye Khandro has been a practicing Buddhist since 1972 and a Dharma translator since 1976. A close student of Kyabjé Dudjom Rinpoche, Sangyum Kusho, Venerable Gyatrul Rinpoche, and Kyabjé Thinley Norbu Rinpoche, she is a co-founder of the translation group Light of Berotsana and has devoted her life to translating and transmitting essential Vajrayāna texts and teachings.

📅 February 21, 5 PM Pacific Time
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