NEW 2026 – Joyous Dance of Bliss and Emptiness – Coemergent Chakrasamvara Practice and Instructions

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Chakrasamvara practice reveals the inseparability of great bliss and emptiness through deity yoga, mantra, and primordial wisdom awareness. The history presented here describes Chakrasamvara as the innermost essence of the mother tantras and an enlightened manifestation of great Vajradhara, the embodiment of ultimate Buddhahood. In this coemergent form, the male father aspect of Chakrasamvara appears inseparably with the female mother aspect of Vajrayogini. The pith instructions explain that the father and mother express the luminous and empty aspects of our own awareness. The father is also the bliss aspect of method, and the mother is the empty aspect of wisdom. Their coemergent union symbolizes inseparable bliss and emptiness. They ultimately embody the non-dual nature of our minds. 

In the practice, we appear as Chakrasamvara, vividly present yet empty of inherent nature, like a rainbow, a reflection in a mirror, or the moon in water. The world appears as the immeasurable palace, and sentient beings appear as the deities of the mandala. Through visualization, mantra recitation, and meditative equipoise, we cultivate recognition of the enlightened nature of body, speech, and mind within us. Nono Tenpa emphasizes that love, compassion, and bodhichitta should permeate our mindstream, since they are the foundation of meditation on the yidam deity. We undertake the practice with the wish that mother sentient beings have happiness, be free from suffering, and attain enlightenment.

Joyous Dance of Bliss and Emptiness: Coemergent Chakrasamvara Practice and Instructions brings together sixteen translations in a 185 page collection. Rooted in the Drigung Kagyü transmission of Ghantapa’s tradition, it joins historical context, three sadhanas of different lengths, the complete sequence of four empowerments, supporting practices, and rare instructions for meditation and retreat.

The collection begins with Chakrasamvara History, by Lho Bongtrül Tendzin Nyima. This account presents the sacred origins of the teachings, their transmission through the accomplished masters of India, and their preservation in Tibet. It introduces the traditions of Luipa, Ghantapa, and Krishnacharya, placing the practices that follow within Ghantapa’s lineage and the Four Unsurpassed Coemergent Deities transmitted through Rigdzin Chökyi Dragpa (1595-1659).

At the heart of the collection are three sadhanas suited to different circumstances and degrees of elaboration.

The shortest, Fulfilling the Wish for Siddhis, was composed by Orgyen Nüden Dorje for those wishing to undertake an unelaborated practice. Its concentrated sequence includes refuge and bodhichitta, the generation of Chakrasamvara and Vajrayogini, mantra recitation, dissolution, and dedication. It preserves the essential view and imagery of the practice in a concise form.

The medium-length Joyful Dance of the Heruka Warrior draws on Rigdzin Chökyi Dragpa’s practice materials and was arranged by Orgyen Nüden Dorje. It develops the meditation through a fuller sequence of offerings, visualization, mantra recitation, and ganachakra feast offering. It also includes a concise completion stage passage on tummo, the subtle channels and chakras, and the four joys, together with the visualization of mantra garlands circulating through the father and mother deities.

The most extensive practice, Bindu of the Display of Bliss and Emptiness, brings the sadhana and mandala practices into a continuous arrangement prepared by Lho Bongtrül Tendzin Nyima from Rigdzin Chökyi Dragpa’s texts. It includes self-generation, front-generation, vase-generation, offerings, mantra recitation, and the ganachakra feast. A particularly important feature is the complete sequence of the vase, secret, wisdom-knowledge, and fourth empowerments, with self-initiation and directions for conferring empowerment on students. The arrangement makes the relationship between meditation practice and empowerment easier to follow in its proper sequence.

The supporting texts extend the collection’s practical usefulness. Dense Grove Charnel Ground of Five Primordial Wisdoms, by Orgyen Nüden Dorje, presents an unelaborated fire puja using sesame seeds as the single offering substance. Composed for practitioners undertaking approach and accomplishment, it provides a concise practice for purifying obscurations and addressing faults in meditation and recitation. The unique seven-syllable mantra chart sets out the correspondences between each syllable and the ground, path, result, deities, qualities, and methods of purification. It offers a compact way to study the layers of meaning contained within the mantra.

Among the collection’s most valuable materials are the rare pith instructions from Drubwang Könchog Nono Tenpa (1781–1862). These clarify details that can remain implicit in a recitation text: how deity assemblies emanate and dissolve, how the primordial wisdom beings are invited, how mantra garlands are arranged and move, and how these visualizations express the inseparability of luminosity and emptiness. His instructions also offer different ways to sustain undistracted recitation, allowing the practitioner to work with vivid visualization, recollection of its pure meaning, meditative equipoise, or stable deity pride.

The concluding retreat manual guides practice from start to finish. Drawn from the oral tradition of the main Drigung retreat center in the early 1800s, it follows the practitioner from preparing the offerings and opening the retreat through four daily sessions, morning and evening observances, activities between sessions, and completion of the mantra accumulations. It continues through the concluding feast offerings and the gradual release of silence, preserving practical instructions for each stage of retreat.

The original Tibetan is presented alongside the English translations, with recited transliterations included in the sadhanas. Together, these materials support study, practice, teaching, and transmission, offering a deeper connection between the words of the Chakrasamvara sadhanas, their meaning, and their application in retreat. This is a specialized vajrayana practice collection intended for qualified practitioners.

The collection contains sixteen translations:

1. Chakrasamvara History
2. Fulfilling the Wish for Siddhis: Concise Body Mandala of the Direct Realization of Glorious Chakrasamvara
3. Tummo Three-Layered Protection Wheel Meditation
4. Empowerment of Samadhi from the Profound Dharma of Kyobpa Rinpoche
5. Short Lineage Prayer
6. Blessing the Vajra and Bell
7. Joyful Dance of the Heruka Warrior: Coemergent Chakrasamvara Concise Self-Generation
8. Aspiration Prayer of Chakrasamvara
9. Multiplying Mantras at the Beginning of a Session
10. Multiplying Mantras at the End of the Session
11. Bindu of the Display of Bliss & Emptiness: Sadhana & Mandala of the Coemergent Chakrasamvara According to Ghantapa’s Tradition Arranged for Recited Practice
12. Dense Grove Charnel Ground of Five Primordial Wisdoms: Glorious Chakrasamvara Unelaborated Single Substance Fire Puja for Purifying Obscurations
13. Explanation Chart of the Seven Syllables of Jala Samvara (Binder of the Net)
14. Concise Notes on the Visualization Stages of Glorious Chakrasamvara
15. Lamp of Heruka’s Joyous Laughter Illuminating the Three Realms: Approach Visualization of Glorious Chakrasamvara
16. Scroll on How to Do the Approach Practice of the Five Deities of Coemergent Chakrasamvara