02/10/2026
ལྕེ་བཙུན་སེངྒེ་དབང་ཕྱུག་འཇའ་ལུས་སུ་དྭངས་པའི་གནས་ཕྱི་གོང་རྫ་ཡི་ར་བ྄།
Probably the first-ever Bhutanese group to visit the very sacred Oyuk Cave (Oyuk Chigong) in Tibet where the 11th-century Dzogchen master Chetsun Sengge Wangchug attained the Rainbow Body
Today, our private Bhutanese group visited this exceptionally sacred site. Interestingly, even I have not yet had the opportunity to visit this sacred cave myself. I feel truly fortunate that my guests were able to make this pilgrimage before me, and I sincerely hope many more Bhutanese will follow their footsteps and visit this blessed place in the future.
The Oyuk Cave (Oyuk Chigong) is a sacred site associated with Chetsün Senge Wangchuk, the great 11th-century Dzogchen master. He is counted among the lineage gurus of the Nyingtig transmission, which he received from his root guru Dangma Lhüngyal and also directly from Vimalamitra.
Due to his profound realization, it is traditionally believed that when Chetsün Senge Wangchuk entered parinirvana, his physical body dissolved into rainbow light, manifesting the Rainbow Body.
Before his passing, he bestowed his final testament upon the dakini Palgyi Lodro and other dakinis. These profound teachings became known as the Chetsün Nyingtig, one of the most important Dzogchen instructions associated with the Vima Nyingtig lineage.
According to the traditional account, the profound teachings were condensed into the five sacred syllables representing the fivefold expanse:
AH — HA — SHA — SA — MA
Later, when Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo was preparing to reveal the Chetsün Nyingtig teachings, he experienced countless dakinis in pure luminosity chanting these sacred syllables. Through this profound experience, he clearly remembered the teachings that Vimalamitra had transmitted to him in his previous life as the great Chetsün Senge Wangchuk.
Thus, the essential points of Chetsün Nyingtig are traditionally said to be perfectly encoded within these five sacred syllables.
To see my guests walking into such a sacred place is deeply meaningful to me. I may not have visited Oyuk Chigong yet, but I hope their footsteps will inspire many more Bhutanese pilgrims to discover and pay homage to these sacred places of the great masters.
May the blessings of the lineage masters continue to guide all those who journey here with faith and devotion.
