Dear friends, Often people have been writing me for the last twenty years about their misfortunes, depressions, illnesses, ill fate, fears, phobias, addictions, sadness and all sorts of sufferings. I understand and feel bad for them. They always ask me what simple prayer can they do daily to clear their minds, clear their negative energies, get healthier and have a clear mind. Some dont have a particular problem but would like to kick start a practice and to be blessed. Some are in remote places and do not have access to materials and information yet would like to connect daily to a special practice. Some are not Buddhists and would just like something daily to attract positive energy. There are even wonderful people who wish to bless their house of negative energies, or their pets like dogs, fishes, horses, cats, etc. For their pets its good to hear Tsongkapas mantra daily and have the mantras blown on them. For fishes, just blow into the water is fine. Well we have many Buddhas that can do the trick, but the one most easy and most accessible is Buddha Tsonkgapa. To recite any prayer to Tsongkapa in earnest daily combined with 21x or more mantra chanting will invoke powerful blessings. You dont need a guru, centre, initiation, commitments or lengthy explanations for this. Its just good for you. If you recite over a long period time consistently you feel much better and depressions lift. Really! One of my favorite prayers to Buddha Tsongakapa was written by the illustrious 7th Dalai Lama. It is indeed touching, poetic and very pregnant with meanings. I enclose here: A Song Rapidly Invoking Blessings By Lama Gyalwa Kalzang Gyatso, the 7th Dalai Lama In the year of the Water dog, Lama Gyalwa Kalzang Gyatso visited Gaden Monastery. Inspired by the extraordinary vibration pervading the place and filled with marvel at the strength and kindness of Omniscient Lord Tsongkhapa, who had founded Gaden, His Holiness Kalzang Gyatso was moved to write this song. Above, in actuality pristine awareness Manifest as a radiant Buddha mandala, The pure land of Tushita, the Joyous Abode Blessed by Buddhas past, present and future. Mountains of herbs blanketed in sweet aromas, Flowers blossoming morning, noon and night, A forest of trees with turquoise leaves: Reminders of the splendid body of Je Rinpoche. The murmur of a river swiftly flowing, The stirring songs of birds, The majestic sound of a Dharma teaching: Reminders of the gentle voice of Je Rinpoche. The blue sky freely hovering, Clear, white clouds scattered abstractly, The young sun casting beams everywhere: The wisdom, compassion and power of Je Rinpoche. Body adorned with the marks of a Buddha, Speech raining down vast and profound Dharma, Mind seeing all things in the sphere of clear light: I recollect Je Rinpoche, Lobsang Drakpa. Fulfill your vow to benefit beings; Descend, grant protection and power. To you I offer an ocean of all-good things. Enjoy them within your great bliss. On the Mighty Nomad Mountain, quiet, easy, A land made pure with goodness and strength, Stands your Gaden Monastery, prophesied by Buddha: A monastery producing limitless Awakened Ones. Your mind on Bliss and Void inseparable, The flow of events appeared as a rainbow. One body sends endless clouds of emanations To set this world ablaze with joy. Your profound teachings bridging Sutra and Tantra Are jewels for those truly seeking liberation. Even the words you used are perfect, Nakedly pointing the way for the ripe. O Je Lama, because of your infinite kindness We can understand all Sutras and Tantras as precepts, Can see the entire path leading to perfection And can correct all delusions and mistaken concepts. O Master, merely hearing legends of your deeds Can place a man on the enlightening path; With thoughts of your greatness, with heart Trembling, I fix mind upon you. Invisible father gone to Bliss, Listen to this plaintive song Of a boy still in Samsara’s quicksands, Of an ill-fated son cut from his Refuge. In terms of external appearances, A monk is easily proud of his robes, But if his thoughts fall only on the transient Are his lusts not worse than a layman’s? The masses revel in black actions And through evil gain their ends. Flashes of a degenerate age Crash in the depths of my heart. How glamorous and exciting to go Through the motions of practising Dharma, And to hear the profound teachings; But the mind, hard as wood, is slow to change. The spirit, weak and uncontrolled, Staggers under the three psychic poisons Whenever an object appears to it: A golden vessel filled with urine Precious humanity, the chance to be a Buddha; But we create only misery with it And throw away all hope of actually Benefitting either ourselves or others. I, born so late, unfortunate, Pass my time amid negativity and confusion. Father Lama, look upon me; Hold me with hooks of compassion. In this life, the bardo and future lives, Pray, be my guide. My Refuge, forsake me not. Omniscient One, be with me always. Care for all beings as a mother for her son. Spiritual Father, to us who are children, Reveal visibly the mandala of your body Magnificent with every mark of perfection. Bestow upon us the oral teachings Which render every experience meaningful. Bless us to make our minds at one taste With great bliss and unapprehendable wisdom. Life is impermanent like the setting sun. Wealth is like dew on morning grass, Praise is like wind in a mountain pass, A youthful body is an autumn flower. Bless me to understand the shortcomings Of constantly turning on the wheel of becoming And to fix the depths of my mind On the path leading to ultimate knowledge. Bestow upon me transforming powers to fill My mental continuum with love and compassion, To see the beings of Samsara’s six realms As mothers who have forever helped me. Bestow upon me transforming powers Quickly to realize the way things are, To understand images viewed by the mind As paintings created by the mind itself. Help me attain Enlightenment in this very life Through the yogic methods of Tantra’s two stages, To see external events as the sport of Buddhas And the mind as satiated with Bliss and Emptiness. And when, to fight delusion, meditation’s enemy, I retreat to a cave on a distant mountain, A place to give birth to serenity and joy, Bless me to penetrate the innermost profundity. Grant me powers swiftly to annihilate All inner and outer negative forces, And power to cleanse the stains of having dwelt Far from the limits of Dharma’s three bonds. O Manjushri, who reveals himself magically In peaceful, wrathful and protective forms, May your auspicious deeds reach fruition And you remain a constant Refuge to the world. Bestow upon me the powerful blessings Of your mysterious body, speech and mind, That my every physical, verbal and mental Movement may benefit beings and the teachings. May the thunder of the Sutras and Tantras shake the earth, May the sun of Tsongkhapa’s “Practice Lineage” rage, May all practitioners attain the power And all sentient beings realize their wishes. Mantra of Tsongkapa to be done after this prayer: This can be recited anytime, anywhere, as many times as possible. It has the benefits of receiving the blessings of Avalokiteshvara, Manjushri and Vajrapani. MIG-MEY TZE-WEY TER-CHEN CHENREZIG DRI-MEY KHYEN-PI WANG-PO JAMPAL YANG DU-PUNG MA-LU JOM-DZEY SANG-WEY DAG GANG-CHEN KE-PEY TSUG-GYEN TSONGKAPA LO-SANG TRAG-PEY SHAB-LA SOL-WA DEB (Recite 21x or more, depending on time) For more prayers by various saintly authors please go here: tsemrinpoche/?p=18995 For me I would like to see beautiful thangka, pictures, paintings, statues of Buddha Tsongkapa on my shrine. I would like to offer water, flowers, incense and light daily. Well sometimes its not easy to obtain a picture. So I have included beautiful and free high definition pictures for you to download with descriptions. Just open to the site and click on any picture to see the holy and detailed artwork in larger format. They are absolutely stunning. I provide all this information and materials because as a Buddhist monk it is my duty to provide blessed information and spiritual help as much as possible. What do I gain? The satisfaction that I have used my life to benefit others as I promised my spiritual teachers. I wish you all great luck and start your profound Tsongkapa practice today! See here for exquisite pictures for free download: tsemrinpoche/?p=21091 Humbly and sincerely, Tsem Rinpoche tsemrinpoche
Posted on: Mon, 09 Jun 2014 02:44:03 +0000
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