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H.H. Kyabje Zong Rinpoche Explains Dorje Shugden Initiation and Benefits (With English Subtitles)
Dear everyone... This is a good condensed talk I gave on Guru Yoga of Tsongkapa. This is the one you should share with others when they are interested in a not too lengthy explanation. It is the perfect practice for everyone who wants simplicity yet effective blessings. You can share this with more people, it will be good.
~ Tsem Rinpoche
Powerful Dorje Shugden's mantras
Tsem Rinpoche on National TV's Wesak Day Documentary
'The Promise' book launch featured on NTV7 Primetime
"If you say you don't have money to help a animal shelter, why then do you have money to buy meat?"
~ Tsem Rinpoche
"Eating animals is not our God-given right, but being kind to them is."
~ Tsem Rinpoche
"What makes us good humans is not how we abuse animals, but how much we allow them to live and be happy freely."
~ Tsem Rinpoche
"We need another and wiser and perhaps a more mythical concept of animals.... We patronize them for their incompleteness, for their tragic fate of having taken form so far below ourselves. And therein we err, and greatly err. For the animal shall not be measured by man. In a world older and more complex than ours they moved finished and complete, gifted with extensions of the senses we have lost or never attained, living by voices we shall never hear. They are not brethren, they are not underlings; they are other nations, caught with ourselves in the net of life and time, fellow prisoners of the splendour and travail of the earth."
~ Henry Beston, The Outermost House
"Not eating animals is only unnatural when we are not used to it."
~ Tsem Rinpoche
"We may encounter defeat, but we must not be defeated."
~ Tsem Rinpoche
"What you are today, is the choice you made yesterday."
~ Tsem Rinpoche
"You think you can choose your life? What an ego trip!"
~ Lama Yeshe
"If TODAY you are dissatisfied, you must make the changes to create different results for TOMORROW."
~ Tsem Rinpoche
“Meditating on Dorje Shugden while reciting his mantra will open the gateways to higher dimensions, blessings and protection.”
~ Tsem Rinpoche
“If one does the recitation of the Lama Tsongkhapa guru yoga prayer for even one month using one of the visualizations for great or clear or quick wisdom, one will definitely see development of that wisdom. It is proved by experience. There is no doubt that by doing the Lama Tsongkhapa guru yoga practice one can meet Lama Tsongkhapa’s teachings from life to life. And furthermore, it gives one the opportunity to be born in the pure realm of Lama Tsongkhapa, Tushita, whenever death happens.”
~ Pabongkha Rinpoche
"I was 18 years old in 1983. That was a very special year as I met His Holiness Kyabje Zong Rinpoche and received innumerable precious teachings and empowerments from Him at Thubten Dhargye Ling Centre in Los Angeles, California. It was the best time of my life. A time that seems so magical and surreal to me. Kyabje Zong Rinpoche is Heruka Buddha and I met Heruka."
~ Tsem Rinpoche
"If being me offends you, maybe I'm not the problem."
~ Tsem Rinpoche
"Never abandon your spiritual teacher no matter how many inner obstacles you need to overcome."
~ Tsem Rinpoche
"Actions to force something to be permanent makes all the karmas arise."
~ Tsem Rinpoche
"The dharma is not easy to listen to… because some people take it as criticism. But Dharma should not be just feel good only for the moment but for deeper contemplations."
~ Tsem Rinpoche
"Whether we do work and suffer but for others or we do work and suffer for ourselves, either way we have to suffer. That is the nature of samsara. So let us suffer for others and then suffering has meaning."
~ Tsem Rinpoche
"Those who really want the dharma to grow within themselves and to grow for others should never fear hard work, timing, difficulties, struggles, disappointments because it is for a good cause. Working for Dharma is not a prison or work, but it is purely spiritual practice. It is purely collection of merit and purification. Actually not doing dharma work is the real prison."
~ Tsem Rinpoche
"His Holiness Zong Rinpoche stressed the need to continue to practice even when we come up against obstacles, and that we should continually review our progress. He stated that a happy, luxurious life was like a good dream, and that obstacles and difficulties were like a bad dream. We should give them no significance, but simply carry on working towards real, everlasting happiness."
~ Ngala ’ö-Dzin Tridral
"Things in samsara always go wrong. That's its nature. Don't be surprised."
~ Tsem Rinpoche
"Knowledge never quenches the thirst, only application."
~ Tsem Rinpoche
"I pity men who occupy themselves exclusively with the transitory in things and lose themselves in the study of what is perishable, since we are here for this very end-that we may make the perishable imperishable, which we can do only after we have learned how to approach both."
~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"Money amplifies negative characteristics and that can cause problems. To walk away from that was actually very easy. I didn't even consider it."
~ Angeline Francis Khoo
"I shall not commit the fashionable stupidity of regarding everything I cannot explain as a fraud."
~ Carl Jung
"There is a devil there is no doubt, but is he trying to get into us or trying to get out?"
~ Tsem Rinpoche
"If you love someone, show it by being honest, respectful & honorable with them."
~ Tsem Rinpoche
"It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see."
~ Henry David Thoreau
"If I can just be the way I am & you the way you are & we accept each other, world peace is near."
~ Tsem Rinpoche
"I am Asian, you are some other beautiful color. Together we make diversity so beautiful."
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"It's amazing how some people have never met me or know who I am, but based on a few things they read here & there & rumours, they have formulated a new personality for me & all the things I've never done they passionately speak about....I find it funny and entertaining now. I guess we can't spend our lives fighting rumours...we just have to work hard & then rumours get proven wrong on it's own as a by product. No point explaining repeatedly. Just do our work & show results!!"
~ Tsem Rinpoche
"There's a difference between patience and laziness. Patience comes from respect while laziness from disrespect of others."
~ Tsem Rinpoche
"Although outwardly we have so much, we have so many conveniences, inwardly we have become more unhappy, so, acquisition is not the secret to happiness. The more we get, the more we have, the more unhappy we become."
~ Tsem Rinpoche
"Before we experience any pain, we already had a fixed view of how things should be. When the experience we encounter contradicts our views, then the pain arises. The pain arises due to our fixed views not so much the experience itself. So the secret is changing the views. Re-educating ourselves on our views."
~ Tsem Rinpoche
"You know since very young, for better or worse, I always did the things that others told me not to do. I wasn't really good at following the rules. Even now with how I share Dharma and my practice, I just do it the way I think it should be done but I do it sincerely. Not what others tell me what I can and can't do."
~ Tsem Rinpoche
"Love me or hate me, both are in my favor... If you love me, I'll always be in your heart... If you hate me, I'll always be in your mind."
~ William Shakespeare
"One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous or honest."
~ Maya Angelou
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Dear Spring,
Thank you for your question and the information. Whereas astrology can definitely provide you methods for improving your wealth luck, from a Buddhist perspective, all luck and anything that happens to you in life for that matter, is based on karma. We have all accumulated vast amounts of both positive and negative karma from previous lives and this effects what we go through in this life. When the conditions are right, then the karmic potentials open up for a particular situation to manifest in our lives, either good or bad.
From that perspective, whether we have good wealth luck or not depends on karma. If we take this view then there are two possible ways to improve our luck in life, as well as making life as smooth as possible. These are: purifying negative karma and accumulating merits, which are the reasoning behind many of the practices in Buddhism, so that we can concentrate on our spiritual path, especially when our material needs are taken care of.
When we engage in a particular ritual or prayer, say for example a wealth ritual, this creates the energies of purifying the negative karma that one has in relation to wealth, thereby increasing the wealth in one’s life. And second, generates merits, which we can rely upon for good things to happen in our lives.
Within Tibetan Buddhism, there are many methods to change the wealth energies in one’s life, some of which I have listed below:
1. Invite a wealth vase: these vases are a unique speciality of Tibetan Buddhist practice, and were originally created to attract resources for the monasteries to ensure that they had enough to survive. These wealth vases attract the energies of tremendous wealth and abundance into a person’s life. They are filled and consecrated with many holy and precious items, after which extensive rituals are performed to energise them. They are not only good for improving your wealth luck, but bless the environment, and people who are near it. Traditionally kept in the monasteries and on altars, they can also be kept in your home, office or business to bring wealth as well. Apart from this, they have a many other benefits. You can read more about them and invite one, if you would like, from here: http://www.vajrasecrets.com/wealth-vases
2. Engage in the practice of Gyenze: this practice is well known and a very powerful method for increase wealth, lengthening one’s life and accumulating merit. Gyenze is an emanation of the Dharma protector Dorje Shugden, in an increasing form. This means that his practices is all about increase: increase of wealth, increase of life, increase of all good things. When most people need to increase their wealth luck, it’s because they are suffering from financial difficulties, job problems, bills, etc. When they have to worry about such things, they can easily get overwhelmed, and not concentrate on transforming themselves as a person, because they just don’t have the time. Gyenze’s practice is very beneficial in these cases. This is one of the special benefits on Gyenze’s practice, that he helps us with outer conditions so that we can concentrate on what really matters, transforming our mind, and living a good life. You can read more about Gyenze and his practice here: https://www.tsemrinpoche.com/tsem-tulku-rinpoche/prayers-and-sadhanas/dorje-shugden-gyenze-to-increase-life-merits-and-wealth.html
3. Engage in the practice of Dzambala: this practice is also very well known in Tibetan Buddhism. Dzambala’s particular energies are once again all about increasing things in our lives, and he is famous for increase one’s energies of wealth. Dzambala was a student of the Buddha, who was blessed that if any one propitiated him, they would see good things in their lives, and an increase in the energies of all types of wealth. Dzambala’s practice is also very unique, because if you practice it sincerely with a good heart, you will see your own good quality of generosity increase in your life. Dzambala is all about generosity and increase. You can find the practice of Dzambala here: https://www.tsemrinpoche.com/tsem-tulku-rinpoche/prayers-and-sadhanas/sadhana-prayers.html#14
4. Order a puja: which is a ritual prayer conducted on your behalf. These help to clear the obstacles that you are facing in your life. Kechara offers the following pujas which are very powerful, and can make a positive difference in your wealth luck. They are done by our trained puja team: Dorje Shugden puja (http://www.vajrasecrets.com/dorje-shugden-wishfulfilling-puja-fund), Gyenze puja (http://www.vajrasecrets.com/gyenze-puja-fund), and Dzambala puja (http://www.vajrasecrets.com/dzambala-puja-fund-for-wealth). Many people around the world have benefited from having sponsored these pujas for themselves and their loved one.
I hope this helps answer your question. Thank you.