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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
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"Eating animals is not our God-given right, but being kind to them is."
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"What makes us good humans is not how we abuse animals, but how much we allow them to live and be happy freely."
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"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
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~ Lama Yeshe
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“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."
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"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."
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"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."
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"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
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"Knowledge never quenches the thirst, only application."
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~ 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
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~ Carl Jung
"There is a devil there is no doubt, but is he trying to get into us or trying to get out?"
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~ Henry David Thoreau
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"There's a difference between patience and laziness. Patience comes from respect while laziness from disrespect of others."
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"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."
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~ William Shakespeare
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~ Maya Angelou
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Dear Ck,
All the qualities of the Buddhas of the ten directions and three times (past, present, and future) are embodied in Vajra Yogini. So these 8 Praises praise all the Buddhas simultaneously through Vajra Yogini. In reality every Buddha embodies the qualities of all Buddhas in existence. So every Buddha is a complete and perfect object of refuge and worship. If you adopt any Buddha as your practice, this Buddha will totally embody every quality of every Buddha in existence. It’s just during degenerate times, when practice becomes harder for us due to ‘lack’ of time, more activities to waste our energies on, more distractions to sway us, more delusions we allow to arise to cope with, Vajra Yogini manifested to directly counter this…… Vajra Yogini is not better than any other Buddha nor does She have more qualities than any Buddha. It’s just during degenerate times She specifically manifested to counter the inner obstacles we create for ourselves prompted by the outer environments we choose to habitat. For example, if you are in Thailand and your mother is in Thailand and you need help, but your Dad’s in Alaska…. If you called both of them for help, they both can equally help you, but your mom can do it faster only because of proximity. Simililarily all the Buddhas have the power to help us, but because Vajra Yogini’s practice/tantra/methods are specifically for degenerate times, She is faster as She is ‘closer’ to us…that is just a rough example.
If you praise Vajra Yogini with this 8 Line Praise, the merit is equivalent to praising all Buddhas past, present and future. All the Buddhas have countless qualities if we praise them then we plant the seeds to obtain their very qualities. Hence to praise the qualities of even one Buddha brings immeasureable benefits, imagine praising all the Buddhas. How to do that when they have so many qualities? One lifetime would not be enough to praise the qualities of even one Buddha even if we recited their qualities day and night. When there’s so many Buddhas, how to praise all? Not enough time even in one lifetime to do all the praises of even one Buddha let alone all Buddhas. So when you praise Vajra Yogini using this praise, it is equivalent to praising all the Buddhas… Incredible…it says this in the root tantra of Heruka Cakrasamvara as expounded by Shakyamuni.
So praising the qualities of Sacred Vajra Yogini is equivalent to prasing all the qualities of all the Buddhas..and it’s 8 short lines!!! What a bargain!! There are so many qualities of this special Deity Vajra Yogini that is highly suitable for today’s people in today’s difficult predicament of lacking in time, patience, effort and strong will. Just the 8 Line Praise has all these qualities..imagine then practicing the whole Vajra Yogini tantra/practice thoroughly. Everyone should aspire to receive Her practice and go all the way with it. Vajra Yogini’s practice is specifically designed for people of this era (kaliyuga or degernate age)….Do whatever you have to do to get her practice and never quit. If you quit, then you throw the keys to release yourself from prison away. Don’t do that …No frustrations, no anger, no laziness is worth throwing the keys away for ever.
Vajra Yogini embodies all the enlightened qualities of all the Buddhas past, present and future. When you praise Her with these special 8 Lines, it has the benefits of praising all Buddhas within 8 short lines because we need to collect vast amounts of merit in a short time. In order for us to have true success in whatever we endeavour, we need merits. This praise is the shortcut to great merits…it’s like the shortcut to riches when you strike the lottery. The chances of lottery is really chance, but when you practice Vajra Yogini, rely on this special Buddha all the way, you are in fact not taking any chances…as the outcome is assured. The outcome is GUARANTEED.
Prepare yourself for this practice…serve your teacher the right way, please your teacher by your transformations and be loyal to the practices your teacher gives you, then you will be on the right path to Vajra Yogini’s practice/results. Nothing in this world is more precious, lasting and permanent than Vajra Yogini’s practice….the results you get from Her practice will be permanent…it will be full Liberation.
The 8 Line Praise is to be recited daily when:
1.You meet your guru (silently to yourself) or when you meet the sangha
2.See holy objects/temples/shrines
3.Circumambulation around holy objects such as stupas
4.During prostrations
5.Making offerings
6.Upon waking first thing…last thing just before sleep
7.To bless an image of any enlightened beings
8.Blessing others (ppl, animal, ethereal beings)
9.Blessing an environment/office/home/land/space
10.During retreats
11.Bless the ill, dying or deceased
12.Blessing wrathful disturbed environments
13.When pressed for time and need something to praise short and effective
14.During the time of death
15.Or anytime you are free..as the benefits are tremendous.
16.Visiting places of pilgrimage
17. When viewing a relics
18. For protection
19. Before and during travels
20 Blessing ones on mind
21. Removing fears from oneself
22. Anytime, anyplace and as you like…It can be done in English, Sanskrit or Tibetan
You do need an empowerment into the Tantra of Vajra Yogini to recite unless your teacher gives you special permission.
It is a powerful practice.
You may place your hand on someone’s head and recite these 8 lines with conviction and that person will be highly blessed and seeds of enlightenment placed into their mindstream…in the future to plant the seeds of enlightenment or at least attainments in their mind.
You can recite this to your pet and then blow on them daily..powerful..you’ll be helping your pet’s future in a powerful way.
Thanks CK for asking such a good question.
Good luck. Tsem Rinpoche
( A good question from CK Liew and I wanted to share it here)