Question asked by Jonathan
Hi. I have a copy of the "Diamond Path" and I recite it every day. I would like to get a better visualisation. Most of the parts are kindly taught by the pastors on youtube. Such as the Kawang Prayer. However I am struggling to find visualisation guides for the Praise "a praise to the previous lives and origins of Dorje Shugden by means of liberating biography. One should learn these wonderful stories in detail."
2 questions comes to my mind.
1. What should i be visualising during the praise?
2. Where can I find more stories beyond the origin of Dorje Shugden?
I can find information on the stories up to, " then having gone towards Tashi Lhunpo on Tsang, because of a slight inauspicious occurence, you immediately went to Sakya in. Wrathful manner And were enthroned as a senior Dharma Protector, to you I praise"
I would like to know where i can find more details stories of the following verses in the praise to Dorje Shugden.
Many thanks in advance for always answering Dharma questions!
Dear Jonathan,
We are really happy to hear you are practising the Diamond Path daily, it is very powerful sadhana to engage, as I’m sure you know. For learning more about the visualisation associated with the practice, we have two very good resources available:
1. Dorje Shugden Teachings Videos
https://www.tsemrinpoche.com/tsem-tulku-rinpoche/buddhas-dharma/dorje-shugden-teaching-videos.html
2. The Dorje Shugden Handbook
https://www.vajrasecrets.com/the-dorje-shugden-handbook
In regards to the praise to Dorje Shugden, there is no specific set of visualisations involved. This basically means, during this prayer you should keep and stengthen the general visualisation of Dorje Shugden and entourage in front of you. If you can only visualise Dorje Shugden because you are new to visualisation, that is fine, just think that the entourage are present too. Later, as you practice more, you can build up the visualisation to include the entourage deities also.
You can find a lot of information about Dorje Shugden and related stories on our Dorje Shugden category: https://www.tsemrinpoche.com/tsem-tulku-rinpoche/category/dorje-shugden
In regards to the more specific information regarding Dorje Shugden’s origin, you can find all this information in English in the text known as Music Delighting the Ocean of Protectors, available here: https://www.tsemrinpoche.com/tsem-tulku-rinpoche/downloads/music-delighting-the-ocean-of-protectors-a-definitive-guide-to-dorje-shugden-by-trijang-rinpoche.html
I hope this answers your questions. Thank you.