Prayers for me by HH Trijang Rinpoche & Kensur Rinpoche Konchok Tsering
Dear friends,
In the Tibetan Buddhist Tradition, when one’s teacher is ill, we can request great lamas to compose special prayers that invoke the blessings of the Three Jewels to increase the life of our teacher. Or if our teacher has the ability from meditation to increase his own life then the prayer will invoke upon the compassion of the teacher to extend his own life. By reciting the prayer we generate a field of merit for the lama to live either way. So these prayers from high lamas written to invoke the power and blessings to increase one’s lama’s life is highly sought after and recited daily for one’s teacher.
I have been ill and it has been serious. My students have requested His Holiness Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche to compose a long life prayer to be recited to generate merits for my long life and Dharma works to grow. They have also requested the grand Abbot Emeritus (Ex Abbot) Kensur Rinpoche Konchok Tsering of Gaden Shartse Monastery to compose the same. Both His Holiness and Kensur Rinpoche agreed immediately. How kind of them both. Both these lamas are very famous and renowned masters within the Tibetan Tradition. Both have written prayers to invoke blessings to increase my life.
How honoured, humbled and amazed I am. I am grateful to these two very high lamas to take their time to compose something to increase my life. I have not done much and yet they both feel my life is worth extending. I fold my hands humbly to His Holiness Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche. I was told by senior monks that my previous life’s root teacher was H.H. Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche’s previous incarnation! Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche is one with Vajra Yogini and with his golden hands wrote this precious prayer. I prostrate to Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche.
I also humbly thank from the bottom of my heart the great spiritual master of Gaden Shartse Monastery, His Eminence Kensur Rinpoche Konchok Tsering for composing this prayer that is filled with blessings. Kensur Rinpoche is a very kind, humble and great teacher of Gaden Shartse Monastery who tirelessly conveys the Dharma to hundreds of monks. He has hundreds of students and due to his kindness the students have matured in their studies and have become teachers themselves. Kensur Rinpoche is the perfect example of kindness, knowledge, practice and compassion rolled into one great master. I fold my hands to Kensur Rinpoche for his blessings towards myself who is not worthy of his time.
The prayers (either one) are designed to be recited daily by students, well wishers, friends and or those karmically connected with myself. The prayers have power due to the two illustrious authors’ blessings.
Tsem Rinpoche
H.H. Kyabje Trijang Choktrul Rinpoche
This prayer was composed by His Holiness Kyabje Trijang Choktrul Rinpoche. He was born 15 October 1981, and is the current reincarnation of the late Kyabje Trijang Dorje Chang.
Kyabje Trijang Dorje Chang was a direct disciple to Kyabje Pabongka Rinpoche, and was also the junior tutor and spiritual guide of the 14th Dalai Lama. In addition to this, he was also the root guru of many Gelug lamas, one of which includes my root guru, Zong Rinpoche.
His reincarnation, Trijang Choktrul Rinpoche, was discovered in a Tibetan family in Northern India. On 23 April 1985, when Trijang Choktrul Rinpoche was just 4 years old, he was officially recognized by His Holiness the Dalai Lama. He completed his studies under his root guru Kyabje Lati Rinpoche and other incredible teachers of our time.
Trijang Choktrul Rinpoche is the founder and spiritual guide of Trijang Buddhist Institute in Vermont, United States.
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赤江仁波切著 黃奕彥译师译
《詹杜固仁波切长寿祈请文》
諸佛三密秋月春韶華，
長生笑顏十萬白光鬘，
長壽勝天聖者多哩母，
百欲善樂加持今此護。
持教俱祗發心大水藏，
安忍鎧甲底際難測量，
掌持功德寶庫勝知識，
守護如海化機願永駐。
勝者聖教之日光明熾，
破除眾生冥暗大恩尊，
善現成為我等化機榮，
妙顏相好百光常照耀。
妙音怙主之宗雲裳衣，
柔軟輕盈見行互為助，
了不了言無違成一練，
善說大善知識願永駐。
無明魔鬼驅使弟子眾，
無敬凡庸現象常相伴，
無信邪計未如教行等，
無違至心求恕令師悅。
總願我等弟子暨施主，
最勝引導上師爾欣然，
以法甘露雨霖熟相續，
迅速獲得離障法身性。
H.E. Kensur Rinpoche Konchok Tsering
This prayer was composed by the erudite scholar and Buddhist master, H.E. Kensur Rinpoche Konchok Tsering. Kensur Rinpoche is the Abbot-Emeritus of Gaden Shartse and is well known for his mastery of Buddhist study and teaching.
Kensur Rinpoche was born in 1934 in Markham, Tibet. At the age of 13, he became ordained as a monk in his own hometown monastery. Upon turning 17, he went to Gaden Shartse Monastery in Lhasa, and studied there until the Chinese Occupation in 1959, when Kensur Rinpoche then moved to India.
In 1980, Kensur Rinpoche received his Geshe Larampa title, and thereafter joined the Gyuto Tantric College in 1985 to study. In 1989, he was appointed as one of the official teachers in Gaden Shartse Monastery.
In 1996, Kensur Rinpoche was appointed Abbot of Gaden Shartse Monastery. He continued to serve as abbot for the next 5 years, until 2001.
Having begun his education decades ago in old Tibet, Kensur Rinpoche is a highly revered teacher of both Sutra and Tantra, holding a life-long devotion and commitment to the way of the Dharma.
Kensur Rinpoche is one of the old masters who brought the teachings and practice from Tibet to India in the 1960s, and as a former abbot, was instrumental in reestablishing the grandeur of Gaden Shartse Monastery in its new home in South India. To this day, Kensur Rinpoche still continues to teach, creating a whole new generation of highly qualified, committed practitioners and teachers. One of his students include Zong Choktrul Rinpoche.
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This is the original hand-written Long Life Prayer of Tsem Tulku Rinpoche composed by Kensur Rinpoche Konchok Tsering
Notes:
* Traditionally, the Lama’s incarnate name is not written in the long-life prayers; only his ordained named is used. However, for the benefit of all non-Tibetan disciples, this translation includes the Lama’s incarnation name – Tsem Tulku Rinpoche.
Tsem Rinpoche is extremely humble. Each day Rinpoche is alive is thousands of lives saved by dharma. Such precious prayers. My gratitude to H.H. Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche and H.E. Kensur Rinpoche.
Very well said. Even just online I started my path with Rinpoche. I need him to complete it. And that would include helping Kechara. I need to do work for them/him. Very glad HH Trijang Rinpoche wrote this letter. I always pray for Rinpoche’s health. It’s essential in these degenerate times — his dharma work spreads so quickly. That is very rare, and precious. For him to enter a new body, and pick up where his dharma worked left off with years of training, with the same troubles as earlier in his current life, we can’t let happen unless it’s inevitable/necessary. Hopefully in at least twice his current age.
Only very great Lama’s can write these beautiful prayers, like the most profound poets.
I was not aware that your health was not good.
May you be blessed by these prayers, regain your health and live a very long life to benefit all sentient beings.
With the most respect to HH Trijang Rinpoche and Kensur Rinpoche Konchok Tsering.
Rinpoche, we pray that you continue to illuminate the path for those fortunate enough to hear you expound the Dharma in such a unique & powerful manner. We pray that your wisdom & compassion touches the hearts of countless beings in the six realms, as it has touched ours.
Love & Best Wishes
Francis & Lil Jake
Thank you very much HH Trijang Rinpoche and Kensure Rinpoche Konchok Tsering Rinpoche for the prayers, I promise to recite this prayers for your long life, HE Tsem Tulku Rinpoche please please stay with us, I am so glad to have met you in this life and to receive teachings from you and I do not want to waste my life by being old ugly self. I want to offer myself to serve others. Please stay with us, I wish to be ordain by you one day soon. I promise to be good. I am a regular blood platelets donor and I hope I can donate my blood platelets to you. Please save us and benefit all beings from sufferings.
i am a stupid housewife thinking of commiting suicide in april 2010 after cheated by Thai monk ofRM100,000.now i m very scare and yell in sleeping,i will not forgive this conmen till the day i die.how to survive,how to live,how to recover,i do not know,please help me,i m hopeless,go to hell is all i want.do not print my comment out.tks
Such beautiful and profound writing by H.H Kyabje Trijang Choktrul Rinpoche and H.E Kensur Rinpoche Koncok Tsering for us, the students of H.E. Tsem Tulku Rinpoche. My heartfelt thanks to these two great masters.
H.E. Tsem Tulku Rinpoche is well and will undergo twro more health tests today here in Singapore. We pray the results will be clear.
May Tsem Rinpoche recover from illness soon and stay healthy forever.May all beings attain Nirvana.
The prayers was written with such love and humility. The blessings and love of these 2 Great Lamas for our humble Guru, Tsem Tulku Rinpoche are felt when I read the prayers. May we all never be separated from the precious 3 Jewels and our Guru. May we all be able to receive and be in Dharma in every life until we attain Nirvana. Thank you to all the Precious Gurus who changed our minds to be better in EVERY way.
Amazing , wonderful prayer to be recited daily , to be added to our sadhanas. May The Great Guru stay long with us , may HIS life be stable and healthy for the sake of Dharma. So much gratitude from the bottom of our heart to both Great Great Teachers to compose such beautiful and beneficial prayer.
May Rinpoche get well soon !
great blessings! BIG thank you to His Holiness Kyabje Trijang Choktrul Rinpoche and H.E. Kensur Rinpoche Konchok Tsering!
Get well soon Rinpoche.
A magnitude of gratefulness to the glorious great masters to compose such amazing long life prayers to my precious lama. How incredible fortunate you are with us during this time of need. I pray for your long lives too O GLORIOUS ONES.
Much gratitude to both these two great Masters who composed these beautiful long life prayers for our Guru, H.E. Tsem Tulku Rinpoche to live long to benefit all sentient beings. Thank you.
Such beautiful prayers of such profound depth and eloquence, from two great Masters. We, who are students of Tsem Tulku Rinpoche ,are deeply indebted to you for these prayers. Our heartfelt thanks to you, Kyabje Trijang Choktrul Rinpoche and Kensur Rinpoche.
Wow how very kind are these two lamas to have written the long life prayers for us. Kyabjye Trijang Rinpoche is truly one of the greats of Gelugpa tradition. He was also from Gaden Monastery like our lama. Trijang Rinpoche’s previous incarnation served as the Junior tutor to the current Dalai Lama. Trijang Rinpoche so many illustrious students spreading the dharma all over the world and he also was also a holder of many precious Gelugpa lineages. Thank you Beng Kooi for requesting for the long life prayer. May His Eminence Tsem Rinpoche body remain immutable like a vajra.
Thank you Beng Kooi!
Our heartfelt thanks to you, Kyabje Trijang Choktrul Rinpoche and Kensur Rinpoche. Thank you for composing such powerful prayer to our Guru Tsem Tulku Rinpoche.
Both are very beautiful prayers. I am very thankful of these two great Lamas composing them for Rinpoche.
one thing my wife and i know if children do not drink coca cola no matter if they thing they are filter of humaninty it is better not to drink coca cola no matter the desire for fund raising or other desirous matters, the same can be said for the drinking of beer or the smoking of cigarettes
This is very powerful mantra to reduce the obstacles and everybody should read with great motivation.
MOEGU DUNGSHUG DRAKPOE SOLWA DEP
DRADON GEK DHANG BARCHE JEPHUR DHOK
MARUNG GYALSEN JUNGPO DHAMLA THOK
SAMPA LHUNKYI DRUP PAR JINGYI LOP.
It such the hour had H.H.Kyabje Trijang Choktrul rinpoche and Kensur Konchok Tsering composed the long life prayer for H.E.Tsem Rinpoche. Hoe kind and care for both Lama. May all the holy master have long life also and continue turn the wheel of Dharma.
First, i folded my hands to thank H.E. Kensur Rinpoche Konchok Tsering and H.H. Kyabje Trijang Choktrul Rinpoche; thank you for their kindness wrote such precious long life prayer to our Guru, the Kechara House spiritual guidance.
As Rinpoche student we are so lucky that we have two high lama help us to request our Guru extend his life to benefit all of us.
I feel so honour and rejoice, because of them our Guru life will be blessed and health will be protected.
Again the two respectful high lama: H.E. Kensur Rinpoche Konchok Tsering and H.H. Kyabje Trijang Choktrul Rinpoche!!!!!!
Thank you for the prayers, I will recite them daily!
Thank you H.H Kyabje Trijang Choktrul Rinpoche and H.E Kensur Rinpoche Koncok Tsering for composing these prayers, and for everyone involved in getting the prayers translated and posted up here for all of us to see and include in our prayers. May H.E. Tsem Tulku Rinpoche recover soon and live very very very long and comfortably.
With great gratitude, I fold my hands to HH Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche and HE Kensur Rinpoche for composing these beautiful and powerful prayers for our guru HE Tsem Rinpoche to extend his life and continue to turn the wheel of Dharma.
“We deciples, possessed by the demon of ignorance,
Have been disrespectful, and always seeing ordinary appearances
We lose faith, misunderstanding and do not accomplish your instructions
From our hearts we truly beg your forgiveness! May we delight you!”
This verse struck out most to me and I would contemplate on it and do my best to serve my guru. May he live long and benefit more sentient beings.
My Holy Eminence and Excellent teacher, Ill? well, I don’t internet surf everyday, its new to me, maybe I missed this sad news or the Holy Sweetest and Eminent Lama did not want to bother us, astray far away in this world, ‘to care’. Truly the latest pictures in the beach, where the once skinny Dharma Prince of Mongolia appeared
‘so fat’, made me wonder…Is he unhappy? without love? Could it be Malaysias muslim environment that so much oppressed our subtle Master? You know, I hope, that I myself, so miserable and ignorant,
had to flee the terrible and envious gangcheannettes from Rio (others from other places here in Brazil, ‘aren’t better’), so that maybe ‘teaching women’ proved too much even for our most patient and
mercifull Great Teacher ! How to know? It doesn’t matter, this is not (our Planet) a Lightfull place, nowhere and everywhere. All
who challenge darkness face to face, who slander opression direct
in its roots, have – in a strange sense – maybe, ‘to pay a price’.
Yet I don’t feel this (illness) is too serious. Our Gracious and
Clearest Eminence is young, and has overcome more than once,
hurdles and byways ‘of this life’. I’m sure the full Light and Health of this Excellent Source will very soon flow unhindered
forward again, with Love enough to wash each and every piece of sorrow/suffering, definetly away !
In unending admiration and trust, yours from Brazil,
Lafayette.
Please get better and pray that Bodhicitta may increase in us and in all migrating beings- Dana Thomas