Something easy to do daily yet powerful………
People have asked me thousands of times what practice should they do daily. They are busy, pressured for time and have heavy commitments. I understand. I sympathize that with so little time, they are sincere enough to connect with something higher daily. Perhaps for sanity's sake or perhaps from realizations that THERE IS MORE TO LIFE THAN WHAT WE GET TRAPPED IN.
Thousands of times I have replied to take the Gaden Hlagyema meditational practice of Lord Tsongkapa daily. Why? It is short, simple and complete.
Recite the healing migtseyma mantra with concentration 21 times a day or one rosary or any amount you are comfortable with. Do this daily. Daily without missing.
Believe, trust and let go of projections during your mantra time and absorb Tsongkapa's healing energy into you.
Let Him heal you of depression, self hatred, low self esteem, stress and fears. Do it daily to reinforce and make the positive energy grow. Do it well. Do it with full understanding that there are higher powers THAT CAN HELP US short and long term.
Lord Tsongkapa's practice requires no vows, no commitements, no 'dangerous' meditations, and it is gentle yet healing. All encompassing. It is short yet complete. It combines the energies of correct wisdom, unending compassion and skilfull activities of the Enlightened Lord Tsongkapa into your being. This energy is great to be tapped into. Try it. Trust it. Let go.
Don't stress yourself with complicated practices. It is not what you need at this time.
Reward yourself with daily 15 minutes or more of delicious, healing meditations on Lord Tsongkapa.
Commit to Tsongkapa. Take Him as your sacred personal space Buddha.
You will get results. Much care,
Tsem Tulku
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Thank you so much Rinpoche
I am intersted in the Lord Tsongkapa practice.
But you said in one of your teaching that it’s not good to do a practice if your’re not from the school ot the practice …
I took Refuge in kagyupa school, do you think I can practice Lord Tsongkapa practice or not?
Thank you again, have a beautiful nice day !
Karma Tsetchi
Dear karma Tsetchi,
From the side of the Buddhas there is no lineage, name, or tradition. These are from us. Hence whatever tradition you have taken refuge in, then as long as you are taking a Buddha for your meditations there is no conflict. Tsongkapa is not a Gelugpa Buddha but a Buddha full stop.
Good luck to you,
Tsem Tulku
Thank you so much. I will began the practice today.
Is the five line mantra the one to begin to practice with?
-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 TSONGKHAPA
LO-SANG TRAG-PEY SHAB-LA SOL-WA DEB
~ the five line mantra (Migtsema) of Lord Tsongkhapa.
Dear Mima,
yes this is the sacred complete mantra you can focus on. It includes the three powerful energies (avalokitesvara, manjushri, vajrapani).
I am so glad you are going to do.
Good luck and good wishes always..
Tsem Tulku
I check on youtube about the mantra but why there is one sentence not mentioned..that’s “du pung ma lu jom dzey sang wa deb”
Thank you deeply.
Thank you Mima and Rinpoche !
I found an audio of the mantra on youtube too from you Rinpoche.
If you want it Mima :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1TxkQtSNr0
My boyfriend will order the practice as soon as possible, I wil do it.
Thank you so much!
Much love.
There is also a nine-line version of the Migtsema
NGO-DRUB KUN-JUNG THUB-WANG DORJE-CHANG
MIG-MEY TZE-WAY TER-CHEN CHENREZIG
DRI-MEY KHYEN-PI WANG-PO JAMPAL-YANG
DU-PUNG MA-LU JOM-DZEY SANG-WEY-DAG
GANG-CHENG KE-PEY TSUG-GYEN LO-SANG-DRAG
KYAB-SUM KUN-DU LA-MA SANG-GYA-LA
GO-SUM GU-PAI GO-NA SOL-WA-DEB
RANG-ZHAN MIN-CHING DROL-WAR JIN-GYI-LOB
CHOG-DANG THUN-MONG NGO-DRUB TSAL-DU-SOL
Recently, the monks from Gaden Shartse visited Kechara House and when they chanted this it was really beautiful. I was kind of kicking myself for not memorising this mantra earlier so that we could all recite it together.
You see, I first heard this long mantra being chanted by Rinpoche many years ago, but we were only given a copy of the mantra to recite for ourselves about 1.5 years ago via email. Rinpoche allows his closer students to be in email contact with him and the advice we receive is really priceless. With the new website tsemtulku.com, much of Rinpoche’s private advice finds its way onto the Internet which is really neat
If I may add to Rinpoche’s comment about the three powerful energies, Manjushri is the manifestation of all the Buddhas’ wisdom. Avalokiteshvara (Kuan Yin/Chenrezig) is the manifestation of all the Buddhas’ compassion, and Vajrapani represents the energy of the enlightened mind. I’m not sure about Vajrapani, but I know at least two of those Buddhas have very strong connections with Asia, in particular places like China where Kuan Yin’s practice is very popular, and Manjushri’s seat is at Wu Tai Shan.
I think it’s incredibly compassionate of the Buddhas to provide such a method of attaining enlightenment. For those of us who believe we’re too busy, haven’t got enough time, not intelligent enough, not committed enough to do – these practices are perfect for us. It also means that practices like this form the basis for us to receive higher practices…they literally are a practice for us to develop and show commitment and dedication, which are necessary to receiving higher tantra.
I would like to share here my experience of the Migtsema. The first time I did the migtsema, I did a full mala still struggling with the tibetan words and it must have taken a while for me to complete it. I was still rather new to buddhisme then, and new to Tsongkhapa and had not met with Tsem Tulku Rinpoche yet. Upon coming across the recommandation to recite the Migtsema daily as shared with me by one of Rinpoche’s students, I decided to sit in front of a Buddha at home and started the recitation.
A very beautiful thing happened immediately after I managed to finish the recitation, filling the silence that follows the last verse a very real sense of joy took over me, I wanted to smile, I wanted to stay in this feeling, I wanted to share it, I wanted to sing the mantra, it was a very real feeling, soothing and bright.
That is how I started doing the Migtsema daily, now extended to the full Gaden Laghyama.
Gaden Lhagyama is the prayer I first learned when I came to Kechara House. Participating in the 10million migtsema recitation was some of the happiest days I could ever remember.
Those were the days when a group of us were doing Gaden Lhagyama everyday and over night marathon on Saturday nights in Kechara House a few years back. Everyone really pushed themselves to complete the retreat dedicating towards the growth of Kechara organization as predicted by our Protector.
Coincidentally, Lama Tsongkhapa was the first statue that I bought for myself, I would say ‘it was love at first sight’, once laid eyes on Him, I knew I have to invite Him home though I neither have the budget nor a place for Him at that point in time, hence, my good friend ‘buddha sit’ for me till I got my own place a few years later. Now, He is the centre piece of my altar at home!
Whenever I am or faced with obstacles, I always recite migtsema and it helped to calm me and to think of next step. May I be of benefit in spreading Lama Tsongkhapa’s teaching so others can benefit as well!
Which diety has the power of one mantra recitation gets the blessing of 3 different dieties’ blessing? Which diety empowers you with wisdom, skillfulness and compassion? Which diety connects you to Maitreya Buddha and Tushita Heaven? Which diety has the power of powa (the mind transference after death) and so on and so on? Yes, it is Je Tsongkhapa!!!
I like to share with you an experience of our Thai girlfriend when she had recited Mig Tse Ma. When she visited a Thai high monk in a temple in Thailand, she was asked what did she do because the high monk saw there were many guardian angels around protecting her. Many of our members in Kechara know her and this true story.
I love to practice Lama Tsongkhapa’s guru yoga as it can help guide me to the right path to the great enlightenment. We can trust this as Lama Tsongkhap got enlightenment right? The guru yoga is really a good thing to do for those who really do not have any time on their hands other than a maximum of 20 minutes for Dharma work. He currently heals me from depression, self hatred, low self esteem, stress and fears already! He is a three in one package, Manjushri, which is great for students who want to do better in their studies in school or Dharma Students who want to be able to absorb more Dharma knowledge., Chenrizig, for those who want to give more compassions to others or to those who want to feel more at peace and finally Vajrapani, for those who want protection from evil spirits or demons…
All you lucky newbies. Nowadays when you join Kechara House you don’t have to wonder what Sadhana and what prayers to do. And when you ask for prayers to do. You will be given Lord Tsongkapa Practice which is very powerful and embodies all three dieties Chenrisig for Compassion, Manjushri for Wisdom and Vajrapani for skilful means or power. With this practice you have a complete set of Sadhana which is no other than doing the MIGSTEMA. And only takes 15 mins to do. During my early days in Dharma I use to have to do three dieties separately and chant the Mantras separately. Now we can practice even though you are very busy. You can even only chant the mantras while driving with good motivation.
Gaden Lhagyema Meditational practice of Lord Tsongkapa, was the first initial prayer that I learnt to recite when I started out at KH. At that time, our Guru indicated that this was actually a 3 in ONE diety prayer, whereby through this prayrer one can receive devine blessings from Chenrisig, mother of compassion, Manjusri, Buddha of wisdom and Vajrapani, Buddha for skillful means and power. There was also an organised group participation for us to complete 10 million recitation of “migtsema” which brought much joy to us after having successfully completed same! Through the daily recitation of 21 times or 1 mala of the revitalizing and healing mantra “migtsema” one’s depression, self hatred, low self esteem, stress and fear if any, will be eradicated.
Dear Rinpoche, where can I download the 5 verse and 9 versed Migtsema Verse of Tsongkhapa?
The 5-line Migtsema is as follows :-
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
(English Translation)
Je Tsongkhapa, crown jewel of the holy Masters of the land of snows,
You are Avalokiteshvara, great goldmine of Compassion untainted by ego’s delusion.
You are Manjushri, great Master of stainless wisdom.
You are Vajrapani, great subduer of all the gatherings of demons.
At your feet, famed Lobsang Drakpa,
I humbly bow and earnestly request that all sentient beings achieve Enlightenment.
and
The 9 verse Migtsema is as follows:
NGÖDRUB KÜNJUNG TUWANG DORJEY-CHANG,
MIGMEY TSEWAY TERCHEN CHENRAY-ZI,
DRIMEY KYENPAY WANGPO JAMPEL-YANG,
DÜPUNG MALÜ JOMDZAY SANGWAY-DAG,
GANGCHEN KAYPAY TSUGGYEN LOZANG-DRAG,
KYABNAY KÜNDÜ LAMA LHAGPAY-LHA,
GOSUM GÜPAY GONAY SÖLWA-DEB,
RANGZHEN MINCHING DRÖLWAR JINGYI-LAB,
CHOGDANG TÜNMONG NGÖDRUB TSELDU-SÖL.
(English translation)
You are mighty Vajradharas – sources of all actual attainments,
Avalokiteshvaras – great treasures of unaimed affection,
Manjushris – commanders of flawless wisdom,
Vajrapanis – destroyers of all hordes of demonic forces,
Lozang-dragpas – crown jewels of the erudite masters
of the Land of Snows,
Guru-yidams, incorporating all sources of safe direction,
We make you requests with three gateways of respect:
Inspire us and all others to ripen and set ourselves free.
Direct us to the supreme and common actual attainments.
This is the best practice I have had the pleasure to do every morning! It makes me feel light and carefree and it gets me ready to start the day!!!!!!!! I love it, everyone should practice it. If anyone needs this practice I have a PDF version of it. It’s short, concise and priceless!
Guru Yoga is really complete it has the seven limbs that one can create merits and purify karma for it. And Lama Tsongkhapa is the synthesis of Chenrezig, Vajrapani and Manjushri, so the guru yoga practise can bestow greater compassion, greater wisdom and the skilful means and harmony. Plus Lama Tsongkhapa’s practise overcomes 2 main obstacles ignorance and shortness of life. Also we get connected Maitreya in the visualisation we connect to him too, in case in the time of Shakyamuni’s turning of the wheel of dharma we do achieve any significant progress in our spiritual practise.