About a system for becoming a Lama or Lopon
About a system for becoming a Lama or Lopon
Many people want to become a Lama or give teachings but do not first engage in the proper practices to really make themselves a qualified teacher. First you need to enter an authentic lineage and receive many transmissions and empowerments from a teacher. Then you must finish your Ngondro and Yidam accumulations before becoming a Lama. Also with your teacher, you should become very close with him/her every day for about three to five years.
So if you were looking for a system, it would be to finish your Ngondro accumulations and then finish the Three Roots accumulations (Guru, Yidam, Dakini). His Holiness Penor Rinpoche in India used to give a Lama hat (basically saying you’re a Lama) to people who completed a solitary retreat for three years, three months, three days puja on the Three Roots. Everyone has different Three Roots sadhanas based on their lineage. Within the Longchen Nyingtik lineage, that is: Guru: Rigdzin Dupa, Yidam: Palchen Dupa, Dakini: Yumka Dechen Gyalmo.
So again, it is most important to put a lot of effort into your practice and study if you wanted to become a Lama. To receive many transmissions and empowerments, to study a lot and to do a lot of practice. After a lot of meditation and practice you will naturally become a Lama. It is not easy, it takes a lot of effort. To remember the story of Milarepa is important and how much suffering and trials he had to undergo before he could even receive the teachings. Also, once he received them how much diligence and effort he put into his practice.
So, to be really called a Lama, you should have received many transmissions from an authentic Lama and lineage, should have done solitary retreat and much practice, and should be very well studied. Then it is appropriate for yourself to give transmissions and to teach the Dharma.
Treasure Vases and Blessing Las Vegas
Treasure Vases and Blessing Las Vegas
Teaching at the Lohan School of Shaolin
Teaching at the Lohan School of Shaolin
Prayers for H.H. the Fourth Dodrupchen Rinpoche
Hayagriva Initiation
Hayagriva Initiation
Dear Sangha and friends,
On Monday, October 11th, 2021 at 1:30pm PDT (Pacific Daylight Time), Lama Jigme Rinpoche will be holding a Zoom session to give the transmission (lung) of Hayagriva.
If you wished to join the session, then please contact us:
Please only message if you wish to take this practice seriously and maintain it everyday.
If you have received the Longchen Nyingtik Ngondro from Lama Jigme Rinpoche before, then there is no requirement to donate for this.
If you are new, then there is a minimum offering dana of $25 for the transmission. If you wanted to donate more than that, then that is up to you and the kind of merit you wished to create. This dana is likened to an offering khata.
New Location for Temple
New Location for Temple
Avalokiteshvara and Sengdongma Initiation and Transmission
Dear Sangha and friends,
On July 1st, 2021, 2:30pm Pacific time, Lama Jigme Rinpoche will be giving a Avalokiteshvara and Sengdongma Initiation and Transmission (lung) via Zoom.
If you were interested in attending this session then please contact us.
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Mantra of Padmasambhava
Mantra of Padmasambhava
BENEFITS OF THE VAJRA GURU MANTRA:
Om Ah Hung Benza Guru Pema Siddhi Hung
From Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche:
“It is said that the twelve syllables of the Vajra Guru Mantra carry the entire blessing of the twelve types of teachings taught by Buddha, which are the essence of His Eighty-four Thousand Dharmas. Therefore to recite the Vajra Guru Mantra once is the equivalent to the blessing of reciting or practicing the whole teaching of the Buddha. The wisdom mind of Padmasambhava is manifested in the form of the mantra; these twelve syllables are actually the emanation of His wisdom mind, and they are endowed with His entire blessing. The Vajra Guru mantra is Padmasambhava in the form of sound. So when you invoke Him with the recitation of the twelve syllables, the blessing and merit you obtain is tremendous. In these difficult times, it is appropriate to take refuge in the Vajra Guru Mantra.”
Trulshik Rinpoche says:
“For the practice of approach it is generally said that one should recite the mantra of Guru Rinpoche 1,200,000 times. If we can accomplish these 1,200,000 recitations, it is said that we will receive the blessing of Guru Rinpoche. It is also said, “With ten million siddhis, you will reborn in a place of vidyadharas.” This means if you recite the Vajra Guru mantra ten million times, you will be reborn in a realm of vidyadharas. It is even said that if you recite the 1,200,000 accumulation seven times (8,400,000), you will become the same as Guru Rinpoche in this very life. By reciting the mantra ten million times (literally ‘one hundred times one hundred thousand times’) you will reach the stage from which you can never turn back. So the benefits of reciting the Vajra Guru mantra are truly inconceivable.”
If you wished to practice the Vajra Guru mantra then it is important to first either receive the initiation or transmission (lung) from a lineage master for this mantra.
If you wanted to receive this in way of video call or in-person from the Padma Rigdzin Ling Buddhist Temple, then please contact us.
Talk on Hayagriva
Talk on Hayagriva
by Lama Jigme Rinpoche
In this world there are many different religions, many different deities, many different gods. In Buddhism there are many deities and gods. Tibetan Buddhism has four major schools, the Nyingma, Kagyu, Sakya and Gelug. Lama Jigme Rinpoche himself comes from the Nyingma school and therefore knows about the Nyingma deities.
In the Nyingma system, the highest tantric practice is that of Kagye. Inside Kagye there are ten deities. Kagye means eight deities, inside the practice of Kagye these eight deities at times become one, equaling nine deities. There is also another deity that works as a servant that you can order to do things, this makes ten deities.
Kagye is different from lower tantric practices in that the Kagye deities can help us overcome negative emotions and reach enlightenment. Other practices like Yellow Dzambhala are meant for helping with things like food, clothing or wealth. Kagye is meant to help us reach total enlightenment. Out of the ten deities, there are two that most people use for an everyday main practice. Vajrakilaya (Dorje Phurba) is for all activities, and Hayagriva is for empowering yourself.
In today’s age, it is an degenerate time where the five poisons and negative emotions are very strong. So we need a deity like Hayagriva to empower ourselves. Also negative influences today are so strong as well, like the coronavirus. One example is that today’s modern China has so many problems with negative emotions, the result of this is that the coronavirus originated in China. All of our sickness comes from the influence of negative emotions, so we need such a practice as Hayagriva to overcome it.
We practice these Buddhist deities because they bring us to enlightenment. The way to practice is to do so while thinking on love, compassion, and wanting to benefit all sentient beings. We all need basic amenities to survive, we all need money, housing, food. All of these basic amenities will actually come naturally to you without any effort if you are practicing while focusing on compassion and you are thinking altruistically.
All of our problems originate from negative emotions and thinking selfishly. When you desire things like money, food, clothing, fame, etc., then you are just creating more problems and suffering for yourself.
Our body is naturally something like a machine, it makes more suffering, more problems when we are selfish. We always try to eat the best food and check if it has a good taste and a good smell before eating. In the end after eating it, it just turns into defecation, we don’t like the taste, we don’t like the smell. As we can see, there is really no point in focusing on material things when we know what they will turn into. It is better to keep your focus on a spiritual life.
People naturally like to talk about their best qualities in order to impress others, they don’t like to tell the truth. People like to hide their faults, in order to impress their ego. This is not the spiritual way, we have to practice to benefit others by focusing on compassion and love, and to let go of wanting good food, good clothes, fame and wealth.
When you practice Hayagriva, you should first have bodhicitta (compassion and love), this is so important from the depth of your heart. After having this feeling, then to do your practice with the intention of benefiting others and yourself. You should also think that the practice is helping the world, you are blessing your country and all other countries; China, Asia, Europe, etc., you are putting an end to all epidemics and diseases everywhere when you practice. We should not practice while thinking about material things like for name, fame, clothes, or wealth.
People need to have devotion and pure perception with the Lama before they receive a transmission or empowerment (lung). If they don’t want to see and treat the Lama like their own spiritual master, then they shouldn’t receive transmissions from him, it’s not good for them.
As it says in the text ‘Liberation in the Palm of Your Hand’: “Do not give teachings to those who have no devotion and pure perceptions.”
Rinpoche’s lineage is very pure, he first received transmissions in Tibet from his root masters Rigdzin Jigme and Aku Sherab. Also when Rinpoche came to Dharamsala, India, His Holiness the Dalai Lama gave Rinpoche the transmission and empowerment for Hayagriva. Also with the permission of His Holiness, Rinpoche built a monastery in Dharamsala. Afterwards Rinpoche practiced Hayagriva and many other rituals many times in Dharamsala.
Spoken by Lama Jigme Rinpoche, translated by Tenzin Wangden, transcribed by Jacob Ewers on July 18, 2020.
Mantra of Vajrasattva Buddha
Mantra of Vajrasattva Buddha
Vajrasattva is the Buddha of Purification, through his mantra we can alleviate our negative karma and begin purifying it to remove our obscurations.
The heart essence mantra of Buddha Vajrasattva is:
‘OM BADZAR SATO HUNG’
His full 100 Syllable Mantra is:
‘OM BADZAR SATO SA-MA-YA, MANU PA-LA-YA, BADZAR SA-TO TE-NO-PA TITHRA, DRI DHRO ME-BHA-WA, SU-TO KHAYO ME BHA-WA, SU-PO KHAYO ME-BHA-WA, A-NU RAKTO ME-BHA-WA, SARWA SIDDHI ME-PRA YA-TSHA, SARWA KARMA SU-TSA-ME, TSITTAM SHRE-YAM, KU-RU HUNG, HA HA HA HA HO, BHA-GA-WAN, SARWA TA-THA GA-TA BADZAR MAME MUNTSA BADZRI BHA-WA MA-HA SA-MA-YA SATO AH’
The benefits of reciting the 100 Syllable Mantra according to the text ‘Words of My Perfect Teacher’:
If you stay undistracted and do not mix your recitation with ordinary speech, to say the hundred syllable mantra one hundred and eight times without interruption will undoubtedly purify all your evil actions and
obscurations, and all violations and breaches of vows and samayas. Such is Vajrasattva’s promise.
The Tantra of Immaculate Confession says:
The hundred syllable mantra is the quintessence of the mind of all the Sugatas. It purifies all violations, all breaches, all conceptual obscurations.
It is the supreme confession, and to recite it one hundred and eight times without interruption repairs all violations and breaches and will save one from tumbling into the three lower realms.
The Buddhas of past, present and future will look on the yogi who recites it as a daily practice as their most excellent child, even in this very lifetime, and will watch over and protect him.
At his death he will undoubtedly become the finest of all the Buddhas’ heirs. Whatever violations and breaches of the root and branch samayas you may commit after setting out on the path of Secret Mantra Vajrayana, the daily repetition of the hundred syllable mantra twenty-one times every day while meditating on Vajrasattva constitutes what is called “the blessing of downfalls.” It will prevent the effects of those downfalls from developing or increasing. One hundred thousand recitations will completely purify all your downfalls.
According to The Essential Ornament:
To recite correctly twenty-one times
The hundred syllable mantra,
While clearly visualizing Vajrasattva
Seated on a white lotus and moon,
Constitutes the blessing of the downfalls,
Which are thus kept from increasing.
Thus the great siddhas have taught.
So practise it always.
If you recite it a hundred thousand times,
You will become the very embodiment of utter purity.
If you wanted to practice this mantra, then it is important to receive the teachings, transmissions, or empowerments from a lineage master for this particular mantra.
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A True Account of An Accomplished Practitioner of the Vajra Guru Mantra in Recent Times
A True Account of An Accomplished Practitioner of the Vajra Guru Mantra in Recent Times
Orated by Jamyang Dorje Rinpoche of the Taipei Padmakara Buddhist Society
Recorded by Pema Tsering on 22 Aug 2007 with due respect
Translated from Chinese into English and edited by Jigme Sherab with due respect
Homage to Padmasambhava and Pema Norbu Rinpoche
‘OM AH HUNG BENZA GURU PADMA SIDDHI HUNG’
May 2006 – In the holy land of Padmasambhava, Bhutan, a blind accomplished master knew his time of his death in advance and sat in crossed vajra posture while passing into parinirvana.
As the author was afraid of gradually forgetting the details of this master’s liberation story over the passage of time, the sublime details of it were committed to paper with one’s own inadequate literary skills. It is hoped that all those who see, hear or are acquainted with the facts of this history will be filled with deep faith and devotion to Padmasambhava, thereby receiving blessings and accomplishments.
This accomplished adept is a Bhutanese. When he was alive, people mostly addressed him as “Drubtop” which means someone who has attained realization. Moreover, due to the fact that he attained realization and liberation through the recitation of the Vajra Guru mantra, he was also called, “Benza Guru Drubtop”, meaning “The Vajra Guru Siddha”
This accomplished master “Benza Guru Drubtop”, whose external appearance was dirty and unkempt but who, internally, was extraordinarily free and liberated, was previously a visually handicapped beggar who lived in the peripheral slums of Bhutan.
Later, due to the help of Urgyen Lama (of Sangngak Thegchog Osel Ling Monastery) and Jamyang Dorje Rinpoche, this accomplished master who had went through a difficult life (but with equanimity) was invited to the monastery where they looked after him as a offering to a most unsurpassed field of merit. This was the reason that the last 10 years of his life was relatively peaceful and safe.
“Benza Guru Druptop” was not born blind. It is said that his visual impairment was the result of curses wrought by mantras which his enemies had inflicted upon him. Before he went blind, he was just a common farmer who belonged to the Bon religion. At that time, the farmer did not understand the vast qualities of Padmasambhava and had even entertained sacrilegious views towards Guru Rinpoche and slandered him with negative speech.
To recover his sight, the farmer had approached many doctors who were unable to help. With no other resort, he asked several spiritual friends and masters for advice on what spiritual practice to do in order to recover his sight.
Finally, he listened to some masters’ advice and decided to start reciting the Vajra Guru mantra (OM AH HUNG BENZA GURU PADMA SIDDHI HUNG), relying on it as his sole practice, and eventually he went on to achieve an astounding level of realization.
When “Drubtop” started to recite the Vajra Guru mantra, his faith in Padmasambhava began to ripen and increase. Due to his blindness, day or night was not much difference to him and he began to recite the mantra diligently day and night without distinction.
When he completed a hundred million recitations, “Drubtop”s prayer-wheel, which he rotated as he recited the mantra, began to drip inconceivable nectar. It is well known that prayer-wheels contain dry paper rolls and it is impossible for water to drip from it out of thin air, yet his prayer-wheel began to manifest such a strange phenomenon. This demonstrated the authenticity of the results of “Benza Guru Drubtop”s practice and also showed how wonderful Padmasambhava’s blessings were. After that, he did not slow down, but instead continued to recite the mantra diligently, praying to Guru Rinpoche with great faith.
When “Benza Guru Drubtop” had completed the mantra 300 million times, in a dream-like state, he personally met the Lotus-Born Guru and received a prophecy, thereby attaining an inconceivable level of realization.
Padmasambhava told “Benza Guru Drubtop”, “If you live on for 7 more years, your eyesight will be recovered. The reason for you having lost sight in both eyes is that you previously believed in the Bon religion and especially, you had disparaged and despised (noble beings), causing confused inter-dependent phenomenon to arise. Now although you have seen me, due to that karmic obscuration, you will not be able to immediately regain your eyesight.”
Thus “Benza Guru Drubtop” was not able to recover his eyesight even though he had seen the Guru Rinpoche.
In the mysterious state, Guru Rinpoche also asked “Benza Guru Drubtop” to make a special dharma hat as a auspicious interdependent-arising, which the blind “Benza Guru Drubtop” made himself from bronze pieces without anyone’s help.
In spite of “Benza Guru Drubtop”’s inner realization and his extraordinary clairvoyance due to Guru Rinpoche’s blessings, due to his external visual handicap, no-one was willing to look after him properly. Thus he wandered around in the region of “Chim” in Bhutan. The locals called him “Benza Guru Drubtop”.
“Benza Guru Drubtop” knew of a secret method to reverse obstacles which the Lotus-Born Guru had personally transmitted to him. It could swiftly remove all heavy illnesses or urgent calamities befalling a person. This method is special but inelegant. It required that “Benza Guru Drubtop” make a special kind of torma and recite a short ritual, the specifics of it is only known to himself, and then he must strip naked and while totally nude take the torma to a nearby triple-intersect junction. This method is quite powerful, all the people for whom the “Drubtop” had performed this ritual, recovered from their problems without exception.
Besides this, every time someone requested the “Benza Guru Drubtop” for any help, his way of divination was also different from others. He did not need the use of any divination apparatus, nor did he require the person to say much, but would be able to know the intentions of the person and be able to speak out the intimate details of the supplicants’ residence, environment and all other kinds of details, including those personal secrets that the person requesting did not want revealed. Evidently, the “Benza Guru Drubtop” had attained great clairvoyance of knowing others’ minds due to the blessings of Guru Rinpoche. He was also widely acknowledged as “Drubtop” due to this.
“Benza Guru Drubtop”’s inner secret realization did not cause him to try to improve his own living conditions but instead he regarded poverty and suffering as not being any obstacle or problem impeding him.
What did not change was that he continued supplicating Guru Rinpoche day and night, reciting the Guru Rinpoche mantra respectfully and so when he passed into parinirvana, a conservative estimate of the number of Guru Rinpoche mantras he had recited in his life amounts to more than 600 million.
Unlike others, he was not interested in promoting his own diligent efforts at practice or his miraculous responses , instead “Benza Guru Drubtop” benefited beings in a spontaneous and extemporaneous way. Thus, most of the people who knew him did not know how profound his inner realization was.
Most people only regarded his external style and occasional obstacle-averting rituals as a sign that he was merely a practitioner with some achievements. Most of his secret conduct and responses, he would only tell to Urgyen Lama and a few close friends who had faith.
Although he was a siddha, he did not alter his clothes or appearance, but remained like a beggar, allowing others to make offerings and making-shift of whatever they offered to wear. Although he was invited to stay at Sangngak Thegchog Osel Ling Monastery, and could have chosen to have better living premises and conditions, he only preferred to live in a dilapidated corner of the monastery and sleep in his own old covers, using yellowed and hole-ridden blankets and pillow.
“Benza Guru Drubtop” would only accept others’ clothing and food. If someone offered his cash notes or coins, he will recite mantras and blow on them as a blessing, before returning them to the offerer, telling him not to use the money but to keep it on the body as a blessed artifact for protection. When one offered him a khata, it was the same case. This showed that “Benza Guru Drubtop” has already viewed all wealth as nothing, with no desire or wish for anything.
The author once requested one of the abbots of the monastery, Jamyang Dorje Rinpoche, to make some money offerings, but was instead met with laughter from Rinpoche who said, ‘“Benza Guru Drubtop” does not want money, how to make offerings to him? If you want to give him clothings or other things, he may not accept, or he may just bless them and return them to you. if you want to offer food, he is now provided food by the monastery, so he may not enjoy what you offer him. Apart from his meals, he doesn’t really accept any other food.’ Hearing this, the author felt deeply that this siddha master was truly without needs or wants and was worthy of respect and veneration.
Seven days before he demonstrated impermanence, the “Benza Guru Drubtop” informed the abbot Urgyen Lama,”I am going to leave this world to go and see Padmasambhava.” At that time, the abbot felt that Drubtop was still healthy and thought that he was merely joking. He did not pay much attention to this remark. “Benza Guru Drubtop” then confidently told several monk friends that, “Urgyen Lama does not have freedom over birth and death, but I do. He will not understand my meaning… the dharmakaya is beyond death, because I have realised the dharmakaya, there is really no death to speak of for me!” Totally unschooled and who had not studied any dharma teachings, sutras or commentaries, yet, “Benza Guru Drubtop” was able to make many such statements that utilised the expressions of the Dzogpa Chenpo realizations.
With nothing special happening, apart from those monk-friends who knew about it being worried that “Benza Guru Drubtop” would manifest death, others did not feel that the Drubtop would really be able to predict his own time of death, and be able to leave this world with such ease and freedom. Seven days later, in the clear gentle light of dawn, “Benza Guru Drubtop” sat in crossed-vajra posture and imperturbably released his intent into the dharmadhatu. At that moment, a gentle tremor in the earth could be felt.
After his parinirvana, the usually-deserted monastery was thronged by more than 3000 people trying to pay their respects. After he passed away, everyday at dawn, there were three birds flying in to circumambulate his body three rounds before flying off. These were said to be dakinis paying their respect.
“Benza Guru Drubtop” passed away exactly 7 years from when he received the vision from Padmasambhava, thus fulfilling the prophecy that he would “recover his sight”. Because now, he would have no body to obstruct him from going to the Sangdok Palri Pureland to see Guru Rinpoche.
The author wishes that this extraordinary account of a recent Guru Rinpoche siddha would encourage all sentient beings to give rise to faith and supplicate Guru Rinpoche, ultimately attaining the same state as him.
(Colophon: As the English translator was himself inspired by this account of the Vajra Guru Siddha, he decided to render it into English so that it would be accessible to more people. It is his sincere request that if there are those who have read this account and felt that it benefited them, to please circulate it to others and do a recitation of a 100,000 of the Vajra Guru mantra for the benefit of all beings. By this translation, may more people come to know the benefits of reciting the Vajra Guru mantra, do its practice and quickly attain realization.)
‘OM AH HUNG BENZA GURU PADMA SIDDHI HUNG’
Another quote from Jomo Sam‘phel Déchen, a wisdom Dakini:
Guru Rinpoche is the most important practice for Nyingmas. Many simple uneducated people have achieved realization from the recitation of Guru Rinpoche mantra – with no other form of practice. Many ordinary people have died without anyone thinking that they were practitioners — who were then found to have entered into thug-dam after death (a type of meditation where the heart stays warm after death).
If you were inspired by this account, and wanted to do the Vajra Guru mantra, then it is important to first either receive the teachings, transmissions, or empowerments from a lineage master for this particular mantra.
If you wanted to receive these things in way of video call or in-person from Lama Jigme Rinpoche and the Padma Rigdzin Ling Buddhist Temple, then please contact us.
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A Brief Explanation on Hayagriva
A Brief Explanation of Hayagriva
by the Ven. Lama Jigme Rinpoche
Here is the brief introduction to the development stages of the supreme secret emanation of Hayagriva, who emanates from the noble and great compassionate one Avalokiteshvara. As Hayagriva offers help, his body reflects a radiant brilliance. Hayagriva’s three heads represent the three doors: Body, Speech and Mind. By completing the entire six perfections (Paramitas), the six armed one subdues the suffering of the six causes (the six realms of Samsara). Hayagriva has three faces: a green face on the right who is smiling greatly, a white face on the left who is showing extreme covetousness, and a red face in the center. Each of Hayagriva’s faces comprise of three eyes, each seeing the three times (past, present, and future). All of his eyes are round and opened widely with wrathful energy. His mouth is opened with four fangs, which destroy the four evils (Maras).
On each of his head’s Hayagriva has a horse head, dark green color with wrathful and odd works (which symbolizes that Hayagriva is the Smith of the gods, a jack of all trades). Each horse also has a peaceful white snout, expanded with yellow cartilage. The horse’s manes are red symbolizing that it is there to give help; neighing with opened mouth, it conquers the three realms and terrifies evil spirits. A sparking of fire comes from each mane that fills with a firewall from the realm of Brahma all the way down to the Universal base of our Earth. (The mythological basis of our known world. It is made of gold and is situated below Mt. Sumeru).
Of the Hayagriva’s six arms, the first on the right carries a vajra, symbolizing the five primordial wisdoms. The second arm has a trident, bearing three heads, symbolizing great bliss. The third arm is holding a vajra sword, symbolizing the 8 Mahasiddhas. The first hand on the left has the index finger pointing towards the maras and evil forces. The second hand has a short spear that pierces through perverted views; the third hand holds a noose of human intestines, bound together into space.
Hayagriva wears three protecting clothes: a fresh elephant hide, a human skin as a place to sit, and a tiger skin as a cassock (a monk’s lower part robe). Hayagriva’s three smeared substances are: a drop of blood, smearing grease, and a heap of human ashes. Hayagriva has two fastened ornaments that adorn his eight charnel ground attire, they are made of sacred thread (Brahmin thread) that is made from human hair and are ornamented with bones. The six perfections (Paramitas) are symbolized by: bracelets for generosity, a girdle for morality, an ear ornament for patience, a necklace for diligence, a crown for contemplation, and an offering scarf for knowledge.
The five organs are the eyes, tongue, ears, nose and the heart. The purpose of practicing the development stage is to refute the appearance and conception of ordinariness and to also teach clear manifestation to disprove appearance and have pride when you dispute conception. Clear Manifestation is the aspect of the deity to be attained by holding to the mind. Unfettered by appearance, fettered by conception. “Cut down the conception!” The Great Master Naropa so said.
The meaning of Hayagriva’s mantra:
‘OM HRIH PEMA THAN DRIH BENZA TROHDHA HAYA GRI WA HOOLOO HOOLOO HUNG PHET!’
‘Om‘ is the Vajra Peak Tantra; it is most supreme, it is filled with wealth, treasure, auspiciousness, and prosperity. It is endowed with the aspect of fortune, promise, success, and it is the essence of holding a precious gem. ‘Hrih‘ is Hayagriva’s own seed syllable put at the beginning of the mantra for invocation. Wisdom is also the syllable of ‘Hrih‘, which is the heart of Buddhahood. ‘Pema Than‘ is the “eliminating lotus”. ‘Benza Trohdha‘ is the wrathful Vajra. ‘Hooloo Hooloo‘ means strive, strive! ‘Hung‘ is the great bliss from the nature of the five wisdoms, in which the vowel U is demonstrated by the completeness of those five wisdoms. ‘Phet‘ means to cut down or to break. The mental construction of perceiving attributes in accordance with time and purpose, so the act of cutting or breaking is attached to this mantra. In order to explain the meaning precisely, you have to cut down all the unfavorable conditions of mental construction in order to perceive the attributes of the five wisdoms. Through using the Wrathful Vajra Hayagriva’s eliminating lotus ‘Pema Than‘, you can attain the union of bliss and emptiness in body, speech, and mind. By meditating accordingly (Samadhi) on the development stage of Hayagriva and by diligently reciting his mantra, no evil spirits of the three realms will be able to harm you. The blessings of Hayagriva will enter your heart and you will immediately attain all the supreme and common siddhis.
It is very fortunate to have diligence as a Yogi, as the all-knowing Gendun Gyatso (the 2nd Dalai Lama) says:
Perfecting the recitation of wrathful,
Following steadily the development stage,
Subduing all the obstacles of the three realms,
Such fortune does this Yogi have.
Alas, you the powerful deity. Your fame spreads like summer thunder. Wherever the water of mantra flows with purity, chase simultaneously all the evils with your weapon.
The empowerment of Hayagriva (Tamdin in Tibetan) was first given to the Ven. Lama Jigme Rinpoche by his masters: Rigdzin Jigme and Aku Sherab in Tibet. Later, it was again given to him again by H.H. the Dalai Lama in Dharmashala, India due to the political and spiritual situation of their land. While giving this empowerment, H.H. the Dalai Lama gave an in-depth explanation about the Dharma Protectors and their history, specifically clarifying that Shugden is not one of them.
Hayagriva is an extraordinary deity, not only of the past, but of modern times; he carries extraordinary powers which help avoid smaller difficulties caused by ghosts, or bigger issues caused by King spirits, Naga spirits, Gong Spirits, etc.
Due to the development in science and technology, humans continue to pollute the environment with chemicals and exploit natural resources through mining, deforestation and the development of land; this in term results in new and existing diseases.
For a long time, Tibetans avoided major excavation or even the removal of stones (big or small), or the abuse of natural resources. It is believed that there are spirits living in these areas which can be disturbed and bring numerous difficulties and illnesses to the world. Hayagriva is the deity that can subdue all these troubles.
This was written to Tibet’s spiritual leader; His Holiness the Dalai Lama. Master Yogi Lama Jigme Namgyal wrote this at the Padma Rigdzin Ling Temple in the northern Indian regions of Dharmashala, a beautiful place among the wilderness filled with melodious sounds of various birds.
The Wealth and Happiness of this life is the continuity of suffering in the future.
If happiness and suffering need to be equalized, ask a qualified and genuine teacher.
If you were interested in receiving teachings, transmissions, or empowerments, or if you had any questions on the practice of Hayagriva, then please contact us. Available by video call or in person.
Livestream Prayers with Lama Jigme Rinpoche
Lama Jigme Rinpoche will be doing Livestream Prayers on Monday (04/13/20) at 06:00 PM Pacific Time.
Throughout the world there is now a difficult situation with people dealing with the coronavirus. Padma Rigdzin Ling Buddhist Temple will be doing a mantra practice for those who are suffering to help heal and receive blessings.
When you do the mantras it is important to have pure perception and devotion. Sentient beings have negative karma that causes them to doubt and have impure devotion however. The effectiveness of your practice is very much up to your devotion, with no devotion, there is nothing mantras and prayers can help with. Guru Padmasambhava himself said, “If you have devotion then I am right beside you”.
All people are invited to do prayers with us.
To join the Zoom Meeting please contact us and we will give you the info.
Or you can join the Livestream:
www.twitch.tv/padmarigdzinling
Practice Materials
(PDF Buddhist Mantra List Download)
http://www.padmarigdzinling.org/…/buddhist-mantras-standard-4-…
(There is also a web version of the mantras)
http://www.padmarigdzinling.org/mantra-list/
(Also Rinpoche’s advice on how to prevent the spreading of the virus)
http://www.padmarigdzinling.org/how-to-prevent-the-spreading-…/
Contact us if you had any questions
There is no need for a donation to attend this event, but if you wanted to:
Preventing Disease with the Vajra Armor
Preventing Disease with the Vajra Armor
By Lama Jigme Rinpoche
The Coronavirus is a disease created from the result of this world’s collective karma. That’s how epidemics spread in this world, from our own karma. Negative karma also comes from people’s negative emotions and desire. This world is a seed of our karma, if it is a bad seed then there will be bad results, if it is a good seed then there will be good results.
People’s negative karma also comes from their actions of body, speech and mind. Many people think they can control their sickness with medicine and wealth, however it is impossible. The only thing that works to stop sickness is to take care of your actions of body, speech and mind. These three things manifest all your karma.
Thousands of years ago there were diseases just like now occurring in the world. Before there was not modern transportation, so epidemics did not spread so easily and widely before. People now though travel everywhere, by sky, by ocean, all over the world.
A thousand years ago, Guru Rinpoche predicated through his clairvoyance that in the future, in our modern time, that there would be great plagues and epidemics. One of Guru Rinpoche’s solutions and pith instructions was to practice the Wrathful Vajra Armor to protect ourselves.
Guru Rinpoche gave this teaching of the Vajra Armor to the Tibetan people because he knew that they had pure perception and devotion, and would carry the teachings for hundreds of years to our time now. Later Guru Rinpoche left this continent (Earth) for the south-western continent of Ngayab.
Today many great Tibetan Lamas and Masters are giving the teachings of the Vajra Armor in order to help people protect themselves from the Coronavirus.
Guru Rinpoche has stated before that the person who does the Vajra Armor mantra must have clear perception, devotion, and good samaya (purity). If this person has all these things then the Vajra Armor will really help. Guru Rinpoche does not lie, so we must be certain that this mantra is very real and can help us.
Ten years ago Lama Jigme Rinpoche travelled and gave many teachings and transmissions to people on the Vajra Armor Mantra in places like Nevada City, Reno, Idaho, Las Vegas and even various prisons. If you were someone who has already received this mantra then Rinpoche says that it is important to start practicing and reciting every day in order to protect yourself and others. Before coming to the United States, Rinpoche also traveled to Taiwan, Italy, France and Switzerland and gave teachings on The Vajra Armor Mantra.
When Lama Jigme Rinpoche received this mantra from his root teacher Rigdzin Jigme (Ktuo Akusan), it was very secret and a master would only teach it to one person at a time in private.
If people recite The Vajra Armor with pure perception, devotion and good samaya then they can definitely get help against disease. Today people try to eat good food and take medicine to cure this virus, but it really does not help. This virus is the karmic result of our body, speech and mind. Therefore if you want to protect yourself then you should really look at taming these three things, then The Vajra Armor Mantra will really help.
Many people do prayers and mantras to Green Tara when fear comes but at that time it is too late. It is important to do the practice regularly as a preventive measure, then it will help. If you do the practice too late then it will not help. Sometimes you practice and sometimes you don’t practice, this is not good, your practice should be daily and consistent without ever missing a day.
People should try to be free of any doubt or dualistic thinking when doing The Vajra Armor. This also means having pure samaya, pure devotion, and pure perception. If you have all these things then Rinpoche promises that this mantra will definitely help prevent sickness. Material things really cannot help you and even a physically powerful person can still break down to the virus.
Many governments now are stating to not go out, because of this you now have a very great opportunity and blessing to practice this mantra. If you stay home and do this mantra, then you and everyone around you will receive the blessings of the Vajra Armor.
Rinpoche requests that anyone who has received the teachings and transmissions on the Vajra Armor mantra before from him to start practicing and reciting every day.
The Vajra Armor practice cannot be used if you have not had the transmission from a qualified master before. If you are interested in receiving the Vajra Armor transmission then you should contact us and you can receive it by video chat.
The Vajra Armor Mantra
The Vajra Armor Mantra
By Lama Jigme Rinpoche
People hundreds of years ago did not have tools to protect themselves before like masks, gloves, and modern disinfectant. Before people relied on things like mantras to protect themselves from illness, such as the Vajra Armor. There have been nine major epidemics before and now this is the tenth. Before disease did not spread so fast because of the differences in transportation. For example, before in China when a plague occurred, people in Tibet would not know about it for two years. Also the medical system was different, they could not control epidemics well. Medicine was also hard to receive before modern technology.
Today’s modern people create many bad things and do many negative things, the result of this karma is to suffer. Epidemics happen because of the karma of the people, therefore COV-19 is the result of negative karma. There have been nine major epidemics so far and there have been nine periods when the disease went away, we just have to deal with our karma now.
Lama Jigme Rinpoche’s Vajra Armor mantra is from a pure lineage, before in Tibet it was very difficult to find such teachings. Nowadays the mantra is very popular and many people think they can do it no problem. However you need the link to this mantra, you must have a type of friendship with it, then the mantra can help you.
The Vajra Armor is very powerful for helping people deal with obstacles and heal. However, if it is something to do with your karma, then you have to face it. When you do the mantra you must have devotion and pure perception. If you are not a bad person creating negative karma all the time, then the mantra will really help you. Make the effort to recite the mantra everyday and it will help.
There are many mantras on social media, but lots of these you can’t actually practice without an empowerment or transmission from a qualified master. They will not work, instead you will create obstacles and problems for yourself. It is important to have a lineage connection to a mantra, then it will really help you.
The Vajra Armor practice cannot be used if you have not had the transmission from a qualified master before. If you are interested in receiving the Vajra Armor transmission then you should contact us and you can receive it by video chat or in-person.
If people are interested they can receive a protection cord blessed by Lama Jigme Rinpoche using the Vajra Armor for $10. (People should include shipping fees as well, international shipping generally goes around $25.)
People who want the Vajra Armor transmission can choose if they want to donate anything. This is a spiritual service, Rinpoche is not looking for fame or anything, he is only looking to benefit others, this is the meaning of spirituality.
Padmasambhava Offering Ritual
Lama Jigme Rinpoche will be leading a Padmasambhava Guru Tsok at 8:40am!
The event is open to everyone!
This month is the month of miracles in Buddhism, so it is highly meritorious to come to Tsok this month.
Please bring a food offering (enough food for yourself is a good amount) and show up at 8:40am so we can setup on time.
The address: 503 Sellers Pl, Henderson, NV 89011
All people are invited!
Phone:
1-702-514-0357
Email:
[email protected]
Tibetan New Year – Losar 2020
Losar, or the Tibetan New Year of 2020 falls on Monday February 24, 2020. This will be the first day of the Iron Rat year of 2147 according to the Tibetan Lunar Calendar.
The Padma Rigdzin Ling Buddhist Temple wishes everyone a happy Tibetan New Year (Losar) and Tashi Delek. We invite anyone who is Buddhist to show up when they can between 12:30pm – 2:30pm. Losar is a special day and it is very beneficial to come and see Lama Jigme Rinpoche and the temple shrine room. This is a very great blessing to do on Losar, also at 3pm we will do chanting of Shakyamuni Buddha and Green Tara mantras along with a small teaching on Tara from Rinpoche. There will be food for people when they arrive.
Blessings and Tashi Delek!
The address: 503 Sellers Pl, Henderson, NV 89011
All people are invited!
Phone:
1-702-514-0357
Email:
[email protected]
Guru Padmasambhava Offering Ceremony
[Please note that this event is at 503 Sellers Place, Henderson, NV 89011]
Lama Jigme Rinpoche will be leading a Padmasambhava Guru Tsok at 8:40am!
The event is open to everyone!
Coming to the Tsok will be very meritorious as it getting closer to the Tibetan New Year (Feb 24, 2020, Losar).
We will also do a Padmasambhava Medicine puja to help benefit the world and the current epidemic in China.
Please bring a food offering (enough food for yourself is a good amount) and show up at 8:40am so we can setup on time.
The address: 503 Sellers Pl, Henderson, NV 89011
All people are invited!
Phone:
1-702-514-0357
Email:
[email protected]
Padmasambhava Guru Tsok
[Please note that this event is at 503 Sellers Place, Henderson, NV 89011]
Lama Jigme Rinpoche will be leading a Padmasambhava Guru Tsok at 8:40am!
The event is open to everyone!
Today’s people have so many desires and wishes to get something, however it is difficult to fulfill these wishes. In that case, it is very important to attend the Tsok Ceremony to accumulate merit. This will benefit oneself and others. Rinpoche requests that people please join the ceremony, it is important to participate as much as possible for your own merit and to fulfill your wishes.
Please bring a food offering (enough food for yourself is a good amount) and show up at 8:40am so we can setup on time.
The address: 503 Sellers Pl, Henderson, NV 89011
All people are invited!
Phone:
1-702-514-0357
Email:
[email protected]
Padmasambhava Guru Tsok Offering
Padmasambhava Guru Tsok Offering
Padma Rigdzin Ling Buddhist Temple
[Please note that this event is at 503 Sellers Place, Henderson, NV 89011]
Lama Jigme Rinpoche will be leading a Padmasambhava Guru Tsok at 8:40am!
The event is open to everyone!
Today’s people have so many desires and wishes to get something, however it is difficult to fulfill these wishes. In that case, it is very important to attend the Tsok Ceremony to accumulate merit. This will benefit oneself and others. Rinpoche requests that people please join the ceremony, it is important to participate as much as possible for your own merit and to fulfill your wishes.
Please bring a food offering (enough food for yourself is a good amount) and show up at 8:40am so we can setup on time.
The address: 503 Sellers Pl, Henderson, NV 89011
All people are invited!
Phone:
1-702-514-0357
Email:
[email protected]
Wrathful Fire Puja
Wrathful Fire Puja
Lama Jigme Rinpoche will be performing a Wrathful Dakini Fire Puja on behalf of someone who requested. This fire puja can help to free obstacles and fulfill wishes for any who participate. All our obstacles and problems come from our karmic debts and breakages of samaya. When samaya is broken then obstacles and illness will arise, the fire puja can help alleviate these things.
All people are invited!
Please bring food so we can all eat a potluck together afterwards.
Padmasambhava Guru Tsok Ritual
[Please note that this event is at 503 Sellers Place, Henderson, NV 89011]
Lama Jigme Rinpoche will be leading a Padmasambhava Guru Tsok at 8:40am on Sunday (9/8/19)!
The event is open to everyone!
September is the month of merit. Coming to Tsok this month will help you purify your obscurations and accumulate merit.
Please bring a food offering (enough food for yourself is a good amount) and show up at 8:40am so we can setup on time.
The address: 503 Sellers Pl, Henderson, NV 89011
All people are invited!
If you have a Khata (Tibetan silk scarf) then it would be good to bring it.
Phone:
1-702-514-0357
Email:
[email protected]
Padmasambhava Guru Tsok Offering
[Please note that this event is not at the Lohan Buddhist Temple, it is at 503 Sellers Place, Henderson, NV 89011]
Lama Jigme Rinpoche will be leading a Padmasambhava Guru Tsok at 8:40am!
This month is the month of the Buddha’s first turning of the Dharma-Wheel (known as Choekhor Duchen in Tibetan).
The event is open to everyone!
Please bring a food offering (enough food for yourself is a good amount) and show up early so we can setup faster and start on time.
The address: 503 Sellers Pl, Henderson, NV 89011
All people are invited!
Phone:
1-702-514-0357
Email:
[email protected]
Padmasambhava Guru Tsok
Padmasambhava Guru Tsok Offering
[Please note that this event is not at the Lohan Buddhist Temple, it is at 503 Sellers Place, Henderson, NV 89011]
Lama Jigme Rinpoche will be leading a Padmasambhava Guru Tsok at 8:40am!
The event is open to everyone!
Please bring a food offering (enough food for yourself is a good amount) and show up early so we can setup faster and start on time.
This month is the month of fertility according to the Tibetan Buddhist lunar calendar and it is a time when people get married and have children.
The address: 503 Sellers Pl, Henderson, NV 89011
Wrathful Dakini Fire Puja
Lama Jigme Rinpoche will be performing a Wrathful Dakini Fire Puja on behalf of someone who requested him in order to increase the welfare of their family. This fire puja can help to free obstacles and fulfill wishes for any who participate. All our obstacles and problems come from our karmic debts and breakages of samaya. When samaya is broken then obstacles and illness will arise.
All people are invited!
Date: Monday, (7/1/19)
Time: 6:00pm
Address: 2216 Hunt Club St, Las Vegas, NV 89128
Email: [email protected]
It is good if people bring food so we can all eat a potluck together afterwards.
Ngondro Preliminary Practice
Ngondro Preliminary Practice
Lama Jigme Rinpoche is offering many services and teachings for the benefit of all sentient beings. Rinpoche offers: spiritual healing, divination, house blessings, spiritual advice, Buddhist teachings and much more. Rinpoche teaches based on the “The Great Perfection” or “Dzogchen”. Your motivation for learning and practicing from Rinpoche must have a pure perception, devotion, a strong effort, and as well as compassion to free all sentient beings from their suffering and the roots of suffering. If you have motivation to help only yourself, it will not be good for you and it will not be good for everyone around you. When you do things for others without expectations, then your wishes will be fulfilled, whereas if you have motivation to do things for money or a better life, you will have problems having your wishes fulfilled. You have to cultivate this motivation to free all sentient beings, it will be good for you automatically. If you can think this way it will be good for you and good for others.
One of Rinpoche’s core teachings are based on the preliminary practice of Longchen Nyingthig Ngondro (The Heart Essence of the Vast Expanse). Rinpoche advises that a student practice this teaching until they have pure motivation. Once a person has been purified from their negative karma and had their merits cultivated, then they can begin deeper Buddhist subjects like meditation. To begin meditation without going through the foundation of preliminary practices and without having enough merits from your present lives and past lives can cause both illness and problems with our mind and body. That is why it is so important to have an experienced teacher like Rinpoche who can teach us the Ngondro, meditation, and otherwise.
So, before doing anything spiritual or anything in daily life, warm heartedness as your motivation is important. To have these qualities of motivation strong in yourself is important. Advanced meditation is considered a Wisdom Level Teaching, which means you have to have the merit in order to sustain it.
“Well how do I achieve all this merit you ask?” The vast amounts of merit you need to engage in higher level meditation from Rinpoche is accumulated through preliminary practices.
Rinpoche requires five preliminary practices which are:
1) 100,000 recitations of the Refuge Prayer
2) 100,000 recitations of the Bodhichitta Prayer
3) 100,000 recitations of the Vajrasattva Mantra
4) 100,000 Mandala offerings
5) 100,000 prostrations during Guru Yoga practice
A person without his preliminary practices who does two hours worth of meditation will not achieve the same amount of realization from a person who does one minute of meditation with his preliminaries completed. So, after your two hours of meditation with no experience or results, doubt and problems with the mind will begin to set in, which is very dangerous to your practice. That is why it is important to take the steps that have been laid out for you which includes preliminary practices. A foundation and the basics are most important. We need the support from our merit from our present lives and past lives for success in our practice.
Lama’s Schedule
Lama's Schedule
The Venerable Lama Jigme Rinpoche
Rinpoche is an accomplished master and has a very strict schedule that he follows every day. If you would like to contact Lama please try to contact him within one of his breaks during his schedule.
Lama’s Schedule (Pacific Time Zone)(PDT)
4:00AM – 4:30AM (Tsa Lung Tulkor – Yoga)
4:30AM – 7:00AM (Blessing of the Speech, Ngondro Practice, Guru Yoga)
7:00AM – 7:30AM (Breakfast)
7:30AM – 9:30AM (Main practice – Sadhana)
9:30AM – 12:00PM (Rest time) – People can call the Lama or visit
12:00PM – 1:30PM (Meditation)
1:30PM – 2:00PM (Lunch time)
2:00PM – 3:00PM (Relax time) – (Lama takes time to read texts now) – People can call/visit
3:00PM – 5:30PM (Main practice – Sadhana)
5:30PM – 7:30PM (Dinner/relax) – People can call/visit
7:30PM – 10:00PM (Meditation)
10:00PM – 10:30PM (Hygiene – brush teeth etc.)
10:30PM – 4:00AM (Sleep)
Shakyamuni Buddha
First of all, we would like to deeply thank everyone near and far, who is currently supporting the activities of Padma Rigdzin Ling Buddhist Center, and who make possible that Venerable Lama Jigme Rinpoche can remain in meditation retreat, praying for the benefit of all sentient beings and for Peace in the World.
Your help allows us to continue working for the benefit of the community, sharing the Teachings of the Buddha and transforming many lives. At the same time, your support continues to let us protect and keep alive the rare tradition of our Lama, the Longchen Nyingthig Lineage.
Like every Wednesday, at the Lohan School of Shao Lin at 7:00 pm, we bring to discussion the different parts of the Ngondro and the clarification on visualization exercises.
This coming Wednesday August 6th, 2014 we will be celebrating the Offering Ceremony to Padmasambhava and his Anniversary. The activity starts at 6:00pm at our location on 3335 Racquet Street. Please bring food or drinks for offering.
If you have any question, do not hesitate in contacting us. We will be very happy to assist you.
Happy Month of Saka Dawa!
Dear friends:
The whole 4th month of the Tibetan Calendar is one of the most important Buddhist sacred days. It marks the anniversary and celebration of the Precious birth, Enlightenment, and Parinirvana of the Buddha Sakyamuni. This is an extraordinary month to do practice, accumulate merit and gain insight, as our merits from the practice is multiplied by 100,000 times.
Through this month it is very important to do our practice, recite mantras, do prostrations, circumambulate Monasteries and Stupas, save lives, do mediations, etc. as it will bring extraordinary results.
We invite you to our Monthly Tsok this Sunday May 19th at 11:00 am at our location in Las Vegas. This will be a very auspicious ceremony for the accumulation of merit and wisdom.
Don’t miss it!
For questions or requests, please contact us at any time. We will be happy to assist you.
Month of Celebration! Saka Dewa
Dear friends:
As explained by Ven. Lama Jigme Rinpoche, the whole 4th month of the Tibetan Calendar is one of the most important Buddhist sacred days. It marks the anniversary and celebration of the day that Shakyamuni choose his last rebirth and Mother along with his Precious Birth, Enlightenment and Parinirvana of the Buddha Sakyamuni. This is an extraordinary month to do practice, accumulate merit and gain insight, as our merits and demerits from the practice multiply by 100,000 times.
The first day of the month befalls on Friday May 10th, 2013. This is an incredible auspicious day to hang prayer flags, start precepts, fasting, retreats, eat less meat, become a vegetarian, or embark on any meaningful endeavor.
Rinpoche advises us that through this month it is very important to do our practice, recite mantras, do prostrations, circumambulate Monasteries and Stupas, save lives, do meditation, Tsa Lung Trulkor, etc.. as it will bring extraordinary results.
This month’s Padmasambhava Day falls on Monday May 20th, but we will be celebrating the Ceremony on Sunday 19th at 11:00am. We would like to see everyone at the Puja and we wish many special accomplishments for all of you throughout this auspicious month.
If you have any question or request, please contact us. We will be happy to help.
Many blessings,
The Padma Rigdzin Ling Buddhist Center
Losar 2013 Tashi Delek!
We want to wish all of you a very auspicious Losar Celebration, filled with joy, health, clear view and inner peace.
“May there be loving kindness and compassion in the heart of Humankind! May all sentient beings overcome their suffering and may the Dharma prevail for years without end.”
We welcome all of you on this auspicious day, Sunday February 10, 2013, to celebrate Padma Rigdzin Ling Buddhist Center’s Anniversary and the Tibetan New Year. We will be happy to share with good friends, family and students, some food and drinks.
For more information, please contact us.
We welcome all of you
The Great Hayagriwa Empowerment
Dear friends:
We want to inform everyone about The Great Empowerment of the Hayagriwa given by Venerable Lama Jigme Namgyal Rinpoche, next Sunday January 13 at 4:00 pm at the Lohan School of Shaolin in Las Vegas, NV.
The Unique Hayagriwa is a Tutelary Deity belonging to the 3 Root Sugatas (Lama-Yiddam-Dakini) of the Lineage of Master Yogi Jigme Rinpoche in the tradition of the Longchen Nyingthig.
Hayagriwa is the wrathful manifestation of Avalokiteshvara, the Buddha of Compassion; he arises from emptiness to dispel the negative emotions of all beings, bringing peace to the Universe and everyone dwelling in it.
Hayagriwa is also the Yidam that subdues the Naga spirits, which are responsible for diseases and sicknesses. Remember that the current exploitation of mountains, grounds, forests, oceans, rivers and natural resources, causes immense disruption, which bother the Nagas and spirits of the Water and Earth, motivating them to bring disease and suffering to the world.
Venerable Lama Jigme Rinpoche received this unique transmission from his Masters in Tibet, and from the Dalai Lama himself, who also requested Rinpoche to go into a long retreat to accomplish the practice of this extraordinary Deity.
The benefits of receiving this empowerment from an authentic Master are innumerable, but more important is that the student becomes a vessel for any Higher Tantric Teaching, for the yogas and becomes able to hold the training of the channels, energies and essences.
We are inviting everyone to receive this unique transmission, without letting this opportunity go by.
Finally, we are requesting $20 per person to attend this ceremony. If someone cannot afford it, please contact us for a scholarship.
For further questions, do not hesitate in letting us know. We will be very happy to assist you.
EVENT: THE GREAT HAYAGRIWA EMPOWERMENT
LOCATION: LOHAN SCHOOL OF SHAOLIN, LAS VEGAS, NV
DATE: SUNDAY JANUARY 13, 2013
TIME: 4:00 PM
December’s Offering Ceremony
Dear friends:
We want to invite you to this years last offering ceremony to Padmasambhava on December 22nd, at 10:00 AM in Las Vegas. We want to remind you that this is a very auspicious day as it marks the winter solstice and the beginning of winter. We are very happy to welcome all of you and to provide the opportunity for the accumulation of fortunate and wisdom merit. If you have any questions, please contact us.
This week: Urgyen Menla, Tsa Lhung Trulkor and Tsok Offering
This week: Urgyen Menla, Tsa Lhung Trulkor and Tsok Offering
This Wednesday September 19, 2012 at 7:00 pm at the Lohan School of Shaolin, Ven. Lama Jigme Rinpoche will be teaching on the Medicine Buddha and its manifestation as Padmasambhava, or Urgyen Menla. Don’t miss this great opportunity to not only understand the meaning behind this special Buddha and its benefits, but to receive the transmission of the Sadhana. Suggested donation: $20.
Dharma Teachings in Las Vegas
Hello Las Vegas!
We hope you have enjoyed the Summer and like us, are looking forward for the fresh days and nights of Fall. In Padma Rigdzin Ling Buddhist Center we have started our projects for the rest of the year and would make us very happy if you join! First of all, Ven. Lama Jigme Rinpoche is teaching every Wednesday at 7:00 pm at the Lohan School, talking on all aspects of the Dharma, on the method of the Longchen Nyingthik Tradition, meditation, Tsa Lung Trulkor, Buddhist Science and much more.
We are also preparing our open air meetings at the Huntridge Park in the evenings, Tsa Lung Trulkor or Tibetan Yoga classes at our center, Ngondro classes and Dharma talks around Las Vegas.
We are also ready to start working on the Buddha Statues brought from Nepal, in order to enliven, bless and set them in the Principal Shrine in Padma Rigdzin Ling.
In our daily services we hope there is joy and clarity of mind in all of you. We pray for there be peace on earth and in all sentient beings’ heart.
Contact us for more information, we will be very happy to assist you!
Tibetan Culture and the Environment
THE TIBETAN CULTURE AND THE ENVIRONMENT
Of all the ethnicities in this world, the Tibetan is very distinctive due to its millenary culture of Buddhism. The Tibetans have maintained the essence of Buddhism as it has spread across Asia and the world. Of all cultures on Earth, the Tibetans protect this planet and have cared for the environment in a very exceptional way.
For example certain Masters in extended retreats gather different precious materials such as gold, silver, crystals, etc., and special ingredients like barley and grass, and place them together in a container. During the period of isolation they focus their practice, blessings and realizations on the objects, until they are enchanted. These are known as Treasures or ’Gter’. Afterward, they are hidden in the earth with the genuine intention of protecting the environment, which brings well-being to all living beings dwelling in it.
Buddhism is the science of the mind. All our problems, individual, national and worldly happen because humans still abide by the law of “the big eats the small”. Diseases, injustice, oppression and negative emotions appear out of the mind. For this reason, Buddhism teaches practitioners to constantly examine the mind and train it, like the Tibetans train the channels, energies and essences, in order to bring peace to the world.
The life of living beings, protecting it and prolonging it is of utmost importance. However, there are cultures in this world that strive for immediate development, polluting and harming this planet, care-less of future consequences. Rather than protecting the precious things that promote the life of beings, they excavate and dynamite the land for the sake of development. They just don’t think about where will they stand once this place is completely destroyed.
Those of this mentality oppress that which promotes individual growth and spiritual realization. They don’t have regards for living beings and discard the value of human life, promoting external wealth, which lacks deep meaning.
The things that care for our world and our environment are like precious gems which must be kept safe and recognized by every nation, just like the Tibetan Buddhist Culture that strives to protect this planet and the beings living on it.
We ask you to please become active, look to the future and help us protect it.
Please contact us if you have any questions.
Tsok Offering Ceremony on December 4th!
This coming Sunday December 4th, 2011 at 11:00 am we will be celebrating the Tsok Offering Ceremony at the Lohan School of Shaolin in Las Vegas, Nevada. We welcome you to join us on Padmasambhava day to perform this traditional Tibetan Buddhist Ritual for the accumulation of merit.
We remind you that merit is necessary to purify the negative emotions and to allow wisdom to arise from the obscurations of the mind. The practice of the Rigdzin Dupa or the Tsok is a quintessential exercise for the realization of the mind and of the Highest Views.
Please contact us if you have further questions. We will be very happy to assist you!
On the Buddhist Rosary or Mala
Tibetan Yoga – The Nine Breathing Exercise
Tibetan Yoga – The Nine Breathing Exercise
- Sit in a cross-legged position or in a chair, keeping the spine erect. Breath in deeply through the mouth.
- Close off the ear with the right thumb and close off the right nostril with the ring finger.
- From the left nostril, exhale in three slow breaths.
- Change the hand; with the left thumb, close off the ear and close the left nostril with the ring finger.
- Breathe once through the right nostril in three slow inhalations.
- Repeat three times and exhale finally through both nostrils in one long breath.
- Remain in meditation.
- Relax your body.
- Empty the mind.
- Wish that every living being overcomes their own suffering.
Benefits
Helps your digestion, purifies the wind channels, calms your mind and develops a compassionate heart.
More about Tibetan Yoga
- The heart is supported by the element of WIND.
- Wind flows through the body channels transporting blood and consciousness day and night until the end of life.
- The body requires the five elements: WIND, FIRE, WATER, EARTH AND WOOD.
- These five elements blend with the 72,000 channels in the body. The wind, mind and essence of the seed of life merge.
- Meditation and yoga help clean the channels.
- When the channels are clean, the wind can flow freely.
- When the wind circulates, the essence of the drops (seed of life) becomes balanced.
- If these drops are balanced, the mind opens, the body becomes healthy and divine wisdom can naturally arise.
Buddha Dharma in Las Vegas
We welcome you to visit our Center! Our intention is to bring peace and wisdom to everyone for the benefit of all sentient beings. Please contact us for further information.
Lama’s thoughts:
Lama’s thoughts:
1) “We look for God to find happiness. We stay away from evil spirits to avoid suffering. In reality, God and demons do not exist anywhere but within our mind. Check very well your mind. If you understand this phenomena, you automatically find Joy.”
2) “On our planet, the night time is longer than the day time. In this world, there are more negative emotions than virtuous human quality. For this reason, may I pray so that I can be a good human being. This will naturally allow me to live healthily and joyfully”
3) “The Primordial State of Phenomena is pure like Space. All Things appear as clouds through interdependence. If the Wind of wisdom blows the cloud-like-appearances, then all things (Phenomena) return back to the pure primordial state”
4) “You cannot expect help from God, or Buddha, or Jesus if you do not have an understanding of the Law of Karma and are not aware of the intrinsic consequences of every action. Deities that help beings who are unaware of karmic consequences are probably evil spirits.
In the other hand, if you respect and abide by the Law of Karma and act accordingly, then spontaneously, all the blessings from the Buddhas and from God may fulfill your life.”
5) “When you are healthy and prosperous, accumulate good merit…there will come a time when you won’t be able to do so.
When your body is young and beautiful, protect it and keep it healthy.. there will come a time when you won’t be able to do so.
When your mind is clear and strong, make it virtuous and extraordinary.. there will come a time when you won’t be able to do so..”
6) “If Buddhism is your path, listen first attentively to your Teacher when explaining the Extraordinary View. Then, contemplate deeply on the meaning of that View. Finally, practice with effort until realizing that View.
In this way, you will purify the Negative Emotions and Pristine Wisdom will manifest. With such a mind, there will be no enemies or demons capable of defeating you…”
7) “We all look for happiness and for healthy and compassionate relationships, but unintentionally commit actions that generate suffering and bring harmful people to our life. This happens because of the type of world that we live in…
Only remember that there is no good or bad, positive or negative outside ourselves. All dualities of judgement only exist within ones own mind…”
8) Thoughts by H.H. Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche: Enjoy his sacred words!!
“If you cannot accept that all compounded or fabricated things are impermanent, if you believe that there is some essential substance or concept that is permanent, then you are not a Buddhist.
If you cannot accept that all emotions are pain, if you believe that actually some emotions are purely pleasurable, then you are not a Buddhist.
If you cannot accept that all phenomena are illusory and empty, if you believe that certain things do exist inherently, then you are not a Buddhist.
And if you think that enlightenment exists within the spheres of time, space, and power, then you are not a Buddhist.”
9) “All what we think that is happiness, is not really happiness.
All what we see that is beautiful, is not really beautiful.”
10) “We all have eyes to see other people’s behavior.
We don’t have eyes to see within ourselves.
It is very good to be able to see one’s own behavior.
This would make our world a peaceful place.”
11) “By grasping Samsara (the worldly things) one will only find suffering in this and next lifetimes. But if one holds on to the Dharma, there will always be happiness and peace in this and next lifetime.”
The Dzogchen View
This past Saturday January 8th, 2011, Ven. Lama Jigme Rinpoche gave a teaching on the Dzogchen View in Nevada City. We want to thank everyone who joined this event. It was a truly inspiring and deep meaningful teaching at the Clemmens’ property.
We look forward to keep sharing Rinpoche’s great wisdom with anyone who values and truly cherishes his lineage and knowledge!
A Short Tibetan Tale: The Wolf and the Horse
The Wolf and the Horse
Once there was a country where a very wealthy man lived. He enjoyed riding the land on his horse. He also used the animal for farming and pulling heavy loads. Before long, the horse became weary and useless to the man and he decided to release him into the forest.
The horse survived on woodland grasses and creek water. One day, as the horse was drinking at the streambed, he became trapped in the mud and was too weak to escape.
Suddenly, a wolf appeared and seeing the horse in such a difficult situation, thought, “Oh, I’m very hungry, and now I have found good luck!”
The wolf was very happy about the meal he would have with this poor horse and his mouth drooled with the thought.
The wolf then said, “Horse, I will eat you.”
The crying horse replied, “Oh, wolf, go ahead and eat me for I am old and weak.” He lamented, “Is there no sense of karma in this world?”
“Correct, horse! There is no sense of karma and for this reason I will eat you now” the wolf replied.
The horse then said, “Wolf, it’s ok, go ahead and eat me, but first let me tell you something. When I was a young and strong horse, I was beautiful and healthy, my master used me for many difficult tasks and rode me every day. He would saddle me and we would travel to the East, to the West, to the North, to the South. I overcame much suffering and he doesn’t care about me anymore.”
At his words the wolf, “Yes it is true, there is no sense of karma, and so I will eat you now.”
The horse still crying, said, “Wolf go ahead and eat me, but you should get me out of this mud, you can enjoy my meat better.”
“Yes, good idea,” said the wolf, “I will take you out of the mud and eat you!”
The wolf started to pull the horse out of the mud. When he was about to take the first bite, the horse said, “Hey, why don’t you wash me first? I’m all dirty and covered with mud. If you wash me you will have a much nicer meal”.
“Yes, definitely,” said the wolf while he started to clean him up. After a thorough cleaning, the wolf was about to bite him again, when the horse interrupted and said, “Wolf, one last thing. You are a studied and wise wolf, you got me out of the mud and washed the dirt off me. Why don’t you write under my hoof of the victory you had with this horse? You should also write that there is no sense of karma in this world!”
Now, the wolf thought this was a fine idea.
He had the horse lift his foot and the wolf moved under it. As he began to write his victory story, the horse kicked him and twisted his jaw. The wolf, in pain and crying, complained to the horse about what he had done, and the horse replied, “Oh wolf, there is no sense of karma in this world. You got me out of the river, you washed the dirt from my body and now you are in pain with your jaw twisted, and therefore I leave now.”
“When you bring a helping hand to someone, do it without expecting to gain something.”
The Hayagriva Fire Puja And The Rigdzin Dupa Prayer
The Hayagriva Fire Puja And The Rigdzin Dupa Prayer
This coming Saturday April 24th, 2010, Lama Jigme Rinpoche is performing the Hayagriwa Fire Puja at the Bushidokan Martial Arts Temple at 12:00 pm. This is part of the continuation of the empowerments, teachings, workshops and blessings that Rinpoche has been giving in the past months. The Fire Puja ceremony has the power to lessen the karmic debts of beings, which are the causes of daily sicknesses, diseases, obstacles and suffering.
It will also strengthen the empowerments received and all the realizations obtained through Lama’s teachings. We suggest you bring your prayer beads so that we can all pray the Hayagriwa mantra during the ceremony!!
A $10-15 donation or any object of offering to the Lama is suggested in gratitude for his kindness in helping us purify our past negative deeds and open the possibility to be reborn in a place where the Dharma is accessible.
DON’T MISS THIS GREAT OPPORTUNITY!!
TSOG AND THE RIGDZIN DUPA PRAYER FOR THE VICTIMS OF THE EARTHQUAKE!!
This Sunday April 25th, 2010 the Lama is performing the Padmasambhava Offering ceremony in the name of all the victims that lost their lives and those who lost their relatives and their homes in the earthquake of Qinghai, Tibet last week. We remind you that participating in these pujas is a very important source of merit that will lessen the impact of our karmic debts! It also allows our virtues and understanding to be fortified and strengthened.
The Practice of Tsa Lung Trulkor and Tsa Lung Tikle
The Practice of Tsa Lung Trulkor and Tsa Lung Tikle
The practices of Tsa Lung Trulkor / Tsa Lung Tikle is an ancient art of movement, postures and breathing exercises; its knowledge is very much associated with the Tibetan Medicine Doctrine. It was originally performed in Tibet in the Bon tradition and later the Great Master Padmasambhava combined it with other methods and modified it according to the Tibetan Nyingma Buddhist School. That is why it is also called the Nyingma Tsa Lung Trulkor / Tsa Lung Tikle. However, this practice went through the Kagyu Buddhist School also.
This practice very much relies on Tibetan Buddhism and it is inseparable from the practice of compassion and emptiness. Although it may seem only physical, it is deeply rooted in the school of the mind.
Tsa means nadis or channels
Lung means Prana or Wind energy
Trulkor means our body is like an engine
Tikle means the essence of drops
The body depends on the elements; the elements depend on the 72,000 channels (Tsa); these channels depend on the life sustaining wind (Lung); the wind depends on the mind and on the essence of drops (Tikle).
If the channels are trained then the wind can be held. If the wind can be held then the essence of drops can be freed. If the essence of drops is freed then the innate clear light wisdom (mind) can arise. This makes the practice of Tsa Lung Trulkor / Tsa Lung Tikle very important.
When the channels are not well trained, the wind becomes disturbed and the essence of drops cannot be freed, causing numerous difficulties in the physical and mental dimensions. For example: irregular menstruation, muscular and joint point, and mainly all physical sicknesses that arise from the mind that a common doctor is unable to cure (negative emotions, unhappiness, suffering, and so on).
In order to exercise the Tsa Lung Trulkor / Tsa Lung Tikle, there are some preliminaries that are needed. It is also very important to have good physical behavior and adequate moral values. The practitioner must also have knowledge on how the wind exists as well as an understanding of the benefits gained from the practice.
Finding the Right Teacher
In the world today there are many other different practices of training the wind energy, but most important is that it should always be transmitted and taught from a master to a student, like the example of Marpa transmitting to Milarepa.
For this reason, one should find an authentic teacher that has a peaceful mind, who guides and serves other being compassionately, and that has a pure unbroken lineage. The type of master who keeps the lineage should have a profound realization and is not only learned but has a cultivated a genuine experience.
If the student finds a master, it is important for them to respect each other and for them to develop a genuine commitment with each other. It is also important that they do not fool or misguide each other. One should find a teacher whom one is able to trust with faith and pure perceptions. From this kind of instructor one should receive not only the highest empowerments, but also the basic practices of Refuge and Arousing Compassion.
It is said that the union between the right master, the right disciple and an effective practice is like having in your hand a wish-fulfilling jewel.
Benefits
Tsa Lung Trulkor provides benefits on both the physical and mental levels. It will improve the firmness and flexibility of your body and mind. The practice will purify your wind channels, allowing blood to run more freely and to improve your circulation. This will have a direct benefit on digestion, which will help the practitioner to free the Tikle more easily. With this practice it is possible to prevent sickness, to prolong life and to cultivate an enhanced wisdom mind (good memory, clear views, and so on). Tsa Lung will help your mind stay clear and to function properly at an old age. It will help cure and prevent bone and heart diseases and keep the joints exercised and healthy. It will improve long-term sicknesses such as in handicapped people.
Among the benefits of Tsa Lung Trulkor, it is said that you can accomplish the ability of Swift-feet and have the strength to walk a one month distance in one day. Tsa Lung will also improve your eyesight and its capacity to see at distance. Someone who does this practice can also gain the ability to not be harmed by weapons or bullets, and be able to resist electric shocks. Tsa Lung can even prevent and cure leprosy.
Tsa Lung Trulkor most importantly will help you remain with a peace of mind and body for your whole life. It can help reduce wrinkles and signs of old age, as well as avoiding old age sicknesses like humpbacks or bended spines.
There are numerous Tsa Lung exercises for any particular sickness or ailment, and therefore many different illnesses that can be treated with this practice.
In this document Lama Jigme Rinpoche has briefly explained the meaning of Tsa Lung Trulkor / Tsa Lung Tikle and its benefits. If there is anyone who wants to have teachings or further explanation on this, you can contact him personally at the Padma Rigdzin Ling Buddhist Temple.
Lama Jigme Rinpoche was given the empowerment and transmission of this practice by his Root Master Aku Sherab. Rinpoche holds both the Nyingma and Kagyu traditions of this practice.
This was created for teachings at the Bushidokan Dojo in Reno, Nevada. It has been translated by Tenzin Wangden and edited by Esteban Castillo on October 23rd, 2009.