Tsemrinpoche.com is now available in Nepali! Watch the videos below to find out more about the new website. For more information, visit: https://www.tsemrinpoche.com/l/np/.        

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H.H. the 31st Sakya Trizin Ngawang Kunga Lodro (Main figure) (Top to bottom): Hevajra, Vajrayogini, H.H. the 31st Sakya Trizin Ngawang Kunga Lodro, Mahakala of the Doors and Sakya Dorje Shugden Tanag. The 31st Sakya Throneholder Ngawang Kunga Lodro was the son of the 30th Sakya Throneholder Sonam Rinchen. He was considered to have...

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H.H. the 10th Panchen Lama (Main figure) (Top to bottom): Amitabha, Lama Tsongkhapa, H.H. the 10th Panchen Lama, Tsangpa Karpo and Dorje Shugden. The Panchen Lama line of incarnations are believed to be emanations of Amitabha, the Buddha of Boundless Light. Amitabha is relied on strongly within Pure Land Buddhism that is popularly practised...

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Yamantaka (Main figure) (Top to bottom): Six-Armed Mahakala, Palden Lhamo, Yamantaka, Kalarupa and Dorje Shugden. Yamantaka or Vajrabhairava is one of the three Kingly Tantras (Tib: Sang De Jig Sum) of the Gelug order as proliferated by Lama Tsongkhapa. The other two tantras are Guhyasamaja and Heruka Cakrasamvara. Yamantaka is the manifestation of Manjushri,...

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All enlightened beings are worthy of homage and worship. They are the best beings to take refuge in and we should offer them our prayers as we can put our full confidence in them. Of all the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, I personally find that Manjushri is extremely important. This is because what keeps us in samsara (cyclic rebirth) is our total ignorance and misunderstanding of the reality of existence. What is necessary to penetrate this deep ignorance that keeps us bound in a perpetual state of reincarnation is wisdom. We need many types of wis...

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Red Vasudhara (Main figure) (Top to bottom): Kurukulle, Tinuma, Marichi, Red Vasudhara, Sakya Dorje Shugden Tanag, Dorje Setrap and Tsui Marpo. Vasudhara’s name literally means ‘A stream of jewels’ in Sanskrit. She is widely regarded as a Bodhisattva of wealth, prosperity and abundance. Hence, she is popular in several Himalayan countries and is the...

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This video, narrated in Chinese, features Manjushri mantra stones. These are stones carved with the sacred mantra of Manjushri, the Buddha of Wisdom. The mantra of any Buddha is basically the manifestation of the enlightened being in the form of sound. Therefore, Manjushri’s mantra embodies the special qualities of his transcendent wisdom. Offering of...

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View A poem inspired by seeing a picture of my teacher, Kyabje Zong Rinpoche. In the sport of correct views, all that is correct is just a view, without permanence or substance. As long as we hold onto views, our sufferings are gathered to be experienced without end. Without the strong methods of emptiness...

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Here is a short video to help you overcome bad dreams or nightmares that disturb one’s sleep. Short and easy to understand video, it does not matter what faith you belong to or don’t belong to, this might help you. I wish you peace and happiness. Tsem Rinpoche    

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I requested His Holiness Kyabje Zong Rinpoche to write out the mantra of Vajra Yogini. He immediately compassionately obliged me. This is the mantra as written by His Holiness Kyabje Zong Rinpoche. I’ve had this in a safe plastic wrap and wore it around my neck in a small yellow cloth ‘bag’ for many...

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Legendary Rock group Heart sings “Stairway to Heaven” in tribute to Led Zeppelin. Incredible tribute and rendition. Everyone is blown away. Lead singer of Heart, Ann Wilson’s voice as she ages gets better and better. She is 62 when she does this tribute. What a voice?!! There is no sign of her slowing down....

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BREAKING EYEWITNESS FOOTAGE: Workers violently punched, kicked, cussed out, & left sheep to die on dozens of Scottish farms. Sheep bled after rough shearing & were stitched up without painkillers.~ Peta2 It is so important we speak up and create awareness for the pain we cause animals. They cannot talk but they are sentient...

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Kurukulle (Main figure) (Top to bottom): Takkiraja, Maharakta Ganapati, Kurukulle, Setrap and Sakya Dorje Shugden Tanag. The sublime Kurukulle is a female deity who is red in colour. Her practice is one that invokes upon the activity of control and magnetisation. She is in dancing posture and has four arms holding a bow, an...

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Mantras represent the blessings of the enlightened beings in the form of sound. When we recite mantras they stimulate the various parts of our body to heal itself, to clear itself, to purify itself and to gain higher states of consciousness. Therefore, mantras are very powerful. They can be written, visualised or recited out...

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Heart Sutra sang by a monk for the modern crowd. Very interesting and beautiful. ~ Tsem Rinpoche    

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Jill Redwood is a jack of all trades, Jill built her own house on her property and lives entirely off the grid with no mains power or town water, mobile reception or television. Living on around $80 a week, Jill has over sixty animals to keep her company and an abundant garden that out...

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Dorje Shugden (Main figure) (Top to bottom): Tulku Drakpa Gyeltsen, Buddha Shakyamuni, Manjushri, Dorje Shugden, Brahmarupa and Setrap. In the 17th century, the high lama Tulku Drakpa Gyeltsen was a contemporary of the Great Fifth Dalai Lama and heart disciple of the 4th Panchen Lobsang Chokyi Gyeltsen. He was a pure monk in the...

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H.H. the 4th Panchen Lama (Main figure) (Top to bottom): Manjushri, H.H. the 4th Panchen Lama, H.H. the 5th Dalai Lama, Tulku Drakpa Gyeltsen, Dorje Shugden and Four-Faced Mahakala. The Panchen Lama line of incarnations are believed to be emanations of Amitabha, the Buddha of Boundless Light. Amitabha is relied on strongly within Pure...

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Heruka Chakrasamvara in the Kagyu Tradition (Main figure) (Top to bottom): Buddha Shakyamuni, Buddha Vajradhara, Heruka Chakrasamvara, Four-faced Mahakala and Dorje Shugden. Heruka is the principle deity of the Chakrasmavara Tantras. He is a meditational Buddha of the highest yoga tantra classification, which means that his practice has the potential to bring us directly...

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Sakya Dorje Shugden Tanag (Main figure) (Top to bottom): H.H. the 39th Sakya Trizin Dragshul Trinley Rinchen, Vajrayogini, Sakya Dorje Shugden Tanag, Mahakala of the Doors and Citipati. Dorje Shugden Tanag literally means Dorje Shugden riding on a black horse. He is a unique form of Dorje Shugden that arose within the Sakya tradition,...

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