Prayers for me by HH Trijang Rinpoche & Kensur Rinpoche Konchok Tsering
(By Tsem Rinpoche)
Dear friends,
In the Tibetan Buddhist Tradition, when one’s teacher is ill, we can request great lamas to compose special prayers that invoke the blessings of the Three Jewels to increase the life of our teacher. Or if our teacher has the ability from meditation to increase his own life then the prayer will invoke upon the compassion of the teacher to extend his own life. By reciting the prayer we generate a field of merit for the lama to live either way. So these prayers from high lamas written to invoke the power and blessings to increase one’s lama’s life is highly sought after and recited daily for one’s teacher.
I have been ill and it has been serious. My students have requested His Holiness Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche to compose a long life prayer to be recited to generate merits for my long life and Dharma works to grow. They have also requested the grand Abbot Emeritus (Ex Abbot) Kensur Rinpoche Konchok Tsering of Gaden Shartse Monastery to compose the same. Both His Holiness and Kensur Rinpoche agreed immediately. How kind of them both. Both these lamas are very famous and renowned masters within the Tibetan Tradition. Both have written prayers to invoke blessings to increase my life.
How honoured, humbled and amazed I am. I am grateful to these two very high lamas to take their time to compose something to increase my life. I have not done much and yet they both feel my life is worth extending. I fold my hands humbly to His Holiness Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche. I was told by senior monks that my previous life’s root teacher was H.H. Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche’s previous incarnation! Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche is one with Vajra Yogini and with his golden hands wrote this precious prayer. I prostrate to Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche.
I also humbly thank from the bottom of my heart the great spiritual master of Gaden Shartse Monastery, His Eminence Kensur Rinpoche Konchok Tsering for composing this prayer that is filled with blessings. Kensur Rinpoche is a very kind, humble and great teacher of Gaden Shartse Monastery who tirelessly conveys the Dharma to hundreds of monks. He has hundreds of students and due to his kindness the students have matured in their studies and have become teachers themselves. Kensur Rinpoche is the perfect example of kindness, knowledge, practice and compassion rolled into one great master. I fold my hands to Kensur Rinpoche for his blessings towards myself who is not worthy of his time.
The prayers (either one) are designed to be recited daily by students, well wishers, friends and or those karmically connected with myself. The prayers have power due to the two illustrious authors’ blessings.
Tsem Rinpoche
H.H. Kyabje Trijang Choktrul Rinpoche
This prayer was composed by His Holiness Kyabje Trijang Choktrul Rinpoche. He was born 15 October 1982, and is the current reincarnation of the late Kyabje Trijang Dorje Chang.
Kyabje Trijang Dorje Chang was a direct disciple to Kyabje Pabongka Rinpoche, and was also the junior tutor and spiritual guide of the 14th Dalai Lama. In addition to this, he was also the root guru of many Gelug lamas, one of which includes my root guru, Zong Rinpoche.
His reincarnation, Trijang Choktrul Rinpoche, was discovered in a Tibetan family in Northern India. On 23 April 1985, when Trijang Choktrul Rinpoche was just 4 years old, he was officially recognized by His Holiness the Dalai Lama. He completed his studies under his root guru Kyabje Lati Rinpoche and other incredible teachers of our time.
Trijang Choktrul Rinpoche is the founder and spiritual guide of Trijang Buddhist Institute in Vermont, United States.
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赤江仁波切著 黃奕彥译师译
《詹杜固仁波切长寿祈请文》
諸佛三密秋月春韶華，
長生笑顏十萬白光鬘，
長壽勝天聖者多哩母，
百欲善樂加持今此護。
持教俱祗發心大水藏，
安忍鎧甲底際難測量，
掌持功德寶庫勝知識，
守護如海化機願永駐。
勝者聖教之日光明熾，
破除眾生冥暗大恩尊，
善現成為我等化機榮，
妙顏相好百光常照耀。
妙音怙主之宗雲裳衣，
柔軟輕盈見行互為助，
了不了言無違成一練，
善說大善知識願永駐。
無明魔鬼驅使弟子眾，
無敬凡庸現象常相伴，
無信邪計未如教行等，
無違至心求恕令師悅。
總願我等弟子暨施主，
最勝引導上師爾欣然，
以法甘露雨霖熟相續，
迅速獲得離障法身性。
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H.E. Kensur Rinpoche Konchok Tsering
This prayer was composed by the erudite scholar and Buddhist master, H.E. Kensur Rinpoche Konchok Tsering. Kensur Rinpoche is the Abbot-Emeritus of Gaden Shartse and is well known for his mastery of Buddhist study and teaching.
Kensur Rinpoche was born in 1934 in Markham, Tibet. At the age of 13, he became ordained as a monk in his own hometown monastery. Upon turning 17, he went to Gaden Shartse Monastery in Lhasa, and studied there until the Chinese Occupation in 1959, when Kensur Rinpoche then moved to India.
In 1980, Kensur Rinpoche received his Geshe Larampa title, and thereafter joined the Gyuto Tantric College in 1985 to study. In 1989, he was appointed as one of the official teachers in Gaden Shartse Monastery.
In 1996, Kensur Rinpoche was appointed Abbot of Gaden Shartse Monastery. He continued to serve as abbot for the next 5 years, until 2001.
Having begun his education decades ago in old Tibet, Kensur Rinpoche is a highly revered teacher of both Sutra and Tantra, holding a life-long devotion and commitment to the way of the Dharma.
Kensur Rinpoche is one of the old masters who brought the teachings and practice from Tibet to India in the 1960s, and as a former abbot, was instrumental in reestablishing the grandeur of Gaden Shartse Monastery in its new home in South India. To this day, Kensur Rinpoche still continues to teach, creating a whole new generation of highly qualified, committed practitioners and teachers. One of his students include Zong Choktrul Rinpoche.
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Notes:
* Traditionally, the Lama’s incarnate name is not written in the long-life prayers; only his ordained named is used. However, for the benefit of all non-Tibetan disciples, this translation includes the Lama’s incarnation name– Tsem Rinpoche.
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For more interesting information:
- Trijang Rinpoche and Karmapa
- His Holiness Kyabje Trijang Dorje Chang
- Can anyone translate biography of Trijang Rinpoche?
- Various Aspects of Tantra by His Holiness Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche
- The Passing of a Great Master: Kensur Konchok Tsering Rinpoche
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Revisit this post again. Beautiful prayers by two great masters….. HH Trijang Rinpoche and Kensur Rinpoche Konchok Tsering for our Guru Tsem Rinpoche filled with blessings. We are fortunate to have them who composed such precious sacred prayers…
Thank you Rinpoche for this sharing.
Wonderful long life prayers by two great Lamas for our Guru Tsem Rinpoche years back. Reading through the prayers its truly filled with blessings tells all. With folded hands thank you both great masters for composing this lovely prayer which invoke the blessing of Three Jewels.
This is such a wonderful long life prayer composed by one of greatest lamas Trijang Rinpoche to Tsem Rinpoche. In Tsem Rinpoche and Trijang Rinpoche’s previous lives, Tsem Rinpoche (Kentrul Thubten Lamsang) was a heart son of Trijang Rinpoche.
Kentrul Thubten Lamsang was sent to a remote area called Phari to spread Dharma following the instruction of Trijang Rinpoche.
When the Chinese invaded Tibet, Kentrul Thubten Lamsang did not leave Phari but chose to enter into clear light because he did not receive the instruction from Trijang Rinpoche to leave. He has kept his promise to his teacher. Tsem Rinpoche exhibits a strong guru devotion not only in this life, but in his previous life also.
A highly reincarnated and attained lama will always do what they have been doing in their previous lives because that is what they aspire to do. Tsem Rinpoche in his many previous lives had been a Dharma teacher, he built monasteries and constructed many Buddha statues. He was very compassionate towards his students. In this life, Tsem Rinpoche is also the same. He started Kechara with nothing and today Kechara is the biggest Vajrayana Buddhist centre in Malaysia. Many people have benefitted from Tsem Rinpoche.
I am Tulku Jestun Galwya Jampa Gonpo the Buddha Maitreya
To Tsem Rinpoche
Please pass on my Certificates and email address.
May All Beings Attain Peace in the Dharma
Wonderful and lovely prayers….by HH Trijang Rinpoche & Kensur Rinpoche Konchok Tsering for our Guru.Tsem Rinpoche is filled with blessings.They both feel Rinpoche life is worth extending to benefit many sentient beings and Dharma works to grow.Thank you to both Buddhist masters for composing the lovely prayers.
Thank you Rinpoche for this wonderful sharing, may you be healthy and good health always,
I feel happy on this articles. I would like to thanks H.H Trijang Rinpoche and Kensur Rinpoche for their kindness to my Guru Tsem Rinpoche. The prayers to invoke blessing of Three Jewels to increase my guru’s life is really benefit to many sentient beings. Tsem Tulku Rinpocher’s teachings is well known by many people via many channels especially through Rinpoche blog tsemrinpoche.com.
I always dedicated merits (my sadhana)to wish Tsem Rinpoche life long and turn dharma wheel.
Thanks again to Tsem Rinpoche for this wonderful sharing.
With folded hands,
Jason
Big thank you to HH Trijang Rinpoche and Kensur Rinpoche for writing the long life prayer for our Guru HH Tsem Rinpoche. It is a blessing that we are able to learn dharma from Rinpoche.
I pray that Rinpoche have good health and live long and continue to turn the dharma wheel.
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Extremely lovely prayers. Bodhisattva with great guru devotion, may we be like you. Please stay very very long and teach us as you do for ever and ever. May samsara be empty because of you and your students like Shantideva wishes.
These are wonderful prayers.
Great Masters like Trijang Rinpoche and Kensur Rinpoche Konchok Tsering will only take action that is Dharma in nature and benefits all sentient beings. If these great masters wrote the beautiful prayers above for Tsem Rinpoche’s life to be stable and long, it can only mean that Tsem Rinpoche is the “Supreme Spiritual Guide” of our time and that it is important for Rinpoche to live long to benefit many sentient beings.
We are also very blessed to witness the “coming together” of great Dharma masters in this single post. During our degenerate age, holiness is rare as we our awareness is hindered by much distractions. Thank you Rinpoche for sharing this post and the beautiful prayers!
I pray that Rinpoche will live long and continue to turn the Wheel of Dharma!!
With the generous kindness bestowed to us by HH Trijang Rinpoche and Kensur Rinpoche Konchok Tsering may our guru Tsem Rinpoche life be stable to spread the precious Dharma .
We felt blessed every time we have a chance to to recite this prayer as it remind us of our ignorance as not to waste any of our precious human life and how valuable is our guru lineage is to spread the priceless dharma… Thank you Rinpoche.
Deeply from bottom of my heart thank you H.H Kyabje Trijang Choktrul Rinpoche and H.E Kensur Rinpoche Koncok Tsering for composing these prayers. May Rinpoche long life and all your wishes fulfill.
May our precious Guru, Tsem Rinpoche lives long.
Rinpoche recently is unwell again… please rest more and live long to guide us, ignorant beings.
Thank you.
感激 H.H.Kyabje Trijang Choktrul Rinpoche 和 H.E. Kensur Rinpoche Konchok Tsering撰寫如此美妙的長壽祈禱文。我們衷心感謝您们。願Rinpoche 聖寿永堅固，法業盛旺, 常轉法輪，破除眾生冥暗，成為我等之明燈。
Thank you HH Trijang Rinpoche & Kensur Rinpoche Konchok Tsering for composing the special prayers. I will recite the prayer daily to generate the field of merit for my Guru to live long, has stably health and stay to turn the wheel of Dharma.
Wow, thanks for H.E. Kensur Rinpoche Konchok Tsering and H.H. Kyabje Trijang Choktrul Rinpoche, the prayers really profound and sacred. We are reciting during every puja in KH JB.
May Tsem Rinpoche long life, stable health and remain with us in hundred eons to come (with folded hands)
Such sublime poetry only great masters can equal. Long live His Eminence Tsem Rinpoche la.
I just read the prayer written by H.H. Trijang Rinpoche. I was very touched as this prayer is so realistic and so true. This is the long life prayer that I will use for my Lama. May he live long and continue to be with us for a long time.
Please get better and pray that Bodhicitta may increase in us and in all migrating beings- Dana Thomas
My Holy Eminence and Excellent teacher, Ill? well, I don’t internet surf everyday, its new to me, maybe I missed this sad news or the Holy Sweetest and Eminent Lama did not want to bother us, astray far away in this world, ‘to care’. Truly the latest pictures in the beach, where the once skinny Dharma Prince of Mongolia appeared
‘so fat’, made me wonder…Is he unhappy? without love? Could it be Malaysias muslim environment that so much oppressed our subtle Master? You know, I hope, that I myself, so miserable and ignorant,
had to flee the terrible and envious gangcheannettes from Rio (others from other places here in Brazil, ‘aren’t better’), so that maybe ‘teaching women’ proved too much even for our most patient and
mercifull Great Teacher ! How to know? It doesn’t matter, this is not (our Planet) a Lightfull place, nowhere and everywhere. All
who challenge darkness face to face, who slander opression direct
in its roots, have – in a strange sense – maybe, ‘to pay a price’.
Yet I don’t feel this (illness) is too serious. Our Gracious and
Clearest Eminence is young, and has overcome more than once,
hurdles and byways ‘of this life’. I’m sure the full Light and Health of this Excellent Source will very soon flow unhindered
forward again, with Love enough to wash each and every piece of sorrow/suffering, definetly away !
In unending admiration and trust, yours from Brazil,
Lafayette.
With great gratitude, I fold my hands to HH Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche and HE Kensur Rinpoche for composing these beautiful and powerful prayers for our guru HE Tsem Rinpoche to extend his life and continue to turn the wheel of Dharma.
“We deciples, possessed by the demon of ignorance,
Have been disrespectful, and always seeing ordinary appearances
We lose faith, misunderstanding and do not accomplish your instructions
From our hearts we truly beg your forgiveness! May we delight you!”
This verse struck out most to me and I would contemplate on it and do my best to serve my guru. May he live long and benefit more sentient beings.
Thank you H.H Kyabje Trijang Choktrul Rinpoche and H.E Kensur Rinpoche Koncok Tsering for composing these prayers, and for everyone involved in getting the prayers translated and posted up here for all of us to see and include in our prayers. May H.E. Tsem Tulku Rinpoche recover soon and live very very very long and comfortably.
Thank you for the prayers, I will recite them daily!
First, i folded my hands to thank H.E. Kensur Rinpoche Konchok Tsering and H.H. Kyabje Trijang Choktrul Rinpoche; thank you for their kindness wrote such precious long life prayer to our Guru, the Kechara House spiritual guidance.
As Rinpoche student we are so lucky that we have two high lama help us to request our Guru extend his life to benefit all of us.
I feel so honour and rejoice, because of them our Guru life will be blessed and health will be protected.
Again the two respectful high lama: H.E. Kensur Rinpoche Konchok Tsering and H.H. Kyabje Trijang Choktrul Rinpoche!!!!!!
It such the hour had H.H.Kyabje Trijang Choktrul rinpoche and Kensur Konchok Tsering composed the long life prayer for H.E.Tsem Rinpoche. Hoe kind and care for both Lama. May all the holy master have long life also and continue turn the wheel of Dharma.
This is very powerful mantra to reduce the obstacles and everybody should read with great motivation.
MOEGU DUNGSHUG DRAKPOE SOLWA DEP
DRADON GEK DHANG BARCHE JEPHUR DHOK
MARUNG GYALSEN JUNGPO DHAMLA THOK
SAMPA LHUNKYI DRUP PAR JINGYI LOP.
one thing my wife and i know if children do not drink coca cola no matter if they thing they are filter of humaninty it is better not to drink coca cola no matter the desire for fund raising or other desirous matters, the same can be said for the drinking of beer or the smoking of cigarettes
Both are very beautiful prayers. I am very thankful of these two great Lamas composing them for Rinpoche. 🙂
Our heartfelt thanks to you, Kyabje Trijang Choktrul Rinpoche and Kensur Rinpoche. Thank you for composing such powerful prayer to our Guru Tsem Tulku Rinpoche.
Wow how very kind are these two lamas to have written the long life prayers for us. Kyabjye Trijang Rinpoche is truly one of the greats of Gelugpa tradition. He was also from Gaden Monastery like our lama. Trijang Rinpoche’s previous incarnation served as the Junior tutor to the current Dalai Lama. Trijang Rinpoche so many illustrious students spreading the dharma all over the world and he also was also a holder of many precious Gelugpa lineages. Thank you Beng Kooi for requesting for the long life prayer. May His Eminence Tsem Rinpoche body remain immutable like a vajra.
Thank you Beng Kooi!
Such beautiful prayers of such profound depth and eloquence, from two great Masters. We, who are students of Tsem Tulku Rinpoche ,are deeply indebted to you for these prayers. Our heartfelt thanks to you, Kyabje Trijang Choktrul Rinpoche and Kensur Rinpoche.
Much gratitude to both these two great Masters who composed these beautiful long life prayers for our Guru, H.E. Tsem Tulku Rinpoche to live long to benefit all sentient beings. Thank you.
A magnitude of gratefulness to the glorious great masters to compose such amazing long life prayers to my precious lama. How incredible fortunate you are with us during this time of need. I pray for your long lives too O GLORIOUS ONES.
great blessings! BIG thank you to His Holiness Kyabje Trijang Choktrul Rinpoche and H.E. Kensur Rinpoche Konchok Tsering! 😀
Get well soon Rinpoche.
Amazing , wonderful prayer to be recited daily , to be added to our sadhanas. May The Great Guru stay long with us , may HIS life be stable and healthy for the sake of Dharma. So much gratitude from the bottom of our heart to both Great Great Teachers to compose such beautiful and beneficial prayer.
May Rinpoche get well soon !
The prayers was written with such love and humility. The blessings and love of these 2 Great Lamas for our humble Guru, Tsem Tulku Rinpoche are felt when I read the prayers. May we all never be separated from the precious 3 Jewels and our Guru. May we all be able to receive and be in Dharma in every life until we attain Nirvana. Thank you to all the Precious Gurus who changed our minds to be better in EVERY way.
May Tsem Rinpoche recover from illness soon and stay healthy forever.May all beings attain Nirvana.
Such beautiful and profound writing by H.H Kyabje Trijang Choktrul Rinpoche and H.E Kensur Rinpoche Koncok Tsering for us, the students of H.E. Tsem Tulku Rinpoche. My heartfelt thanks to these two great masters.
H.E. Tsem Tulku Rinpoche is well and will undergo twro more health tests today here in Singapore. We pray the results will be clear.
Thank you very much HH Trijang Rinpoche and Kensure Rinpoche Konchok Tsering Rinpoche for the prayers, I promise to recite this prayers for your long life, HE Tsem Tulku Rinpoche please please stay with us, I am so glad to have met you in this life and to receive teachings from you and I do not want to waste my life by being old ugly self. I want to offer myself to serve others. Please stay with us, I wish to be ordain by you one day soon. I promise to be good. I am a regular blood platelets donor and I hope I can donate my blood platelets to you. Please save us and benefit all beings from sufferings.
i am a stupid housewife thinking of commiting suicide in april 2010 after cheated by Thai monk ofRM100,000.now i m very scare and yell in sleeping,i will not forgive this conmen till the day i die.how to survive,how to live,how to recover,i do not know,please help me,i m hopeless,go to hell is all i want.do not print my comment out.tks
Rinpoche, we pray that you continue to illuminate the path for those fortunate enough to hear you expound the Dharma in such a unique & powerful manner. We pray that your wisdom & compassion touches the hearts of countless beings in the six realms, as it has touched ours.
Love & Best Wishes
Francis & Lil Jake
Only very great Lama’s can write these beautiful prayers, like the most profound poets.
I was not aware that your health was not good.
May you be blessed by these prayers, regain your health and live a very long life to benefit all sentient beings.
With the most respect to HH Trijang Rinpoche and Kensur Rinpoche Konchok Tsering.
Tsem Rinpoche is extremely humble. Each day Rinpoche is alive is thousands of lives saved by dharma. Such precious prayers. My gratitude to H.H. Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche and H.E. Kensur Rinpoche.
Very well said. Even just online I started my path with Rinpoche. I need him to complete it. And that would include helping Kechara. I need to do work for them/him. Very glad HH Trijang Rinpoche wrote this letter. I always pray for Rinpoche’s health. It’s essential in these degenerate times — his dharma work spreads so quickly. That is very rare, and precious. For him to enter a new body, and pick up where his dharma worked left off with years of training, with the same troubles as earlier in his current life, we can’t let happen unless it’s inevitable/necessary. Hopefully in at least twice his current age.
You said it KT! Yes each day Rinpoche is alive someone is benefitted, directly or indirectly and you know what… I think Rinpoche will still continue to benefit thousands even after Rinpoche is gone… because… Rinpoche is not just here for NOW… but past, present and future and through the many buildings, institutes he has created in the past, and so we have the present and future… hence KFR. Whatever the case, we can rest assured Rinpoche is here not coincidentally, but with a HUGE PURPOSE which I am most certain and as always will leave a mark, an impact that will shape the future!