Spiritual songs you must listen to!
Lord Tsongkapa painted by Charlie
Dear friends,
A few years a back a very talented lady named Ivonice did some dharma songs for me. I asked her to do Migtseyma, 8 Verses of Thought Transformation and The Praise to Setrap written by His Holiness the 5th Dalai Lama. She came out with the tune, music and lent her unique mesmerizing voice to all three. You must listen for yourself. Save them and listen often and do share with friends. It would be nice for animals and also children. Very soothing for a toddler too.
I am grateful for Ivonice’s offering and the effort she put into this. I make it available to everyone around the world. Please enjoy meaningful music that is blessed and spiritually infused.
Her equally talented husband Charlie did a wonderful painting of Tsongkapa and gifted me with it. I was very touched and overwhelmed. So kind of Ivonice and Charlie and I thank them.
Tsem Rinpoche
Lama Tsongkhapa’s MigTseMa mantra:
Migtseyma
MIG-MEY TZE-WEY TER-CHEN CHENREZIG
DRI-MEY KHYEN-PI WANG-PO JAMPAL YANG
DU-PUNG MA-LU JOM-DZEY SANG-WEY DAG
GANG-CHEN KE-PEY TSUG-GYEN TSONGKHAPA
LO-SANG TRAG-PEY SHAB-LA SOL-WA DEB
Eight Verses of Mind Transformation
Eight Verses of Training The Mind
(By Kadampa Geshe Langri Tangpa 1054 – 1123)
With the determination to accomplish
The highest welfare for all sentient beings
Who surpass even a wish-granting jewel
I will learn to hold them supremely dear.
Whenever I associate with others I will learn
To think of myself as the lowest among all
And respectfully hold others to be supreme
From the very depths of my heart
In all actions I will learn to search into my mind
And as soon as an afflictive emotion arises
Endangering myself and others
I will firmly face and avert it.
I will learn to cherish all beings of bad nature
And those pressed by strong sins and sufferings
As if I had found a precious
Treasure very difficult to find
When others out of jealousy treat me badly
With abuse, slander, and so on,
May I suffer the defeat
And offer the victory to them
When one whom I have benefited with great hope
Unreasonably hurts me very badly,
I will learn to view that person
As an excellent spiritual guide.
In short, I will learn to offer to everyone without exception
All help and happiness directly and indirectly
And respectfully take upon myself
All harm and suffering of my mothers.
I will learn to keep all these practices
Undefiled by the stains of the eight worldly conceptions
And by the understanding of all phenomena as like illusions
Be released from the bondage of attachment.
Click here for many more beautiful recitations:
https://www.tsemrinpoche.com/tsem-tulku-rinpoche/prayers-and-sadhanas/sadhana-prayers.html#eight
Praise (Topa) to Dharmapala Setrap
Praise (Topa) to Dharmapala Setrap
Composed by H.H. the 5th Dalai Lama
HUNG PE MA RA GAY LHUN PO TA DONG ME
LEN GYAR KYU PAY PEL TZIN SIN PO ZUG
JIG RUNG GAR GU NYAM KYI NAM ROL WA
CHO KOR KYONG WAY SUNG MA CHE LA TO
In raksha’s form, a ruby mountain glorious with a hundred-fold
Embrace of the southern ocean’s submarine fire,
Emanation in a dance of all possible fury,
Praise the great guardian Protector of the teachings!
ULA SEL TSER BAR WAY SE MOG GYON
LHAG LHAG O TONG KYUG PAG SE TRAB SOL
GA SAB CHE TZE CHANG SHE LA CHIB NE
SI SUM KE CHIG NYUL WA KYOL LA TO
Wearing brightly blazing leather helmet on your crown,
And leather mail glittering with exceedingly bright light,
Mounted on beautifully saddled, bridled wisdom horse,
Exploring the three realms in a single instant, praise to you!
MAG TSOG JE WA GYE PAY BENG CHEN CHAR
DRA GEG CHING WAY ZHAG PA TUG KAR TZIN
KE LA TAG REL ZIG SHUB REL DRI CHANG
TU DEN TSEN GO CHEN PO KYO LA TO
Raising great cudgel dispatching millions of armed hosts,
At heart holding the noose which binds enemies and obstructers
At belt hang tiger-skin quiver, leopard-skin bow case and sword
The powerful great wild ‘tsen’, praise to you!
KU SUNG TUG DANG YON TEN TRIN LE KYI
TRUL PA ZHI DANG TRO CHAG ROL GAR KEN
NAM GYUR CHIR YANG TEN PAY TU TSEL CHEN
LHA LU TSEN GO RIG GYUR NAM LA TO
Dancer who sends forth peaceful and wrathful emanations
Of body, speech and mind, qualities and activities,
With powerful ability to exhibit any appearance whatsoever
Praise to your transformations as wild ‘tsen’, devas and nagas!
BEN NGAG MON PA TAG SHAR A TSAR YA
TSEL LU JI LA TRUL NAG TRA TREU SOG
DRANG ME TRUL PA JIG RUNG KOR TSOG KYI
SA ZHI BAR NANG KYON KUN GENG HA TO
Monks, tantrikas, tribals, youths and clowns,
Cocks, cats, black snakes, apes & so forth,
Praise the numberless dreadful emanations
In your entourage which fill the expanse of earth and sky!
ZE TSANG SE KYI TEN PA RIN PO CHE
SHE DANG DRUB PE PEL WAY DU PAY DE
DE TZIN KYE BU GYU JOR JIN PAY DAG
YAR NGO DA TAR PEL ZHING GYE PAR TZO
Cause the precious teachings of Buddha Shakyamuni,
The assembly which spreads them through teaching and practice,
And the sponsors of those who uphold the teachings,
To increase and flourish like the waxing moon!
JIG TEN KUN TUN NE MUG TRUG TSO SOG
DU KYI CHE PA MA LU KUN ZHI NE
GYE TRI TSE TUB TZAM LING MI ZHIN DU
TZOG DEN SAR PAY TSE GA GO PAR TZO
In all worlds pacify interruption without exception,
Such as disease, starvation, arguments and conflict,
And, as when people live to 80,000 in Jambudvipa,
Set beings in perfection, fresh culmination of joy!
KYE PAR PA ROL CHIN DANG TSE MA SOG
GYEN DRUG CHOG NYI ZHUNG LUG TO SAM GYI
TEN LA BEB PAY DHARMA CENTERS TIDE
JE DRANG CHE KUN DAR ZHING GYE PAR TZO
Especially cause the spread and flourishing of all Dharma Centers,
Together with all its followers, those who understand
Through study, the two supreme and six ornaments’
Scriptures on the perfections, valid cognition and so forth.
DOR NA DAG CHAG GON NE MI NOR KUN
TEN SUNG CHEN PO KYO LA NYER TE NA
NYIN TSEN DU DRUG SUNG ZHING KYOB PA DANG
ZHI GYE WANG DRAG TRIN LE LHUN DRUB TZO
In brief, since we entrust to you, Great Dharmapala,
Our spiritual abode, people, property and all,
Protect us throughout day and night’s six periods,
And spontaneously exert peaceful, increasing, powerful and wrathful enlightening influence!
Click here for the praise composed by H.H. the 5th Dalai Lama and the full prayers and rite of this powerful Dharma protector Setrap:
https://www.tsemrinpoche.com/tsem-tulku-rinpoche/prayers-and-sadhanas/sadhana-prayers.html#28
The songs above are performed by this talented lady Ivonice:
Thank you very much Ivonice!
A unique Byzantine style depiction of Lama Tsongkhapa with his two heart disciples, Khedrup Je and Gyaltsab Je. This depiction of the three great practitioners is known in Tibetan as Je Yab Se Sum. Click to enlarge and download the high resolution version.
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Revisit this wonderful post again , listening to all the videos of songs sung by this talented lady….. Ivonice . Her voice is simply amazing and I do enjoyed .
Thank you Rinpoche for sharing ,
Very unique way of singing a prayers. Ivonice is very creative in dharma songs and a great voice too. Thank you Rinpoche for sharing.
Thank you Rinpoche for sharing this beautiful dharma music to us.By just listening to those beautiful song.. i felt wonderful and blessed.
She got a powerful voice singing beautifully and meaningful music that is blessed for us to listen.
Thanks again Rinpoche
Thank you so much for this great creation. Combination of music and prayers to share with others. Beautiful work!
Thank you Rinpoche for sharing Ivonice singing mantra and the praises.
She has a nice and calm voice.
Hope her songs to bring joy and benefits whoever listening to her videos.
Thank you Rinpoche and Ivonice.
The songs are rendered beautifully!The voice and the holy verses are a joy to listen to. A very meaningful and blessed offering to Rinpohe. Thank you for sharing Rinpoche.
Thank you dear Rinpoche for sharing this beautiful music to us.It trulys calm my mind after listening to these musics.I will share this among my friends and relatives.A big thanks again to dear Rinponche and Mrs.Ivonice.
Wonderful you will share with family and friends..It will benefit them.
waw her voice is so beautiful. Ivonice is a talented singer she realy did good job. thank you Rinpoche for sharing beautiful songs of Migtsema, 8 Verses of Mind Transformations and Praise to Dharmapala Setrap.
Thank you so much Rinpoche for sharing the beautiful songs that sang by Ivonice. I truly enjoyed every single song she sang. So much of love from the songs and voice. I would listen to it again and again.. Her voice just like an angel..
These songs are so relaxing RInpoche. I loved listening to them. But i would have to say that the Migtsema is still my favourite. This is probably because i have always knew the prayer and i have sung it in song form before haha.
Thanks Rinpoche for sharing these songs.Ivonice has such a beautiful voice! Kudos for her for great efforts and sincere offering !!!
How wonderful the unique voice merge with the holy prayers are so amazing…
Thanks Rinpoche for these spiritual songs, feeling blessed while listening…
The unique voice and serene sound of this very talented singer Ivonice, was indeed mesmerizing, so were the accompanying music and tune which certainly do her justice! It would be nice and soothing for animals too. It makes one feel getting so attached to the attractive sound and music, that one easily feels lost in another glamorous world of peace and tranquility. Thank you Rinpoche for the sharing!
Wow, very nice! Thank you for sharing this songs! She has such a wonderful voice and it’s great that she uses her talent for the benefit and spread of Dharma. Such a wonderful offering from Ivonice.
Wow…Ivonice has composed the songs just for Rinpoche. She sang nicely for all the tunes.
I like how she changes the lyrics for the 8 Verses of Thought Transformation, but keeping the meaning intact.
Also, it is difficult to obtain 5 verses of Migtsema in songs, as usually it is only in 4 verses. Much appreciated.
The Topa to Lord Setrap is most awesome. Very catchy tune. Very modern.
Thank you Rinpoche, for providing us such nice gifts that was presented to your Holiness.
Thank You, Rinpoche for sharing these songs.
Ivonice has a nice voice and she has a unique style of presentation. I played Lama Tsongkhapa’s Mantra in the background while I was doing some work on my laptop – very soothing.
Thank you for sharing these songs. Ivonice is definitely talented and a great singer. She is very fortunate to have such talent and to be able to use it for the Dharma! I rejoice and wish her happiness
Thank you Rinpoche for sharing.
Ivonice has such a beautiful voice! I especially love the song “Eight Verses of Mind Transformation”. Feel so peaceful and calming when listening to it.
Thank you Rinpoche for sharing on this beautiful songs of Migtsema, 8 Verses of Mind Transformations and Praise to Dharmapala Setrap. Ivonice is a very talented singer. The painted picture of Lama Tsongkhapa is great! Thanks to Charlie for giving us a beautiful picture of Lama Tsongkhapa.
OMB, her voice is so beautiful!How fortunate this talented singer can singing this three holy precious prayers. And she really make a lot of efforts then compiled all three into songs. I like the way she sing, full of passionate, respect and sincere from bottom her heart. I cannot press pause while I play this three prayer songs.
I love it. The unique of music compiling, the unique voice, and the holy prayers, so wonderful compound！
Thank you for Ivonice, offer her beautiful voice make the prayers more colour yet profound.
Thank you for sharing, Rinpoche!!!
Thank you, Rinpoche. Ivonice is a talented singer with a unique and serene voice. Most suitable for spiritually uplifting music. It is also a wonderful and effective way to spread some positive energy as nearly everyone enjoys a little music every now and then. I also like Charlie’s presentation of Lama Tsongkhapa. Very peaceful and he looks very “Tibetan” and human-like. Many thanks to the very talented couple.
PS: The Praise to Lord Setrap is most appealing to me. Wow! Hauntingly seductive. The melody and music arrangement work well together building the magnetic pull of the 70s funk and soul. The singing bowl also represented the song accurately. I can imagine Yoko Ono jamming to this tune.