Inviting 4ft Long Life Lama Tsongkhapa
(By Tsem Rinpoche)
A few weeks ago…a beautiful event…another sacred Tsongkapa statue was invited to a home for blessings and worship.
Dear Rinpoche,
We are now at Kwok Wai’s dad hse to invite his Tsongkhapa. There are many of us here:
- Henry, Chia, Albert, me n Mitra from outlet.
- Paul, Pat, Becky, Louise n Vyonne frm KSA & KD.
- Ling n Wee Liang from KH.
We are preparing to set up torma now.
Thanks, Wan.
Lotus candles at side entrance to welcome Tsongkapa.
Dear Rinpoche, Lighting candles b4 inviting Lama Tsongkhapa into Kok Wai
Ta da! Chia busy as a bee.
Rinpoche's seat.
Lord Tsongkapa being invited in...to the shrine specially prepared for Him.
What a beautiful brass image painted in antique color and style from Kechara Paradise. The painting is all done in house in traditional style if you prefer. What a beautiful surprise gift to offer your family or someone special or maybe to yourself!!
Making the first offerings to sacred and holy Tsongkapa in the family home. How auspicious.
Dear rinpoche, Long Life Tsongkhapa has just arrived at Kok Wai's father house. Chia, Mitra, Pat, Louise, Yvonne, Becky, Wee Liang, Wan, Henry, Ling and me are here to receive Tsongkhapa too. Thank you. Paul
Kok wai's father, Mr Wong offering khata.
Uncle Wong doing water offering. Thanks. Paul
I thought I ‘d share the series of sms messages with pictures I recieved of this wonderful event.
So many individuals and families are inviting Lord Tsongkapa into their home and lives these days, I can hardly keep track. But I am very happy about that… They can see the tremendous benefit Tsongkapa’s practice brings to their lives, their loved ones and the environment. Tsongkapa blesses the environment so powerfully. It makes a huge difference to have a Tsongkapa image in our homes. You can feel it immediately and over time the blessings increase. No doubt.
Tsongkapa’s practice is most auspicious for this time and age filled with anxiety, mental pressure, too many challenges, depression, fear. As we do Tsongkapa’s practice, we see our mind more focused, calm, accepting and MUCH MORE AT PEACE. With a peaceful and calm mind, so much more can be accomplished. So much more can be done.
Everyone should invite a holy Tsongkapa image to their homes and wear His sacred pendants.
Tsem Rinpoche
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Rejoice for this family on inviting Lama Tsongkhapa to their own home. This is extremely meritorious as Lama Tsongkhapa’s teaching and practice can guide us to total enlightenment. His teachings are very special and it takes a lot of merits for us to even hear his teachings.
Rejoice to Kok Wai’s father and family who had the merits to invite the Kind of Dharma into their home. It is always a happy occasion when a Buddha is invited into a home as it symbolises the spiritual journey that one takes and the spreading of the precious Dharma and practices. As can be seen, wonderful Kecharians were all busy volunteering and helping to make this event auspiciously smooth. Thank you Rinpoche for sharing with us so that we may share in the happiness too.
So much invaluable information in these comments above!
Rejoice to see that another family is blessed by Lama Tsongkhapa!
I love this antique look of Lama Tsongkhapa, so beautiful & classic look! It is also calm and serene by just looking at him.
Lama Tsongkhapa is the 3-in-1 buddha – Manjushri, Chenregiz & Vajrapani. There are at least 15 benefits doing Lama TKP practice and can gain 7 types of wisdoms. It is especially good for people with anxiety and depression.
I hope one day I can also invite a big lama Tsongkhapa back home.
For more details of Lama Tsongkhapa Guru Yoga, you can read this book – “TSONGKHAPA – A Simple Guide to a Powerful Practice” http://vajrasecrets.com/books/english-books/tsongkhapa-powerful-practice.html
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I love this statue of Lama Tsongkhapa. I love very much the colour contrast between the gold colour on the face and the antique colour for the rest of the statue. It really brings out the serenity of Lord Tsongkapa and gives people so much sense of peace and protection.
Very nice preparations, the candles and the flowers scattered on the floor.
I guess by now I will just keep this in my mindstream and hope that in the near future I will have this fortune to invite one Lord Tsongkapa to my own house.
Pray.
I am rejoice with uncle Wong to invited Lama Tsongkhapa home,and also happy with Kok Wai and Kenny to dedicate to his father long life
.Tsongkhapa realy blesses the environment so powerfully,also can feel it immediately the blessing increase after i invited the 3 feet Tsongkhapa in my house,NO DOUBT !! I am thank you to Mr James Long and Ms Wan from Kechara Paradise,because their advise and helping,i decided to invited Tsongkhapa to my house.I also thank you to Pastor Chia,Ms Wan , Adrian and all com & members from KSJC to helping me to invite the Lord Tsongkhapa to my house last month^_^Our family realy fortunate to have the blessing from Lama Tsongkhapa!!
I rejoice that more and more people are inviting big statues into their homes. Years ago, when someone is adviced to invite home a 20inch statue, the immediate response would be , “crazy ar? you think my house is a temple ar?”. These days more and more are going for big statues and the most popular deity is of course non other than Lama Tsongkhapa! I, for one, love big statues. Many years ago, i wanted a 4feet Lama Tsongkhapa statue so badly but had limited budget. I sold my Proton Wira and traded for the statue.The day when i invited Lama Tsongkhapa home was one of the most exciting days of my life. When i met Rinpoche 15 years ago, he told me that having an image of Lama Tsongkhapa in one’s home will stabalise the environment in that area. Also that if one has his image, one’s family will always have food on their table. I thought “wow what a cool deity. one that bestows wealth (growth) AND stability”. Lama Tsongkhapa is the main practice in Kechara House and our development is a testament to the benefits Rinpoche told me 15 years ago!
Rinpoche mentioned once before that if we have Lama Tsongkhapa in our house, the residents in that house will never be without food and other material resources. Many Chinese people will be very interested in that piece of information. Lama Tsongkhapa is like a multi-vitamin for our spirituality. It bestows wisdom, develops our compassion and also our skillful actions. On top of that as Lama Tsongkhapa now resides in Ganden Heaven, by doing the Lama Tsongkhapa’s practice we also connect Maitreya Buddha at the same time. Maitreya Buddha is next Buddha in this fortunate aeon. Huge Lama Tsongkhapas have been built in the Imperial palaces in China, and building large Lama Tsongkhapa is well known as being able to pacify conflicts.
Rinpoche gave a really stunning short teaching once about Tsongkhapa, which accompanied a Tsongkhapa pendant that he gifted to a student.
He explained this:
1) When we have images of Tsongkhapa, such as in pendants or statues, these represent the Enlightened body of Tsongkhapa. Every single aspect of Tsongkhapa’s physical body, gesture, implements, stance is a reflection and physical manifestation of the Lamrim teachings that he was so famed for giving.
2) Then, when we study the Lamrim, contemplate, meditate and put these teachings into practice, we connect to the enlightened speech of Tsongkhapa, his wisdom and direct teachings.
Then, eventually, by putting these teachings into practice…
3) we gain mind transformation, attainments and realisations – this is to actualise and connect to Tsongkhapa’s enlightened mind.
So in both the outward practice of having statues/making offerings/doing prostrations etc and inward practice of learning/ contemplation /meditation/ mind-transformation we connect directly to the blessed triple union of enlightened body, speech and mind. How complete!
Rinpoche has always been attracted to Buddha images be it statues or thangkas. I still remember going to visit members home who had big statues as Rinpoche wish for people to have the biggest statues they could possibly have in their homes. I remember Rinpoche said to a group,…to wait and watch, that more and more people will invite big statues into their homes.
TA DAAAAA….big statues sure are entering peoples homes. Kwok Wai and his family are quite new to Kechara..though their family have been devoted Buddhist for a long time now. Through understanding, Kwok Wai’s dad invited Dharma Lord, Je Tsongkhapa into his home! How meritorious and I rejoice very much. It’s lovely to see how the Kechara members celebrate this event together with this family and helped to invite Je Tsongkhapa and setup all the appropriate for the King.
It is because of Rinpoche’s care of us, wanting us to be ok, our families to be alright..that we have all these blessings.
with deep gratitude
Before Rinpoche arrives in Malaysia an dencouraging everyone to invite big statues home,I think people might think you are crazy or stupid to invite a 4 ft Statue to your home. Not to mention having to construct a huge altar together with all the offerings that go with it.Now more and more are realizing the benefits.
Kechara Paradise( where you get the statue from ) outlets’ staff will explain every step of the way how to invite one back as the pictures here show to ensure that the statue is properly consecrated in your altar.The installation ceremony itself is very interesting and steeped in tradition.
Yes, its an investment, but the ROI is immeasurable as it will bless you lifetime after lifetime, increase your resources and protect your family and the whole region under its influence.
It is very good news that Buddhadharma is spreading like wild fire through Kechara House (KH) because KH shares the Dharma through clear understanding.
Lama Tsongkapa is an enlightened being who has done so much for the Buddhadharma and sentient beings. Wherever he resides, Lama Tsongkapa resonates peace to the people and environment. I am sure the Wong family will be blessed with harmony and joy with Lama Tsongkapa’s presence in their home.
From the photos, inviting a Buddha image home is quite convenient because the knowledgeable, sincere and hardworking team of Kechara Paradise helps from the start to the end:
i) KP Team guides us with the selection of suitable Buddha images as well as all related auxillary items like water bowls, incense burner, 8 auspicious signs, sensory offerings etc. with clear explanations.
ii) KP arranges the delivery.
iii) KP prepares the home to invite the Buddha.
iv) KP helps with the set up of the altar so that every item is placed in the right place.
v) KP will guide the inauguration of the Buddha images.
Ooh another lucky family with the merits to invite a huge Lama Tsongkhapa to their home, to bless the environment, the people around them and their family. This way more and more people, especially friends and relatives who visit the house will get to be exposed to Lama Tsongkhapa and get to learn more about him. And they in turn will tell their relatives and friends about Lama Tsongkhapa. And that would how Lama Tsongkhapa will spread through the region.
As I would like to introduce more people to Lama Tsongkhapa, i do look forward to acquiring a Lama Tsongkhapa statue to be placed at my home altar to help generate merits for my family and dear Grandmother who prays at the altar every day although currently there is only a Lama Tsongkhapa Tsa Tsa. And perhaps move to a house big enough to house a 4ft Lama Tsongkhapa.
Lama Tsongkhapa statue has become more and more popular these days for people inviting home. Simple as that, Lama Tsongkhapa are emerge with three bodhisattva energy by lord Manjushiri wisdom, Chenrezig compassion and Vajrapani power.
Kechara outlet has provided wonderful nice Lama Tsongkhapa statue for people to inviting home. You can find different size Lama Tsongkhapa statues available at the outlet.
I am happy and rejoice for Kwok Wai and Kenny has offer this wonderful 4 feet Lama Tsongkhapa statue for their beloved father to wish him have long life and good health. They had bought their parents and uncle more closer to the dharma to under Lama Tsongkhapa blessing. May Lama Tsongkhapa teaching will flourish to their family.
Chia
I’m very happy with uncle Wong (Kwok wai’s dad) to invite Lama Tsongkhapa home, he will collect merit and gain benefit from making offering and do the prayer to lama tsongkhapa daily . And i’m also happy with kwok wai and kenny to dedicate this for uncle wong long life, what a great way of dedication from sons to their beloved father.
Kwok wai just joined in kechara around end of last year and getting participate more in activities in this year, there were some changes in kwok wai and it made his brother kenny and their uncle want to find out what can b inspired and made Kwok wai changed. How wonderful that our actions can inspire other and bring them to Dharma. And recently Kenny just invited a 20”Tsongkhapa statue for his mother as well. They really love their parents.
Wan
When I first read this article I felt really pleased!! I’ve known both Kwok Wai and Kenny through Kechara Soup Kitchen (http://www.kechara.com/soup-kitchen/) and have really gotten to like them! They’re not old aunty/uncle folks who potter about unable to relate to the younger generation. They’re fun, interactive and really kind people! I love how Kwok Wai tries to bring his wife into KSK through funny little teases and I really like how open Kenny is!
It’s great that his father has invitated a 4ft Long Life Lama Tsongkhapa into his house as it shows that he is proud to have two grown sons in the Dharma, why..because it means they’re not causing trouble on a Saturday night? I doubt it! I feel that it’s because he feel proud that his upbringing allowed them to accept the Dharma and to practice it. Mr Wong must have brought them up right!
I’m very happy for the Wong family..may Tsongkhapa bless their family 🙂
Thank you for the great blog and photos!
Dearest Rinpoche ,
Just stumble upon this tour website while i was surfing the internet ( I was surfing for the reading you recommended Bodhisattvacha-avatara by Shantideva to know where i can get it ). There is a relic tour on going by a Lama Zopa FPMT all over the world. Maybe we can invite them come to Kechara Malaysia to display all the relics , especially the Lama Tsongkhapa relics that they said they have in their possesions. : ) imagine the excitement.
Hehehehe… Just sharing. : ). My thousand apology if this is inappropriate !
http://www.maitreyaproject.org/en/relic/gallery-tsong-khapa.html
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