A Meditation on Saint Tulku Drakpa Gyeltsen for higher consciousness
A beautiful Tulku Drakpa Gyeltsen statue adorned with brocade offerings on the personal altar of one of my students. Click to enlarge.
Here is a short yet extremely profound meditation on Tulku Drakpa Gyeltsen, the previous life of the Dharma Protector Dorje Shugden. As many of you will already know, Dorje Shugden and his many previous lifetimes are all emanations of Manjushri, the Buddha of Wisdom. Therefore when we meditate on any of his previous lives, we are tapping into the enlightened energies of Manjushri. What is special about this meditation is that Tulku Drakpa Gyeltsen is visualised in the form of a lama or guru. Guru Yoga or meditation upon the figure of one’s own teacher or a high teacher of the past, is actually one of the most fundamental practices within Tibetan Buddhism. It is said that without Guru Devotion and invocation of the blessings of the lineage lamas one cannot be successful in gaining higher spiritual attainments. Below is a meditation focusing on Tulku Drakpa Gyeltsen that be engaged in as a daily practice and bestows great blessings and uplifting spiritual energies for your own inner transformation.
Meditation and prayers to Tulku Drakpa Gyeltsen will bless one’s mind to gain the five types of wisdom, increased memory, clearer understanding of subtle dharma points and penetration into the knowledge of what makes one suffer so it can be removed. It can remove obstacles that are in every day life. Daily meditation and prayer to Tulku Drakpa Gyeltsen will protect one from land gods, nagas, spirits, negative formless beings that follow one from places we visited, negative energy as in haunted places as well as beings that disturb us during sleep. This prayer and mantra will help us recover from misfortune or difficult situations that seem hopeless. If we engage in astral travelling or any practices that are more esoteric in nature, Tulku Drakpa Gyeltsen when invoked will protect us during our journeys. We will be able to reach higher states of consciousness as we meditate on this practice. In general, the great wisdom, compassion and protection of this highly realized saint will afford us many benefits in this life and in our spiritual practice.
We do not need permission, initiation or special instructions to practice these prayers and mantra. We can start immediately. If we have a prior daily meditation, this can be incorporated within our existing practices.
One should do this daily without miss and with great faith. You will experience great benefits. I wish you all luck and humbly rejoice in your spiritual advancements.
Tsem Rinpoche
February 22, 2019
Tulku Drakpa Gyeltsen
and Manjushri are inseparable
A short daily meditation on Tulku Drakpa Gyeltsen
From top to bottom: Buddha Shakyamuni, Tulku Drakpa Gyeltsen and Dorje Shugden. Click on image to enlarge
- Visualise Tulku Drakpa Gyeltsen on your crown, the size of your thumb, embodying the nature of Manjushri. He sits on a lotus amidst rainbow lights. Think Tulku Drakpa Gyeltsen is one with your root teacher. Reflect on the kindness of your teacher and how he or she has taken care of you time and time again. If you don’t have a teacher, then think Tulku Drakpa Gyeltsen is the embodiment of universal wisdom, compassion and protection.
- You and all beings (especially those who have been kind to you) take refuge in Tulku Drakpa Gyeltsen. All beings of the Six Realms (hell, ghost, animal, human, demi-god and god realms) of samsara take refuge with you and make a blessed connection with Tulku Drakpa Gyeltsen.
- Recite Tulku Drakpa Gyeltsen’s prayer composed by either His Holiness the Panchen Lama or Dorje Shugden. Either one is very good and can be found below. Recite the prayer fervently and from your heart with feeling. From the very depths of your being.
- As you recite the prayer invoke upon Tulku Drakpa Gyeltsen’s wisdom, skillful methods and compassion to protect you, guide you and enlighten you. Also, to purify your karma and open your mind to higher consciousness. You are asking Tulku Drakpa Gyeltsen to always look after you. Believe this is what is happening. Believe this great awakened being Tulku Drakpa Gyeltsen fills you with healing, love, forgiveness, compassion and capacity for great wisdom.
- After the prayer, recite the special and powerful mantra using your mala (Buddhist rosary) as much as you like. Or at least one round (which is 108 mantras). Or you can use any prayer beads. The count is not as important as the meditation invoking the blessings of this supreme being who can bless your life tremendously.
- After reciting the mantra, visualise Tulku Drakpa Gyeltsen on your head dissolve into brilliant golden light like the sun. He is very pleased with you and will bless you and grant you higher insight. He will protect you from the three lower realms and bless you to gain wisdom. This light then dissolves into your crown, descends to your heart and becomes one with you. Our subtle consciousness is said to abide at the heart area. You and Tulku Drakpa Gyeltsen become one and you are blessed. Relax and feel happy that you have been blessed and protected. You have been blessed by Manjushri Tulku Drakpa Gyeltsen who is one with your own teacher. Love yourself. Love others. Be forgiving. Let go of anger and misconceptions. Let go of fear and past pains. Let go of judgement. Abide in bliss, happiness, love, wisdom and the wish to be of benefit to all beings who exist. Develop a strong wish to be of benefit to all beings and to become a beacon of light giving hope and love to others.
Prayers
To engage in the prayers recite either the Reincarnation Lineage Prayer of the Incarnate Master Dragpa Gyaltsan or the Reincarnation Lineage Prayer of Tulku Dragpa Gyaltsan. Then recite the special mantra and complete your prayers with a completion dedication.
Reincarnation Lineage Prayer of the Incarnate Master Dragpa Gyaltsan
This prayer also, to the incarnate master Dragpa Gyaltsan through his reincarnations, has been spoken for the benefit of all migratory beings by the Dorje Shugden who protects the holy Dharma, at the sacred abode Choling in response to requests from many devout monks and nuns and householders. Dorje Shugden took trance of his special oracle lama and spoke. Gedun Choejor was the scribe. May this serve as cause for all migratory beings swiftly attaining in one lifespan the state of Vajradhara.
Brahmarupa Mahakala, Tulku Drakpa Gyeltsen and Dorje Shugden. Click for high-resolution image.
May there be auspiciousness!
Lord Manjushri, the sole father of all kindhearted Victors,
Lord Tsongkhapa, whose renown fills this world,
Lord Yamantaka who has arisen to subdue the intractable:
Bless us supplicants with common and uncommon attainments!
Lord Sambhota, the best of scholars,
Loden Sherab, the savant in all classics,
Lords Naropa and Khyungpo Naljor:
Bless us supplicants with common and uncommon attainments!
Ralo Dorjedrag and master Khutoen,
Masters Sakya Shri and Choeku Woezer,
And to the Omniscient Lord Buton:
Bless us supplicants with common and uncommon attainments!
The all-pervading Tsarchen, and Sonam Dragpa;
Sonam Yeshe, prominent among saviors of beings;
Sonam Geleg, in whom merit and virtues shone like the sun:
Bless us supplicants with common and uncommon attainments!
Dragpa Gyaltsan, the master leading nyig-dhue1 beings to liberation,
Whose very name, just hearing, frees from the lower migrations,
Who leads to liberation any who supplicates single-mindedly:
To this protector of teachings and beings of three worlds we pray.
Ngawang Jinpa the emanation in saffron robes, and
Ngawang Tenzin, upholder of the victory banner of the teaching,
And Jetsun Losang Geleg, the great master:
Bless us supplicants with common and uncommon attainments!
Losang Tenzin, the victory banner of Dharma who comes
As kings, ministers and monks for beings and dharma’s sake,
In successions endless as ripple in water:
To such past and future emanations we pray.
By the truth power of the Three Jewels,
By the enlightened actions of oceanic dharmapalas
Such as the Four-faced Lord and the Dorje Shugden,
May all beings live well and in happiness.
As you embody all Three Roots2,
For us all migratory beings here, in the future, and in bardho3,
In all happy and bad times we have none but you:
Hold us, without separation, with parental love.
When in future you enact the enlightened deeds,
As attaining Enlightenment as Buddha Rabsal among others,
May we and all other beings connected with us,
Be the first to taste the nectar of your vast and profound words.
May we, and all sentient beings, in all lifetimes,
Come into contact with the Second Buddha’s teachings,
May we all take on the going forth, and take
All sentient beings across the ocean of samsara.
Footnotes
[1] ‘Degenerate times’ that is characterized by “five dregs in terms of lifespan, times, delusions, views and sentient beings.” Source: Commentary on the Abhidharmakosh by Chim Namkha Drag, also known as ‘Chim Jampalyang’ (1210-1285); folio 181 (p. 371) ); Woodblock edition, 1893; No. of folios 430 (pp. 869)
[2] The spiritual mentor, the meditational deity, and the dakas and dakinis.
[3] The intermediate state between death and next rebirth.
Alternatively, you can recite the following prayer.
Reincarnation Lineage Prayer of Tulku Dragpa Gyaltsan
This praise to the reincarnation lineage of the supreme incarnation Dragpa Gyaltsan has been composed by the erudite meditation monk Losang Choekyi Gyaltsan (His Holiness the Omniscient and highly realized scholar the 4th Panchen Lama) at the prayer hall of the great and vast Tashi Lhunpo Monastery on account of fervent requests from Legpa Gyaltsan and many other attendants of the master.
May there be auspiciousness!
The one whose renown permeates the world;
The great being holding aloft the banner,
Of the Second Buddha, happiness and wellbeing’s source:
At that great master’s feet we pray.
At the feet of the World Teacher with the ten powers,
You invoked the power of truth with pure superior intent,
Causing flowers to fall like rains.
We pray at the feet of that great master.
The Guide of all migratory beings both man and god;
The treasury of all knowledge and attainments in dharma;
The great hero who strove for the supreme liberation:
We pray at the feet of Choekyi Jhangchub.
The one whose greatness, on account of pure prayer,
Was like that of a second Buddha;
And was supreme Guide to fortunate ones of India and Tibet:
We pray at the feet of that great being.
In the sky of the great bliss of Dharmakaya,
The radiant orb of the three bodies of the Buddha is full circle,
Radiating a million rays of enlightened activities: We pray at the feet
Of that opener of a million lotuses of benefit and wellbeing.
We pray at the feet of Master Buton, the unrivalled
Amongst all those who are scholars and realized ones,
In upholding and spreading the Buddha’s teaching,
By example in teaching and practice.
With an intellect superbly trained from the past,
Your mind joyously bloomed in all profound paths.
With single-minded effort you attained supreme realization.
We pray at the feet of that supreme and realized master.
From the vast lotus gardens of phuntsog* merit,
Myriad lotuses, with hundreds of petals, of learning and practice, bloom.
The fragrant scents of good name and deed dispel the ancient sicknesses
Of migrant beings: At the feet of that master we pray.
By the wish-granting jewel of merit and wisdom,
You became a crown jewel of both man and gods,
Its hundred rays of good deed dispelling the dark ignorance
Of all migrant beings: At your feet we pray.
The vast celestial mansion of virtuous accumulation of merits,
Overflows with jewels of the good path of the three trainings.
We pray at the feet, of its dweller─a guide of all beings─
Attired in the magnificence of enlightened deeds.
In holding aloft the victory banner
Of the sutra and tantra teachings of the Second Buddha:
In this you are unrivalled in all three worlds.
We pray at the feet of this noble tutor.
The source of renown and wellbeing and happiness,
Is the Buddha’s teachings. May the chief of all who uphold this banner
Live for long for the sake of innumerable beings to be tamed!
May his phuntsog* enlightened deeds spread to the ten directions!
By the merit of praising in this manner, may we never be
Separated from the protection of noble spiritual mentors!
Progressing swiftly in the supreme vehicle’s path,
May we swiftly attain the state of the three kayas!
Footnotes From Panchen Losang Chogyan, Collected Works, Vol Ca (5), folio 34a-35a (p. 83-85), Tashi Lhunpo woodblock print, Tibet. *phuntsog: a compound word in Tibetan (of phun sum tsog) meaning the ideal combination of the three i.e. a good cause, its result and enjoyment of that result.
Mantra of healing, compassion, wisdom and invoking protection
Recite 108 times or more
OM BENZA WIKI BITANA SOHA
Dedication
JANG-JUB SEM-CHOK RINPOCHE
MA-KYE PA-NAM KYE-GYUR CHIK
KYE-PA NYAM-PA ME-PA YANG
GONG-NA GONG-DU PEL-WAR SHUG
May the precious Bodhi-mind,
Where it is not born arise and grow
May that born have no decline
But increase forever more.
TONG-NI TONG-WA RINPOCHE
MA-KYE PA-NAM KYE-GYUR CHIK
KYE-PA NYAM-PA ME-PA YANG
GONG-NA GONG-DU PEL-WAR SHUG
May the precious Emptiness
Where it is not born arise and grow
May that born have no decline
But increase forever more.
DAG-SOG JIN-NYEH SAG-PA GE-WA DEE
TAN-DANG DRO-WA KUN-LA GANG-PHAN DANG
CHE-PAR JE-TSUN LO-ZANG DRAG-PA YI
TAN-PI NYING-PO RING-DU SAL-SHEH SHUG
May this merit accumulated by myself and others beneficially serve all sentient beings and the Buddhadharma and especially may the essential teachings of the unerring Master Tsongkhapa, become clear and enduring.
KYE-WA KUN-TU YANG-DAK LA-MA DANG
DRAL-ME CHO-KYI PAL-LA LONG-CHO CHING
SA-DANG LAM-GYI YON-TEN RAP-DZOK NA
DORJE CHANG-GI GO-PANG NYUR-TO SHUG
In all my rebirths may I not be parted from perfect Gurus,
Let me enjoy the abundance of the Dharma!
Perfecting the quality stages and paths
May I quickly attain the rank of Vajradhara Buddha.
GE-WA DI-YI NYUR-DU DAK
LA-MA SANG-GYE DRUP-GYUR NA
DRO-WA CHIK-KYANG MA-LU PA
DE-YI SA-LA GO-PAR SHUG
By this virtue, may I quickly
Realize Guru-Buddhahood,
And transfer each sentient being
Into that Enlightened state.
CHO KHI GYAL PO TSONG KHA PA
CHO TSUL NAM PAR PHEL WA LA
GEK KI TSHAN MA ZHI WA DANG
THUN KYIN MA LU TSHANG WAR SHOK
May all conducive conditions arise
and all obstacles be pacified,
in order to increase infinitely,
the doctrine of the spiritual king, Tsongkhapa.
DA DANG SHEN GI DU SUM DANG
DRIL WA TSOK NYI LA TEN NAY
GYA WA LO ZANG DRAG PA YI
TAN PAR YUN RING VAR GYUR CHIG
By the merits of the 3 times of myself and others,
May the doctrine of Lama Tsongkhapa blaze forever.
NYIMO DELEK TSEN TELEK
NYIME GUNG YANG DELEK SHIN
NYITSEN TAKTU DELEK PEL
KON CHOK SUM GYI JIN GYI LOB
KON CHOK SUM GYI NGOR DRUL TSOL
KON CHOK SUM GYI TRA SHI SHOK
At dawn or dusk, at night or midday,
may the Three Jewels grant us their blessing,
may they help us to achieve all realisations
and sprinkle the paths of our lives with various signs of auspiciousness.
JETSUN LAMA KU TSE RABTEN CHING
NAMKAR TRINLEY CHOG CHUR GYE PA DANG
LOBSANG TENPE DRON ME SA SUM GYI
DRO WE MUNSEL TAKTUR NE GYUR CHIG
May the holy teachers have long lives.
May the enlightened activities be fully displayed in the ten directions,
and may the brightness of the teachings of Lama Tsongkhapa
continuously dissipate the veil of darkness covering the beings of the three realms.
GANG RI RAWE KORWAI SHING KHAM DIR
PEN DANG DEWA MALU GYUNG WAI NE
CHENREZIG WANG TENZIN GYATSO YI
SHA PEI SITHAI BARDU DEN GYUR CHIG
In this holy Land surrounded by snow mountains,
You are the source of all benefit and happiness
May your lotus feet, O powerful Chenrezig, Tenzin Gyatso
Remain in this world until the end of existence.
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A short blessed meditational prayer of Saint Tulku Drakpa Gyeltsen. A beautiful and meaningful prayers to recite. May those who read and recite this prayers will be blessed.
Thank you Rinpoche for sharing this beautiful prayers.
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Thank you Rinpoche for this short beneficial meditation prayers on Tulku Drakpa Gyeltsen. When we do focused and visualised sincerely on this meditation prayers daily it will bestows great blessings and uplifting spiritual energies for us to transform our inner transformation.
Thank you Rinpoche! Nice painting, meaningful prayer!
This is such an auspicious and blessed meditational prayer of Saint Tulku Drakpa Gyeltsen which i can do online at night when it’s more quiet and peaceful. Thank you very much Rinpoche for sharing this lovely and profound meditational prayer with everyone???.and also thank you very much to Martin Chow for sharing a picture of your very beautiful shrine of Tulku Drakpa Gyeltsen.????