Question asked by CY Wong
Bhante
I am new to Tibetan Buddhism. The main objective is to seek refuge with Dorje Shugden or Wangze.
I have many colleagues at work who are miserable and always giving me a lot of trouble.
I will like to take refuge.
My questions:
1. Should I pray to Dorje Shugden or Wangze?
2. Should I wear the image of Dorje Shugden or Wangze?
Please enlighten
Sadhu x3
Dear CY Wong,
Buddhas always manifest in different forms to help sentient beings with different needs. Dorje Shugden is the wrathful emanation of Buddha Manjushri. As an enlightened protector, Dorje Shugden too exhibits the same qualities as buddhas. There are five families of Dorje Shugden, which includes the principle deity, Shize (pacification), Gyenze (increase), Wangze (control) and Trakze (wrathful), each represents different activities of Dorje Shugden.
Wangze is the control form of Dorje Shugden. When we propitiate Wangze, we invoke Dorje Shugden’s activity of control. However, that does not mean that this manifestation of Dorje Shugden is limited to only control activity and cannot assist in other ways. Any form of Dorje Shugden is complete in itself.
Therefore, either you pray to the principle deity of Dorje Shugden or Wangze, you are actually praying to Dorje Shugden, but praying to Wangze will invoke Dorje Shugden’s special activity of control.
It’s up to you to choose whichever practice you want to do. However, if your main focus is to deal with difficult people who create obstacles in your workplace, Wangze is an excellent choice.
To answer your second question, if you take Wangze as your practice, then, of course, it’s natural for you to wear Wangze image and vice versa. However, there’s nothing wrong to wear any one of them, as both are Dorje Shugden.
This is the link to Wangze practice:
https://www.tsemrinpoche.com/tsem-tulku-rinpoche/buddhas-dharma/dorje-shugden-wangze-for-power-and-influence.html