| Lama Jigme's Tips on Meditation and the Spiritual Path |
The great Tibetan saint, Patrul Rinpoche wrote:
| Buddha's Lost Secrets: Tips on Meditation and the Spiritual path - idea #202 from your Buddhism expert |
| Ah! Fount of compassion, my root teacher, Lord Chen-re-zig, you are my only protector! The Six-syllable mantra, essence of your speech is the sublime Dhar-ma; from now on I have NO hope BUT you! |
in order to benefit beings,
takes on the form of a Bo-dhi-sat-tva.
All the Buddhas have but one nature
and their compassion is embodied in Chen-re-zig.
As the embodiment of the compassion of all the Buddhas,
Chen-re-zig is at the same time the source of all Buddhas
and Bo-dhi-sat-tvas, since compassion is
the very root of enlightenment.
Chen-re-zig is compassion itself in the form of a deity.
Chen-re-zig is the Dhar-ma,
Chen-re-zig is the Sang-ha;
Chen-re-zig is the Gu-ru,
Chen-re-zig is the Yi-dam,
Chen-re-zig is the Da-ki-ni;
Chen-re-zig is the Dhar-ma-ka-ya,
Chen-re-zig is the Sam-bho-ga-ka-ya,
Chen-re-zig is the Nir-ma-na-ka-ya;
Chen-re-zig is A-mi-ta-bha,
Chen-re-zig is Gu-ru Rin-po-che,
Chen-re-zig is Ar-ya Ta-ra;
and above all Chen-re-zig is
our own Root Teacher.
Like a hundred streams passing under a single bridge,
To receive his blessings
is to receive the blessings of all the Buddhas,
and to realize his nature
is to realize the nature of all the Buddhas.
Chen-re-zig manifests infinite forms;
kings, spiritual teachers, ordinary men and women,
wild animals, even mountains, trees, bridges – whatever
is necessary to fulfill sentient beings’ needs.
Similarly, Chen-re-zig’s Six-syllable mantra,
Om Ma-ni Pad-me Hum,
is the compassionate wisdom
of all the Buddhas manifested as sound.
Within it is contained the essential meaning
of all eighty-four thousand sections
of the Buddha’s teachings.
Of all the many mantras of various kinds, such as
• awareness mantras,
• dharanis and
• secret mantras,
not one is superior to the six syllables of Chen-re-zig.
The great benefits of reciting this mantra,
commonly known as the Ma-ni,
are described again and again
in both {the} sutras and tantras.
It is said that to recite the Ma-ni even once
is the same as reciting the whole
of the twelve branches of Buddha’s teachings.
Reciting the six syllables of the Ma-ni
perfects the six Pa-ra-mi-tas
and firmly blocks any possibility of rebirth
in the six realms of Sam-sa-ra.
It is a simple practice, easy to understand
and accessible to all,
and at the same time it contains
the essence of the Dha-rma.
If you take the Ma-ni as your refuge
both in happiness and in sorrow,
Chen-re-zig will always be with you,
you will feel more and more devotion without any effort,
and all by itself the realization of the Ma-ha-ya-na path
will arise in your being.
There is nothing in the whole world that can actually
frighten away the Lord of Death,
but the warm radiance of Chen-re-zig’s compassion
can completely dispel the dread
felt by anyone as Death approaches.
This is what is meant by “undeceiving refuge.”
Totally free from Sam-sa-ra,
Chen-re-zig is always ready to help sentient beings,
and even the slightest movement –
a gesture of his hand, a blink of his eyes –
has the power to free us from Sam-sa-ra.
When we invoke him by reciting the Ma-ni,
we should never think that he is too far away to hear us,
in some distant Buddhafield…
in truth his compassion never forsakes a single being.
He manifests himself constantly
in whatever form may benefit beings most,
particularly in the form of great spiritual teachers;
so we should understand with complete conviction
that Chen-re-zig, the supreme protector
who shows all sentient beings the path to liberation,
{could be} in fact none other than our root teacher.
Lord Buddha's teachings
are inconceivably extensive and profound.
To attain an exhaustive
intellectual understanding of them
would indeed be a rare and remarkable achievement.
But even that would NOT be enough by itself.
Unless we also achieve inner realization
by actually applying the teachings
and mingling them with our minds,
whatever knowledge we may gain remains theoretical
and will only serve to increase our self-infatuation.
We have read a lot of books and heard a lot of teachings,
but it hasn't been of much benefit
in really transforming our beings.
Leaving the doctor's prescription by the bedside
will NOT cure the illness.
So turn your mind inward and ponder deeply
the meaning of the Dharma
until it permeates your whole beings.
This is why Patrul Rinpoche wrote:
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| Chen-re-zig is a fully enlightened Buddha who, |
Two generations later, the 14th Dalai Lama’s late teacher,
Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, explained:
Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, explained:
| Chen-re-zig is the Buddha, |
| Chen-re-zig is the union of all the Buddhas. |
| Even a cool breeze in scorching weather or a soothing moment of relief during a painful illness are manifestations of Chen-re-zig’s compassion. |
| Whatever I know I've left it as theory; it is NO use to me now. Whatever I've done I've spent on this life; it is NO use to me now. Whatever I've thought was all just delusion; it is NO use to me now. Now the time has come to do what is truly useful - recite the Six-syllable mantra. |
Do you like apple pie? The Buddha of Compassion
reminds me, a lot, of Apple pie, because no matter what
you call apple pie, it's still apple pie. Even if you call it
"George;" it's still apple pie:
Like wise, whether you address the Buddha of
Compassion with
the Buddha of Compassion is still the Buddha of
Compassion.
reminds me, a lot, of Apple pie, because no matter what
you call apple pie, it's still apple pie. Even if you call it
"George;" it's still apple pie:
Like wise, whether you address the Buddha of
Compassion with
- the Sanskrit translation - Avalokiteshvara
Bodhisattva,
- the Chinese translation - Kuan Shih Yin Pu'sa,
- the Japanese transliteration - Kwonzeon Bosatsu, or
- the Tibetan translation - Chenrezig;
the Buddha of Compassion is still the Buddha of
Compassion.
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