Never Give Up Bodhichitta Including During Covid-19

Dzongsar Jamyang Kyentse Rinpoche.

On March 17, 2020 Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche recorded this message in response to Covid-19.

Never Give Up Bodhichitta

Parnashavari (Leaf-Clad Goddess) Mantra

In response to Covid-19 Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche recommends Tara practice in general. Read the prayer Praises to the Twenty-One Taras.

He emphasizes the form of Tara known as Parnashavari (Loma Gyonma in Tibetan). She appears in the twentieth verse of Praises to the Twenty-One Taras. (His Eminence Kyabje Ling Rinpoche also recommends the Parnashavari (Leaf-clad Goddess) mantra.)

OM PISHA TSI PARNA SHAWARI SARWA ZORA PRASHA MANAYE SOHA

Listen to Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche recite the Parnashavari mantra on Facebook.

Parnashavari, Himalayan Art Resources.

 

The following prayer and subsequent note have been attributed to Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche.

Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche’s Prayers for Wuhan and Beyond.

Oh Devi! Oh Tara!
You are the Mother of all,
Inscrutable power in all things,
Intelligence,
Beauty,
Confidence,
Compassion in all.
Let your love shine on us all.
Pacify and destroy all outer, inner and secret epidemics.
Not in years, months or even days – but within moments!
Om Pishachi Parnashawari Sarvajora Prashamanayeh Swaha!

It is said that the Parnashavari mantra will be more effective if you make the offering of sacrificing your own desire to eat meat even for one meal.

 

All Things Are Impermanent

On April 11 he shared an update about the Lighting the Mahabodhi Project, one of his many projects, on Facebook.

"Our teacher and guide, the Omniscient one, has always told us that all compounded things are impermanent and never satisfying.

"He taught us that our life is like a bubble, a shooting star, a dream, a mirage. And yet, our habit of denial is so strong that, even today when the whole world is brought to its knees by COVID-19, we still cannot let go of our grip on wishing ‘life’ to return to business as usual.

"So great is the compassion of the Tathagatha that, offering us solace even within this dream-like and illusory existence, he has given us the most profound and formidable path in which we can take refuge, with the Sugata as our guide and the sangha as our community.

"As long as we beings have merit to wear the crown and inhabit this castle of the Three Jewels, every tunnel has light.

"And so, to the most venerable Triple Gem, we take refuge and offer our most precious and beloved possession – our mind that always illuminates. We offer too all that shines and illumines – from the mighty sun and moon to the smallest dust particle. And thus, we offer here also our fabricated lights to illumine the sacred Mahabodhi Temple in Bodhgaya.

"In this dark and bleak time, I want to thank everyone who has given time, money, ideas, rejoicing and well wishes to this Mahabodhi lighting project, which is very well under way and will come to fruition soon.

"I have not the slightest doubt that we will soon celebrate overcoming this present darkness by coming together in the very near future under the Bodhi Tree where the four mighty ones realized the truth, where 996 more will realize the truth, and where we – those who are connected to this tree – will also realize the truth above this very vajrasana."

Why The Prince Left the Palace

Watch Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche teach "Why the Prince Left the Palace" in New Delhi, India on December 17, 2017, organized by Vidyaloke Foundation, an initiative of the Vana Foundation.

Many more videos of Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche are available on Siddhartha's Intent's Vimeo channel.

What Makes You Not a Buddhist

Enjoy reading What Makes You Not a Buddhist, a popular book written by Dzongsar Khytense Rinpoche. Check your local public library's e-book collection. If you have read that one then explore his other books.

Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche

The present Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche, Thubten Chökyi Gyamtso, was born in 1961 in eastern Bhutan. He was recognized as a tulku by H.H. Sakya Trizin, and received empowerments and teachings from many of the greatest masters of Tibetan Buddhism, including H.H. the 16th Karmapa; H.H. Dudjom Rinpoche and Lama Sonam Zangpo (his paternal and maternal grandfathers); Chatral Rinpoche; Nyoshul Khen Rinpoche, Khenpo Appey, and many others. His root guru was Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, who began training Rinpoche from the age of 7.

Continue reading Dzongsar Jamyang Khyentse Rinpoche's biography on the Khyentse Foundation's website.

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Enjoy this beautiful story I read today about Rinpoche's recent activities in Kalimpong, North India.