Lama Je Tsongkhapa: May the bliss of the mystical fusion of transcendent wisdom with tender compassion fall like sweet summer rain from dark blue clouds

Twenty-Seven Verses On Mind Training, composed by Lama Je Tsongkhapa (1357-1419)

1. With body, speech, and mind fully aligned, I prostrate fervently before those rare beings, who are victorious over all notions of limitation, and before their spiritual daughters and sons. May a cosmic celebration of pure poetry, perfectly expressing the most subtle teaching of these victorious sages and the inheritors of their wisdom, now burst forth like an infinite garden in perpetual spring.

2. Gaze calmly with the clear eye of Prajnaparamita (Perfect Wisdom) upon universal manifestation, this beginningless tapestry woven from vibrant karmic threads of conscious beings, and listen to the harmonious symphony of interdependence. Continue reading »

Prayer for Birth in Sukhavati, Realm of Bliss

With deeds exalted, you grant splendour unending; Continue reading »

The Great Praise to Maitreya Buddha

by Je Lama Tsongkhapa at the hermitage of Lho Brag in 1395.

May the fire of great loving kindness
Burn away the fuel of anger and hatred; Continue reading »

Lama Je Tsongkhapa: Furthermore, appearance eliminates the extreme of existence

The Three Principal Aspects of the Path (lam ghi tsowo nampa soom) By Lama Tsongkhapa

Expressing the Homage
I bow down to my perfect gurus.

The Promise to Compose
[1] The essential meaning of the Victorious Ones’ teachings,
The path praised by all the holy Victors and their Children,
The gateway of the fortunate ones desiring liberation –
This I shall try to explain as much as I can.

Persuading to Listen
[2] Those who are not attached to the pleasures of circling [samsara],
Who strive to make freedom and endowments meaningful,
Who entrust themselves to the path pleasing the Victorious Ones
You fortunate ones: listen with a calm mind. Continue reading »

Lama Tzong Khapa: The Abbreviated Points of the Graded Path – Lines of Experience

Homage to Guru Manjughosha!

(1) (Bowing my) head, I prostrate to you, Foremost One from the Shakya (Clan): your body is born with a host of splendid, constructive and excellent (signs); your speech grants the wishes of limitless wandering beings; your mind sees all knowables just as they are. Continue reading »

The Foundation of All Good Qualities

By Lama Tsongkhapa

The foundation of all good qualities is the kind and perfect, pure guru;
Correct devotion to him is the root of the path.
By clearly seeing this and applying great effort, Continue reading »

PRAISE OF BUDDHA SHAKYAMUNI FOR HIS TEACHING OF RELATIVITY

The Short Essence of Eloquence Je Tsong Khapa Continue reading »

IN PRAISE OF DEPENDENT ORIGINATION by Je Tsongkhapa Continue reading »

OVERVIEW OF THE LAMRIM OUTLINE

1. Preeminent qualities of the compilers Continue reading »

Je Tsongkhapa: Wisdom is the eye that sees the profound suchness.

SONGS OF SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE

Condensed Points of the Stages of the Path by Je Tsongkhapa,

Tibetan title: lam rim nyams mgur

1 Your body is created from a billion perfect factors of goodness;

Your speech satisfies the yearnings of countless sentient beings;

Your mind perceives all objects of knowledge exactly as they are –

I bow my head to you O chief of the Shakya clan.

2 You’re the most excellent sons of such peerless teacher;

You carry the burden of the enlightened activities of all conquerors,

And in countless realms you engage in ecstatic display of emanations – Continue reading »

Lama Tzong Khapa: A Letter of Practical Advice on Sutra and Tantra

Opening Remarks