The Practice of the King of Longevity: June, 2021
with Geshe Tenzin Gelek
Wednesdays 5:45- 6:45 PM
Weekly drop in via Zoom
Classes will be recorded and available to view for one week after the session.
$10-Community
$15-Sustainer
$20-Supporter
Geshe Tenzin Gelek offers a weekly drop-in group in order to give us a deeper chance to familiarize ourselves with the practices and prayers of the Yungdrung Bon tradition. Each month, Geshe Gelek will pick one practice or prayer to concentrate on.
June: The Practice of the King of Longevity
Thus, although death is certain, we do not know when death will come.
The conditions are uncertain and the place is uncertain.
Our family, siblings, and beloved male and female friends and so forth, We must leave them all and go alone.
Empty handed without the lamp of virtue, the mind will be in a state of regret. Helpless, the body and consciousness must separate.
Therefore, the essence of the practice of prolonging human life is the long life practice of the King of Longevity.
From practicing the method, longevity will come.
If you wish, here the practice of longevity will be done for one month.
I invite you to participate in this practice.
For any kind of being who wishes to attain the precious level of liberation and omniscience, and be free from the ocean of perpetual suffering of cyclic existence, the Buddha taught many types of spiritual texts. To attain the ultimate fruition, the path of listening, contemplation and meditation is necessary.
In this regard, first, from listening to the teachings of the Lamas and Geshes and so forth the wisdom arisen from Hearing.
Then, by thoroughly investigating and analyzing by oneself the meaning of what has been heard, the wisdom arisen from contemplation is generated.
Then, from accomplishing the purpose of one’s analysis, familiarizing with that again and again is the practice of the path of skillful means of meditation. Unceasing effort is necessary, for there is no way to study the tradition of the teachings of the Buddha without this.
Therefore, this time the focus of the students will not be merely on listening, but connecting to the application of what has been heard. We will meet for a month each week on Tuesdays for one hour with a special focus on the longevity practice.
The Practice of Tséwang Rikdzin’s Supreme Collection that was Received upon Charima
Whatever sentient being whose life is exhausted or life is weakened and so on will benefit from this practice. From Yumchen Thugje Kündrӧlma, the All Liberating Supreme Compassionate Consort, for the benefit of all sentient beings, at the place of Charitsugden, where all the Rigdzin and Khadros gather and reside, Khopo Lotro Thogmed, at that time received the longevity accomplishment and longevity blessing lineage from Khadro Thugje Kündrӧl.
The Steps for the Activities of the Practice of the Rigdzin King of Longevity:
Establishing the Boundary
The Contemplation of the Visualization
Visualization of the Celestial Palace
Reciting the Essence Mantra of Tsewang Rigdzin & Praise of the Mantra
The Offering
The Praise of the Qualities of Tsewang Rigdzin
Gathering the Pure Essence of the Five Elements from the Five of the Four Directions and Center into the Elements and Five Organs of One’s Body to Nourish the Luster of Life
Reciting the Twenty-One Longevity Mantras of Khadro Thugje Kündrӧl
The Dedication
This will be under the guidance of Geshe Tenzin Gelek. For one month each week on Wednesdays for one hour, teacher and students will all practice the longevity practice. All students who are interested in this may attend, everyone is invited.
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Geshe Lungtok Tenzin Gelek practices and teaches Bon Religious Tradition. Geshe la has spent most of his life at Menri Monastery, since 7 years of age, learning the Bon tradition. HH 33rd Menri Trizin Lungtok Tenpai Nyima Rinpoche taught Geshe la how to chant according to the Menri tradition. Geshe la was appointed to the high position of Chant Master or Tsok Chen Um Zed, to lead all the Menri monks proper tone and pronunciation. He held the position for 3 years. HH 33rd Menri Trizin Rinpoche also taught him Cham – the secret dance, and held the position of Dance Master for 6 years. HE Yongdzin Lopon Tenzin Namdak Rinpoche taught Geshe la the Bon Scriptures of Sutra, Tantra and Dzogchen. Geshe la would memorize all root text of these scriptures. He also learned poetry, astrology, astronomy, Tibetan medicine, and methods for constructing mandalas and stupas. Geshe la taught Bon Mool Shastra (Bon root texts of Zhang-zhung) to students at Central University of Tibetan Studies, Varanasi, India for 14 years. Geshe la is dedicated to teaching and supporting the scriptures to all who are interested.
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