Audio recorded at Buddha House Adelaide. Transcript auto-generated and AI-corrected; may contain errors.
About this talk. In this 84-minute teaching, Lama Zopa Rinpoche guides practitioners through a long-life empowerment centered on Lama Tsongkhapa. He opens with the view of emptiness, then leads detailed visualization of the teacher on a jeweled throne radiating blessings. The core instruction covers the four initiations: the vase (received by all), secret and wisdom initiations (involving nectar absorption through the crown to purify negative karma and strengthen life force), and the fourth initiation. A crucial restriction: only those who have received higher tantra initiation may visualize themselves as the deity; others receive the blessing as rainfall of immortal nectar. The teaching culminates in dedications for long life, health, and capacity to benefit sentient beings. Pitched at practitioners already initiated into Tibetan Buddhist practice.
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File: 2005 06 05 26 TAIWAN LTK LONG LIFE 6.mp3
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Teacher: Lama Zopa Rinpoche 1
Collection: z Taiwan (Lama Zopa Rinpoche 1)
Date: 2005-06-05
Recorded at: Buddha House Adelaide
Duration: 84.5 minutes
Words: ~3,318
In the view of your wisdom, seeing entities, there’s no dual view object emptiness, and this is the mind seeing emptiness. There’s no such thing. There’s no such thing emptiness, and I say, meditate on that. That’s my first thing. Then there’s no this and that’s.
Or one test named this. Now for this wisdom manifest into into a lama. As you see there. So as I discussed before, the granting long life in the aspect as I described before. On the jewel throne, extended to a high extended to a raised by a snow lion.
Then there’s on that very good lotus, moon disc. On that, the moon disc, sun disc, then just sit on that. So they put now the preliminary common common with the uncommon. Done. Now the actual body of the blessing given the blessing, permission to practice.
So that is the initiated with the long life vase. Initiating with the long life vase, initiating with the long acting, and then increasing the life. So now the you are set. So I think here again, here, if you have received great initiation, I forgot I wanted to mention before. So I probably already gone.
So I forgot to mention before. If you have received the higher tantra or a great initiation, then you can visualize yourself. If you haven’t received the higher tantra, or if If you have received any of the great initiation, then you can visualize yourself. Not. Otherwise, not permitted.
Probably, you may visualize already. And you may have visualized already and you can’t remove that. It becomes so stable, can’t remove that. Like a like a rock. The meditation being like a rock.
Number is that number is not much on cover. How does it rock a mountain? Mhmm. Good. Yeah.
Even with the hammer cannot destroy. You’re always stable. I’m joking. So now so those we have so those are permitted to visualize Lama Tsongkhapa inside Lama Tsongkhapa from your heart, and then the the long life vase is inside the Lama Tsongkhapa. You know?
All those inform of long life. Long that you see in that aspect. Then like rainfall, like rainfall absorbed through your crown. Okay? So the who you those who haven’t received great initiation, high tantra, then, you know, the this received as a rainfall received, that you can do, but except generally once the.
So then at the end of the thing, your body and the body become inseparable. They’ll grant a long life. No. I think they are placed on the on their head, all of us. So now the particular the long life initiation there.
From your heart, you, the Lama Tsongkhapa’s heart, and then inside the vase, the heart. And then your life that’s taken by a Lord of Death, the yama and the the speaking and those that was stolen by those by those and then the scarves, those are hooked back. And also the five element five elements including the sky, then suddenly brings life and fortune. Or or or the the the guru, Buddha, Buddha Sangha, the blessing of holy body, holy spiritual mind in the form of vast filled with nectar, skull filled with nectar, begging bowl filled with nectar, five five colored nectar, it is with signs and substances of same reality. And the the Lama Tsongkhapa.
So if you visualize the lama jongkapa, you know, they’re they’re giving grand long life, then there’s everything. So if you visualize so in that form, in that form, then with mental at the heart and then yeah. So if you visualize that, then the implement is syllable syllable, everything there. So at the half manner as well. So absorbed in in the so instead of visualizing separately, then you you visualize in this aspect, that’s everything.
So absorbed absorb the, say, the heart mantra. Absorb the heart mantra of the Lama Tsongkhapa who is in the vase. Then Lama Tsongkhapa’s heart mantra, natural flow down natural flow down like the the like the the shower, you know. The net flow down, then it entered in the vase. Then the vase filled with immortal nectar.
Then then from the vase, the immortal nectar that was filled up, then, you see, then in without initiate to you, so enter to your crown, the neck the immortal nectar. They fill your whole body. Purify all the degenerated life force, samaya vows. Okay? Then your body become very healthy, strong, life become stable, very glorified, very magnificent, very shiny, received power, wealth, practice of three higher trainings, you achieved immortal realizations.
Okay? Like that. So purified all the negative karma, all the sicknesses, beginning the negative karma development collected from with the body from beginning to the So. You have received the vase initiation in form of blessing. Let this initiate this blessing left potential left potential on your mind to achieve the holy body of the Lama Tsongkhapa grand long life.
By this, we have received the permission to permission to say, the blessing of the holy body, permission to practice. And now, beams emitted from the from the heart and the from the heart. Involved all the three time guru, Dharma, Dharma protectors, all the blessings and powers. In the form of a and the the mantra a long life. Then, absorb like rainfall at your neck at your neck.
And then, All the the negative karma development including in negative influence collected with the speech from beginning to the birth are completely purified. Now. So concentrate strong on that. You have received the secret initiation of form blessing. And then this blessing, the life special potential to achieve on the immortal continuum, the holy speech of the lama so called granting long life.
So by this, you have received the blessing of holy speech. Okay? Now the next one, in advance from that heart, it’s been emitted and also from your, the heart. And in both all different direction, three time, the guru, the bodhisattvas, the dakas and the dakinis, the Dharma protectors, all the blessing powers in form of implements, sword, and the text, long life vase, and the begging bowl for the nectar. And absorb into heart.
Absorb at your heart in those forms. One should not think as a material. Think as a nature of you see, the the And this is the wisdom initiation as a blessing. And with this initiation as a blessing, you have received the blessing of the holy mind of the Lama Tsongkhapa granting long life. No.
I think the vast I think the place on your head. Yeah. By receive the blessing of the holy mind. Now the lama has been immediately and then brought to all the centers and at your three place, forehead, neck, and heart absorbed at the same time. Absorbed at the same time.
I do that. Then all the sickness, spirit, and the development, correct with the body, spirit, mind, or can be purified. Is it the blessing with the fourth fourth initiation for are you is it the fourth initiation form of blessing? I think this is the fourth initiation. So the four the four initiation is done.
And now, giving order, the lama giving order, lama giving order, making a request to the all the lineage lamas, direct and indirect gurus, bless you and the also deities, the dakas, the dakinis, the Dharma protectors, and in particular, the holding giving long life to bless you. And the disciple please protect this disciple from disease, suffering of the mind, and the all obstacles, and the catastrophes. Then the upper spirits and the the spirit called sa. And then lower spirit lower spirit possession, naga. The intermediate spirit possession, the king, those harms, protect the disciple from those harms, and protect the disciple made the disciple be protected from the untime and death.
All the lineage lamas, know, the yidams and the bodhisattvas all around. The lamas are all present there. In the center, the lamas are. So then the lama is making this request, all these things. Then all the everything.
All all yeah. Absorb absorbed into the Lama Tsongkhapa within the vase. Okay? Then replica came out from that lama of zhumkhapa and absorbed through your crown. Then your mind become inseparable with the Lama Tsongkhapa, bodhisattva mind.
Then you achieve the an immortal realization. So when you hear, so each time the the the come out and absorb the thing, that’s what you should think. So maybe the disciples and Sangha come. Then maybe the letter, maybe to give the letter, I’ll hand it to them. I give it to the together.
So now the initiation with the long lived nectar. So in the vase, and inside the vase the heart beams immediately and they invoke all the ten direction three time. The guru, deity, buddha, the Brahmas, the Dharma protectors, all the blessings, their power in the form of nectar in the form of nectar. Then absorb the the the substance of attainment, the nectar here. So it would be like that.
Then by your experience in this, you achieve immortal realization. Through strong faith, you have achieved immortal realization. And you have perm you have received permission permission the power to permission to maintain on the path, a gradual completion stage path. Yes. The permission to maintain the path of gradual completion.
Gradual completion. Yeah. Part of great gradual complete gradual path of the yeah. The completion path. Then be emitted from the Lama Tsongkhapa within the vase from your heart, then all the ten direction, the Dharma protectors, invoked in the form of Lama Tsongkhapa giving long life.
Absorbed the pills. By enjoying this, then you see immortal realization. It’s a strong faith when you take a pill. So there are many so there are a lot of prayers and meditation prayer. So we can take many of them to give families or other people like that.
Now for increasing the life. And so above you, there is lama giving a long life. I’m I didn’t want to go to with the dharma the the the dharma protectors all above you, then they are making flower rains, musics, especially songs like that. So by this, you have received a profound long initiation, the general general and the particular ones. So now until enlightenment is achieved then the Lama Tsongkhapa granted long life with essence of all the Buddha.
I will hold it as a myself as the deity and then protect the samaya vows for all time. So that Mhmm. Let it be this prayer. Then today, you have received well the long life. And then for that second, the offering of three times.
Made it they’re offering the guru to thank for for thank to thank what a mandala thank. There’s a I thought we can do the dedication. They are distributed. Here’s the prayer here. Very nice prayer.
End of this initiation task. By having done the request, the the perfect by meditating a perfect guru inseparable with a special deity, one pointedly by requesting for the benefit of all the transmigrated beings who have the mother and who get equal who equal the limitless limitless sky. I quickly achieve the state of glorified guru. The next one. But having recited and put effort.
The antidote to the three persons mind. The heart of the eighty four thousand teachings embodied into one. The supreme the it has embodied into into one. The supreme king of the soup the supreme king of the praise. May I achieve the kingdom, may I also need the kingdom, achieve the glorification similarity to the special deity.
So so everybody do the dedication this way. May oneself and also in the midst each of the glorification similar to the special deity. So then, Miktsema. That the see here, the antidote to the three person mind, remedy to the three poisons mind, the eighty four thousand teaching heart of the eighty four thousand teaching embodied into one. The supreme king of the praise.
What is that? That’s the. So, were there this four or five years. However, this is this is a this is this is you see, eighty four the antidote of three person mind, the eighty four thousand heart of eighty four thousand teachings of Buddha means means all the teachings of Buddha. You see, the heart of all Buddha teachings embodied into one.
This is Miktsema, you see, in embodied into one, this is Miktsema. So therefore, Miktsema, this this, you know, four or five line, this one, the supreme king of the among the prayers, this is the king, the the highest. Okay. Then the compassion to all or that which concerns to all the transmigrated beings, the wisdom directly seeing all the phenomenas, the power to destroy all the maras, The the who is the antidote to the Yama, the Lord of the Yama, may I also achieve the same quality of the Yamāntaka. So talking about the Yamāntaka’s, you know, qualities, even compassion, and wisdom, directly seeing all the phenomena, then have power to destroy all the, you know, maras, all the obstacles.
May I also have the same quality as Yamāntaka. Okay. By having done the request with the devotion, the three types of deities and infinite life Buddha, so forth. All the objects are embodied into one, the supreme guru. So inseparable with that.
So so miss the one is with guru, I think also. Then may I may I and also living achieve inseparable inseparably with the essence of the special deity. That is that is the Lama Tsongkhapa. The next part, by having another request, put effort in this life. Made a special deity, a special deity, made inseparable with the special deity, show the face with a pleased mind, with the willingness, holy speech, which contains all the which contains all the essence of the instruction.
May my mind be ripened. May my mental continuum be ripened. He says, And even that in this life, if I don’t have fortune to see the holy body, to hear the holy speech, then at the time of death, may Lama Tsongkhapa together with the spiritual sons with the surrounding. May you lead me in the pure land. So that that’s it.
So so here, last thing. So I would like to say, to thank very much. Yeah. The director, the organizers, all the all those part when the Heruka Center started, we were the first the first director, you know, those are all the members who who are students, who are supporters. And and those who have been those who have been, you know, different times director who support the center and and those and and the present ones, you know, for everyone.
Those who who present are within me or those who are at the support center who all those in part now, who know who very hard. So I would like to to thank you from from my heart and also who will take opportunity, they send us purpose of the center is to teach Dharma, to show how to liberate the sentient beings, to to liberate sentient beings, teaching enlightenment. So for those who have taken opportunity to come to learn Dharma send it in the path or even now. So I would like to thank everyone very important. So very essential, very important to continue put effort to make the center more more beneficial to the sentient beings, to benefit, The other disciple had a health problem, asthma.
So he he didn’t fit in the hot climate, so at least the knowledge is the data accepted it coming here to teach, so which is very good. So so that’s the the very essence of the center to teaching Dharma and giving opportunities to learn Dharma. That’s very heart of the organization, but among the service, that’s the main service Maybe because, again, go to monastery to study all the things. So maybe it takes quite a number of years. So maybe you can because as soon as there’s karma, maybe we’ll come back to teach again.
Since he had a strong karma in Kaohsiung, but it but it takes some time to study in the monastery. I cannot cannot predict a hundred percent, but it’s impossibility. His his passing away for me is great loss. His passing away for me is great loss for the FPMT organization. Because I had a very good connection with him.
And he he does everything whatever asks him to do. I asked him to prepare a subject for universal education. And it seems he spent I think he spent so much time he spent so much time, you know, picking up the subject from various texts from the five subjects, scriptures. I think he must work. I think for many months, put in a computer.
He did a lot of work. I didn’t know that he put a lot of effort to make subject for universal education. This is simply many months of work he did, which was very he took it very seriously. And he said he has a he has so much ideas in his mind. I have so much, you know, ideas, you know, whatever activities.
He has so many ideas to so I need a support. I need that help. I need a support, you see, somebody who has many ideas, skills. So that that’s great loss that he that while he’s young, he, you know, passed away. I mean, great loss when he’s older young anyway.
So while he was young, I think and there’s something special about him. Some some say practitioner or manager or some there’s some special quality in him. So we dedicate the merits. As soon as recommended to go there, it’s very good. His report is very good.
So, how you want to have long life and to able to enter a monastery, complete study, and to be most beneficial to sentient beings. Also, to come back to Taiwan to spread Dharma. I think I think he was the only one that he was the only one that I pointed as director of the center. Among the Tibetan teachers, I think he was the only one that was besides Pema in Hong Kong. It was a become that quickly become director.
They wanna be a lesson teacher, become director of the center, then also Maitreya Maitreya project, then also board member. Right? Two things. The heart in the household of all beings, a seed in the in the leaders of the world, and then in the hearts of all those, all the people who have their own evil thoughts supposed to harm others, to generate compassion in their hearts without delay. And And the witness was hard, but it was change, but we increased.
Then so the world that we have all these opportunities due to his kindness. So with the compassion, for the stable life, and with the holy wishes to be succeed immediately. Then to be most beneficial to all the human beings that enable the cause generate faith in the refuge and karma and the and the causes, create the life force needs for that, do that. You know, whatever projects, plans, whatever they said, may these be realized immediately. Then may all the students, all the organizers have a long life to be healthy or the wishes be or the wishes be succeed immediately in front of the dharma.
And the exercise very significant, unified, and in this very lifetime, you know, this center, and all the rest of the centers all the rest of the centers to be like that and send all the organizers, all the rest of the organization to, say, to be to be like that.