10/15/2026
Dharma nugget for the week. 🌟 What are we actually doing when we practise the Guru yoga of Je Tsongkhapa?
“When we practise the Guru yoga of Je Tsongkhapa according to the Segyu lineage, we meditate on our root Guru in the aspect of Je Tsongkhapa – the embodiment of Avalokiteshvara, Manjushri and Vajrapani – offer the seven limbs and the mandala offering, make requests with the Migtsema prayer, and then engage in the stages of the practice of profound meditations.
Through practising sincerely in this way, we can pacify all our negative karma and obstacles and increase our merit, life span and Dharma realizations.
In particular, because Je Tsongkhapa is at once an emanation of Avalokiteshvara (the embodiment of all Buddhas’ compassion), Manjushri (the embodiment of all Buddhas’ wisdom) and Vajrapani (the embodiment of all Buddhas’ power), we can easily increase our realizations of compassion, wisdom and spiritual power.
Of these, it is especially important to increase our wisdom because wisdom is the antidote to ignorance, the root of all our suffering. As Buddha says in the Perfection of Wisdom Sutra, those who lack wisdom are like blind people who continually experience problems and suffering because they cannot see.
The best method for increasing our wisdom, and thereby protecting ourself from suffering, is to practise the Guru yoga of Je Tsongkhapa, because Je Tsongkhapa is a manifestation of the wisdom of all the Buddhas.”
Excerpt From
Heart Jewel
Venerable Geshe Kelsang Gyatso Rinpoche
