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'''Tenshyuk''' (Tib. ''brtan bzhugs'') literally 'stable remaining' is a [[long life practice]] which involves making offerings to a teacher and requesting him to remain long in this world for the benefit of beings.  
[[Image:Amitayus red.jpg|frame|[[Amitayus]] from the private collection of [[Sogyal Rinpoche]]]]
'''Tenshyuk''' ([Tib. བརྟན་བཞུགས་, [[Wyl.]] ''brtan bzhugs'') literally 'stable remaining' is a [[long life practice]] which involves making offerings to a teacher and requesting him to remain long in this world for the benefit of beings.  


===Brief Tenshyuk Practice===
It can be quite a simple practice during which we offer representations of enlightened body, speech and mind (possibly with the addition of qualities and activity), for the sake of ''tendrel'', and request the teacher to remain by reciting prayers for his long life. When done elaborately, it can include a practice called ''khandröi [[sundok]]'', or ‘[[Turn back the summons of the ḍākinīs|turning back the summons of the dakinis]]’, during which offerings are made to the [[dakini]]s of the five families in order to dispel obstacles to the life of the master.


KU  MINGYUR  DORJEI  DEN  LA  SHYUK  SU  SOL<br>
==Tenshyuk Ceremonies for [[Sogyal Rinpoche]]==
SUNG  MI  GAK  TSANG  YANG  TABUR  SUNG  DU  SOL<br>
For several years now, following the advice of [[His Holiness Sakya Trizin]], the [[About Rigpa|Rigpa]] Sangha have been performing regular tenshyuk ceremonies for Sogyal Rinpoche.
TUK  MI  YO  KADAK  CHENPOR  SHYUK  SU  SOL<br>
YÖNTEN  GYATSO TABUR  SHYUK  SOL  DEP<br>
TRINLÉ  CHOK  CHUR  GYÉPA  SHYUK  SOL  DEP<br>
DECHEN  DORJEI  NGOWOR  SHYUK  SU  SOL<br>


May your enlightened body dwell, unchanging and adamantine like the [[vajra]],<br>
*23rd July 1995, [[Lerab Ling]], led by [[Penor Rinpoche]], included Khandro [[Sundok]]
May your enlightened speech sound out, unceasing, like the voice of [[Brahma]],<br>
*18th August 1997, Lerab Ling, led by [[Orgyen Tobgyal Rinpoche]] included Khandro Sundok, based on [[Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo]]'s ''[[Sweet Droplets of Amrita from the Mouths of Siddhas]]''
May your enlightened mind rest, unmoving, within the vast primordial purity,<br>
*31st July 1998, Lerab Ling, led by Orgyen Tobgyal Rinpoche included Khandro Sundok
May your enlightened qualities remain as infinite as the ocean<br>
*2nd August 2003, Lerab Ling, led by Orgyen Tobgyal Rinpoche included Khandro Sundok
May your enlightened activity pervade throughout the [[ten directions]],<br>
*21st July 2004, Lerab Ling, led by Orgyen Tobgyal Rinpoche included Khandro Sundok
May you remain forever in the state of indestructible great bliss!<br>
*7th December 2005, Lerab Ling, led by [[Trulshik Rinpoche]]
*26th July 2006, led by [[Orgyen Tobgyal Rinpoche]], a simple tenshyuk combined with a [[Rabné]] practice
*28th August 2007, Lerab Ling, offered by students
*24th August 2008, Lerab Ling, led by Orgyen Tobgyal Rinpoche, based on [[Tseringma]] practice from [[Chokling Tersar]], included Sundok
*16th May 2009, Lerab Ling, led by Orgyen Tobgyal Rinpoche
*18th August 2010, [[Lerab Ling]], led by [[Orgyen Tobgyal Rinpoche]] during the [[Tukdrup Barché Künsel]] [[drupchen]], and included [[sundok]]
*8 August 2011, [[Lerab Ling]], led by [[Orgyen Tobgyal Rinpoche]], included [[sundok]]
*2 November 2013, [[Lerab Ling]], led by [[Orgyen Tobgyal Rinpoche]] and [[Neten Chokling Rinpoche]], included [[sundok]]
*21 September 2014, [[Lerab Ling]], led by [[Orgyen Tobgyal Rinpoche]] and [[Neten Chokling Rinpoche]], included [[sundok]]
*20 July 2015, Lerab Ling, led by Orgyen Tobgyal Rinpoche and Neten Chokling Rinpoche, included [[sundok]]
*16 August 2015, Lerab Ling, an essential tenshyuk led by Rigpa students
*20 August 2016, Lerab Ling, tenshyuk led by Rigpa students
*9 November 2016, Lerab Ling, led by Orgyen Tobgyal Rinpoche, included sundok
*15 May 2017, Lerab Ling, led by Orgyen Tobgyal Rinpoche and Neten Chokling Rinpoche, included sundok
 
==Teachings About Tenshyuk==
*[[Sogyal Rinpoche]], Haileybury, UK, 24 April 2011
*Orgyen Topgyal Rinpoche, New Delhi, 11 January 2015 [http://all-otr.org/cpn/31-advice-for-offering-a-short-tenshuk Read here]
*Orgyen Topgyal Rinpoche, Lerab Ling, 19 July 2015 [http://all-otr.org/cpn/30-sundok-and-tenshuk Read here]
 
==Further Reading==
*Cabezón, Jose, I. "Firm Feet and Long Lives: The Zhabs brtan Literature of Tibetan Buddhism" in Cabezón and Jackson, ed., ''Tibetan Literature: Studies in Genre'', Ithaca: Snow Lion, 1996
 
==Internal Links==
*[[Short Tenshyuk Prayer]]
*[[Sweet Droplets of Amrita from the Mouths of Siddhas]]


[[Category:Prayers and Practices]]
[[Category:Prayers and Practices]]
[[Category:Key Terms]]
[[Category:Long Life Practices]]

Latest revision as of 20:00, 23 May 2018

Amitayus from the private collection of Sogyal Rinpoche

Tenshyuk ([Tib. བརྟན་བཞུགས་, Wyl. brtan bzhugs) literally 'stable remaining' is a long life practice which involves making offerings to a teacher and requesting him to remain long in this world for the benefit of beings.

It can be quite a simple practice during which we offer representations of enlightened body, speech and mind (possibly with the addition of qualities and activity), for the sake of tendrel, and request the teacher to remain by reciting prayers for his long life. When done elaborately, it can include a practice called khandröi sundok, or ‘turning back the summons of the dakinis’, during which offerings are made to the dakinis of the five families in order to dispel obstacles to the life of the master.

Tenshyuk Ceremonies for Sogyal Rinpoche

For several years now, following the advice of His Holiness Sakya Trizin, the Rigpa Sangha have been performing regular tenshyuk ceremonies for Sogyal Rinpoche.

Teachings About Tenshyuk

  • Sogyal Rinpoche, Haileybury, UK, 24 April 2011
  • Orgyen Topgyal Rinpoche, New Delhi, 11 January 2015 Read here
  • Orgyen Topgyal Rinpoche, Lerab Ling, 19 July 2015 Read here

Further Reading

  • Cabezón, Jose, I. "Firm Feet and Long Lives: The Zhabs brtan Literature of Tibetan Buddhism" in Cabezón and Jackson, ed., Tibetan Literature: Studies in Genre, Ithaca: Snow Lion, 1996

Internal Links

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