Vision 3   When the great Khedrup Rinpoche was going through the scriptures which recorded all of the Buddha’s teachings called the Tipitaka or the Three Baskets, Khedrupje found out how noble and incredible his master was with the intent of liberating all sentient beings with clear and concise teachings by the creation of the Lamrim, the Stages of the Path to Enlightenment. Be it anywhere on this earth, Khedrupje thought to himself the significance and importance of Lama Tsongkhapa’s teachings for one to start one’s practice with the devotion towards one’s Spiritual Guide for it can accumulate merits of a hundred-fold. It is an obvious part of one’s spiritual journey where the training of awareness of the mind (Lojong) is concerned. From there, one progresses towards the stages of the common path (Lamrim). Finally, when one is a fit vessel of the Teachings, the highest set of teachings (Mahamudra) may be conferred and Buddhahood can be attained in this very lifetime itself. It is at this time he overcame with intense devotion, tears rolled down his cheeks as he may fervent prayers by offering the Mandala to his own Spiritual Guide, the eminent master himself, Manjunatha Lama Tsongkhapa. Lama Tsongkhapa then appeared in his youthful body of a sixteen year old Majushri seated atop a strong snow lion. He then expounded the Dharma suitable for the degenerate times and exthorted Khedrupje to spread the Teachings in particular the Tantras. “We will soon meet” ended Lama Tsongkhapa as he told the noble Khedrupje “O Blessed One, Wisdom Yidam Manjushri Buddha Through compassion you manifested as Losang Drakpa Whom you gave your whole life to the world and practiced The perfection of Giving untouched by the Eight worldly Dharmas We crown you King, O Great Jetsun Lama For you see all things as impermanence of its existence And it triggered you to hold your Vows of Moral Honour More important and sacred than the body of your life O Exalted One, none other than Manjugosha himself Throughout your life you gave most service to mankind Delighted in exerting to learn more to enhance yourself Exhibiting the tireless efforts of Joyous Effort for the many We prostrate before you, Je Rinpoche, Jewels of Jewels For you see the greatest potential in us deluded beings And in light again and again you show us our true nature By showing us Patience in guiding us to the right path O Sublime One, emanation of Prajna Manjushri Bodhisattva By collecting abundant merits and purifying all obscurations For the development of the mind and intense concentration You achieved the great ability to attain Samadhi, stable mind We enthrone you as the Universal Monarch, Sagely King Through writing and composing derived from realizations You wrote the texts with yardsticks provided by Lineage Masters Portraying your incomparable enlightened activity of Wisdom” -Praise in relations of the 6 Perfections of a Bodhisattva by Tenzin Damtsik