1000 Namgyalma Dharani Mantra Recitation for Khentrul Rinpoche’s Birthday

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A Collective Offering of 1,000 Recitations in Honor of Shar Khentrul Jamphel Lodrö Rinpoche

On the precious occasion of Khentrul Rinpoche’s birthday, we warmly invite all disciples, practitioners, and friends to come together in a powerful collective recitation of the Long Dharani Mantra of Namgyalma (Ushnisha Vijaya) — a practice renowned across the Buddhist world for its vast blessings of longevity, purification, and protection.

Namgyalma is the Buddha of Longevity, associated with the Ushnisha Vijaya Dharani — one of the most revered dharanis in Mahayana Buddhism. Known as the “King of Dharanis” in all six realms, her mantra is said to purify negative karma, protect from untimely death, heal disease, and illuminate the mind with clarity and merit.

Open to All

Whether or not you have received the Namgyalma empowerment, everyone is welcome to participate. Because this is a sutra-based practice, empowerment is not required — but if you have received it, this is a rare chance to deepen and renew your connection. For all participants, it is highly meritorious to approach the recitation as a sacred ritual. If you wish you can also approach this from the sutra perspective although we normally practice from the Tantric view. So if you wish you can

-Bath beforehand and wear clean clothes.
-Keep your ethical discipline pure (such as observing the Eight Precepts for the day, if possible).
-Set a clear, compassionate motivation to benefit all beings.

By creating a sacred container of outer and inner purity, your recitation becomes a living offering that carries immense transformative power.

Benefits for Rinpoche

Reciting the Namgyalma Dharani on the Guru’s birthday is one of the most meaningful offerings we can make. According to traditional sources, when we recite this powerful dharani on behalf of another, the blessings directly support their health, longevity, spiritual activity, and removal of obstacles.

For our precious Guru, Shar Khentrul Jamphel Lodrö Rinpoche, these collective recitations are a way to:

-Strengthen his life force and vitality, ensuring his long presence to continue guiding beings.
-Clear obstacles and negativities, creating harmonious conditions for his vast enlightened activity to flourish.
-Offer oceans of merit, dedicated to the fulfillment of his vision for a Golden Age of Peace and Dharma in this world.

Our shared aspiration is that through this collective practice, Rinpoche’s life may be long, stable, and continuously beneficial to countless beings.

Benefits for Practitioners

The Buddha himself proclaimed the inconceivable blessings of reciting the Namgyalma Dharani. Traditional sources such as the Ushnisha Vijaya Dharani Sutra and lineage commentaries describe that reciting the mantra 1,000 times with pure motivation brings extraordinary benefits:

Personal Benefits

–Purification of negative karma and obscurations accumulated over countless lifetimes.
–Prolongation of life and protection from untimely death and accidents.
–Freedom from illness and karmic causes of disease.
–Brilliant clarity and purity of mind, leading to joyful, harmonious states.
–Protection from lower rebirths, purifying evil paths and creating the causes for higher states and liberation.
-Even animals and beings who hear the recitation receive blessings and benefit.

Collective & Karmic Benefits

-By dedicating the recitation to Rinpoche and all beings, vast merit is generated collectively.
-The act becomes a powerful offering to the Guru and the Three Jewels, multiplying its karmic power.
-The collective merit supports the flourishing of Dzokden’s enlightened activities and contributes to the manifestation of an enlightened society.

How to Participate

-Recitation Goal: 1,000 recitations of the Long Dharani Mantra per person if possible, or contribute as many as you can to the collective total.
-Register for Unrestricted Prayers and Text to Access the Dharani: https://learn.dzokden.org/courses/unrestricted-prayers-and-texts-en
-Date: On Rinpoche’s Birthday
-Location: Online on Zoom https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9425300750?pwd=qIt4jI6b9HXoo8t8AKDEShq5Qot3Dv.1&omn=86273895841
-What to Bring: Mala,lay out your own offerings
-Submit your mantras after on the website https://dzokden.org/mantra-accumulation/

“By reciting this Dharani even once, all karmic obscurations will be purified. By reciting it 1,000 times with pure intention, the lifespan will be prolonged, diseases pacified, and the doors to lower rebirths closed.” — Ushnisha Vijaya Dharani Sutra

Zoom Information

Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9425300750?pwd=qIt4jI6b9HXoo8t8AKDEShq5Qot3Dv.1&omn=86273895841
Meeting ID: 942 530 0750
Passcode: 108108

Questions?
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