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About Dorje Shugden => General Discussion => Topic started by: DharmaSpace on October 29, 2011, 10:14:44 AM
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Well personally I felt I had more courage to take on more work and responsibilities and my mind calmed down, and I was able to absorb information much much better.
Some people felt a sense of peace, I am sure you all have your own very stories to tell do share please thank you.
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Personally I feel conditions are more favorable for me to practice dharma. Sometimes I even consider myself lucky to get through some difficult situations. There was a time when my mum was suffering from cancer, and it worried her so much. So i introduced protector practice to her. She recovered slowly and did her prayer daily without fail even though she was a Christian! Slowly, I see her more clam, more peaceful and less worry and angry. Then she began to pick up dharma, attending classes and volunteering. Not only that, even her health is not so good, she will somehow have a good condition or help to go learn the dharma. For example, no one was free that day to drive her to the dharma class, somehow my sister would have last minute appointment canceled and able to drive my mum to the class. Slowly, I see the changes in both my mum and sis. I suppose this is how protector would manifest in different ways to help us to learn the dharma and do dharma work. These are just some examples...
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Thank you for sharing this story, do share this story around to the many people you know. So that many people know there are other avenues/alternatives to solve their worldly problems.
Dorje Shugden is the uncommon protector of Lama Tsongkhapa’s teachings on Nagarjuna’s precious philosophy of the Middle Way. Just like Lama Tsongkhapa practise that bestows long life and wisdom on its practitioners so will the practise of Dorje Shugden who protects the practitioner from the two main obstacles of dharma. The two obstacles are a short life and ignorance.
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Of course it is very clear Dorje Shugden will help all beings no matter what religion or faith they may be.
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After propitiating DS, I always feel that he is always watching over me. Life is still full of challenges but the difference is when I am at my lowest points, somehow some sort of help will miraculously come to me. I must say he had saved me many times. If not for his help, I could have made decisions that could completely change the course of my life which could have been very detrimental to my spiritual path. I am very grateful to my Guru for giving me this practice and DS for always watching out for me.
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Dorje Shugden has helped be stay on the path... yes, perhaps some will say it's merits, it's karma, it's blessings, but knowing that he is always near, knowing that he helps as long as we are sincere and wishes to be better people. Especially in a place where it's not a monastic community, Protector has been my anchor of strength. I am ever grateful to my lama for giving me this practice.
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a great thread - personal experiences, sharings and thoughts are always welcome and are the best way to connect with others.
Don't forget that this website also has a very comprehensive collection of beautiful testimonials, written by followers of the site who have received much benefit from the practice and were courageous enough to share their stories. See them all here in the "Blessed by Shugden" section of the website:
http://dorjeshugden.com/wp/?p=5072 (http://dorjeshugden.com/wp/?p=5072)
I do believe the website administrators would be happy to receive more accounts if you wished to share your stories and experiences. Remember that every personal story and experience could help someone else out there and lend a lot of inspiration, faith and hope. This could be your way to contribute to the continued growth of the website and to helping others.
Happy reading (and writing!)
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I don't have a dramatic life-threatening crisis, in which Dorje Shugden saved me. But I do recall of the few times when I was really low and I needed help, all I did was offered a black tea offering. He comes to answer my simple prayers very swiftly.
All problems, be it little problems with my job or personal relationships, he brings solutions very swiftly. Sometimes, he doesn't solve the problem for me but allow me to experience a little loss, defeat and disappointment. I always view these experiences that are meant to make me stronger and allows me to apply the little Dharma that I have learnt. I guess that is the blessings that he bestows.
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CONFIDENCE!
Dorje Shugden has given me confidence that what I am doing is correct.
I have seen consequences of a fading faith on my mind and on "my world": depression, sense of failure, sense of degeneration, rising of obstacles coming by waves, tears, friends leaving me!
Then I have experienced the opposite, how faith in Dorje Shugden makes obstacles fade away, gives me golden opportunities in both mundane and spiritual aspects, how friends arise from many places, smiles too...
This I have now experienced for long enough to have CONFIDENCE in Dorje Shugden.
Lucky are those who have this confidence immediately, for they won't have to go through experimenting obstacles as I did.
Between (a) experiencing our negative karma and obstacles and (b) ongoing a sometimes difficult spiritual journey, let's not be fooled in thinking that the first option would be more comfortable.
Let's not choose stupidity over enlightenment.
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There is a reason why In Our "Heart Jewel" Sadhana he is called our closet friend and helper he is a direct manifestation of Je Tsongkhapa appearing in a close worldly aspect, Even in this aspect certain marks and indications reveal his true nature as an enlightened protector. He has protected me like a friend I am forever greatful, he protects my benefactors as well. He manifests inseperably from my Guru and continously teaches Dharma and removes harmful conditions for this I am forever greatful. He has Gaurded and been with me like a shadow of a body and to all those who find these leaflets about him I sincerly hope they rely on him and come to find out how helpful he is...In time those with no Gurus shall find perfect teachers through relying upon this Dharma protector of Je Tsongkhapa it is inevitable.
Always helping, Always protecting this is the Great king Dorje shugdens function. Eventually everyone will come to rely on him.
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Thanks Zach W nicely put. Planting Dorje Shudgen in people's mind is planting seeds of Manjushri in them and seeds will one day sprout and they will be on their way to enlightenment! I once was in my lama's residence and I was having fever and I was shivering and I was supposeed to go there and get some work done. And then i thought to myself lama and protector are one! Wow the fever just went away like that.
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I feel DS is my closest friend who I can trust every life time. He will never fail me and has the wisdom to bring about the necessary condition for the progress of my spiritual path. I can always rely on him. My Lama has so kindly empowered DS to me and he knows best what is good for me. I am more at peace and worrisome.
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I feel my mind calmer and less worrisome as I continue to trust and surrender to our protector. Somehow, whatever obstacles that come into my life clears in ways I even cant begin to fathom or explain. Sometimes I worry myself sick over a problem which I can't seem to solve as I do not have the answers but somehow, our protector finds/shows a way and it is like a huge weight of my shoulders.
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Yes, I am more at peace and less worrisome. Some time when there was a critical moment in my life and things did not go the way I wanted but in the end it turned out to be positive. It is always some kind of purification at the beginning and towards the end the obstacle become cleared to reveal it was a blessing in disguise.
This is how we can rely on DS 100%.
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Years back I got this advise from protector and he advised me to study the lamrim its one of my life's best decisions I have ever made. Even right now as I red through the lamrim it is joyful and one finds new things that the previous time I never took notice of. Lamrim represents the truth, hence we feel good and free when our view get close to the truth.
Thank you protector!
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After I knew this protector practice, I feel very safe and secure. The important thing is everything happen around me no matter good or bad I am still can very calm and didn't feel pressure compared before I had met DS. My point here not try to convey people into this practice, but I too have very good intention to share with all of you my good experience with this precious experience.
For example, I found out my self be more alert after practice this protector practice. One day, I went to overseas for work, the second day in travel, I get trouble by local police and someone I didn't know. That day within 5 minutes two different polices stopped me for spot check. I feel like very disturbance.
So, while the second police stopped me, I quickly chanting protector mantra in my heart. The miracle happened! No more than two, three minutes the police stopped her check out and let's myself and friends go without any reason and say much. Cannot believe she is so strict before...
At there same time, I told myself wah....protector really help when I am at there situation. I feel so good at that moment:) That why I want to share!
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Special Offering Thanks to DS website!
Definitely an oasis of many offerings for newbies like myself, a resource for increasing knowledge and a precious gift that brings peace of mind in a world of so many distractions.
I have only recently found DS practice and have noticed a great deal of benefits in relation to being able to practice freely and receive support from those around me (work, family, friends).
The greatest benefit I have noted is that their is increased acceptance to my Dharma practice (open practices of course in future I pray for open practice of DS). Many years ago when I took refuge with my lama and started my practices their was definitely a degree of uncertainty and anxiety regarding my studies and change to a dharma lifestyle.
Obstacles were abound on all levels financial / personal / family / job but my faith and consistency in my Lama, Protectors and Yidams was rock solid no amount of coercion would sway my mind or my heart for dharma in any shape or form.
It is very true that a practitioner who gives his or her heart to DS practice sincerely will receive all of DS's help in return.
Just in the past year the change in my relationships with family couldn't be more different than chalk and cheese!
My mother though christian / adventist background is now open/accepting and reading various dharma books that in the past would not consider looking twice at, to having discussions about what she liked? and what she got the most out of in an open/heartfelt conversations.
In the end its the little things that really matter? not how many houses you have, how many holidays you go on but how much dharma (just a word for knowledge) that truly benefits us or the ones we love in this life and the next.
I am so happy for DS to help me share some dharma, plant some dharma seeds and prepare my Mother to make her transition to her next life a less stressful one. She was especially open to Death and Dying practices (and the experience of seeing first hand and being the one passing, and saved by Lama's advice and practices). Her faith grows day-by-day and dharma advice seems to go in faster with less resistance than before. Presently she is reading Milarepa so that's great!
So for myself my relationships are better with all those I care about? being present and appreciating the little things with awareness is what it is all about for myself.
I would rather give up my life in a heart beat than give up my DS practice and samaya to my Lama without who's advice and practice has blessed my life in so many ways to list here!
My advice to other new DS practitioners and existing DS practitioners we want to receive the blessings of DS, we want happiness, we want peace of mind, we want to practice dharma, we want to create merit and plant dharma seeds for next life, we want DS practice ban to be lifted.
DS practice is definitely a great practice that can meet all our requirements the real question is how we apply our DS practice? As an enlightened protector for generating that type of RESULT or as a mundane / samsaric requests? and that RESULT.
DS is so kind to achieve all our aims. My idea is that with this precious opportunity I will not restrict my thinking of how DS can help just me but think what is bigger than me that benefits others? and can only think to dedicating to making the dharma grow, dedicating to achieving my lama's projects! and achieving my potential and not giving up!
Much Love N Prayers
xo
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I truly believe clean samaya with our Guru, holding our vows and good motivation lead to spontaneous help and care from Dorje Shugden. This formula has been tested and experienced. No doubt about it.
Hence, I believe I have to change for the better to become a more Dharma abiding person to receive DS's grace for my temporal goals. However, ultimately it can lead to the highest goal eventually which presently I cannot fathom or has no inkling at all.
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After propitiating Dorje Shugden, I noticed that no matter how tight my cashflow is, somehow I can make ends meet every month. I believe it's Dorje Shugden's blessings.
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To me, I feel a very big difference in my mind ever since I have started practicing Dorje Shugden. The biggest change in me is that I am much more calmer now compared to the past especially when it comes to dealing with stressful situations which would usually make my mind break down and unable to function, I can easily regain focus very easily instead of still being mentally stuck on a time. My mind recovers a lot faster. It was something that I was never able to do. I felt much more calmer as opposed to before I was introduced Dorje Shugden. My mind used to feel stuck at every turn, every time when things change and there are slight changes, but it has become so much more smoother now. In the past, I felt like I did not know what to do or how to react in so many situations, but after being introduced to his practiced, I get it faster than before. There is clarity of mind now and people around me can actually feel the difference.
I also feel a stronger affinity with Nagajurna's teachings after being introduced to Dorje Shugden. If previously when I read his works, I could not understand what it was taught but after being introduced to Dorje Shugden, it seems to make so much sense. I cannot have any logical explanation for that, but it works. Also, my Guru's instructions, if before they sound hard to apply, becomes so much easier to apply after I started Dorje Shugden's practice. I cant say much about the financial situation, because that is not my main concern as I just want to practice Dharma and as long as there's enough to go around to support myself, I am fine. What made me the happiest was to experience being easier to practice the Dharma and to study it, and I am eternally grateful for Dorje Shugden's help in that aspect.
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It is always good for us to reflect the cause and effect of our lives. Write on this post of your experience with Dorje Shugden.
Personally, the ups and downs in my secular life seem to have more meaning and whether I resolve my problems or not, I know that doing my best is never in vain. Through propitiating Dorje Shugden I have a much large and deeper understanding of events in my life.
When I am in dire straits, with the knowledge that I have such a power protector, I know that bad events are not punishment and dwell in self pity, I take the courage to rectify and if things don't turn better, I know it is meant to be. A purification.
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After I propitiate Dorje Shugden, I became more calm and focus. My life became smoother and whatever I want to achieve was easier. My spiritual practice and my understanding of the dharma became easier too and I began to let go a surrender to Dorje Shugden. I became less worrisome and am a happier person now.
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Personally I felt more controlled in the sense that I'm not so angersome like how I used to be before, I'm more mindful and started to learn up I'm taking responsibilities. That's why I really do not understand why people called Lord Dorje Shugden nasty names as we wouldn't get all these good changes from a "spirit".
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I feel less worrisome and I know that my protector Dorje Shugden will help me somehow. I have strong faith in Dorje Shugden and each time a problem arises I pray to Him and then I can feel a calmness and my problems seems to be lifted.
Thank you Dorje Shugden for the protection to me and my family.
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It is wonderful to be able to answer this question. On hindsight we are able to realise how much Dorje Shugden has helped us in small, medium and big ways. On secular and spiritual aspects of our lives.
On our reflection, our faith is definitely enhanced. With our relationship with this Enlightened Protector, we are beyond doubts that He is a Buddha and not a spirit.
I was told that when Worldly Gods grant us our requests and wishes, there is always a ''pay back''. But with my experience with Dorje Shugden, He will grant us our wishes and requests only if we have the Karma or created enough merits to receive such blessings. In this way, Dorje Shugden guides us to be able to be granted our wishes and in a way earned it. So no ''pay back''. Buddhas need nothing from us except for our own good and path to enlightenment.