A Commentary on “Blessing the Speech According to the Instructions of Great Yogi Khyungpo”

Why and When to Do the Practice

Blessing the Speech According to the Instructions of Great Yogi Khyungpo^[1] is a method to make the speech perfect. According to my root guru Kyabje Trijang Rinpoche, this practice of blessing the speech multiplies the recitation of mantra ten million times. I received the oral transmission of this practice from Kyabje Kirti Tsenshab Rinpoche.

You should do the blessing of the speech and recite the daily mantras first thing in the morning before you begin to speak, even while you are still in bed. You can do the motivation The Method to Transform a Suffering Life into Happiness (Including Enlightenment) before you bless your speech, as long as you don’t recite it verbally but just think it mentally. Alternatively, you can do the motivation after you bless your speech.

[1] Great Yogi Khyungpo, or Drubchen Khyungpo (Tib. grub chen khyung po), also known as Khyungpo Neljor, a Tibetan scholar of the 11th century, was the founder of the Shangpa Kagyu tradition of Tibetan Buddhism. He received mahāmudrā teachings in India from Niguma, the wisdom mother or sister of Nāropa, and established the monastery of Zhangzhong Dorjeden in the Shang valley of Tsang, in central Tibet.