Comments on: Vajrasattva mantra of 100 syllables

By: Bodhipaksa

Bodhipaksa — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 19:32:58 +0000

Oh, those names are confusingly similar!

It’s not as bad as my sister, though, who had (first) a cat she called Douglas, and (second) a fiance who happened to be called Douglas.

By: Mar

Mar — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 19:26:01 +0000

Hahaha!!! Maia is actually MY daughter’s name, and I often call her Nala, which is actually our dog ;) Happily she does have a sense of humour!

By: Cherie

Cherie — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 18:50:09 +0000

I certainly did … it would play for hours on end :).

By: Bodhipaksa

Bodhipaksa — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 18:38:11 +0000

All I can say is that it wasn’t supposed to do that, so I guess you just lucked out :)

By: Cherie

Cherie — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 18:20:39 +0000

It’s the one above: “MP3 version of the mantra, chanted by Bodhipaksa
You can listen to the 100 Syllable Mantra of Vajrasattva below, chanted by Bodhipaksa.” … when I used to click the play button it would loop over and over, and that was how I learned the mantra. I guess that means I’ll just have to chant it myself now ;)

By: Bodhipaksa

Bodhipaksa — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 19:53:08 +0000

Thanks for your kind comments.

To be honest I don’t know which MP3 file that would be. I didn’t know we ever had any files looped.

By: Cherie

Cherie — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 18:02:38 +0000

I have gone back to this page many a time and am so grateful to you for this. The MP3 you chant used to loop … can you loop it again? Please :)

By: Bodhipaksa

Bodhipaksa — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 20:13:25 +0000

Hi, Rayno,

“Purifying bad karma” isn’t anything magical. It’s just another way of saying “cultivate positive states of mind (and insight), and get rid of greed, hatred, and delusion.”

All spiritual practice purifies bad karma. I’ve explained elsewhere how mantras work as a spiritual practice, but in essence when you’re chanting a mantra you’re developing mindfulness and faith, and preventing the mind from indulging in negative mental states.

By: Rayno

Rayno — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 03:48:56 +0000

Is that true this mantra can purify my bad karma? How is the process?

thanks

By: Chandra Cheung

Chandra Cheung — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 02:55:21 +0000

Dear Mr. Jones…. thanks for sharing the experience….
that information would be great….