Clicking on the link for each mantra below will take you to a page where you can read about that mantra, see the figure associated with the mantra (where applicable), and listen to an audio version of the mantra.
You can chant along to the mantra until you’re confident that you have it fully memorized. There are ten repetitions of each mantra (more or less) to help give you time to learn the mantra and chant along. You can replay the mantra until you think you’ve got it.
Please note that the mantras as written on this site lack some of the diacritic marks that allow for an accurate representation of the pronunciation.
(Diacritics, or accents, are little marks that indicate how a letter should be pronounced. Pali and Sanskrit have many more letters than the Roman alphabet, and these marks allow us to extend the number of characters available to us. Diacritics include the macron — a bar over a vowel that lengthens the vowel sound — overdots, underdots, and tildes. Unfortunately not all fonts possess those diacritic marks, and although some fonts do have the full range of accents not all computers have those fonts installed. There’s therefore no reliable way to represent diacritics on the web. You therefore may sometimes see strange characters or question marks in words.)
It’s best to listen to the audio files in order to get a better appreciation of how they are pronounced (taking into account the fact that I have a Scottish accent). In the heading of each page I’ve represented long vowels with a double vowel (eg. aa) or, where it’s possible to reproduce these in html, with a letter and diacritic mark (e.g. ?).
Note: Tibetans typically pronounce some Sanskrit sounds in a non-Indian way. For example they’ll tend to pronounce “padme” (pa-dmé) as peh-mé, and “svaha” as soha. Those who are familiar with the Tibetan pronunciation will therefore notice differences such as these.
Sabbe satta sukhi hontu
Om shanti shanti shanti
Gate gate paragate parasamgate bodhi svaha
Avalokitesvara: Om Mani Padme Hum
Manjushri/Manjughosa: Om A Ra Pa Ca Na Dhih
Vajrapani: Om Vajrapani Hum
Green Tara: Om Tare Tuttare Ture Svaha
Amitabha: Om Amideva Hrih
White Tara: Om Tare Tuttare Ture Mama Ayuh Punya Jnana Pushtim Kuru Svaha
Shakyamuni: Om Muni Muni Mahamuni Shakyamuni Svaha
Padmasambhava: Om Ah Hum Vajra Guru Padma Siddhi Hum
Bhaisajyaguru (Medicine Buddha): Om Bhaishajye Bhaishajye Mahabhaishajye Bhaishajyaraje Samudgate Svaha
Vajrasattva: 100-Syllable Mantra.
By following the links you can find out the meanings, pronunciations, and benefits of the Buddhist mantras listed above.
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I would like to know a saying to read or chant to someone in a coma.
I would think the best thing would be something that is meaningful to them. If this person is or was a Buddhist, then their favorite Buddhist text. If they were not Buddhist, then perhaps a novel by their favorite author. If there's some residual consciousness present, would it not be best to present it with what it itself would find interesting and stimulating?
Dear Nick,
Ten years ago, my wife went into coma. There is very slim hope in her case after her operation. I recited the Medicine Buddha sutra, though she didn't get well, but she did open her eyes and gripped my hand and that was the last look she got. She passed away half an hour later.
Best to you and May the blessing of the Triple Gems be with this person and you and all loved ones.
Kelvin
I began spending half hr listening to the chant Om Mani Padme Hu for a few days...just over a week or so now...and the innumerable changes it has brought about already is Amazing. I listen to it on my way to work and the way back and some mornings too to keep my perpetual anger at my employees at bay...and wonders of wonders...suddenly I find myself listening to my own calm and peace...and especially the beauty of silence when surrounded by utter chaos...It all comes down to Belief I think...I went about searching for something related to the Buddha to make me accept my anger and move forward to peace and calm...found the chant in ur site and here I am....learning my baby steps to a peaceful calm mind. Thank you very much for being around...deep inside this vast world of the web...yet so close...Thank you. Peace!
Respected Bodhipaksa,
i really appreciate the way you have been helping people out of their pain.
I m a doctor ... and its just a diagnostic branch i am in. Patients do tell me at times... that just by my touch their pain was relieved. Even one of the senior surgeon had told me --- i have a healing touch!' Things are good in most part of life.
But, i lost my father when i was in school. later i got separated frm my husband. And i made a friend last year... and we promised we will be best friends forever. But somehow .. he is now gone for no reasons. I just wonder , the people i adored the most left me. and i was deprived of love & care most of the times.. even thou i gave my best to them.
Can you suggest me some divine way / chant .. so that i can regain the friendship !
It appears silly. But for me ... it is a very painful thing to realize that without any reason .. my friend suddenly dosent even feel like talking to me!
Regards.
Hello, Heeral.
Thanks for your kind words. It's good to know that what we do here is seen and appreciated.
I'm pleased to hear that you have a healing touch. I'd guess that you're a kind person, and that you express this in your physical contact with your patients.
I'm afraid I don't have any faith in mantras as "magical" instruments. I think they can give us confidence, and that they can make us calmer, and that they can help us to be kinder and more compassionate. And I believe that all these qualities can make us more attractive to other people. But I don't believe that they can directly attract people to us.
Sometimes when we say, as you did, that something happens "for no reason" we know we're not really speaking accurately. When someone acts, they act for a reason. And if this friend is not in your life, he has his reasons. So what I wonder is, can you find out what these reasons are? And if you can, can you work to get closer to him again (if his reasons allow), and can find acceptance if his reasons for not being with you are insurmountable?
This is where mantras can be helpful. They can help you find the courage to ask questions and to make contact. They can help you have the kindness not to impose on the other person if your contact is unwanted. They can help you have the patience to accept what can't be changed. But you also have to act, and to communicate.
Hello everyone
HI I JUST WANT to ask that is there a way to stop this MANtra? because my sister said that she has a mantra and she's talking to herself everyday and said that he can talk to people thru her minds and sometimes she cant sleep because of talking to the voices that she hears. pls someone who have a mantra to can explain what happen to my sister because it looks like she is crazy.
pls help me
Hi Chan.
I'm sorry to hear about this. Your sister needs urgent psychiatric help. This isn't a question about mantras, or how to stop mantras. If someone is imagining that their toaster is sending them messages you don't go to a toaster repair shop to ask them how to stop the messages. You take the person to a shrink.
I wish you and your sister well. She's seriously ill, but she can probably be helped, at least a little, with medication and therapy.
My father is missing from last 7 days. Please help me if is there any mantra which can help me find him back or any news of him? Please I need help...its so painful!
I'm sorry to hear that your father is missing. I don't think Buddhist mantras work in the way that you're hoping they do, but they can help to calm your mind and take the edge off of your anxiety. I'd recommend the Avalokiteshvara mantra to relax you. and the Vajrapani mantra for courage.
Dear Sapna,
Try reciting Avalokiteshvara mantra, it would be helpful.
Best to you.
Kelvin
have been searching for an MP3 version of the Short Mandala Offering "Sa zhi po kyi jug shing me tog tram ......... zhing la cho pa shog" and the Taking Refuge and generating Bodhicitta "Sang guya chho dang ..... gya drub par shog". Is there somewhere I can locate these two for download?
Thanks
Someone else might, Genspa, but Tibetan mantras and chants are way outside my sphere of knowledge.
Hi, I am relatively new to the mantras and I would love to know if someone could assist me in the breakdown of some mantras' meanings?
For eg, the specific meaning of the Black Tara mantra...
Om Tare Tutare Ture (this much I do know the meaning of) bade ? berthagg ? waran ? Naya ? Jo ? Soha( this meaning I do know)
Orange Tara
Om Tare Tutare Ture basi ? dari ? soha
Red Tara mantra
Om Tare, Tutare, washem ? kuru soha
I would so appreciate any help in understanding the specific meanings of the words followed by a question mark.
In fact, I have been googling for hours now in hopes of finding the sanskrit meaning of the word. This understanding would so enhance my using of the mantra.
Thank you for assisting me in this quest, sort of driving quest to find out what I am saying in the mantra prayers.