NEW MOON – UPAVASATHA Uposatha RENEWAL DAY: Shakyamuni Buddha Day! Extra Merit Day

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28 Buddhas Protection Paritta | Powerful Chant for Health, Protection & Blessings

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Why are Mantras Important in busy, modern lives? What are the 9 benefits? Who can chant them? A Complete Buddhist Practice Guide

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Vajrakilaya “Activity of All the Buddhas: Wrathful Heruka of the Karma family, Emanation of Vajrasattva

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29th Lunar: Dharma Protector Day – Removing Obstacles Day (Black Tea Day)

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8th LUNAR: SUPREME ACTIVITY DAY: Mother Tara Day, Medicine Buddha Day

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Vajrakilaya ⚡ ⚡ ⚡ is the most “cutting” of wrathful meditational Buddhas — a wrathful Heruka (‘hero’) emanation of glorious Vajrasattva Buddha, crowned by Amoghasiddhi. 🙏 🙏 🙏 🎵 His mantra (chanted in original Sanskrit), powerfully performed by 3 Gems Band is the most effective and sacred Dharma formula for cutting, and destroying the obstacles and poisons that afflict us in Samsara. (NOTE: Here we include Refuge and offerings, which are necessary for any Buddhist mantra practice.) ⚡ ⚡ ⚡ He is the “FIRST RESPONDER” of the Buddha Families. Paradoxically, and with supreme wisdom, Kyabje Garchen Rinpoche calls him the “face of great love.” This is love transformed into activities and method to help all beings. In the case of Vajrakilaya, Vajrasattva’s wrathful form, he uses irresistable force to overcome our issues. 🙏 🙏 🙏 His Holiness the Sakya Trichen explained: “Vajrakilaya’s magnitude of wisdom, extensive benevolence, and efficaciousness, ability and so forth are why this has been the main deity practice of (our) hereditary tradition. Not only that, no matter what appearance as the so-called enemy … hindrances and obstacles, there is no better approach than Vajrakilaya.” For a feature in depth on Vajrakilaya, see our Buddha Weekly full feature: https://buddhaweekly.com/vajrakilaya-vajrakumara/ Or, the linked documentary videos. 🙏 🙏 🙏 MANTRA: In Sanskrit: Oṃ vajra kīli kīlaya sarva vighnan vaṃ hūṃ phaṭ! English: (OM! O Vajra Kilaya, strike! Destroy all obstacles! VAṂ HŪṂ PHAṬ!) Tibetan: Oṃ benza kīli kīlaya sarwa bighanen bam hung pé NOTE: VAM in Sanskrit is Vajrakilaya's sacred Seed Syllable. In Tibetan this becomes BAM. Hum (Sanskrit ) is Hung in Tibetan. NOTE on NAME: Vajra Kilaya (Sanskrit) is sometimes translated as Dorje Phurba (Tibetan). Vajra = Dorje and Kila = Phurba. 🎵 🎵 🎵 MUSIC from 3Gems Band available in Music Streaming! Song Title:  Vajrakilaya Sanskrit Mantra and Puja Performed by: 3GemsBand 🎵 On SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/album/5hI9RLMiO8rXJKfXgUGyBP 🎵 APPLE MUSIC: https://music.apple.com/us/album/vajrakilaya-sanskrit-mantra-and-puja-single/1871876906 🎵 ONE HOUR PLAY on APPLE (Song Title Vajra Thunder the Kilaya Mantra 1 Hour) https://music.apple.com/us/album/vajra-thunder-the-kilaya-mantra-1-hour/1874862919    PERMISSIONS: As a Puja or GanaPuja (prostrations, offerings, mantras and dedication is generally fine, as long as you frontally generate with you prostrating to and making offerings to Vajrakilaya. 🎵 🎵 🎵 FULL Puja Lyrics Sanskrit IAST with (English translation) in brackets: Namo ratna trayāya! (Homage to the Triple Jewel!) Namo gurave mahākāruṇikāya! (Homage to the Guru, the greatly compassionate one!) Vajrakīlāya vīrāya sarvaduṣṭa vināśanāya! (To Vajrakilaya, the hero who destroys all that is corrupt!) Sarvabuddha avalokite, śaraṇaṃ te caraṇe mama. (O you who are seen by all Buddhas, I go for refuge at your feet.) Vajrakīlaya śaraṇaṃ gacchāmi! (I go for refuge in Vajrakilaya!) Buddhaṃ śaraṇaṃ gacchāmi! (I go for refuge in the Buddha!) Dharmaḿ śaraṇaṃ gacchāmi! (I go for refuge in the Dharma!) Saṅghaṃ śaraṇaṃ gacchāmi! (I go for refuge in the Sangha!) Guru-deva-yidam saṅgha, śaraṇaṃ ga cchāmi! (To the Guru, Deva, and Yidam Sangha, I go for refuge!) Sarva-buddha-bodhisattva, śaraṇaṃ ga cchāmi! (To all Buddhas and Bodhisattvas, I go for refuge!) Sarva sattvāḥ sukha bhavantu! (May all beings have happiness!) Sarva sattvāḥ duḥkha mucyantām! (May all beings be free from suffering!) Sarva sattvāḥ muditā bhavantu! (May all beings never be separated from sublime joy!) Sarva sattvāḥ upekṣāṃ labhantām! (May all beings abide in equanimity, free from attachment and aversion!) Oṃ śrī vajrakumāra sapārivāra (OM! To the glorious Vajrakumara and his entire retinue,) Arghaṃ pādyam puṣpe dhūpe ([I offer] Argham (water for drinking), Padhyam (water for feet), Puspe (flowers), Dhūpe (incense),) Āloke gandhe naivedye śabda (Āloke (lamps), Gandhe (perfume), Naivedye (food), and Śabda (music).) Pratīccha svāhā!(Please accept this offering! SVĀHĀ!) Oṃ vajra kīli kīlaya sarva vighnan vaṃ hūṃ phaṭ! (OM! O Vajra Kilaya, strike! Destroy all obstacles! VAṂ HŪṂ PHAṬ!) Yad anena kṛtaṃ puṇyaṃ, tad bhavatu śrī vajrakīlaya! (By this merit, may it become for the glory of Vajrakilaya!) Sarva sattvāḥ śāntim labhantām, sarvārtāḥ śamaya mahākāla! (May all beings attain peace; O Great Time (Mahakala), pacify all sufferings!) Vighna duḥkha mara rogāś ca, nāśayantu kīlaya vajra! (May obstacles, suffering, death, and sickness be destroyed by the Vajra Kilaya!) Bodhicitta utpādayantu, buddhatvaṃ prāpayāmy aham. (May the Bodhicitta arise, and may I attain Buddhahood!) Sarva maṅgalaṃ! (May all be auspicious!) Śāntiḥ, śāntiḥ, śāntiḥ. (Peace, peace, peace.)
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🙏The Gateway of Merit: Why Taking Refuge in the Three Jewels Matters Most 🙏Why Light Offerings & Taking Refuge Are Buddhism's Most Powerful Practice 🙏Renew Your Refuge & Precepts on Buddha Days — 10 Million times Merit (Full Chant) Taking Refuge in the Three Jewels is considered the most important — and most powerful — practice in all of Buddhism. In this 20-minute video, we explore why Refuge is the "Gateway of Merit," why light offerings appear in nearly every Buddhist ritual, and what practice to do on special merit Buddha Days. Then we recite the full Refuge and Precepts ceremony together in Pali, Sanskrit, and English. In this video: Why Taking Refuge is the foundation of every Buddhist tradition — Theravada, Mahayana, and Vajrayana The three mechanisms of merit: intention (Bodhichitta), karma (activity), and devotion Why offerings of light are the most symbolic Refuge offering How merit multiplies 10 million times (up to 100 million) on major Buddha Days and extra merit days (full moon, first quarter, new moon) The story of Angulimala: purifying even the heaviest karma through Refuge A simple step-by-step guide to renewing Refuge at home: confession, prostration, chanting, and dedication Full chants in Pali, Sanskrit, and English — chant along with subtitles! Whether you're new to Buddhism or renewing a daily practice, this video is a complete Refuge ceremony you can follow at home. As Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche said, "Devotion is the essence of the path." ⏱️ Timecodes: 00:00 Why Refuge is Buddhism's most important practice 06:48 Making an Offering 07:48 Special Merit on Major Buddha Days 08:24 Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche “Devotion is essence…” 09:18 Refuge Purifies even the Heaviest Negative Karma (Story of Angulimala) 10:14 Step-by-step: how to renew Refuge at home 11:07 How to do Prostrations 12:52 Pali recitation 14:14 Sanskrit recitation 15:38 English recitation 17:03 Dedication of merit PALI Namo tassa bhagavato arahato sammāsambuddhassa. Buddhaṃ saraṇaṃ gacchāmi. Dhammaṃ saraṇaṃ gacchāmi. Saṅghaṃ saraṇaṃ gacchāmi. Dutiyampi Buddhaṃ saraṇaṃ gacchāmi. Dutiyampi Dhammaṃ saraṇaṃ gacchāmi. Dutiyampi Saṅghaṃ saraṇaṃ gacchāmi. Tatiyampi Buddhaṃ saraṇaṃ gacchāmi. Tatiyampi Dhammaṃ saraṇaṃ gacchāmi. Tatiyampi Saṅghaṃ saraṇaṃ gacchāmi. Pāṇātipātā veramaṇī sikkhāpadaṃ samādiyāmi. Adinnādānā veramaṇī sikkhāpadaṃ samādiyāmi. Kāmesu micchācārā veramaṇī sikkhāpadaṃ samādiyāmi. Musāvādā veramaṇī sikkhāpadaṃ samādiyāmi. Surāmeraya-majja-pamādaṭṭhānā veramaṇī sikkhāpadaṃ samādiyāmi. Iminā puññena, sabba-sattānaṃ hitāya, Buddha-bhūmiṃ pāpuṇeyyaṃ. SACRED SANSKRIT Namo bhagavate arhate samyaksaṃbuddhāya. Buddhaṃ śaraṇaṃ gacchāmi. Dharmaṃ śaraṇaṃ gacchāmi. Saṅghaṃ śaraṇaṃ gacchāmi. Dvitīyampi Buddhaṃ śaraṇaṃ gacchāmi. Dvitīyampi Dharmaṃ śaraṇaṃ gacchāmi. Dvitīyampi Saṅghaṃ śaraṇaṃ gacchāmi. Tṛtīyampi Buddhaṃ śaraṇaṃ gacchāmi. Tṛtīyampi Dharmaṃ śaraṇaṃ gacchāmi. Tṛtīyampi Saṅghaṃ śaraṇaṃ gacchāmi. Prāṇātipātāt prativiratiṃ śikṣāpadaṃ samādade. Adattādānāt prativiratiṃ śikṣāpadaṃ samādade. Kāmamithyācārāt prativiratiṃ śikṣāpadaṃ samādade. Mṛṣāvādāt prativiratiṃ śikṣāpadaṃ samādade. Surā-maireya-madya-pramāda-sthānāt prativiratiṃ śikṣāpadaṃ samādade. Anena puṇyena, sarva-sattvānāṃ hitāya, buddhatvaṃ prāpnuyām. ENGLISH (Translated) Homage to the Blessed One, the Worthy One, the Perfectly Enlightened One. I take refuge in the Buddha. I take refuge in the Dharma. I take refuge in the Sangha. For the second time, I take refuge in the Buddha. For the second time, I take refuge in the Dharma. For the second time, I take refuge in the Sangha. For the third time, I take refuge in the Buddha. For the third time, I take refuge in the Dharma. For the third time, I take refuge in the Sangha. I undertake the training rule to refrain from taking life. I undertake the training rule to refrain from taking what is not given. I undertake the training rule to refrain from sexual misconduct. I undertake the training rule to refrain from false speech. I undertake the training rule to refrain from intoxicants that cause heedlessness. By this merit, for the benefit of all sentient beings, may I attain Buddhahood. DHARMA CALENDAR on BUDDHA WEEKLY (Multi Tradition): https://buddhaweekly.com/dharma-calendar/ FULL GUIDE TO TAKING REFUGE (Comprehensive) on Buddha Weekly: https://buddhaweekly.com/taking-refuge/ BUDDHA DAYS PLAYLIST on BUDDHA WEEKLY YOUTUBE (Special Buddha Days Practices): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8d71VyWOwkF5pp05T3PkCQWE1xYHdX0k BEAUTIFULLY CHANTED BUDDHA DAYS PRACTICES IN PALI and SANSKRIT on @3GemsBand : https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXseTAxtdIkdJSIp4jhJEodKuXuVjYXrI #Buddhism #TakingRefuge #ThreeJewels #Refuge #Buddha #Dharma #Sangha #BuddhaDay #Merit #LightOffering #ButterLamp #Pali #Sanskrit #BuddhistChant #Meditation #BuddhaWeekly #Theravada #Mahayana #Vajrayana #Precepts #Angulimala
Taking Refuge: Buddhism's Most Important Practice — With Pali, Sanskrit & English Chants
Why Every Buddhist Practice Begins With the Śuddha Mantra Oṃ svabhāva śuddhāḥ sarvadharmāḥ svabhāva śuddho 'haṃ. Why does almost every formal Buddhist sadhana begin with this one ancient Sanskrit chant? And why did Lama Thubten Yeshe call it the "Universal Love Mantra”? What are the 7 Benefits of this powerful mantra? In this video, we explore the Śuddha Mantra (the Purity Essence Mantra) — what it means, how to recite it, and why affirming that all phenomena are pure can settle the mind, clear obscurations, and anchor us in the present moment. We break down the Sanskrit word by word, share Lama Yeshe's teaching on adventitious stains, and look at how this ancient insight resonates with modern physics — where atoms are 99.999999% empty space, yet that space is fertile, alive, and interconnected. You don't practice to become pure. You practice from the powerful platform of your innate purity. 🎵 Listen to the companion music video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNGo2DE6N_g In this video: 00:00 Why every sadhana starts with this chant 01:00 Rethinking Purity (Ego Traps): You were never Impure01:50 The mantra and its meaning (Mantra 3 times)02:35 Mantra Meaning 02:47 Sunya Mudra 03:20 When to Chant: 7 Benefits of the Mantra 04:20 Mantra translation word-by-word 05:38 Gelek Rimpoche on the Mantra06:37 Lama Yeshe on purity (The sun behind the clouds) 07:45 How to practice with it (mudra, visualization, daily uses)08:36 Purity, emptiness, and modern physics 10:04 Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh: “Oneness, not Nothiness”11:03 Resting in Oneness and Visualization Oṃ svabhāva śuddhāḥ sarvadharmāḥ svabhāva śuddho 'haṃ. All dharmas in their own-being are pure; in my own-being I too am pure. BENEFITS Because this is, perhaps, the most powerful of all Buddhist affirmations due to it’s simple essence, its practical application in our everyday lives is vast. We chant it at the beginning of every formal meditation, sadhana, or mantra accumulation after taking Refuge to establish our pure ground. We use it to bless and purify our mala beads, vajra, bell, and altar offerings. We chant it over our food and water to purify its essence before eating. We recite it upon waking or after nightmares to ground our body and mind in tranquility. We chant it to clear negative energy in a space, a so-called haunted space. We use it to comfort a sick person. We can also use this to reassure those who are passing away, reminding their consciousness of their ultimate, unstained nature. We dedicate the merit of this presentation to the benefit of all sentient beings. #ShuddhaMantra #Buddhism #LamaYeshe #TibetanBuddhism #Emptiness #Shunyata #Meditation #Mantra #BuddhistPractice #Oneness
You Are Never Alone; You were Never Impure: The Meaning of the Śuddha Mantra. Power of Chants
Do you occasionally feel helpless or powerless to change your situation, or that of family and friends who are in trouble? Do you have difficulty sleeping, always worrying about tomorrow? Are you frightened by world events that seem beyond our control? Does life feel bleak, and frightening and you feel there is no way to change it? 🎵MANTRA: Chanted by HRISHIKESH SONAR and the BUDDHA WEEKLY BAND (Streaming Music Available on your favorite platform ARTIST: Buddha Weekly.)🎵 🙏🙏🙏 In this Quick Mantra Fix, we invite the powerful help of the10th of the 21 Taras, a Red Tara with a guided meditation, and her mantras. 🙏 Her Titles are Many as is her power to help — Śoka-vinodana-Tārā or Tara Who Dispels All Suffering — Tārā Trailokya Vijayā, Tara Victorious Over the Three Worlds As the "Activity Heroine" of Amitabha’s Padma (Lotus) Buddha Family, her warm, magnetizing sunset-red light transforms cold fear and isolation into universal compassion and deep inner resilience. 🌸 WHAT YOU WILL LEARN & PRACTICE IN THIS VIDEO: • The Buddhist psychology of helplessness and emotional kleshas • How the Padma Buddha family transforms attachment into Discriminating Wisdom • Visualization of 10th Red Tara, her Red Nectar Vessel, and protective Victory Umbrella • How to chant her sacred Sanskrit power mantra for protection against internal & external maras (obstacles) ✨ SACRED SANSKRIT POWER MANTRA: Devanagari: ॐ तारे तुत्तारे तुरे सर्व मार प्रमर्धनि स्वाहा IAST: Oṃ Tāre Tuttāre Ture Sarva Māra Pramardhani Svāhā Syllable-by-syllable with IAST: Syllable IAST Meaning ॐ Oṃ Sacred seed syllable of enlightened body, speech, and mind तारे Tāre Liberator from worldly suffering तुत्तारे Tuttāre Liberator from the 8 fears and internal poisons तुरे Ture Liberator from spiritual delusion and physical obstacles सर्व Sarva All मार Māra Maras / obstacles / harmful influences प्रमर्धनि Pramardhani Vanquisher / destroyer of स्वाहा Svāhā "May the blessings take root in my heart" WHICH in English you could translate as: "Om Homage and Praise to the Liberator from Worldly Suffering, the Liberator from 8 Fears, The Liberator from Delusions and Obstacles, the Vanquisher of all Harmful Influences (Maras). May these blessings take root in my heart." (ART CREDIT: Niels Petersen for 4-Armed Surya Gupta Red Tara) HER PRAISES: Sanskrit Text: namaḥ pramuditoddīpta mukuṭākṣipta mālini hasat prahasat tuttāre māra loka vaśaṅkari English Translation: "Homage to You, the majestic and joyful, with brilliant garlands of light around your crown. With the great clangor of laughter TUTTĀRĀ, you overpower all the worlds and the maras." SYMBOLS for VISUALIZING (Seen in the video): Sunset-Red Body of Light: Visualized not as a solid physical object, but as a vibrant, glowing body of transparent red light, glowing like a brilliant mountain setting sun. Red Nectar Vessel: Held in her hands or on a lotus, containing purifying nectar that heals emotional torment and dispels all sorrow. The Victory Umbrella / Banner: Her key protective implement. The Victory Umbrella symbolizes impenetrable spiritual protection, the magnetizing of favorable conditions, and the complete subjugation of internal and external maras (demonic forces, negative karma, and psychological hindrances). Four-Armed Form (Surya Gupta Tradition): In the detailed Surya Gupta lineage, she appears as a four-armed peaceful red deity seated on a lotus and sun disc, holding specific symbolic implements to subdue obstacles and lead practitioners into the mandala. 🔔 Don't forget to LIKE, SUBSCRIBE, and hit the BELL icon for more episodes! 🙏 Please Help Support our work: Become a Patron: https://Patreon.com/BuddhaWeekly Become a Member or Donate: https://BuddhaWeekly.com/support 🔹🔹🔹Resources / More Information: 📖 BUDDHAWEEKLY.com (1400+ in-depth Dharma features): https://buddhaweekly.com/ 📅 Dharma Calendar (covering the next 3 years): https://buddhaweekly.com/dharma-calendar/ 📄 Practice Text PDF Downloads: https://buddhaweekly.com/downloads/ 🖼️ Dharma Art Gallery Downloads: https://buddhaweekly.com/dharma-art-gallery/ 🎵 🎵 🎵 DHARMA MUSIC! 🎵 BUDDHAWEEKLY Music (YouTube): https://music.youtube.com/@BuddhaWeekly 🎵 3 GEMS BAND (YouTube): https://music.youtube.com/@3GemsBand 🎵 BUDDHA WEEKLY (Apple Music): https://music.apple.com/us/artist/buddha-weekly/1691780466 🎵 3GEMS (Apple Music): https://music.apple.com/us/artist/3gems/1831580194 #RedTara #BuddhaWeekly #QuickMantraFix #TaraMantra #Buddhism #Meditation #SanskritMantra #Mindfulness #SpiritualProtection
Quick Mantra Fix: 10th Red Tara When You Feel Powerless or Helpless Emergency Time Out
🙏 Enlightened Odyssey of Bodhisattva Hero Avalokitesvara: Adventures in the Six Poison Realms DON'T MISS THIS ODYSSEY ADVENTURE (with exciting animations or jump to chapters and scenes below if you want to visit only one of the six locations!) 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 🙏 ☠️ The Six Poison Realms — and the Bodhisattva Captain who sails us through them, pacifying the 6 Obstacles and Afflictions. Why does Buddhism talk about poison? Because the hell realms, hungry ghosts, animals, humans, demigods, and gods aren't just places on a map — they're the six poisons of your own mind: anger, greed, ignorance, desire, jealousy, and pride. And here's the twist: you don't need to be reborn to visit them. You live in all six every day. Join us on an Enlightened Odyssey — a heroic voyage through the Six Poison Realms, guided by the Captain of our ship of Enlightenment, Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva, in his six powerful forms. 🌟 FOR A FULL WRITTEN FEATURE WILL MANY SHOLARLY CITATIONS SEE OUR ORIGINAL STORY ON BUDDHAWEEKLY.com: https://buddhaweekly.com/6-avalokitesvara-heroes/ The Buddha is our Great Navigator. The Dharma is our Map. And the sacred Six Syllable Mantra — Om Mani Padme Hum — is our compass. 🛶 The Great Voyage: Buddha's Map to the Far Shore First taught by the 6th-century Tiantai patriarch Zhiyi in his Mohe Zhiguan, this ancient metaphor maps Avalokiteshvara's six forms onto the six realms of Samsara — and onto the six poisons that keep us trapped. In Vajrayana, the same teaching is called "closing the gates." Same truth, different maps. One by one, we face each poison — and watch our Captain transform to pacify it: 🔴 Poison of Anger & Hate — Naraka-loka (Hell Realm)Fire, demons, and rage. Avalokiteshvara appears in his peaceful two-armed form, his serenity cooling the flames. Seed syllable: Hum. 👻 Poison of Greed — Preta-loka (Hungry Ghost Realm)Never-satisfied ghosts with pot bellies and pin-mouths. Our Captain expands into his awe-inspiring 1000-Armed form, Sahasrabhuja āvalokiteśvara radiating golden light. Seed syllable: Me 🐾 Poison of Ignorance — Triyak-loka (Animal Realm)A wild jungle where every creature devours another. Hayagrīva, Hayagrīva āvalokiteśvara, the horse-headed form, stills the beasts with his neighing, granting mirror-like wisdom. Seed syllable: Pad 🏙️ Poison of Desire — Manushya-loka (Human Realm)Towering cities, endless cravings, no stars in the sky. The eighteen-armed Great Chundi appears, Cundī āvalokiteśvara, snatching away our attachments, granting discriminating wisdom. Seed syllable: Ni ⚔️ Poison of Jealousy — Asura-loka (Demi-God Realm)Storm-tossed seas, warring giants, envy of the gods. The eleven-headed Avalokiteshvara, Ekādaśamukha āvalokiteśvara towers over the waves, calming the Asuras with golden light. Seed syllable: Ma 🌸 Poison of Pride — Deva-loka (God Realm)Divine music, jewelled trees, a beautiful unmoving dream. Chintamani Chakra Avalokiteshvara, Cintāmaṇicakra āvalokiteśvara holds the wish-fulfilling jewel — the Om itself — dissolving even divine delusion into Space-Like Wisdom. Seed syllable Om 📖 NOTE: The six seed syllables of the Om Mani Padme Hum are the syllables of each of the six Avalokitesvaras, from Deva Realm (Om) to Asura realm (Ma), to Human Realm (Ni) to Animal realm (Pad) to Hungry Ghost realm (Me) to Naraka Loka (Hum). 🌟 The Antidote Is the Journey 📖 Chapters: 00:00 — The Six Poisons: Why Buddhism Talks About Poison 00:50 — Buddha the Great Navigator, Dharma the Map 01:18 — Avalokiteshvara: Captain of the Ship of Enlightenment 02:02 — Om Mani Padme Hum: The Six Gates, The Six Poisons 02:50 — Zhiyi's Mohe Zhiguan & The Six Kannon Tradition 04:05 — Poison #1: Anger — Naraka-loka (Hell Realm) 06:16 — Poison #2: Greed — Preta-loka (Hungry Ghosts) 07:36 — Poison #3: Ignorance — Triyak-loka (Animal Realm) 09:01 — Poison #4: Desire — Manushya-loka (Human Realm) 10:21 — Poison #5: Jealousy — Asura-loka (Demi-God Realm) 11:23 — Poison #6: Pride — Deva-loka (God Realm) 13:43 — Return to the Center: The Antidote Was the Journey 14:08 — Becoming the Captain: The Bodhisattva's New Odyssey 14:49 — Dedication of Merit 🙏 Support Our Spread the Dharma Mission: buddhaweekly.com/support patreon.com/BuddhaWeekly #Buddhism #Avalokiteshvara #OmManiPadmeHum #SixRealms #SixPoisons #Kleshas #Bodhisattva #BuddhaWeekly #Enlightenment #Mahayana #Vajrayana #Guanyin #Kannon #Dharma #Meditation #Compassion #Samsara #EnlightenedOdyssey
6 Avalokitesvara Heroes Overcoming 6 Poisons withOm Ma Ni Pad Me Hum: Enlightened Odyssey
Hrishikesh Sonar and the Buddha Weekly Band offer a new single from their coming album: Chintamani Chakra Dharani in Sanskrit. This Dharani is famous for 🔥🔥🔥 Eliminating illness, poverty, disease, and bad karma -- one of the six forms of the Lord of Compassion who directly helps us in the Samsaric realms. ✅ Benefits: This mantra is the wish-fulfilling jewel. “It can benefit all sentient beings and achieve success in all their wishes." 🙏🙏🙏Chintamani Chakra Avalokiteshvara is s special Sutra practice that arises from the vast compassion and love (karuna and metta) of the Great Lord of the World Lokeshvara, also known as Avalokiteshvara, Guanyin, Chenrezig and by 108 other names. 🙏 His forms, names and mantras are as vast as his endless, boundless compassion: male, female, 2 armed, 4 armed, 1000-armed, peaceful, wrathful and many others. In his wish-fulfillihng form, we usually visualize him with the Dharma Wheel as the Wish-Fulfilling Chakra (wheel), often with six arms, standing or sitting, in repose or leaping to our aid. His activities are vast and endless, as the Dharma Hero of love and compassion. ✅ PERMISSIONS: Anyone may benefit from this Dharani. As a Kriya Sutra practice there are benefits in hearing and benefits in chanting or speaking. There are additional benefits if you visualize him in front of you with yourself making offerings to the Lord of the World. Credits: Buddha Weekly Band Lead Singer and Songriter: Hrishikesh Sonar 🎵🎵🎵 SONG available for streaming on most music services including Apple Music, ITunes, Spotify and many others, under Buddha Weekly Band , song title: “Chintamani Chakra Dharani”🎵🎵🎵 IN SANSKRIT Namo ratnatrayāya nama āryāvalokiteśvarāya bodhisattvāya mahāsattvāya mahākaruṇikāya Tadyathā Oṃ cakravarti cintāmaṇi mahāpadme ru ru tiṣṭha jvala ākarṣāya hūṃ phat ̣svāhā Sanskrit Translation "Namo ratnatrayāya nama āryāvalokiteśvarāya bodhisattvāya mahāsattvāya mahākaruṇikāya": This part means "I bow to the Three Jewels, I bow to the noble Avalokiteśvara, the great Bodhisattva, the great compassionate one".  नमो रत्नत्रयाय नम आर्यावलोकितेश्वराय बोधिसत्त्वाय महासत्त्वाय महाकारुणिकाय । तद्यथा । ॐ चक्रवर्ति चिन्तामणि महापद्मे रुरु तिष्ठ ज्वल आकर्षाय हूं फट् स्वाहा ॥ 🔔 Don't forget to LIKE, SUBSCRIBE, and hit the BELL icon for more episodes! 🙏 Support our work: Become a Patron: https://Patreon.com/BuddhaWeekly Become a Member or Donate: https://BuddhaWeekly.com/support 🔹🔹🔹Resources / More Information: 📖 BUDDHAWEEKLY.com (1400+ in-depth Dharma features): https://buddhaweekly.com/ 📅 Dharma Calendar (covering the next 3 years): https://buddhaweekly.com/dharma-calendar/ 📄 Practice Text PDF Downloads: https://buddhaweekly.com/downloads/ 🖼️ Dharma Art Gallery Downloads: https://buddhaweekly.com/dharma-art-gallery/ 🎵 🎵 🎵 DHARMA MUSIC! 🎵 BUDDHAWEEKLY Music (YouTube): https://music.youtube.com/@BuddhaWeekly 🎵 3 GEMS BAND (YouTube): https://music.youtube.com/@3GemsBand 🎵 BUDDHA WEEKLY (Apple Music): https://music.apple.com/us/artist/buddha-weekly/1691780466 🎵 3GEMS (Apple Music): https://music.apple.com/us/artist/3gems/1831580194 🎵 BUDDHAWEEKLY (Spotify): https://open.spotify.com/artist/1Rk3pOFGwxJFhjnOhZyHWx 🎵 3GEMS (Spotify): https://open.spotify.com/artist/0F5bWufjymJEwYQKHkM507 🎬 3GEMS YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@3GemsBand 📱 📱 📱 DHARMA PODCASTS 📱 Find BuddhaCast on your favorite podcast streamer, or see our Podcast page on 🔹Buddha Weekly: https://buddhaweekly.com/podcast/ 🔹BUZZSPROUT: https://buddhacast.buzzsprout.com/2638338 🔹APPLE PODCASTS https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/buddha-cast-demystifying-buddhism/id6802120251 🔹SPOTIFY PODCASTS: https://open.spotify.com/show/0348mLZ89U6xf8AX5WR7wn 🔹AMAZON MUSIC: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/d8ef2dc0-a6f0-4dcf-9a8a-13fb78029330/buddha-cast---demystifying-buddhism 🔹YOUTUBE PODCAST PLAYLIST: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfMQ2b3bBk48
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🙏🙏🙏 Key Takeaway: The grief attack is not a system failure. It is the murky, beautiful, painful reality of love persisting through transformation. The wave will pass, but the connection remains, if we remain anchored. In this episode we discuss these anchors. This is available now as audio podcast (below) and will be available as a Video Podcast in the near future. Available in video now for Supporting Members or on Patreon.com/BuddhaWeekly 📱 📱 📱 DHARMA PODCASTS Buddha Cast 📱 Find BuddhaCast on your favorite podcast streamer, or see our Podcast page on 🔹Buddha Weekly: https://buddhaweekly.com/podcast/ 🔹BUZZSPROUT: https://buddhacast.buzzsprout.com/2638338 🔹APPLE PODCASTS https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/buddha-cast-demystifying-buddhism/id6802120251 🔹SPOTIFY PODCASTS: https://open.spotify.com/show/0348mLZ89U6xf8AX5WR7wn ✨✨✨Is This Episode Right for You? Is this podcast for you? Yes, if you: 🌿 Have experienced a panic attack triggered by grief, loss, or the fear of loss 🌿 Are supporting someone who is dying or grieving 🌿 Have lost a beloved pet and feel disenfranchised in your grief 🌿 Want both biological tools (breath, vagus nerve) and philosophical frameworks (emptiness, non-fabrication, transformation) 🌿 Are curious how 8th-century Tibetan wisdom and modern palliative care converge on the same practical advice 🌿 Appreciate a blend of neuroscience, Buddhist psychology, and heart-centered storytelling 💬 Maybe skip if you: Are looking for a short, surface-level overview (this is nearly 50 minutes, quite in-depth) Prefer purely secular content without Buddhist framework (though the episode explicitly addresses secular listeners) ✅  ALWAYS SEEK PROFESSIONAL HELP FOR SERIOUS ISSUES 📚 FOR a FULL TRANSCRIPT and CITATIONS to the 17 Sources mentioned in this Video Podcast, see the complete feature on Buddha Weekly: https://buddhaweekly.com/surviving-grief/ 🙏 Support Our Dharma Mission:Donate https://buddhaweekly.com/donor/   | Patreon https://www.patreon.com/c/BuddhaWeekly | Become a Supporting member: https://buddhaweekly.com/support/ ⚡Top Points for Listeners A grief attack is a full-body nervous system event — not just sadness. It mimics the physical process of dying: crushing chest pressure, dry mouth, cold sweats, gasping breath. The body believes it is dying because the mind believes it is dying. ✅ The pain is real, but the permanence is an illusion. Like a phantom limb, the agony is 100% real, but the source is empty. The panic is not your identity — it is an impermanent weather pattern caused by attachment (raga) and aversion (dvesha). ✅ Don’t feed the innate demon. The initial wave is unavoidable, but the secondary reaction — I’m going to die, this will never end, I can’t survive this — is optional. ✅ Three anchors for the acute phase (from Guru Rinpoche): Body: Drop your shoulders, unclench your hands. Short-circuit the biofeedback loop. Speech: Stop talking. Rest like a mute. Cut off the verbal fuel. Mind: Refuse to fabricate future storylines. Stay in the current millisecond. ✅ One breath is enough. The Maranasati Sutta says the truly heedful person lives within the interval of a single in-breath or out-breath. You don’t have to survive the rest of your life without them — just this one breath. This plunges you into the “deathless” present, where time — and therefore grief — cannot exist. ✅ Slow the breath to hack the mind. Deep, slow exhaling stimulates the vagus nerve, activating the parasympathetic nervous system and chemically signaling the fight-or-flight response to stand down. You are not alone. Kisagotami’s story reveals that every house has known death. Your grief is not a unique curse — it is the shared burden of all humanity. This realization breaks the isolation. ✅ A cloud never dies. Thich Nhat Hanh’s teaching: matter and energy cannot be destroyed, only transformed. You aren’t grieving your loved one’s destruction — you’re grieving their transformation. ✅ Eat the poison (metaphorically). The peacock transmutes venom into radiant feathers. Acceptance rather than aversion transmutes your personal agony into deep universal compassion. The grief doesn’t disappear — it becomes purpose. ✅ Ritual replaces helplessness with love in motion. Whether guiding words, gentle touch, or chanted mantra, devotional practices give the grieving person a focal point of supreme compassion — a final, beautiful, actionable gift to the dying. ✅ Einstein’s comfort: The distinction between past, present, and future is a stubbornly persistent illusion. Your loved one is woven permanently into the fabric of the cosmos — and into your very being. The separation you feel is just the mind struggling to comprehend the scale of transformation. The wave will pass. The connection remains. Keep breathing.
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When fear strikes — when the flames are real or the panic is real, but internal — call out to Mother Tara. She moves at the speed of wind and thought. She answers instantly. PUBLISHED ON FULL HARVEST MOON, one of TARA's very special days! (Tara's two extra merit days are the 8th lunar and full moon). In this short Emergency Mantra Dharani Time-Out, we explore the ancient rescue stories of Green Tara — the Bodhisattva who leaps to protect anyone who calls her name in faith. From a family trapped in fire to a ship lost in storm, Tara's miraculous interventions are vivid psychological blueprints for transforming our own inner poisons: anger, pride, envy, attachment, and paralyzing anxiety. In this video: ✅ The 16 rescue stories of Tara — and what they mean for YOUR mind ✅ How Green Tara acts as a "somatic reset button" for fight-or-flight panic ✅ A guided visualization with Tara's emerald light to dissolve fear ✅ "Tara's Own Promise Dharani Mantra" — her immortal vow to protect all who call on her You are safe. You are protected. You are held in the loving sanctuary of Mother Tara 🎧 Stay for the special musical performance of Tārā's Own Promise Dharani by 3 Gems Band. 📖 READ THE FULL ARTICLE and TRANSCRIPT on Green Tara, the Windy Rescuer, with complete transcript, citations, and resources:👉 https://buddhaweekly.com/?p=30695 📚 FEATURED SOURCES:• "18 Stories of Tara" — from Tara in the Palm of Your Hand by H.E. Zasep Tulku Rinpoche• THE FULL COLOR BOOK IS AVAILABLE ON AMAZON in hardcover, paperback and ebook* https://link.amazon/B01Kmw7c8 Tara's Own Promise Dharani ✨In the Sutra, the benefits are explained: “By merely recalling this dhāraṇī, all dangers will be eliminated, all accomplishments attained, and all sentient beings brought under control.” It is said that on the 8th or 15th day of the moon (full moon), or daily, if one makes offerings and recites this, Tārā will grant whatever you desire. 🛡️ DHARANI in IAST Sanskrit: tadyathā oṁ tāre tārāyai hūṁ hūṁ hūṁ samaya­sthite bhara bhara sarvābharaṇa­vibhūṣite padme padme mahā­padmāsana­sthite hasa hasa trailokyavarade sarva­deva­dānava­pūjite smarāhi bhagavati tāre smarāhi bhagavatas tathāgatasya purataḥ samayaṃ dhara dhara mahā­sattvāvalokite maṇi­kanaka­vicitrābharaṇe oṁ vilokāya mama sarva bhagavati tāre hrīṁ hrīṁ hrīṁ phaṭ svāhā MORE Sources Tara Protects Us from the Eight Great External Dangers and Eight Internal Obstacles" • "Tara the Windy Liberator: Green Tara Functions Throughout Our World"• Garchen Rinpoche's biographical accounts of Tara's eight life-saving rescues 20 Minute film celebrating his 90th Birhtday: youtube.com/watch?v=CtV6Av2HF0A&feature=youtu.be • Lotus Sutra, Chapter 25: Avalokiteshvara's Universal Gate 🎵 FEATURED CHANT:"Tara's Own Promise Dharani (Tārāsvapratijñādhāraṇī)" — 3 Gems Band — Music Video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HpbDvo_PW8 🔔 SUBSCRIBE for more Emergency Buddhist Mantra Time-Outs — short sanctuary practices for when life feels heavy, overwhelming, or unsafe. 🌐 CONNECT WITH BUDDHA WEEKLY:• Website: https://BuddhaWeekly.com• YouTube: https://YouTube.com/@BuddhaWeekly #GreenTara #TaraMantra #BuddhistMantra #EmergencyMantra #FearRelief #AnxietyHelp #TaraDharani #BuddhaWeekly #MantraTimeOut #ProtectionMantra #TibetanBuddhism #Vajrayana #MotherTara #WindyLiberator
Danger & Fear: Emergency Buddhist Protection Mantra Time Out! Instant Safety with Green Tara
Welcome to another Buddha Weekly Emergency Mantra Time-Out—your short, emergency sanctuary when life feels heavy, overwhelming, or unsafe. Feeling Drained? Paranoia? Bad Luck? Do you feel like you are under attack by "black magic," curses, or the hostile intentions of others? Whether you view this as an external spell or a heavy psychological obstruction (a storm of paranoia and dread), the suffering is real. It leaves you feeling isolated and waiting for the other shoe to drop. In this emergency time-out, we turn to the ultimate protection: Black Tara (Vadi Pramardani Tara) . We also discuss other options, including the Parittas and Sitatapatra practices. 🛡️ Who is Black Tara? She is the 7th of the 21 Taras, known as "Tara Who Crushes Adversaries." But as an enlightened Bodhisattva, she does not kill or create bad karma. Like a fierce mother elephant protecting her calf, she destroys the causes of black magic—the anger, jealousy, and ignorance in the mind of the harm-doer—and neutralizes their negative energy. She simultaneously purifies the fear and self-doubt within your own mindstream. 🧠 The Psychology of Protection As the 11th-century yogini Machig Labdron taught: "As long as there is an ego, there are demons." A curse gains power when our fear gives it permission to take root. By visualizing Black Tara—a Jungian "shadow" empowered for good—we shatter paranoia and reclaim our personal power. 🙏 The Ultimate Refuge Regardless of the form we visualize, our true refuge is the Three Jewels: Buddha: The Enlightened form (Black Tara) we visualize. Dharma: The sacred mantra we chant. Sangha: Our connection to all sentient beings. Against the Triple Gem, no evil or obstacle can prevail. ✨ What You Will Experience in This Video: Guidance: Understanding how Buddhism meets the fear of black magic without judgment. Visualization: A guided meditation on the radiant, dark-blue light of Black Tara. The Mantra: Chanting the potent Sanskrit mantra for dissolving curses, with Hrishikesh Sonar and the Buddha Weekly Band. The Shield: Visualizing an impenetrable sphere of wisdom fire that consumes all negativity before it reaches you. 🎵 Black Tara MANTA: oṃ tāre tuttāre ture sarva vidyā avarṇā ye bhye phaṭ svahā ओं तारे तुत्तारे तुरे सर्व विद्या अवर्णा ये भ्ये फट स्वहा ॥ 🎵 The Mantra Translation: "Homage to Tara, the saviouress from suffering and fear, whose wisdom cuts and transforms, dissolves or eliminates every obstacle, curse, and negativity." ⏱️ Timecodes: 0:00 – Introduction: Facing the Fear of Black Magic 2:22 – How Buddhism Views Curses & Psychic Attack 3:42 – Black Tara: The Undefeatable Protector 4:48 – The Psychology of Demons & The Ego 6:31 - True Refuge and Protection: the Three Jewels 8:07 – Guided Visualization: The Blue Light of Protection 12:15 – Chanting the Mantra (Hrishikesh Sonar with Buddha Weekly Band) 💡 Benefits of This Practice: Dissolves Fear: Calms the "storm of paranoia" and unexplained dread. Energetic Cleansing: Visualizing the blue light purifies negative imprints and bad karma. Restores Boundaries: Provides a powerful archetype to shatter psychological vulnerability. Connects to Sangha: Reminds you that you are not alone; you are connected to the life force of the Universe. 👤 Who Is This For? Anyone feeling drained, isolated, or targeted by negativity. Those experiencing "bad luck" or spiritual obstructions. Practitioners seeking a swift, wrathful protection practice. Anyone needing an "emergency" spiritual reset. CREDITS: Illustrations by V.V. Sapar, Niels Petersen, Lasha Mutual, and Thangkha Nepal. Thank you! Songwriter and Lead Singer: Hrishikesh Sonar Band: Buddha Weekly Band Available on your Favorte Music Streaming Platform under Band “Buddha Weekly Band” in our Album “Mantra Collection 2” track 10: APPLE MUSIC: https://music.apple.com/us/album/mantra-collection-2/1694199097 SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/album/52QhLfHssEBGYLiZSmbhhP ⚠️ Important Caution: While spiritual practice can provide immense comfort and psychological resilience, please always seek the help of qualified professionals (medical, first-responders, psychological, or legal) if you are in danger, experiencing severe mental health crises, or facing physical threats. Buddhism encourages taking practical refuge in the world as well as the spirit. 🙏 Dedication: We dedicate the merit of this practice: May all negative energies, curses, and ill-will in the world be pacified. May all sentient beings be free from fear, free from harm, and abide in permanent peace and protection. Svaha! #BlackTara #Mantra #Protection #Buddhism #BlackMagic #PsychicAttack #Meditation #BuddhaWeekly #Tara #Curses #Spirituality #Healing
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🙏 BEAUTIFUL PALI CHANTING of the Aṭṭhavīsati Paritta Sutta We are deeply moved to share with you our new song devotional Pali Paritta Sutta: the Aṭṭhavīsati Paritta 28 Buddhas Protection Sutta. BENEFITS FROM SUTTA: Protection, Health, Blessings, Auspiciousness, Protection While Sleeping, Longevity. This is not just a Sutta and Paritta chant; it is a profound journey through time, invoking the boundless compassion and protective power of the twenty-eight Buddhas—from Taṇhaṅkara, the first of this era, to our own Gotama the Buddha. ✨ The Power of the 28 Buddhas ✨ Chanting the names and virtues of the 28 Buddhas is a sacred practice in Theravada Buddhism as well as Mahayana traditions. It is believed to generate immense merit and invite powerful blessings into one's life. By reciting this Paritta with a pure heart, we connect with the accumulated wisdom, virtue, and loving-kindness of all these enlightened beings. 🎵 TO CHANT ALONG - Turn on Subtitles and choose your language, or refer to our feature on Buddha Weekly with the full lyrics and translation: https://buddhaweekly.com/28-buddhas-paritta/ 🎵 🎵 🎵 MUSIC available on Streaming services: “Atthavisati 28 Buddhas Protection Paritta” 3Gems Band DistroKid UPC: 700132803790 Available soon on Spotify, Appl e Music, ITunes, Youtube Music, Amazon Music, and dozens of others. 🎵 💫 Benefits of This Paritta 💫 As stated in the sutta itself, the benefits of chanting and listening (hearing and speaking benefits) to this protection paritta with devotion are profound: 🙏Protection from Calamities: "May all calamities be avoided." 🙏Healing and Health: "May any illness be destroyed." 🙏Freedom from Danger: "May there be no dangers for you." 🙏Longevity: "May you live long." 🙏Good Fortune: "May all good fortune come your way." 🙏Divine Protection: "May all the deities protect you." 🙏Ultimate Well-Being: "By all the power of the Buddha, may you always enjoy well-being!” This chant is a powerful tool for: Daily Protection: Start or end your day with these powerful blessings. Healing: Play it for yourself or loved ones who are unwell. Peace of Mind: Let the soothing Pali verses calm your mind and dispel fear. Spiritual Connection: Deepen your connection to the Buddha, Dhamma, and Saṅgha. 🎵 In This Song 🎵 Our full choral chanting by 3Gems Band features: -The full Pali lyrics of the 28 Buddhas Protection Paritta. -Clear, easy-to-follow on-screen text with English translations. -A serene and devotional melody 🙏 Join Us in Chanting We invite you to listen, chant along, and share this blessing with your family and friends. May the sacred sound of this Paritta bring you peace, health, and happiness. If you feel moved by this chant, please: 👍 Like this video to help spread the blessings.💬 Comment below with your intentions or experiences. 🔔 Subscribe to our channel for more Dhamma songs and chants. 📤 Share this video with anyone who could benefit from its protective power. May all beings be happy, healthy, and protected! Sadhu! Sadhu! Sadhu! #28Buddhas #ProtectionParitta #BuddhistChant #Dhamma #Paritta #HealingChant #BuddhistMusic #Meditation #Blessings #Theravada #PaliChant
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🎵 NEW RELEASE: Āḷavaka Sutta Paritta — Our 20-Minute Sutta Opera 🎵 (FULL LYRICS 🎵 with ENGLISH in the FULL FEATURE HERE, on Buddha Weekly: https://buddhaweekly.com/alavaka-sutta/ Dhamma Friends, we're thrilled to share our most ambitious chant yet: the Discourse to Āḷavaka the Demon, in a full dramatic sutta opera in the traditional Paritta tradition. This is the famous daily chant for protection and overcoming fear — the story of the Buddha's fearless encounter with the fearsome forest spirit Āḷavaka, who torments him with repeated demands, threatens to drive him insane and explode his heart… and is ultimately transformed through non-violence and wisdom, not force. "Hatred is not overcome by hatred; by non-hatred is it overcome." ✨ In this 20-minute sutta opera you'll hear: The complete essence of the Āḷavaka Sutta (lightly condensed for length.) The Full Sutta is in the feature linked with the full lyrics on Buddha Weekly: https://buddhaweekly.com/alavaka-sutta/ Pali chanting with English translation throughout, with a dramatic musical exchange between Buddha and the Yakkha Alavaka! 🛡️ Traditionally chanted for: • Protection from harm • Overcoming fear • Healing • Conflict resolution • Removing hauntings • Transforming bullies into protectors 📖 Full lyrics & detailed description (with the complete Pali + English text) are linked in the description below — perfect for chanting along. 🙏 May this merit be a condition for Nibbāna. Sādhu! Sādhu! Sādhu!
Āḷavaka Sutta Paritta Chanted — Our 20-Minute Dhamma Sutta Opera Chant away fear & danger
One mantra to Purify All. 🙏 #suddhamantra #sunyatamantra Here chanted in our official @3GemsBand music video 💎💎💎 The Suddha Purity Mantra is a Universal Purification mantra used in all Mahayana streams of practice. It is the ground of every sadhana, the blessing before every practice, the "Universal Love" mantra 🙏🙏🙏 Lama Yeshe 🙏🙏🙏 called it. And now it has five musical faces. It is used to purify malas, statues, our cushion for sitting, our home, ourself, others, the sick, unhealthy environments. Why so powerful? It is the UNIVERSAL LOVE ONENESS PURITY mantra: oṃ svabhāva śuddhāḥ sarvadharmāḥ svabhāva śuddho ‘haṃ ॐ स्वभाव शुद्धाः सर्वधर्माः स्वभाव शुद्धोऽहम् This translates as — All Dharmas are Pure. Pure is what I am. FULL FEATURE with teachings from Lama Yeshe and full translation on BuddhaWeekly.com here: https://buddhaweekly.com/suddha-purity-mantra/ This mantra is so universal, it is a part of every formal Sadhana and Puja of most teaching lineages. No permission is required to listen or to chant and meditate on the profound power of Oneness and Purit. The mantra's essence can be summed up in three affirmations: All things are pure in their fundamental nature. (The universal truth of these words.) I am not separate from that purity. (The personal understanding of these words) Therefore all beings are pure, and I am one with them. (The compassionate conclusion that manifests as Purity and Oneness.) This is why it can be used anywhere, anytime, and for any practice — waking, sleeping, before practice, after nightmares, to bless objects, to pacify places, to accompany the dying. It is not a ritual formula but a portable realization: a reminder that wherever we are, whatever we face, the ground of reality is purity, and we are never outside of it. FIVE VERSIONS? Yes, we did five versions in our mini album. This music video is only one of these. This version is dedicated to the Karma Activity Buddha Family and the All-Accomplishing Wisdom of the Karma family of Amoghasiddhi and Tara. But it can be used in any activity. Since it’s the same mantra as the other four in this series, this is a universal mantra of purification. We’ll explain… Here's the story: as we sat with the Śuddha Mantra— the Purity Mantra, the "Universal Love" mantra that begins every Buddhist practice — the band couldn’t agree on the right melodic approach. Then, we realized, because of the universal use of this vastly profound and important mantra, that you can chant and meditate on this mantra in many ways for many practices: energetic, peaceful, enriching, exciting and wrathful, and active. We understood that the same sacred syllables, the same melodic heart, could meet practitioners exactly where they are in whatever practice they focus on. So we recorded five distinct versions, each carrying its own tone, its own "persona," its own way of opening the heart, but unified by a melodic thread. These mirror the main practice approaches of the five Buddha Families, and the Five Wisdoms overcoming the Five Poisons. The same mantra can be pacifying, magnetizing, enriching, subduing and active, since this mantra contains the universal truth of “Oneness.” So, we ended on five melodic versions that make us think of the Five Buddhas, the Five Wisdoms, the Five Poisons to be Overcome, and the Five core methods of practice; pacifying, empowering, enriching, supressing and activity. It’s a bit of a unique experiment but we enjoyed exploring it! We hope you will too! In future we’ll do more videos for each version, but the mini album is widely available (or will be, it’s still rolling out) on music streaming services under the title “5 Suddha Purity Mantras” by 3Gems Band: 🎶 On SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/album/06YElOaKXXhzH1Y0W8X5HJ 🎶 On APPLE MUSIC: https://music.apple.com/us/album/5-suddha-purity-mantras-ep/6825169072 🎶 Each version holds 27 recitations, unified by one overarching musical theme — yet each embodies a different Buddha family energy: 🪷 Śuddha Purity Mantra Padma — magnetizing, Padma family style ⚡ Śuddha Purity Mantra Vajra — the "Vajra" tone; slightly wrathful, not over the top, Vajra family style 💎 Śuddha Purity Mantra Ratna — enriching, Ratna family practices 🧘 Śuddha Purity Mantra Buddha — pacifying, serene, Buddha family🌬️ Śuddha Purity Mantra Karma — Karma family The Śuddha Mantra reminds us that all dharmas are pure in their own-being — and we are pure in ours. Five tones. One purity. One love. 🙏 #3GemsBand #PurityMantra #Sanskrit Mantra #UniversalLoveMantra #BuddhistMusic #MantraMusic #BuddhaWeekly #FiveBuddhas #OneMantra #BuddhistChant #Buddhistmantra
Śuddha Purity Mantras in Sanskrit, Karma Activity of Universal Love Oneness: 3 Gems Band
This long "sleep" play PROTECTION MANTRA of Tara is traditionally chanted to relax your mind for sleep and request the protection of the 21 Taras. Here, @3GemsBand chants the Seed Syllables of all 21 Taras in the Surya Gupta Lineage teachings in gentle, relaxing tones. These syllables are each the essence of the 21 Taras and their longer mantras. IMPORTANT NOTE: We have asked for ads to be removed from the middle of this video, but our music distributor hasn't replied, so unfortunately, for now, there may be ads in the middle. Bookmark for sleep meditation later -- the ads should be removed within a week. ANOTHER NOTE: We normally add chant-along subtitles. On this video we opted not to, since chanting along makes sleep meditation difficult. For sleep meditation, simply listen to Tara's seed syllables. To see what they are, refer to the description below. Thank you. @3GemsBand This long play, serene sleep meditation music is meant for play before or during sleep. This version is 2 hours. A longer play may be available in future. AVAILABLE ON MUSIC STREAMING. TITLE: Sacred 21 Taras Sleep Protection and Meditation Artists: 3GemsBand SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/album/5CimlYXWEJzU8kskPMmSqK APPLE MUSIC: https://music.apple.com/us/album/sacred-21-taras-sleep-protection-and-meditation-ep/6768496467 The 21 Tara mothers surround and protect you with their sacred sound, protecting your sleep and helping you sleep. The syllables are grouped in Four Verses: 🌀The Grounding 🛡️ The Protection 🙏 The Bliss ✨ The Light. We chant: all 21 sacred seed syllables with gentle music representing the 21 Tara Mothers, their 21 Activities and Protections — chanted in serene, soothing harmony by 3Gems Band. This isn’t just relaxing. It’s sleep yoga. It's protective. It's purifying. Close your eyes. Listen. Let the 21 bija syllables purify your mind, protect your dreams, and guide you into deep, peaceful sleep. As you listen your ear gateway is protected from all the dangers and you’re wrapped in a Dharma Mandala of protection. These are traditionally chanted in several groupings. 🌀First is the CALMING and GROUNDING syllables: OM — TĀṂ — RE — TUTĀ — TĀ 🛡️SECOND are the PURIFYING and PROTECTING seed syllables: RE — TU — TU — TĀṂ — TĀṂ 🙏THIRD is the BLISS or the DEEPENING — in Buddhism called “expansion and bliss" - the relaxing tones -- which are: HĀ — AH — AH-TĀ — NI — NI — A ✨ FOURTH is LIGHT or the TRANSCENDANCE, or Merging with the Light of Tara, which are: SHĀ — KE — ZA — TSE — PHE The core seed syllable of all Taras is TĀṂ. 21 Tara Seed Syllables (Surya Gupta Lineage) 1 Heroic/Swift OṂ 2 Peaceful/Healing TĀṂ (White) 3 Increasing Merit RE (Yellow) 4 Victory/Long Life TUTĀ 5 Subjugating TĀ 6 Purifying RE (Red) 7 Destroying Adversaries TU (Black) 8 Defeating Demons TU (Ruby-Black) 9 General Protection TĀṂ (Green) 10 Power/Magnetizing TĀṂ (Red) 11 Eliminating Poverty HĀ (Black) 12 Auspiciousness AH 13 Removing Obstacles AH-TĀ 14 Wrathful Subjugation NI 15 Ultimate Peace NI 16 Destroying Attachment A 17 Shaking the Three Worlds SHĀ 18 Neutralizing Poison KE 19 Dispelling Sorrow ZA 20 Removing Pestilence TSE 21 Perfecting All Activities PHE 🛡️ Feel the 21 Taras surrounding you. Or just press play and drift off, held by the music. ✨ What makes this different? Each syllable purifies and restores and empowers a part of your subtle body: 🔔 Don't forget to LIKE, SUBSCRIBE, and hit the BELL icon for more episodes! 🙏 Support our work: Become a Patron: https://Patreon.com/BuddhaWeekly Become a Member or Donate: https://BuddhaWeekly.com/support 🔹🔹🔹Resources / More Information: 📖 BUDDHAWEEKLY.com (1400+ in-depth Dharma features): https://buddhaweekly.com/ 📅 Dharma Calendar (covering the next 3 years): https://buddhaweekly.com/dharma-calendar/ 📄 Practice Text PDF Downloads: https://buddhaweekly.com/downloads/ 🖼️ Dharma Art Gallery Downloads: https://buddhaweekly.com/dharma-art-gallery/ 🎵 🎵 🎵 DHARMA MUSIC! 🎵 BUDDHAWEEKLY Music (YouTube): https://music.youtube.com/@BuddhaWeekly 🎵 3 GEMS BAND (YouTube): https://music.youtube.com/@3GemsBand 🎵 BUDDHA WEEKLY (Apple Music): https://music.apple.com/us/artist/buddha-weekly/1691780466 🎵 3GEMS (Apple Music): https://music.apple.com/us/artist/3gems/1831580194 🎵 BUDDHAWEEKLY (Spotify): https://open.spotify.com/artist/1Rk3pOFGwxJFhjnOhZyHWx 🎵 3GEMS (Spotify): https://open.spotify.com/artist/0F5bWufjymJEwYQKHkM507 🎬 3GEMS YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@3GemsBand
21 Tara Seed Syllables - Buddhist Sleep Protection Mantra and Meditation: 2 hr
BRING AUSPICIOUS BLESSINGS into your Day! Welcome to the official music video for "Buddhist SriDevi Dharani Great Auspicious Goddess" performed by 3Gems Band! 🌟 🙏 ANYONE may listen or chant for benefits — SUTRA MANTRA 🎧🎵 Stream / Download: Band Name: 3Gems Band 💎 💎 💎 DistroKid UPC: 881900141075 🎵Available on: Spotify, Apple Music, and all major music streaming platforms. Official Channel: @3GemsBand 💎 💎 💎 ✨ BENEFITS of Reciting the Mantra 🙏 🙏 🙏 According to the Sutra of Golden Light and the Sutra of the Twelve Names of the Great Auspicious Goddess, chanting this dharani grants profound spiritual and worldly blessings: 🙏 Eradicates the Three Hindrances: Reciting this mantra helps practitioners eliminate the Affliction Hindrance, Karma Hindrance, and Retribution Hindrance. 🙏 Bestows Wealth & Abundance: It dispels the inauspiciousness of poverty and grants abundant wealth, treasures, food, clothing, and essential livelihood resources. 🙏 Brings Harmony & Protection: It increases the vital essence of the earth, ensures timely weather, brings flourishing harvests, and protects practitioners and their families from decline. 🙏 Accelerates Enlightenment: It helps devotees maintain an unscattered mind on the Dharma path, swiftly accomplish the Golden Light Samadhi, and rapidly attain supreme Bodhi (enlightenment). ✨✨✨In this video: In this beautiful and fanciful scene we visualize the Mogao Caves, also known as the Thousand Buddha Grottoes, an amazing system of 500 temples southeast of the center of Dunhuang. Here we imagine what the caves might have looked like in ancient times. In the scenes we see Sri Devi surrounded by her many attendants who fly and accompany her with music instruments. 📜 FULL LYRICS (歌詞) Our performance is sung in Chinese, provided below with Pinyin for sing-along, Traditional Chinese Characters, English Translation, and Sanskrit for your practice and reflection: 1. Pinyin Lyrics (Sing-Along) Námó fótuó. Námó dámó. Námó sēngjiā. Námó shìlì. Móhē tíbí yé. Dánǐyětā. Bōlì fùlóunà. Zhēlì sānmàntuó. Dáshění. Móhē píhēluó jiādì. Sānmàntuó. Píní jiādì. Móhē jiālì yě. Bō mí. Bō luō. Bō mí. Sàlì fùlìtā. Sānmàntuó. Xiūbōlí dì. Fùlìnà. Ālìnà. Dámódì. Móhē pígǔbì dì. Móhē mílè dì. Lóubǒ sēngzhǐ dì. Xīdìshāi. Sēngzhǐ xīdì. Sānmàntuó. Ā tā ā [shǎo/miǎn]. Póluóní. Suōpóhē. 2. Chinese Characters (漢字) 南無佛陀。南無達摩。南無僧伽。南無室利。摩訶提鼻耶。怛姪他。波利富樓那。遮利三滿陀。達舍尼。摩訶毘訶羅伽帝。三滿陀。毘尼伽帝。摩訶迦利野。波彌。波囉。波彌。薩利嚩栗他。三滿陀。脩鉢黎帝。富隸那。阿利那。達摩帝。摩訶毘鼓畢帝。摩訶彌勒帝。婁簸僧祇帝。醯帝簁。僧祇醯帝。三滿陀。阿他阿[㝹]。婆羅尼。娑婆訶。 3. English Translation Adoration to the Buddha, adoration to the Buddhist teaching, adoration to the Buddhist community, adoration to the great auspicious goddess! Like this: Oṃ She completes the deed successively, all good to be seen, abides in great position, understands all good knowledge, stays peaceably in great practice, in procuring all truths perfectly, and approaching great indestructible nature benefits (all) with great compassion, manages the great defilements, supports the welfare (of all), All Hail! 4. Sanskrit (IAST / Transliteration) Namo buddhāya. Namo dharmāya. Namah samghāya. Namah Śrī Mahādevīye. Tadyathā, paripūraņa cāre samanta darśane. Mahā vihāra gate samanta vidhamane. Mahā kārya pratişţhāpane, sarvārtha sādhane, supratipūri ayatna dharmatā. Mahā vikurvite, mahā maitrī upasamhite, mahārşi susamgŗhīte samantārtha anupālane svāhā. 📖 About the Mantra & Source Sutra The Mantra of the Great Auspicious Goddess (大吉祥天女咒 / 大吉祥天女心咒, Mahāśrī Dhāraṇī) is an influential Buddhist mantra originating from the Sutra of Golden Light (Suvarṇaprabhāsa Sūtra) and the Sutra of the Supreme King of Golden Light (金光明最勝王經, translated by Master Yijing). This mantra was expounded by the Great Auspicious Goddess (Sanskrit: Śrīmahādevī or Mahāśrī, also known as Lakṣmī or the Goddess of Merit / 功德天). Although she manifests in the form of a celestial maiden to liberate sentient beings, she holds the spiritual realization of a First Bhumi Bodhisattva. She is revered in East Asian Buddhism as a guardian of wealth, virtue, and prosperity, and as one of the Twenty-Four Protective Deities. 🔔 Subscribe to @3GemsBand for more spiritual music, mantras, and meditative arrangements! Don't forget to like, comment, and share this video to spread blessings and peace to all beings. 🙏✨ 🙏 Support our work: Become a Patron: https://Patreon.com/BuddhaWeekly Become a Member or Donate: https://BuddhaWeekly.com/support
Śrīmahādevī Dharani 吉祥天女 Great Auspicious Goddess (Official Music Video): Abundance
Among the most profound of the Parittas is the Mangala Sutta Paritta, where Buddha taught the 38 Supreme Blessings. 🙏 🙏 🙏 Chant along or listen to bring these auspicious and protective blessings into your life. May all beings be blessed. @3GemsBand 🙏 To Chant along, Lyrics are below (with Translations) or turn on CC in the video to your language. 🎵 🎵 🎵 Music will be available for streaming on your favorite music streaming service, song title “Mangala Sutta Supreme Blessing Paritta” by 3Gems Band. 🎵 🎵 🎵 🎵 Lyrics (Sutta) Namo tassa bhagavato arahato sammā-sambuddhassa (Homage to the Blessed One, the Worthy One, the Rightly Self-Awakened One) Namo tassa bhagavato arahato sammā-sambuddhassa (Homage to the Blessed One, the Worthy One, the Rightly Self-Awakened One) Namo tassa bhagavato arahato sammā-sambuddhassa (Homage to the Blessed One, the Worthy One, the Rightly Self-Awakened One) (Sutta Begins) Evam-me sutaṁ. (Thus have I heard.) Ekaṁ samayaṁ Bhagavā, (On one occasion the Blessed One) Sāvatthiyaṁ viharati, (was residing at Sāvatthī,) Jetavane Anāthapiṇḍikassa, ārāme. (in Jeta's Grove, Anāthapiṇḍika's monastery.) Atha kho aññatarā devatā, (Then, a certain deity,) abhikkantāya rattiyā abhikkanta-vaṇṇā (in the far extreme of the night, of radiant beauty,) kevala-kappaṁ Jetavanaṁ obhāsetvā, (illuminating the entire Jeta's Grove,) yena Bhagavā ten’upasaṅkami. (approached the Blessed One.) Upasaṅkamitvā Bhagavantaṁ (Having approached and paid homage) abhivādetvā ekam-antaṁ aṭṭhāsi. (to the Blessed One, she stood to one side.) Ekam-antaṁ ṭhitā kho sā devatā (Standing to one side, that deity) Bhagavantaṁ gāthāya ajjhabhāsi. (addressed the Blessed One in verse:) “Bahū devā manussā ca (“Many deities and human beings) Maṅgalāni acintayuṁ (have thought about blessings,) Ākaṅkhamānā sotthānaṁ (longing for safety and well-being.) Brūhi maṅgalam-uttamaṁ. (Tell us, what is the highest blessing?”) Asevanā ca bālānaṁ (Not associating with fools,) Paṇḍitānañ-ca sevanā (associating with the wise,) Pūjā ca pūjanīyānaṁ (and honoring those worthy of honor—) Etam-maṅgalam-uttamaṁ. (this is the highest blessing.) Bāhu-saccañ-ca sippañ-ca (Vast learning and craftsmanship,) Vinayo ca susikkhito (highly trained discipline,) Subhāsitā ca yā vācā (and words that are well-spoken—) Etam-maṅgalam-uttamaṁ. (this is the highest blessing.) Mātā-pitu-upaṭṭhānaṁ (Supporting one's mother and father,) Putta-dārassa saṅgaho (cherishing one's spouse and children,) Anākulā ca kammantā (and untangled, peaceful occupations—) Etam-maṅgalam-uttamaṁ. (this is the highest blessing.) Dānañ-ca dhamma-cariyā ca (Generosity and living righteously by Dhamma,) Ñātakānañ-ca saṅgaho (rendering assistance to relatives,) Anavajjāni kammāni (and blameless, wholesome actions—) Etam-maṅgalam-uttamaṁ. (this is the highest blessing.) Āratī viratī pāpā (Avoiding and abstaining from evil,) Majja-pānā ca saññamo (refraining from intoxicating drinks,) Appamādo ca dhammesu (and steadfast heedfulness in the Dhamma—) Etam-maṅgalam-uttamaṁ. (this is the highest blessing.) Gāravo ca nivāto ca (Reverence, humility,) Santuṭṭhī ca kataññutā (contentment, and gratitude,) Kālena dhammassavanaṁ (listening to the Dhamma at the proper time—) Etam-maṅgalam-uttamaṁ. (this is the highest blessing.) Khantī ca sovacassatā (Patience, open-mindedness to correction,) Samaṇānañ-ca dassanaṁ (seeing noble contemplatives,) Kālena dhamma-sākacchā (and discussing the Dhamma at the proper time—) Etam-maṅgalam-uttamaṁ. (this is the highest blessing.) Tapo ca brahma-cariyañ-ca (Self-restraint, holy life,) Ariya-saccāna-dassanaṁ (realization of the Noble Truths,) Nibbāna-sacchi-kiriyā ca (and the attainment of Nibbāna—) Etam-maṅgalam-uttamaṁ. (this is the highest blessing.) Phuṭṭhassa loka-dhammehi (Though touched by the ways of the world,) Cittaṁ yassa na kampati (one's mind remains unshaken,) Asokaṁ virajaṁ khemaṁ (sorrowless, stainless, and secure—) Etam-maṅgalam-uttamaṁ. (this is the highest blessing.) Etādisāni katvāna (Having accomplished these things,) Sabbattham-aparājitā (invincible everywhere,) Sabbattha sotthiṁ gacchanti (they go in safety and well-being everywhere—) Tan-tesaṁ maṅgalam-uttamanti.” (this is their highest blessing.”) Etena saccena suvatthi hotu! (By the virtue of this truth, may there be well-being!) Etena saccena suvatthi hotu! (By the virtue of this truth, may there be well-being!) Etena saccena suvatthi hotu! (By the virtue of this truth, may there be well-being!) 🔔 Don't forget to LIKE, SUBSCRIBE, and hit the BELL icon for more episodes! 🙏 Support our work: Become a Patron: https://Patreon.com/BuddhaWeekly Become a Member or Donate: https://BuddhaWeekly.com/support
38 Blessings of the Maṅgala Sutta Paritta - The Supreme Blessings Sutra Official MV
@3GemsBand is honored to perform the ultimate protection mantra of Sitatapatra from Sutra, sung in original Sanskrit. Her mantra is considered the ultimate protection, whether chanted, written or just listened to. 🙏🙏🙏 🙏 Whether she is visualized in her form with 1000 arms and heads, or 2 arms, she is “Aparajita” which means “undefeatable one”. She emanated from the ushnisha of the Conqueror Shakyamuni Gautama Buddha, the ultimate aspect of Dharma Protection. 🎵 Available from your favorite music streaming service as “Sitatapatra Protection Mantra” from @3GemsBand. 🎵 Here, 3 Gems Band open properly, as with any Mahayana Practice, with Refuge in the Three jewels and an mandala offering to accumulate merit. We then chant her mantra from Sutra, as well as the activity mantra from the Dharani. The medium mantra itself is ⚠️ CAUTION Even though mantras are effective with faith, always seek help when you are in trouble! 🙏 Oṃ sarva tathāgata uṣṇīṣa sitatapatra Hūṃ phaṭ Her heart mantra is 🙏 Hūṃ mama hūṃ ni svāhā We follow this with the acitivity mantra from the longer Dharani: 🙏 Sarva vighnaṃ chindayāmi Vajreṇa kīlayāmi And, properly, we end with Bodhichitta dedication. A full translation (in brackets) and lyrics is below. 🎵 LYRICS (OR TURN ON SUB TITLES (Translation in Brackets) 🙏🙏🙏 Refuge (Saraṇa) — Opening Buddhaṃ saraṇaṃ gacchāmi Dharmaṃ saraṇaṃ gacchāmi Saṅghaṃ saraṇaṃ gacchāmi Maṇḍala Verse — Short Offering Oṃ āḥ hūṃ Sarva maṇḍalaṃ samarpayāmi (Oṃ āḥ hūṃ — I offer the entire maṇḍala.) Mantra of Sitatapatra Oṃ sarva tathāgata uṣṇīṣa sitatapatra Hūṃ phaṭ Hūṃ mama hūṃ ni svāhā Hūṃ mama hūṃ ni svāhā Hūṃ mama hūṃ ni svāhā ✨✨✨Activity Mantra Sarva vighnaṃ chindayāmi Vajreṇa kīlayāmi (“I cut off all obstacles; I pin them down with the vajra.”) Idaṃ me puṇyaṃ Sarvopadravebhyaḥ Sarvasattvānāṃ Nirvāṇaprāptaye bhavatu (“May this merit of mine be for the protection of all beings from all harms, and for their attainment of nirvāṇa.”) ✨ Description of Sitatapatra Even her mantra is considered ultimate protection — often written on paper or carved in wood or metal and placed in front of doors or perimeters of property. Her Sutra practice from the Śūraṅgama Sūtra and also the ārya tathāgatoṣṇīṣa sitātapatra dhāraṇī sūtra is for “healing illness, dispelling interferences and spirit possession, quelling disasters, and bringing auspiciousness.” according to the great teacher Lama Thubten Zopa Rinpoche. ⚠️ As a Sutra practice, no empowerments are required. She can appear in any form as a beautiful white goddess bearing a protective parasol umbrella, or as ferocious as a towering deity with 1,000 heads, 1,000 arms, and countless all-seeing eyes! Regardless of her emanation — 2 arms or 1000 — she always holds her vast protective Parasol, a symbol of impenetrable protection that emanated from the ushnisha of Shakyamuni Buddha. In Vajrayana she is considered a form of Mother Tara, the ultimate Protective Bodhisattva Goddess.
Sitatapatra Buddhist Protection Mantras - Healing, Dispelling Obstacles, Quelling Disasters
🙏 🙏 🙏 DANCE of the 5 DAKINIS CHAM? Wisdom Through Activity! The 5 Activities: Padma, Karma, Vajra, Ratna and Buddha. Dance with the Dakinis! WARNING — THIS SONG WILL MAKE YOU FEEL LIKE DANCING!!! 💎 💎 💎@3GemsBand 🎵🎵🎵 Written by Kongchok Namkha, and exuberantly sung by the 3GemsBand AVAILABLE FOR STREAMING on your favorite music service under 3Gems: Song Title "5 Dakinis Mantras and Puja" SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/album/3iePpOZZ2ibUs0jPF0IBji APPLE MUSIC: https://music.apple.com/us/album/5-dakinis-mantras-and-puja-ep/6787683450 🎵 🙏 After a happy Namo praise, we launch right into danceable offerings — YES — the DANCE IS YOUR OFFERING! There is no offering more aligned with the 8 Sensory offerings than dance (offering body) and song (music). 💎 💎 💎 Then, Dance along with the five Wisdom mantras of the Five Dakinis: Buddha Dakini, white in the centre, the activity of overcoming the poison of ignorance Blue Vajra Dakini in the east, the activities of overcoming the poisons of anger and hate. Yellow Ratna Dakini in the south, the activities of overcoming greed Red Padma Dakini in the west, the activities overcoming attachment and craving Green Karma Dakini in the north, the activities of overcoming envy The Five Dakinis are the Activities of all the Buddha Families. So — even if you don’t dance, they encourage you to get moving! 🎵 🙏 Lyrics with English Translation: Opening Call oṃ āḥ dhīḥ hūṃ svā hā (x3)(Oṁ, Āḥ, Dhīḥ, Hūṁ, Svāhā – the seed syllables of the enlightened body, speech, mind, and heart of Prajnaparamita Great Mother (mahamata)) 1. Refuge (Śaraṇam) Buddhānāṁ ca bodhisattvān Dharmam sarvaṁ śaraṇam gacchāmi Saṅghasya sarva-sadasyaṁ Guruṁ jñāna-mūlam gacchāmi Ḍākinīnāṁ sarva-siddhim Ḍākānāṁ kāruṇā-vīrān Sarvam gacchāmi śaraṇam Namo Gurū-Mahāmata-Pañca-Ḍākinī-Saparivārāya Hūm (Homage to the Great Mother Guru and the Five Dakinis with their entire retinue. Hūm!) 2. Offerings (Pūjā) Oṁ Gurū-Mahāmata-Pañca-Ḍākinī-Saparivārāya Arghaṁ pratīccha svāhā(water for drinking. Svāhā!) Oṁ Gurū-Mahāmata-Pañca-Ḍākinī-Saparivārāya Pādyaṁ pratīccha svāhā(water for washing the feet. Svāhā!) Oṁ Gurū-Mahāmata-Pañca-Ḍākinī-Saparivārāya Puṣpe pratīccha svāhā( flowers. Svāhā!) Oṁ Gurū-Mahāmata-Pañca-Ḍākinī-Saparivārāya Dhūpe pratīccha svāhā( incense. Svāhā!) Oṁ Gurū-Mahāmata-Pañca-Ḍākinī-Saparivārāya Āloke pratīccha svāhā( light/lamp. Svāhā!) Oṁ Gurū-Mahāmata-Pañca-Ḍākinī-Saparivārāya Gandhe pratīccha svāhā(fragrance/perfume. Svāhā!) Oṁ Gurū-Mahāmata-Pañca-Ḍākinī-Saparivārāya Naivedye pratīccha svāhā( food offering. Svāhā!) Oṁ Gurū-Mahāmata-Pañca-Ḍākinī-Saparivārāya Śabde pratīccha svāhā(.sound/music. Svāhā!) 3. Four Immeasurables (Catvāri Apramāṇāni) Sukhaṁ sukha-hetukaṁ ca, sarva-sattvā labhantu te(May all beings have happiness and the very causes of happiness) Duḥkhaṁ duḥkha-hetukaṁ ca, sarva-sattvā muñcantu te(May all beings be freed from suffering and the very causes of suffering) Aśokaṁ paramānandaṁ, sarva-sattvā sthāsantu te(May all beings abide in the state of joy that knows no sorrow) Mitreṣu ca ripūṇāṁ ca, sama-bhāvaṁ śrayantu te(May all beings transcend attachment to friends and aversion to enemies, and rest in equal-mindedness) 4. Chorus & Heart Sutra Mantra oṃ āḥ dhīḥ hūṃ svā hā (x3)(Oṁ, Āḥ, Dhīḥ, Hūṁ, Svāhā – the seed syllables) 4. The Five Dakinis (Center, East, South, West, North) Oṁ āḥ Buddha-Ḍākinī hūṃ hūṃ phaṭ (Seed Syllables and Awakening the enlightened activity of the central Buddha family of Vairochana Buddha and Ākāśadhātvīśvarī) Oṁ āḥ Vajra-Ḍākinī hūṃ hūṃ phaṭ (Seed Syllables and Awakening the indestructible activity of the eastern family of Akshobhya Buddha and Locanā Mother) Oṁ āḥ Ratna-Ḍākinī hūṃ hūṃ phaṭ (Seed Syllables and Awakening the jewel-like activity of the southern family of Ratnasambhava Buddha and Māmakī Mother) Oṁ āḥ Padma-Ḍākinī hūṃ hūṃ phaṭ (Seed SyllablesAwakening the pure, lotus activity of the western family of Amitabha Buddha and Paṇḍāravāsinī) Oṁ āḥ Karma-Ḍākinī hūṃ hūṃ phaṭ (Seed syllables and Awakening the swift, enlightened activity of the northern family of Amoghasiddhi and Green Tara Mother) 5. Dedication (Pariṇāmanā) Vandanāṁ pūjanāṁ deśanāṁ(Whatever prostrations, offerings, and confessions I have made) Modanāṁ ca adhyeṣaṇām(Whatever rejoicing and requests to teach I have made) Yācanāṁ yac-ca śubhaṁ kṛtam(Whatever supplications and whatever good deeds I have performed) Mayi sañcitaṁ kiñcid bodhi(Whatever small amount of awakening-qualities I have collected within myself) Sarvam āhūya nāmaye (I call upon it all, and I dedicate it completely – I offer it all!)
5 Dakinis Mantras and Puja & Activity Mantras: WARNING You will Want to Dance! OFFICIAL MV
🎵🎵 We are deeply honored to present sacred chanting of "Tara’s Own Promise Dharani"  (Tārāsvapratijñādhāraṇī) 🎵. This project is a sacred sonic journey into the heart of the Sutra of Tara’s Promise, capturing the essence of Noble Tārā’s vow to protect all beings. 🛡️🛡️🛡️Beautifully launched with stunning visuals of Tara's rescues of beings! 🛡️🛡️🛡️ ✨ The Power of This Dharani ✨In the Sutra, the benefits are explained: “By merely recalling this dhāraṇī, all dangers will be eliminated, all accomplishments attained, and all sentient beings brought under control.” It is said that on the 8th or 15th day of the moon, or daily, if one makes offerings and recites this, Tārā will grant whatever you desire. 🛡️ Protection from the 16 Fears 🛡️Tārā protects us from the 8 outer fears and the 8 inner fears. Each outer danger corresponds to a negative psychological state that she helps us overcome: 🦁 Lions (Pride) 🐘 Wild Elephants (Ignorance/Delusion) 🔥 Fire (Anger & Hatred)🐍 Snakes (Jealousy) 🌊 Floods (Attachment & Clinging)⛓️ Imprisonment (Miserliness & Greed)🥷 Thieves (Wrong Views) 👻 Demons (Doubt & Disturbing Ego-Emotions) 🛡️ DHARANI in IAST Sanskrit: tadyathā  oṁ tāre tārāyai hūṁ hūṁ hūṁ samaya­sthite bhara bhara sarvābharaṇa­vibhūṣite padme padme mahā­padmāsana­sthite hasa hasa trailokyavarade sarva­deva­dānava­pūjite smarāhi bhagavati tāre smarāhi bhagavatas tathāgatasya purataḥ samayaṃ dhara dhara mahā­sattvāvalokite maṇi­kanaka­vicitrābharaṇe  oṁ vilokāya mama sarva bhagavati tāre hrīṁ hrīṁ hrīṁ phaṭ svāhā 🎵 FOR OUR SONG, sing Mama Sarva, which means: "look upon me and all” as opposed to “say the name” — in your personal practice you could say the name of your teacher or the person you’re dedicated the practice to (but leaving in sarva, which means all) but in group practice we’d say “myself and all” as in Mama (myself) and Sarva “All”). So for instance, if you dedicated this to His Eminence Garchen Rinpoche, to his protection and healing and long life, you would say oṁ vilokāya Garchen Rinpoche sarva bhagavati tāre hrīṁ hrīṁ hrīṁ phaṭ svāhā. 📍 Where to Listen/Watch:Available on YouTube and your favorite music streaming service on the 3Gems Band channels @3GemsBand CONCISE TRANSLATION (for comprehension. The line by line is best for chant along comprehension NOT for singing. See below.) It is thus: Oṃ Tārā, to Tārā, hūṃ hūṃ hūṃ, abiding in your sacred pledge, sustain sustain, adorned with all ornaments, lotus lotus, abiding on the great lotus seat, smile smile, bestower of blessings in the three worlds, honored by all gods and demons, remember me O Blessed Lady Tārā, remember me before the Bhagavat Tathāgata, hold the pledge hold it, you who gaze upon great beings, adorned with varied jewels and gold. Oṃ look upon me and all beings, O Blessed Lady Tārā, hrīṃ hrīṃ hrīṃ phaṭ svāhā. #Tara #Dharani #Buddhism #NewMusic #MusicVideo #TaraPromise #BuddhistMusic #SacredSound #Tārāsvapratijñādhāraṇī #Compassion #ReleaseAlert
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