Lillian Too - Mantras and Mudras - Meditations for the hands and voice to bring peace and inner calm

Personally, the most life-transforming thing that ever happened to me was when I discovered there are Buddhas and Bodhisattvas living among us. They come into the world wearing different disguises. Most of the time they manifest as highly realized Masters who enter our lives and transform it forever. In today’s modern world, there are Masters who speak our language and communicate with us like they have known us for a thousand years. They devote their whole existence to passing on the wonderful teachings of the Buddha, and because they are themselves emanations of the Enlightened One, they glow with a radiance of purity that is totally irresistible.

These holy lamas are extremely humble and are extraordinarily kind. They are also highly skilled in leading us to fields of bliss, explaining the meanings of mantras, prayers, and practices. More importantly, these Masters have the power and lineages to grant refuge and give precious initiations that will empower your practice of mantra recitation a million times over. The transmission of mantras, prayers, and practices from such holy beings is what will bring you mountains of blessings, light up paths to new learning, and eventually reveal to you the true nature of reality. It is good karma indeed to meet just such a living Buddha. Chant your mantras and dedicate them sincerely to having such a meeting, and then watch events unfold in your life.

I make two heartfelt dedications.

Firstly, may anyone who sees, touches, reads, remembers, or recites any of the mantras in this book meet perfectly qualified spiritual masters, develop the bodhichitta heart, and immediately attain the strong wish to seek Enlightenment for the sake of all living beings. Secondly, by the merit thus created may my most precious guru, Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche, whose life is so precious to his many thousands of students worldwide, live a long and stable life. May all his holy wishes be fulfilled and actualized immediately, including the building of the Buddha Maitreya statue in Bodhgaya, India.

With love and many mantra prayers,

Lillian Too, June 2001

The mantra functions in many ways. The reciting of a mantra a given number of times, combined with concentration, opens our mind instinctively to supernormal powers and insights. Mantras can be also be used as therapy for the sick, and can bring peace to the mentally disturbed. This has been the experience of many meditators.

LAMA THUBTEN YESHE

This is the first step on the Buddhist path to inner freedom. It is not anything new. Most of us take refuge already, but in external things. We seek security in money, food, marriage, and even drugs, hoping to find happiness and satisfaction. In the end we realize that all of this is temporary and short term – taking refuge in material pleasures is transient and cannot last.

In a Buddhist sense, taking refuge means turning inward to discover your own mind and your unlimited potential to realize the peerless happiness of a permanent kind – that which comes from giving voice and liberation to your inherent “inner wisdom” energy. The way to realize this inner-mind liberation is to take refuge in the Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha, also known as the “Guru-Triple Gem.”

Buddha Refugemeans accepting the guidance of enlightened beings as the only solution to the continuing cycle of temporary happiness and suffering.

Dharma Refugeis the wisdom that understands our own true nature. So it means using our inner wisdom immediately, now! Dharma means understanding the true nature of reality.

Sangha Refugemeans seeking security in the company of those endowed with wisdom, such as ordained monks and nuns, and also spiritual friends who inspire and support us in our quest for the flowering of our inner-mind wisdom.

This is the mantra of taking refuge in the Guru, the Buddha, the Dharma, and the Sangha:

NAMO GURU BHYE

NAMO BUDDHAYA

NAMO DHARMAYA

NAMO SANGHAYAH

Saying this refuge mantra seven times each morning when you wake up, and seven times at night before you sleep, brings you under the care of the Buddhas; if you have a guru, it brings you under the care of the guru. This simple mantra is extremely powerful because it plants the imprint of taking refuge in the Guru-Triple Gem.

You can say this longer homage mantra to the Buddha, and incorporate a simple “receiving blessing” visualization. Chant this mantra three times each morning:

LAMA TON PA CHOM DEN DAY

DE ZHIN SHEG PA DRA CHOM PA

YANG DAG PAR DZOG PAY SANG GYAY

PEL GYEL WA, SHAKYA TUB PA LA

CHAG TSEL ZHING, KYAB SU CHI WO

CHO DO JIN GYI LAB TU SOL

TRANSLATION:

To the founder, the endowed transcendent destroyer, the one gone beyond, the foe destroyer, the completely perfect, fully awakened being, the subduer from the Shakya clan, I prostrate. Please grant me your blessings.

As you chant this mantra, feel the presence of the Buddha and take refuge in him. Visualize his body as golden light. He is seated in the Vajra position; his face is very beautiful, and his gaze is compassionate. Rays of light emanate from each pore of the Buddha’s body and reach every corner of the world. Feel the rays waft completely over you, entering the top of your head and filling your whole body. Feel very blessed.

Shakyamuni Buddha, or historical Buddha.

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