INNER PEACE 2 by Ani Choying

Good News!! The long-awaited new album "INNER PEACE 2" by Ani Choying Drolma, is now available in our Arts Gallery. "INNER PEACE 2" is the second part of her popular album - "INNER PEACE".
The album "INNER PEACE 2" contains four spiritual Chants as in her previous part 1 Album "INNER PEACE".

The CD case of this album is made as a small pocket book with Hard cover (see picture). You can enjoy by reading this book while listening chants.

1) Invocation to the Lotus-born master
2) Seven-line Prayer to Guru Rinpoche
3) Feast Song by Jigme Lingpa
4) Supplication to Chokgyur Lingpa.

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Prajnaparamita Sutra

In previous post you have read about What is Mantra?. In this post i would like to share about Prajnaparamita Sutra also known as perfection of Wisdom Mantra or Hridaya (heart) Sutra. Paramita refers to the perfection of which ferries one beyond the sea of suffering and mortality to Nirvana. There is Six Paramitas as following: (1) Dana, charity or giving, including the bestowing of truth on others; (2) Sila, keeping the discipline; (3) Ksanti, patience under suffering and insult; (4) Virya, zeal and progress; (5) Dhyana, meditation or contemplation; (6) Prajna, wisdom, the power to discern reality or truth. It is the perfection of the last one -- Prajna -- that ferries sentient beings across the ocean of Samsara (the sea of incarnate life) to the shores of Nirvana. Listen Prajna Paramita Mantra By Ani Tsering Wangmo

GATE GATE PARA GATE PARA SAM GATE BODHI SOHA
"Gone, gone, gone beyond, gone utterly beyond, Enlightenment hail!"

Prajnaparamita (perfection of Wisdom)
Prajnaparamita, Lady of Immeasurable Wisdom, is the great emptiness out of which all form comes. As such She is known as the mother of all the Buddhas, because She embodies the essence of all the Buddhas’ sublime wisdom.

Heart Sutra is also Known as Prajnaparmita Sutra or Mantra, but People are often surprised to find that Prajnaparmita has her own Mantra

om namo bhagavatyai ārya prajñā pāramitā yai
Om homage to the blessed noble perfection of wisdom

By listening or reciting Heart Sutra with faith, one creates antidotes for the affliction of ignorance in one's mind and great wisdom arises. Through the power of this great wisdom, one fully realizes their highest potential -- complete and perfect enlightenment.

There are many mantras or Chants Posted in this Blog. Mostly meanings and chants are collected from Different blogs and websites. For this post I search many websites and Blogs. you may like to read some blogs releted with this sutra, so for further read i recommend to visit
Visible Mantra
WILD MIND
The Heart Sutra Translated by Geshe Michael Roach (PDF File)
Video is edited and uploaded by myself, you can listen this mantra in Album "Immeasurable JOY" by Ani tsering Wangmo. There is another Chenrezig Mantra by Ani Tsering Wangmo. If you like this video also watch my other video in this blog.

What Is Mantra?

We have read many mantra in this blog. Before we start this post I would like to share few words about Mantra
What is Mantra?
Buddhism in general and Vajrayana in particular, believe that thrugh three factors one can actualize the true accomplishment of Buddha hood. These are through the symbolic gesture known as Mudra and through meditative absorption.

Mantra here refers to the recitation of the essence words of the practice of the rituals of the deities.

Mantra is the essence of prayer that assures the receptiveness of the respective enlightened Deities. Mantra is request and the means through which one invokes the deities. It is the bridge between oneself and the deities.

Mantra is the common Language that both you and your savior deity have access to. mantra is the Memorable slogan you chant to have your request heard and answered by your savior deity. Thus, chanting mantra is tantamount to reciting whole texts or treatises of teachings relating to your Savior deity.
When the words mantra is separated in ti two segments, it revels the inner meaning of salvaging one's mind from conceptualization, concept and fear. The Word Man in Sanskrit means mind, and Tra in Sanskrit means to protect.

Reciting Such Mantras will assuredly bring the blessings of the deities more swiftly to your life and the lives of your loved ones.

Prajnaparamita (perfection of Wisdom) Sutra

GATE GATE PARA GATE PARA SAM GATE BODHI SOHA

Source: Album Inner Peace by Ani choying Drolma. Above paragraphs ( What is Mantra? ) are printed on the booklet of Album. In this booklet you can read, What is Mantra?, an answer to the question, why mantra are Sung in melody? by Jhampa Losal Beru, for Ani choying Drolma La. Words edited by: Noah Gordon .

This albums contains nine mantras in 4 different titles. This booklet also tell you the meaning of these mantras.
#1 Namo Ratna Traya ya.. Long Mantra of Avlokiteshwor
#2 Om Amarani Jeven Teye Soha.. (6 mantra in 1 title)
a)Om Amarani Jeven Teye Soha... Aparmita Mantra
b)Om Mani Padme Hum Hrih.. ChenreZig Short Mantra
c)Om Ah Hung Vajra Guru Padma Siddhi Hung... Guru Padmasambhava Mantra
d)Om Ah Hung Vajra Guru Padma Thotreng Tsal Vajra Samaya Dza Siddhi Phalla Hung Ah..
Guru Padmasambhava activity Mantra of the retinue of Guru.
e)Om Bodhichitta Maha Sukha Gyana Dhatu Ah Om Rulu rulu Hung Bjoh Hung... The Essence Mantra of the 100 peaceful and Wrathful deties.
f) Om VajraSatva Ah... Vajrasatva Mantra.
#3 Om Tare Tuttare Ture Soha .. Tara Mantra
#4 Om Mani Padme Hum... Chenrezig (Four Arm Avlokiteshwor) Mantra

Highly Recommend to buy This Cd "Inner Peace". Samples Songs you can listen at this blogs click on your right sidebar Label: Ani Choying Drolma or Mantra or Chants. Or see This Chant Namo Ratna Traya. Also this CD "Inner Peace" was made to support Nuns Welfare Foundation Of Nepal.

Chenrezig Mantra by Ani Tsering Wangmo

Hi Friends , once again i made a small slide show of Chants Om Mani Padme Hum Hri By ani Tsering Wangmo. i would like to recommend my previous post "Ani Tsering Wangmo" to know about Ani. She is singing Nun from Tibet, like another Nun "Ani Choying Drolma"

Hope you will enjoy watching This Buddhist Picture Slide Show. you can see Lots of Buddhist Sites and Mani Stones on the path.

You can listen this beautiful Chants in her Album called "ALokhe", All the Proceeds from this CD will be donated to the Ewam Magadha Garden of 1000 Buddhas project, currently being built in Arlee, Montana.

Hope you enjoyed This Slide Show.
"World Premiere Show of This Slide show" :-)

Ani Tsering Wangmo

If you are fan of Tibetan chants and music, you may have heard this name, Ani Tsering Wangmo (Ani is a prefix added to the name of a nun in Tibetan Buddhism). I have posted many post about another Tibetan nun Ani Choying Drolma and her Albums. this is my first post about Ani Tsering Wangmo . I thought many times, after listen her album "Alokhe", that i will also write a post about Ani Tsering Wangmo. So here is the post about her.

So lets back to Ani Tsering Wangmo, she was born in Lhasa,Tibet and became a nun at the age of twelve. She joined the Yuloko Jetsun Ling Nunnery in Yanglashöe after fleeing Tibet in 1991 and arriving in Nepal.
Upon completing the traditional three-year retreat in 1996, she began and continues to work on the Ewam Pecha (religious text) project, collecting and digitizing the pechas for Gochen Tulku Rinpoche of Ewam.

Currently, she resides at Ewam Sang-ngag Ling in Montana where she has learned English. She continues to support Rinpoche's many worldwide projects. her albums see inside..

Ani produced her first album "Turquoise Leaf" in 2000, which was recorded in the US. It was in the traditional Tibetan chant genre, and based on the Buddhist chants from nunnery. The album was well received in the US. In 2004, she recorded the "Laughter of the Dakinis", based on Longchen Nyingthig Chöe practice.
Except from this two albums, she have another six albums and all the profits made by the sale of Ani's six CDs will be donated to three causes as below. So here you can listen two Chants by her in Album "Alokhe" first song is Heart Sutra Mantra and second is Chenrezig Mantra. This song is post here only for promote her albums.
medical clinic in Tibet, The proceeds from the Immeasurable Joy, the Gyaling, and the Immeasurable Equanimity CDs are all for the benefit of a medical clinic in Tibet.

This clinic is for Tibetans who have very little money but need medical care.

The Yulokö Jetsun Ling Nunnery in Nepal, The proceeds from the CD, Compassion will go toward the Yuloko Jetsün Ling nunnery, in Nepal. This nunnery is under Gochen Tulku Rinpoche’s care. For half of each year the nuns are in solitary retreat in their rooms. For the other half of the year they study Dharma under the guidance of Rinpoche’s brother, Namchak Khenpo.

The Ewam Magadha Garden of 1000 Buddhas, The proceeds from the CD, Immeasurable Loving Kindness, will go toward the Maghada Garden. Gochen Tulku Rinpoche chose the name, "Maghada" because it is the district in India in which the holy land of Bodhgaya is located. He intends that the Magadha garden in America eventually be like a Western Bodhgaya.

At the center of the garden is a large statue of Yum Chenmo (the Great Mother) also known as Prajñaparamita. She will be surrounded by the thousand buddhas of this age. A thousand trees will be planted there, and a thousand stupas as well. They will all be arranged in the shape of a giant Dharma wheel, with many flowers, walkways, and an arched bridge. All of this is surrounded by large mountains in every direction, and the vast Montana sky, currently being built in Arlee, Montana. Her Six Albums are:
Immeasurable Joy
Immeasurable Loving Kindness
Immeasurable Compassion
Gyaling
Immeasurable Equanimity ( a traditional Dudjom Rinpoche's Thröma Nagmo)

Kuvera (Jambhala) in Hindu mythology

We have read many post related with the God of wealth, Jambala or(Dzambhala). Today I will Share some information of Kuvera, his mantra and some of his statues, which is just arrived in our Gallery.

Kuvera is hindu form of the God of Wealth, Jambala or(Dzambhala). Kuvera is one of the most popular deities of Buddhists and Hindu tradition because of his bestower of wealth character. He is generally represented as the lord of wealth and guardian of the northern direction. According to Hindu mythology he is said to have performed austerities for a thousand years, in regards for which Brahma, the Creator, gave him immortality and made him the God of wealth, guardian of all the treasures of the earth which Kuvera has to distribute according to the destiny of the receivers. Kubera's dwelling place was said to be on Alaka in the Himalaya, abounding in wealth and magnificent. He is always surrounded with yaksha generals and Kinnars. He may have sometimes a third eye also.

Kuvera usually sits in Lalitashana (lotus asana). Like Jambhala , he carries a wish fulfilling gem in right hand to signify that if we follow his practice, we can “bear the fruits” of our efforts to gain spiritual attainments and enlightenment and left hand hold mongoose that vomits jewels, and both work to attract us to practice Kuvera (Dzambala) with an immediate promise of wealth.
His form is short, fat and strong, which comes from a time when it was widely believed that obesity is synonymous with wealth and luxury. His face carries an arrogant expression and sits in royal posture. This acts as a warning to tell us if we continue to look and act in this arrogant way in our attempts to get material wealth, we actually gain poverty instead. So Think! Is our greed hurting others?

The royal ease of his form indicates that Kuvera (Dzambala) is free from samsara – through his practice and attainments, he has also acquired all the money, fame and wealth of the universe and no longer experiences suffering. He can afford to be laid back, chilled out – he got everything that he needs! He shows us how our practice to him can ultimately lead us to enlightenment, where we too can literally have everything we want. At the same time, he steps on a conch shell with his right foot to mean that though he has attained all this great wealth, he is above it and will no longer allow the ties of samsara to subjugate him again.

In Nepalese Buddhist tradition Kubera also known as Vaisravana, he is represented sitting on a lion with a green mane, holding a banner of victory in the right hand and carrying the mongoose who vomits a wish fulfilling gem. He is chief of the Four Heavenly Kings and an important figure in Hindu and Buddhist mythology.

It's believe worshipping Kubera on a regular basis brings about a distinct change in one’s prosperity and luck though, of course, effort remains paramount.
Kubera blesses the worshipper with money and prosperity by drawing new avenues and sources of income and wealth. It helps increase the flow of funds and the ability to accumulate wealth.

Kuvera has his Own Mantra

"Om Sham Kuberāya Namah"
or
"Om Yakshaya Kuberaya Vaishravanaya,
Dhan Dhanyadhipataye, Dhan Dhanya Srimdhim mein Dapya Dapya Swaha

Kuver is also worship in Thailand, as ท้าวกุเวร or ท้าวเวสสุวรรณ (Thao Kuwen or Thao Vessuwan)

Also Visit Some Other Post About Kuvera or jambhala
JAMBALA GOD OF WEALTH in Buddhism
Five Jambala (Dzambhala) and Mantra

Tara Mantra "OM TARE TUTTARE TURE SOHA" Bangles

I guess you have read my previous post about "OM MANI PADAME HUM" Bangle and Rings, where i have post some Bangles and Rings Inscribed with the Mantra "Om Mani Padme Hum". It is believe to save one from all dangers and bring plenty of good luck to the wearer or whoever chanting this Mantra. It also brings the luck of good health and peace.

So in this post i will share Bangle (picture above) inscribed with the Tara Mantra "OM TARE TUTTARE TURE SOHA", if you visit this blog often you may heard the background music, is the TARA Mantra. Meaning of the mantra see inside..

In Mahayana Buddhist tradition believed that practice of Green Tara or reciting sacred Tara Mantra brings Green Tara's instant help to overcome all problems and help you actualize all your material needs and heartfelt wishes. It's believe reciting her mantra 108 times daily invokes her swift blessings to help your business grow steadily.
As this mantra is thought to growth business and career success and save from all kind of danger, we brought some nicely hand made pendants, rings and Bangles made by 92.5% Silver. as you saw in picture inscribed Tara Mantra "OM TARE TUTTARE TURE SOHA".

OM TARE TUTTARE TURE SOHA

*NEW arrived Silver Bangle and Rings (Big Size, just only few left..) with MANTRA.

See "Tara Mantra" by Ani Choying Drolma (Dolma)

OM represents Tara's sacred body, speech and mind.
TARE means liberating from all discontent.
TUTTARE means liberating from the eight fears, the external dangers, but mainly from the internal dangers, the delusions.
TURE means liberating from duality; it shows the true cessation of confusion.
SOHA means "may the meaning of the mantra take root in my mind."
Also Visit GREEN TARA

The Vajra Seven-Line Prayer to Guru Rimpoche

We are familier with Padma Shambhava's VAJRA GURU MANTRA "Om Ah Hum Vajra Guru Padame
Siddhi Hum", mantra for Peace, Healing, Transformation and Protection. There is also Another Mantra "The vajra seven-line Prayer" to Padma shambhava.

Padmasambhava is the patron saint of Tibet. Padma Shambhava (also known as Guru Rinpoche) was an Indian siddha who was invited to Tibet by King Trisong Detsen, to propagate the doctrine of Buddha. Because Padmasambhava’s teachings contain many hidden treasures intended for generations to come, he has become known as the most important Tibetan master.



Meaning*

"Om Ah Hum Vajra Guru Padame Siddhi Hum", Please visit my other blog post to learn more about short VAJRA GURU MANTRA. Here i am trying to share Another Famous Seven-Line prayer of Guru Padama Shambhava. Seven-Line Prayer is the most sacred and important prayer in the Nyingmapa tradition. This short prayer contains the outer, inner, and innermost teachings of the esoteric training of Buddhism. By practicing The Vajra Seven-Line Prayer according to any one of these training, the result of that particular training will be attained.

In Tibet, the Nyingmapa recite The Vajra Seven-Line Prayer to Guru Rinpoche three times before reciting any other prayers, doing any meditation, or performing any ceremony. Many devotees repeat it hundreds of thousands of times, reciting it during all their waking hours, making it as their main prayer, breathing, life, and contemplation. Recommend this book White Lotus: An Explanation of the Seven-line Prayer to Guru Padmasambhava, for further read by Jamgon Mipham (Author), Padmakara Translation Group (Translator).
Good News!! This 7 line prayer is Now available at Ani choying Drolma's latest Album INNER PEACE-2.

The Vajra Seven-Line Prayer to Guru Rimpoche

HUNG ORGYEN YUK GYI NUB CHANG TSAM
HUNG, on the northwest border of the country Oddiyanna.

PEMA GESAR DONGPO LA
On the pistil of a lotus flower

YA TSEN CHOG GI NGO DRUB NYEY
Endowed with the marvelous attainment

PEMA JUNG NEY SHEY SU DRAG
You are renowned as the Lotus-Born

KHOR DU KHANDRO MANG POI KOR
Surrounded by retinue of many Dakinis

CHEG KYI JE SU DAG DRUB KYI
Emulating you in my practice

CHHEN GIE LAB CHHER SHEG SU SOL
I pray you will come and confer your blessings

GURU PEMA SIDDHI HUNG

Source : GURU RIMPOCHE 7 LINE PRAYER
If you like to know more detail of the mantra Visit Vajra Seven Line Prayer To Guru Rinpoche, and other prayers to Guru Rinpoche.

Kalachakra seed syllable

The Kalachakra seed syllable or Tenfold Powerful One is the best known symbols of the Kalachakra system. The symbol consists of an ornamental ring of fire, then the main symbol which combines seven individual syllables, on top are a crescent, a disc and a curved shape, making ten.

Kalachakra Symbol or tenfold powerful one is very popular Among Tibetan and Nepalese community. This is one of the most treasured of protection symbol, emerge from Tibet. Mostly Buddhist family decorated their house with the many auspicious Symbols including Kalachakra symbol for complete and Ten fold powerful protection against spirit harm, untimely death and non-virtuous behavior.

This (below) is an interactive Flash image to explain the Kalachakra seed syllable or 10-Fold Powerful One (courtesy of: kalachakranet.org).(click Flash Image to see explanation of particular element.)


On the left (E) and right (VAM) of the actual Tenfold Powerful symbol are the Ranjana characters for E (left) and VAM (right), representing the union of respectively emptiness (E) and bliss (VAM).

As Kalachakra Symbol protect from all dangers people used it as pendent, rings, bracelets etc. for the protection.

I will Show you some Silver Handmade Kalachakra pendants. These Silver protective pendants are available at our Gallery in reasonable price. So these Kalachakra symbol rings or pendants are should be worn and kept in your possession throughout your life for complete and Ten fold powerful protection against spirit harm, untimely death and non-virtuous behavior.


Surrounding the main symbol is a kind of frame made of flames, which corresponds to the outermost "Circle of Wisdom" of the mandala.

These are Some Kalachakra Symbol silver "Ghau" or Prayer box Pendents. Which can be Open and store blessings inside the pendents.

Medicine Buddha and his mantra

Bhaisajyaguru, also known as the Master of Healing or Medicine Buddha, is the Buddha of healing. His full name means "Medicine Master" or the "master of remedies". In Mahayana Buddhism, Bhaisajyaguru represents the healing aspect of the historical Buddha Sakyamuni, who has attained the state of perfect enlightenment for the benefit of all sentient beings.

In Tibetan images of the Medicine Buddha, his body is a deep royal blue as sky in colored surrounded by a halo of rainbow light. His holy sky body signifies omniscient wisdom and compassion as huge as limitless space and is particularly associated with healing both mental and physical suffering.

His right hand faces outward, symbolizing his bestowal of boons and holds a spring of aurora, or cherubic Myrobalan, from which much of Tibetan medicine is compounded. Tibetan medicine recognizes three basic types of illness, the root causes of which are the conflicting emotions -- passion, aggression, and ignorance. Myrobalan is the only herb in the Tibetan medicine that can aid in healing each of these three types of diseases. In his left hand he holds a bowl containing three forms of ambrosia: the nectar that cures disease and resurrects the dead; the nectar that counteracts aging; and the supreme nectar that illuminates the mind increases knowledge.

The practice of the medicine Buddha is very powerful, not only for healing diseases, but for purifying the negative karma of those who recover from illness and those who dies of it. This practice is also powerful for bringing success, temporary as well as ultimate. Making a connection with him, practicing meditation, reciting his mantra or even just saying his name helps us achieve inconceivable benefits

Short version of the Medicine Buddha Mantra, which is known as the Medicine Buddha Heart Mantra, is:

Tayata, Om, Bhaishaye Bhaishaye Maha-Bhaishaye Raja Samudgate, Svaha.
or, pronounced the Tibetan way:
Tayata, Om, bekandzeh, bekandzeh maha-bekandzeh, radza samungateh. Soha.

Meaning Of Mantra
Tadgataya: means once came
Bekandze: means great eliminating of pain, The second "bekandze" eliminates all the true cause of suffering.
The third maha bekandze "great eliminating" refers to eliminating even the subtle imprints left on the consciousness by disturbing thoughts.
Om is composed of three sounds, ah, o, and ma, and signify the Medicine Buddha's completely pure holy body, holy speech, and holy mind.
Samudgate: means the supreme heights. Like this my prayer shall go to the highest and the widest and the deepest.
Svaha: I offer this prayer and relinquish to you Medicine Buddha
'May all beings benefit from the sublime love and power of Medicine Buddha'.




Long version of the Medicine Buddha Mantra in Sanskrit:

Om namo bhagavate bhaisajyaguru vaidūryaprabharājāya vathāgatāya arhate samyaksambuddhāya tadyathā: om bhaisajye bhaisajye bhaisajya-samudgate svāhā

Another version of the long mantra is as follows:

Om namo bhagavate bhaisajyaguru vaidūryaprabharājāya tathāgatāya arhate samyaksambuddhāya tadyathā: om bhaisajye bhaisajye mahābhaisajye bhaisajye rāja samudgate svāhā

Ven. Thrangu Rinpoche has said that a mantra is essentially an elaboration on the deity's name, and that any mantra is the shortest possible form of the sadhana.

Source Bhaisajyaguru at Wiki , พระไภษัชยคุรุไวฑูรยะประภาราชพุทธเจ้า .
Ani Choying Drolma - Seven Line Guru Rinpoche Prayer

Read about The Vajra Seven-Line Prayer to Guru Rimpoche