Mantras and Mudras: Meditations for the hands and voice to bring peace and inner calm
By Lillian Too
3.5/5
()
About this ebook
An introduction to Buddhist mantras and mudras, used by meditators to open doors within.
This book shares beautiful Buddhist mantras and mudras, used by countless meditators to experience the matchless bliss of spiritual awakening. The book is dedicated to Lillian Too's teacher, Lama Zopa Rinpoche.
Mantras and Mudras takes you through preparations such as purifying the space and ground, making dedications and generating motivation, to the mantras themselves – the six-syllable OM MANI PADME HUM mantra; mantras for purifying negative karma; mantras for healing; mantras for longevity, etc.
Finally, Lillian explains the use of special mantras – such as “White Light” Meditation, how to chant mantras, hanging prayer flags and using prayer wheels.
Lillian Too
As one of world’s leading exponents of Feng Shui, Lillian Too’s in-depth knowledge, acquired from great masters throughout the East, spans over 26 years. Retired from a lucrative career in the banking and corporate world at the age of 45, Lillian Too is living proof that feng shui works. She says she owes her incredible luck and many successes in her career and business activities to her in depth knowledge of Feng Shui which she has been applying to every aspect of her life.
Read more from Lillian Too
Lillian Too’s Smart Feng Shui For The Home: 188 brilliant ways to work with what you’ve got Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Lillian Too’s Flying Star Feng Shui For The Master Practitioner Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Ultimate Healing: The Power of Compassion Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Feng Shui Dictionary Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5
Related to Mantras and Mudras
Related ebooks
The Power of Mantra: Vital Practices for Transformation Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Power of Mantra Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Mantra Meditation: Change Your Karma with the Power of Sacred Sound Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5My Pocket Mantras: Powerful Words to Connect, Comfort, and Protect Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Vajrasattva Meditation: An Illustrated Guide Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Little Book Of Miracle Mantras Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Abundance Mantras Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTonglen for Our Own Suffering: 7 Variations on an Ancient Practice Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCalm Breath, Calm Mind: A Guide to the Healing Power of Breath Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsEffortless Mind: Meditate with Ease Calm Your Mind, Connect with Your Heart, and Revitalize Your Life Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Essentials of Mahamudra: Looking Directly at the Mind Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5How to Meditate: A Practical Guide Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Mantras Made Easy: Mantras for Happiness, Peace, Prosperity, and More Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Healing Power of Mudras Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Mudras: Healing with Vibrant Hands Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Healing Mudras: Yoga for Your Hands Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Short Practice of Green Tara eBook Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Mudras for Healing and Transformation Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Mantra, Tantra, Yantra & Rudraksha Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Five Tibetans: Five Dynamic Exercises for Health, Energy, and Personal Power Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Ganesha Mantra: Defining Traits of Successful People Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Resonating Mantras: Make The Universe Dance To Your Chant Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsTibetan Yoga: Magical Movements of Body, Breath, and Mind Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
Psychology For You
How to Talk to Anyone: 92 Little Tricks for Big Success in Relationships Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5How to Keep House While Drowning: A Gentle Approach to Cleaning and Organizing Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Anxious for Nothing: Finding Calm in a Chaotic World Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life: Life-Changing Tools for Healthy Relationships Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Becoming Bulletproof: Protect Yourself, Read People, Influence Situations, and Live Fearlessly Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5101 Fun Personality Quizzes: Who Are You . . . Really?! Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5How to Win Friends and Influence People: Updated For the Next Generation of Leaders Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Art of Witty Banter: Be Clever, Quick, & Magnetic Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Laziness Does Not Exist Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Lost Connections: Uncovering the Real Causes of Depression – and the Unexpected Solutions Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Self-Care for People with ADHD: 100+ Ways to Recharge, De-Stress, and Prioritize You! Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Running on Empty: Overcome Your Childhood Emotional Neglect Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Maybe You Should Talk to Someone: A Therapist, HER Therapist, and Our Lives Revealed Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Changes That Heal: Four Practical Steps to a Happier, Healthier You Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5What Happened to You?: Conversations on Trauma, Resilience, and Healing Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Art of Letting Go: Stop Overthinking, Stop Negative Spirals, and Find Emotional Freedom Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5You're Not Listening: What You're Missing and Why It Matters Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Women With Attention Deficit Disorder: Embrace Your Differences and Transform Your Life Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Covert Passive Aggressive Narcissist: The Narcissism Series, #1 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5What Every BODY is Saying: An Ex-FBI Agent's Guide to Speed-Reading People Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Source: The Secrets of the Universe, the Science of the Brain Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Denial of Death Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Your Brain's Not Broken: Strategies for Navigating Your Emotions and Life with ADHD Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
Reviews for Mantras and Mudras
6 ratings0 reviews
Book preview
Mantras and Mudras - Lillian Too
1
First Steps
Taking refuge mantras
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 Refuge means accepting the guidance of enlightened beings as the only solution to the continuing cycle of temporary happiness and suffering.
Dharma Refuge is 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 Refuge means 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.
HOMAGE MANTRA TO THE BUDDHA
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.
Making prostrations
One of the first things that Rinpoche taught me when I met him in Bodhgaya, India, was how beneficial it was to learn how to make prostrations to the holy objects, and especially to images of Buddha. Rinpoche said, The merit is greater than all the grains of sand on the bed of the river Ganga . . .
Rinpoche explained that because most of us have minds that are not purified of karmic obstacles, even if numberless Buddhas were to come in front of us, we would not be able to see
the aspect of the Buddha, or that which is the pure aspect. We can only see the image of the Buddha shown as in a painting, or as a statue. So when we prostrate to an image of Buddha, in our minds and our hearts we are prostrating to Buddha. The image helps us to visualize. Those of us who have the good karma to meet a perfectly qualified guru can see Buddha emanating as an ordinary being who appears in the form of a humble monk and teacher. This explains why Tibetan Buddhists see His Holiness the Dalai Lama as the Buddha of Compassion. Although he takes the form of an ordinary human being, those who revere him see him as an emanation of the Buddha Chenrezig, the Compassionate Buddha (see page 34). So making prostrations to images of the Buddhas (or holy objects) and to our precious gurus is an act of reverence that precedes all prayers. Making prostrations helps the mind to develop genuine humility, and is a perfect way of overcoming arrogance and pride.
PROSTRATION MANTRA
Prostrate three times while reciting the mantra below. This multiplies it one thousand times. Prostrations purify the negative karma of the body. Verbally reciting mantras exalts the Buddha, purifying the negative karma of speech. The mental action of remembering the supreme power of the Buddha purifies the negative karma of the mind, thereby arousing faith.
OM NAMO MANJUSHRIYE
NAMA SUSHRIYE
NAMA UTTAMA SHRIYE SVAHA
PROSTRATION MUDRA
If for some reason you find it difficult to make the full-length or even the short prostrations (see opposite), you can visualize yourself prostrating while reciting the mantra. Use your hands to make the Prostration mudra. This mudra is almost universally accepted as the Prayer mudra, symbolizing reverence and respect. Fold your palms together upright, leaving some space in between. Bend the two thumbs inward to signify that the space between the palms is filled with offerings. This makes the mudra more auspicious.
The Prayer mudra, or Namaskara mudra. This is also the Prostration mudra.
Whether a life situation is wonderful or not depends on the way your mind perceives and interprets it. You can choose to label an experience wonderful
or a problem.
It depends completely upon your mind, upon your