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A mantra is a series of syllables, most often in Sanskrit, that is the subject of recitation, meditation, or other spiritual practice. While mantras also exist in the sutras, most are recited in conjunction with the practice of a particular…
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In the new book The Power of Mantra: Vital Practices for Transformation , Lama Zopa Rinpoche guides students through understanding the power and benefit of mantras. Rinpoche explains many popular mantras, giving specific instructions for practicing them, including Shakyamuni Buddha,…
In October 2018, Lama Zopa Rinpoche gave the oral transmission of the Mantra from “The Sutra of Great Liberation” to students at Amitabha Buddhist Centre, the FPMT center in Singapore. “I want to give one mantra from the Liberation Sutra…
FPMT Education Services’ mantra resource page on FPMT.org offers students many commonly used mantras for their personal use. Recently added are the Just by Seeing Mantras—the Phagpa Chulung Rolpai Do Mantra and the Six Syllables of Clairvoyance Mantra, which are…
FPMT Education Services makes available many commonly used mantras, which students can download freely for their personal use. Mantras, meaning “mind protection,” are Sanskrit syllables usually recited in conjunction with the practice of a particular meditational deity. As they embody…
By Donna Lynn Brown Who hasn’t spun a prayer wheel? Whether a massive work of art that we propel with our whole bodies, a desktop ornament we twist with our fingertips, a decorated paint can on a spoke or a…
“A few days ago, when Rinpoche was going down to the teachings at the Great Stupa in Australia, an ant slipped under his shoe,” executive assistant to FPMT International Office’s CEO and FPMT Charitable Projects coordinator Ven. Holly Ansett shared…
Lama Zopa Rinpoche’s devotion manifests in a natural curiosity to learn mantras in the original Sanskrit when possible and appropriate. Rinpoche later uses what he learns to bless people and animals that he comes across, such when once Rinpoche met…