Mantras & practices
Recommended by H.H. the Dalai Lama
In recent years, there has been a noticeable rise in the incidence of natural disasters in the world (tsunami, hurricanes, earthquakes and the threat of devastating disease). These have caused enormous loss of life and material damage. The resulting suffering has been incalculable. With the aim of pacifying these calamities and in order to prevent new ones from happening, whether natural or man-made, His Holiness the Dalai Lama has recommended the recitation of the following mantras:
Tara, fresco in Solukhumbu
Tara
OM TARE TUTTARE TURE SVAHA
Avalokiteshvara (Chenrezi)
OM MANI PADME HUNG
Padmasambhava
OM AH HUNG VAJRA GURU PADMA SIDDHI HUM
The recitation of these mantras can be combined with other prayers.
For those who wish to take part in this collective recitation, Pema Wangyal Rinpoche suggests that a short period of time should be devoted to this practice every day, with a more extended recitation performed from time to time in groups, depending on the wishes and availability of those concerned.
If you wish to take part, please send the number of mantras and prayers that you have recited by the end of each Tibetan year to recitations@songtsen.org so that they can be forwarded to Pema Wangyal Rinpoche.
Letters via regular mail can be sent to:
– St. Léon Sur Vézère – 24290 – Dordogne – France
Rinpoche keeps a count of the number of mantras and prayers recited, which he sends every year, together with the names of the people involved, to H.H. the Dalai Lama and to Kyabje Trulshik Rinpoche, requesting them to dedicate the merit created.
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