Mantras and Mudras: Meditations for the hands and voice to bring peace and inner calm

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

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.

Mantras and Mudras

Meditations for the hands and voice to bring peace and inner calm

Lillian Too

Dedication (#ulink_dec0659c-a60e-558e-ad23-7569d52748d2)

This book is written with the motivation of sharing beautiful mantras and mudras with as many people as possible that they may experience the matchless bliss of spiritual awakening . . . and is dedicated to the long life of my most precious and dearest kind lama, Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche. I also gratefully acknowledge the support of the FPMT (Federation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition), and in particular the venerable Connie Miller, who has assisted with the checking of the precious mantras included in this book. All royalties from this book will be donated to special Buddhist charities.

My lama’s teachings are vast and profound

When an ordinary person like me

reflects, thinks, meditates, and communicates,

there is always some error in understanding.

Learned scholars,

If you find my words err

and my meanings mislead,

Please be compassionate and set me right.

Only Buddha is completely without error,

like the sun, the sky’s radiant jewel,

dispelling the darkness of night.

LILLIAN TOO

Happiness and suffering

Are dependent

upon your own mind,

upon your interpretation.

They do not come from outside,

from others.

All of your happiness and

all of your suffering

are created by you,

your own mind.

KYABJE LAMA ZOPA RINPOCHE

Contents

Cover (#u476da914-f1aa-5bf9-aa84-4ec11c0386d8)

Title Page (#u07875274-82fb-53a4-a2d3-0c61b20b53f1)

Dedication (#ulink_af8d2841-2e4e-59f2-a017-beabc26481d6)

Introduction (#ulink_d05dfc69-11a7-52aa-ba4f-47d6a530051a)

PART ONE: FIRST STEPS

Taking refuge mantras (#ulink_c7402fd9-b89b-5eb9-a321-86ad205592a8)

Making prostrations (#ulink_98d8c4f8-c470-5573-9a72-2858663b5438)

Generating motivation (#ulink_008a7a80-38a3-5e41-b0e2-ba3f018aa4f7)

Making mandala offerings (#ulink_79ce5e70-4e5e-577b-8399-65b67be93074)

Purifying the space and ground (#ulink_ed82c99b-2a82-50f5-b95e-15ee4a2bea89)

Asking for a mountain of blessings (#ulink_427a88a5-541d-567d-a074-7e27fb1a23b7)

Making dedications (#ulink_56baaab2-2d3e-504f-b1a1-4cff932d276b)

PART TWO: THE MANTRAS

The most famous mantra in the world (#ulink_83c46314-e8b9-5843-a2d2-e6d2214ba73f)

Mantras for removing obstacles (#ulink_2a4007cb-3bb2-5f33-8e2f-60db50e79f03)

Mantras for making food offerings (#ulink_6b9949ce-840e-5c29-8cdf-5a075ffa2b55)

Mantras for healing (#ulink_eda169a3-fb56-5f6e-8eb2-f66f70429771)

Mantras for multiplying the merits of meditation (#ulink_7300b8cf-27d1-50e0-9638-d96e784744b1)

Mantras for empowerment (#ulink_5b2fc80e-fe43-5565-866c-e09bda620788)

Mantras for longevity (#ulink_7e580f8e-66dc-5d3c-b00c-61a71671310d)

Mantras to the jambhalas – the wealth buddhas (#ulink_403463e5-5472-5a4f-b60b-313758b86fa5)

Mantras for crying babies (#ulink_2c158625-20ed-5422-8d39-fb1d55bfa7c4)

PART THREE: MANTRA PRACTICE AND SPECIAL MANTRAS

How to practice a white light meditation (#ulink_7adbc4c3-f72a-5592-b3c0-6497cf03defa)

Using the eleven powerful mantras (#ulink_f46db6b5-8ca6-5f86-8a30-cc3cd415ff34)

Three special ways to use mantras (#ulink_8a34d279-e13d-5a46-bd1a-6a5a22baa215)

The benefits of prayer wheels (#ulink_60a3f4eb-c8d9-52c6-859b-6ddd6d74ea94)

Making light offerings (#ulink_30515e89-05e7-5215-b55d-1be9b1e188a1)

Special mantras to increase merit 100,000 times (#ulink_da8415d8-6f3b-513a-857c-7c647fce7aca)