Vajrasattva Bodhisattva Mantra Tm Ch Kim Cang Tt a B Tt

SeedSyllable HUM MantrasShortVersion

TheseedsyllablehissharedbyanumberofBuddhasandBodhisattvas,especiallythoseassociatedwiththeVajrafamilyofwhichVajrasattvaistheepitome.OthermembersareVajrapi,andAkobhyaMantrasShortVersion

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Tibetan(Uchen) Transliteration

ovajrasattvahovajrasattvah

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Longversion,i.ethe100syllableVajrasattvamantra(Viet=BchTCh)SiddhTibetanUchen

Transliteration

ovajrasattvasamayamanuplayavajrasattvatvenopatihadhomebhavasutoyomebhavasupoyomebhavaanuraktomebhavasarvasiddhimeprayacchasarvakarmasucamecittareyakuruhhahahahahobhagavansarvatathgatavajrammemucavajrbhavamahsamayasattvaa.Tibetanrecitingpronunciationversion(AlexanderBerzinPh.D)

OMVAJRASATTVASAMAYAMANUPALAYA,VAJRASATTVATVENOPATISHTA,DRIDHOMEBHAVA,SUTOSHYOMEBHAVA,SUPOSHYOMEBHAVA,ANURAKTOMEBHAVA,SARVASIDDHIMMEPRAYACCHA,SARVAKARMASUCHAME,CHITTAMSHRIYAMKURUHUM,HAHAHAHAHOHBHAGAVAN,SARVATATHAGATAVAJRA,MAMEMUNCHA,VAJRIBHAVA,MAHASAMAYASATTVA,AHHUMPHAT.

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HundredSyllableMantra(TranslatedbyAlexanderBerzin,Ph.D)TheTibetanpronunciationofthemantradiffersfromtheoriginalSanskritone.SomeTibetanmastersinstructtheirnonTibetanstudentstopronouncethemantrainthewaythattheTibetansdo;somerecommendpronouncingitintheSanskritstyle.HisHolinesstheDalaiLamarecommendsthatnonTibetansfollowtheoriginalSanskritmanner:OMVAJRASATTVASAMAYAMANUPALAYA,VAJRASATTVATVENOPATISHTA,DRIDHOMEBHAVA,SUTOSHYOMEBHAVA,SUPOSHYOMEBHAVA,ANURAKTOMEBHAVA,SARVASIDDHIMMEPRAYACCHA,SARVAKARMASUCHAME,CHITTAMSHRIYAMKURUHUM,HAHAHAHAHOHBHAGAVAN,SARVATATHAGATAVAJRA,MAMEMUNCHA,VAJRIBHAVA,MAHASAMAYASATTVA,AHHUMPHAT.

OmVajrasattva,Upholdyourclosebond.BringitaboutthatIremaincloselywiththisVajrasattvahood.BringitaboutthatIamstable.BringitaboutthatIamhappy.BringitaboutthatIamjoyous.BringitaboutthatIamsafeguarded.Bestowonmeallactualattainments.Makeallmyactionsexcellent.MakethemindsupremeHUM.HAHAHAHAHO,VanquishingMasterSurpassingAll,VajrastateofallThuslyGoneOnes.Donotletmeloose,OVajraBeing,beingwiththegreatbond.AH,HUM,PHAT.

(Source=AlexanderBerzin,Ph.D)

oOVajrasattvahonourtheagreement!Revealyourselfasthevajrabeing!Besteadfastforme!Beverypleasedforme!Befullynourishingforme!Bepassionateforme!Grantmeallsuccessandattainment!Andinallactionsmakemymindmorelucid!hhahahahahoOBlessedOne,vajraofallthoseinthatstate,dontabandonme!Obeingofthegreatcontractbeavajrabearer!

ovajrasattvasamayamanuplayavajrasattvatvenopatihadhomebhavasutoyomebhavasupoyomebhavaanuraktomebhavasarvasiddhimeprayacchasarvakarmasucamecittareyakuruhhahahahahobhagavansarvatathgatavajrammemucavajrbhavamahsamayasattva (ThemantrainSankrit&Tibetan

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Jayaravastranslationandcommentaryofthe100SyllableVajrasattvaMantra.Vajrasattva ispurewhite in colourand is sometimesknownas thePrinceofPurity.HisnamemeansAdamantine Being, or more poetically Embodying Reality. He is a member of the Vajra family ofAkobhyawhichalsoincludesVajrapi.Heisdepictedasayoungmanintheprimeoflife,withallthesilksandjewelsofawealthyprince.Inhisrighthandhedelicatelybalancesavajraathisheart.Inhislefthadheholdsabellathiswaist.ThevajrarepresentsReality,andCompassion;whilethebellrepresentsWisdom.InsomemandalasVajrasattvarepresentsthedibuddhaorthePrimordialPrincipleofBuddhahood;inothershechangesplaceswithAkobhyaintheEast.InShingonBuddhismitisVajrasattvathatpassesonthe initiationof theDharmakyaBuddhaMahvairocana toNgrjuna, therebycreating theVajraynalineage.In the mlayogas the practitioner carries out a set of four pactices 100,000 times. One of these isvisualisingofVajrasattvaandrepeatinghis100syllablemantra100,000timeswhichhelpstopurifythekarma of the person intending to go on to the tantra proper. Completing these practices is seen asessentialpriortoreceivinginitiationsorordinationinsomeTibetanlineages.NotesTheSanskritversionofthe100SyllablemantrafollowstheeditedtextoftheSanskritandproducedbyDharmacariSthiramati(akaDr.AndrewSkilton) in his article:TheVajrasattvaMantra :notes on a correctedSanskrit text. (Order Journal of theWesternBuddhistOrder]vol.3Nov.1990).Notethisisdifferentfromtheversioninthe1sted.oftheFWBOPujabookandthisedited versionwas produced to fix problemswith that version. TheEnglish translation ismy own see alsomy notes ontranslatingthemantra.Thebasicmantraendswith.Handphaaretraditionallyaddedunderspecificcircumstances hwhenthemantra isrecitedforthebenefitofsomeonedead,andthephawhenthemantraisrecitedtosubduedemons.TheyarenotpresentintheTibetanexampleabove,howeverintheWBO/FWBOtheyareroutinelyincluded.IveadoptedapracticewhichseemsstandardinJapanesecalligraphy,butaboutwhichIamnotcertain,whichistowritewordslikemucaasmuca,insteadofmuca,usingtheanusvratoreplacethenasal.ThiswouldappeartoberelatedtotheprincipleofeconomyofeffortinSanskritliterarturewhichreducesanywritingtotheminumumofwords,charactersandlettersandinthiscasepenstrokes.Itwouldstillbepossibletoonlyuse100syllableswithoutusingtheanusvrainthisway,butwouldbelesslovely.TheTibetanpronunciationandorthographyhavedivergedsomewhatfromtheSanskritandthisismybestefforttoreproduceitafterconsultingvarioussources.Therearevariationsinhowitispresentedindifferenttraditions.Apologiesifthisoneisnottheonethatyouarefamiliarwith.Source=www.viblemantra.org(Jayarava)

va jra sa ttva

Researched&CompiledbyGelongTENZINOEDOK,Ph.D(aka.TKheoThchNguynThin/DaoM.Le,Ph.D)

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