Joyful Parents, Successful Children

By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche

As Buddhist parents, we have a special and very important responsibility to ensure that our children not only receive a good worldly education but are also educated to be good-hearted human beings. In this book, Lama Zopa Rinpoche explains how we can teach our children the good qualities and behavior that are essential for achieving every type of happiness, both short- and long-term.

These teachings were compiled and edited by Ven. Joan Nicell, and published in 2015 by Amitabha Buddhist Centre, Singapore. Now available as a free audiobook.

Appendix 2: The 10 Powerful Mantras
1.  Mantra of Chenrezig
Long Mantra
NAMO RATNA TRAYAYA / NAMA ARYA JNANA SAGARA / VAIROCHANA VYUHA RAJAYA / TATHAGATAYA / ARHATE SAMYAK SAM BUDDHAYA / NAMA SARVA TATHAGATABHYA / ARHATEBHYA / SAMYAK SAM BUDDHEBHYA / NAMA ARYA AVALOKITESHVARAYA / BODHI SATTVAYA / MAHA SATTVAYA / MAHA KARUNI KAYA / TADYATHA / OM DARA DARA / DIRI DIRI / DURU DURU / ITTI VATE / CHALE CHALE / PRACHALE PRACHALE / KUSUME KUSUME VARE / ILI MILI CHITI JVALA APANAYE SVAHA
Short Mantra
OM MANI PADME HUM
 
2. Mantra of Namgyalma1
OM BHRUM SVAHA / OM AMRITA AYUR DA DAI SVAHA

At the conclusion, recite:

OM AMITE / AMITODA BHAVE / AMITE VIKRANTE / AMITA GATRE / AMITO GAMINI / AMITA AYUR DADE / GAGANA KIRTI KARE SARVA KLESHA KSHAYAM KARI YE SVAHA

 

3.  Mantra of Milarepa
OM AH GURU HASA VAJRA SARVA SIDDHI PHALA HUM

 

4.    Mantra of Kunrig (the deity who liberates from the lower realms)
OM NAMO BHAGAVATE / SARVA DURGATE PARI SHODHANI RAJAYA / TATHAGATAYA / ARHATE SAMYAKSAM BUDDHAYA / TADYATHA / OM SHODHANI / SHODHANI / SARVA PAPAM VISHODHANI / SHUDHE VISHUDHE / SARVA KARMA AVARANA VISHODHANI SVAHA

 

5.  Mantra of Medicine Buddha
TADYATHA / OM BHAISHAJYE BHAISHAJYE MAHA BHAISHAJYE [BHAISHAJYE] RAJA SAMUDGATE SVAHA

 

6. Zung of the Exalted Completely Pure Stainless Light (1)
NAMA SAPTANAM / SAMYAKSAM BUDDHA KOTINAN PARISHUDDHE MANASI / ABHYA CHITA PATISHTHA TUNAN / NAMO BHAGAVATE AMRITA AYU SHASYA / TATHAGATASYA / OM SARVA TATHAGATA SHUDDHI / AYUR VISHODHANI / SAMHARA SAMHARA / SARVA TATHAGATA VIRYA BALENA PRATI SAMHARA AYU SARA SARA / SARVA TATHAGATA SAMAYA / BODHI BODHI / BUDDHA BUDDHYA / BODHAYA BODHAYA / MAMA SARVA PAPAM AVARANA VISHUDDHE / VIGATA MALAM / CHHARA SU BUDDHYA BUDDHE HURU HURU SVAHA

 

7.   Zung of the Exalted Completely Pure Stainless Light (2) 
NAMA NAWA NAWA TEENAN THATHAAGATA GANGA NAM DIVA LUKAA NAN /KOTINI YUTA SHATA SAHA SRAA NAN / OM VOVORI / TSARI NI* TSARI / MORI GOLI TSALA WAARI SVAHA

*indicates a higher tone

 

8.  Mantra of Stainless Pinnacle
OM NAMA STRAIYA DHVIKANAM / SARVA TATHAGATA HRI DAYA GARBHE JVALA JVALA / DHARMADHATU GARBHE / SAMBHARA MAMA AYU SAMSHODHAYA MAMA SARVA PAPAM / SARVA TATHAGATA SAMANTOSHNISHA VIMALE VISHUDDHE / HUM HUM HUM HUM / AM VAM SAM JA SVAHA

 

9. Mantra of Lotus Pinnacle of Amoghapasha (Stainless Pinnacle Lotus)
OM PADMO USHNISHA VIMALE HUM PHAT

 

10.  Mantra of Buddha Mitrugpa
NAMO RATNA TRAYAYA / OM KAMKANI KAMKANI / ROCHANI ROCHANI / TROTANI TROTANI / TRASANI TRASANI PRATIHANA PRATIHANA / SARVA KARMA PARAM PARA NI ME SARVA SATTVA NANCHA SVAHA

 

Source: With kind permission of FPMT Education Department, April 2015.

Notes

1   A long version of the Namgyalma mantra can be found here. [Return to text