Mantras to Benefit Animals

By Kyabje Lama Zopa Rinpoche

These mantras are extracted from How to Make Charity of Food to the Creature, Ants. Find links to this practice in the FPMT Catalogue. Translation and commentary by Lama Zopa Rinpoche, FPMT Education Services, Portland 2011.

Note: On 11 June 1997, Lama Zopa Rinpoche advised the following recitations into the ears of dogs and other animals: the mantras of Maitreya, Padmasambhava, Chenrezig, Medicine Buddha and Milarepa, and the Heart Sutra.

See Appendix 3 of Teachings from the Vajrasattva Retreat for more practices to benefit animals.

Artwork by Lama Zopa Rinpoche.
Chenrezig
OM MANI PADME HUM

Reciting just this mantra has limitless skies of benefits, most unbelievable. You can’t imagine the benefits of reciting just this mantra.

Eleven-Face Chenrezig
NAMO RATNA TRAYAYA / NAMA ARYA JÑANA SAGARA / VAIROCHANA VYUHA RAJAYA / TATHAGATAYA / ARHATE SAMYAK SAMBUDDHAYA / NAMA SARVA TATHAGATABHYAH / ARHATEBHYAH / SAMYAK SAMBUDDHEBHYAH / NAMAH ARYA AVALOKITESHVARAYA / BODHISATTVAYA / MAHASATTVAYA / MAHAKARUNIKAYA / TADYATHA / OM DHARA DHARA /DHIRI DHIRI / DHURU DHURU / ITTI VATTE / CHALE CHALE / PRACHALE PRACHALE / KUSUME KUSUME VARE / ILI MILI / CHITI JVALAM / APANAYE SVAHA
Medicine Buddha

Short mantra:

TADYATHA / OM BHAISHAJYE BHAISHAJYE MAHA BHAISHAJYE [BHAISHAJYE] / RAJA SAMUDGATE SVAHA

Common pronunciation:


TADYATHA OM BEKANDZAY BEKANDZAY MAHA BEKANDZAY BEKANDZAY RADZA SAMUNDGATE SVAHA

Long mantra:

OM NAMO BHAGAVATE BHAISHAJYE / GURU BAIDURYA / PRABHA RAJAYA / TATHAGATAYA / ARHATE SAMYAKSAM BUDDHAYA / TADYATHA / OM BHAISHAJYE BHAISHAJYE MAHA BHAISHAJYE [BHAISHAJYE ] / RAJA SAMUDGATE SVAHA

Common pronunciation:

OM NAMO BAGAWATAY BEKANDZAY / GURU BAIDURYA / PRABA RADZAYA / TATAGATAYA / ARHATAY SAMYAK SAMBUDDHAYA / TA YA TA / OM BEKANDZAY BEKANDZAY MAHA BEKANDZAY [BEKANDZAY] / RADZA SAMUGATAY SOHA

By hearing the Medicine Buddha mantra, they won’t get reborn in the lower realms; they will get a higher rebirth.

Mitukpa
NAMO RATNA TRAYAYA / OM KAMKANI KAMKANI / ROCHANI ROCHANI / TROTANI TROTANI / TRASANI TRASANI / PRATIHANA PRATIHANA / SARVA KARMA / PARAM PARA NI ME / SARVA SATTVA NANCHA SVAHA

Just by seeing the Mitrugpa mantra, the heavy negative karma of criticizing the Arya Sangha is purified, so there is no question about the benefits of actually reciting it.

Kunrig
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

By merely seeing the Kunrig mantra—no need to mention actually saying it—one purifies the very heavy negative karma of avoiding the holy Dharma.

Avoiding the Dharma is more heavy than destroying all the statues, stupas, scriptures, and temples in this world; heavier than that. This means you think that Buddha’s teaching is not for you, from your heart you give it up; you give up from your heart the object of devotion.

Perhaps you feel that some things are very difficult, such as studying Buddhist philosophy; it’s difficult for you to understand. You think, “What use is this in my life?” Whenever this happens, that is giving up Dharma. These are Buddha’s teachings, so the karma is unbelievably heavy.

Namgyälma

Long mantra:

OM NAMO BHAGAVATE SARVA TRAILOKYA PRATIVISHISHTAYA / BUDDHAYA TE NAMA / TA YA THA / OM BHRUM BHRUM BHRUM SHODHAYA SHODHAYA / VISHODHAYA VISHODHAYA / ASAMA SAMANTA AVABHASA SPHARANA GATI GAGANA SVABHAVA VISHUDDHE / ABHISHINCHANTU MAM / SARVA TATHAGATA SUGATA VARA VACHANA AMRITA ABHISHEKARA / MAHAMUDRA MANTRA PADAI / AHARA AHARA / MAMA AYUS SAMDHARANI / SHODHAYA SHODHAYA / VISHODHAYA VISHODHAYA / GAGANA SVABHAVA VISHUDDHE / USHNISHA VIJAYA PARISHUDDHE / SAHASRA RASMI SANCHO DITE / SARVA TATHAGATA AVALOKINI / SHAT PARAMITA PARIPURANI / SARVA TATHAGATA MATE / DASHA BHUMI PRATISHTHITE / SARVA TATHAGATA HRIDAYA / ADHISHTHANA ADHISHTHITE / MUDRE MUDRE MAHA MUDRE / VAJRA KAYA SAMHATANA PARISHUDDHE / SARVA KARMA AVARANA VISHUDDHE / PRATINI VARTAYA MAMA AYUR / VISHUDDHE SARVA TATHAGATA / SAMAYA ADHISHTHANA ADHISHTHITE / OM MUNI MUNI MAHA MUNI / VIMUNI VIMUNI MAHA VIMUNI / MATI MATI MAHA MATI / MAMATI SUMATI TATHATA / BHUTA KOTI PARISHUDDHE / VISPHUTA BUDDHE SHUDDHE / HE HE JAYA JAYA / VIJAYA VIJAYA / SMRARA SMRARA / SPHARA SPHARA / SPHARAYA SPHARAYA / SARVA BUDDHA ADHISHTHANA ADHISHTHITE / SHUDDHE SHUDDHE / BUDDHE BUDDHE / VAJRE VAJRE MAHA VAJRE / SUVAJRE VAJRA GARBHE JAYA GARBHE / VIJAYA GARBHE / VAJRA JVALA GARBHE / VAJROD BHAVE / VAJRA SAMBHAVE / VAJRE VAJRINI / VAJRAMA BHAVATU MAMA SHARIRAM / SARVA SATTVA NANCHA KAYA PARISHUDDHIR BHAVATU / ME SADA SARVA GATI PARISHUDDHISHCHA / SARVA TATHAGATASHCHA / MAM SAMASHVAS YANTU / BUDDHYA BUDDHYA / SIDDHYA SIDDHYA / BODHAYA BODHAYA / VIBODHAYA VIBODHAYA / MOCHAYA MOCHAYA / VIMOCHAYA VIMOCHAYA / SHODHAYA SHODHAYA / VISHODHAYA VISHODHAYA / SAMANTANA MOCHAYA MOCHAYA / SAMANTA RASMI PARISHUDDHE / SARVA TATHAGATA HRIDAYA / ADHISHTHANA ADHISHTHITE / MUDRE MUDRE MAHA MUDRE / MAHAMUDRA MANTRA PADAI SVAHA

Short mantra:

OM BHRUM SVAHA / OM AMRITA AYUR DA DAI SVAHA

At the conclusion, recite: 

OM AMITE / AMITODA BHAVE / AMITE VIKRANTE / AMITA GATRE / AMITO GAMINI / AMITA AYURDADE / GAGANA KIRTI KARE SARVA KLESHA KSHAYAM KARI YE SVAHA
OM BHRUM SVAHA / OM AMRITA AYUR DA DAI SVAHA

Reciting and hearing this mantra is most powerful, there are unbelievable, most unbelievable benefits: it becomes impossible to be reborn in the lower realms, and in all the lifetimes you meet buddhas and bodhisattvas and always have a pure life, from life to life. There are so many of the most unbelievable benefits.

Ushnisha (Stainless Pinnacle)
OM NAMA STRAIYA DHVIKANAM / SARVA TATHAGATA HRIDAYA GARBHE JVALA JVALA / DHARMADHATU GARBHE / SAMBHARA MAMA AHYU SAMSHODHAYA MAMA SARVA PAPAM / SARVA TATHAGATA SAMANTOSHNISHA VIMALE VISHUDDHE / HUM HUM HUM HUM / AM BAM SAM JAH SVAHA

This mantra is unbelievably powerful. It purifies the unbelievably heavy negative karma without break that causes you to be reborn in the lowest hell realm and experience the heaviest suffering for the longest time—no question about purifying the ten nonvirtues and the normal negative karmas that we collect every day.

Lotus Pinnacle of Amoghapasha
OM PÄDMO USHNISHA VIMALE HUM PHAT
Stainless Beam
NAMA NAWA NAWA TEENÄN THATHAAGATA GANGA NAM DIVA LUKAA NÄN / KOTINI YUTA SHATA SAHA SRAA NÄN / OM VOVORI / TSARI NI* TSARI / MORI GOLI TSALA WAARI SVAHA

*Indicates higher tone on this syllable.

Maitreya Buddha
NAMO RATNA TRAYAYA / NAMO BHAGAVATE SHAKYAMUNIYE / TATHAGATAYA / ARHATE SAMYAKSAM BUDDHAYA / TADYATHA / OM AJITE AJITE APARAJITE / AJITAÑCHAYA HA RA HA RA MAITRI AVALOKITE KARA KARA MAHA SAMAYA SIDDHI BHARA BHARA MAHA BODHI MANDA BIJA SMARA SMARA AH SMA KAM SAMAYA BODHI BODHI MAHA BODHI SVAHA
OM MOHI MOHI MAHA MOHI SVAHA OM MUNI MUNI SMARA SVAHA

One particular benefit of hearing this mantra is that when Maitreya Buddha descends into this world, which will be after Shakyamuni Buddha’s teachings have stopped—and assuming that you did not get enlightened during Shakyamuni Buddha’s time—he will look for you, for anyone who heard his mantra, and you will become his first disciple, receiving teachings from him directly. And you will receive a prediction of your enlightenment in that life, during Maitreya Buddha’s teachings, while Maitreya Buddha is in this world.

Milarepa
OM AH GURU HASA VAJRA SARVA SIDDHI PHALA HUM
Padmasambhava
OM AH HUM VAJRA GURU PÄDMA SIDDHI HUM