Amulet for Protection from Harm

Amulet for Protection from Harm

Date Posted:
October 2005

A student was told that her world would be destroyed by someone she had known for a long time, who had skill in black magic. She wrote to Rinpoche asking for advice.

My dear one,
How are you? I hope your holy body, holy speech, holy mind, and everything is well, including your toes.

According to my observations, it does seem that there is a risk of receiving harm from black magic. You should recite one mala or 80 Black Manjushri mantras in the morning. This mantra seems very important.

There is also a protection mantra that it would be beneficial for you to wear. This also brings good fortune to your family. You should wear it all the time. At night, when you are asleep, it may fall under your body, and this is not good. If there is a way you can wear it when you go to bed so as to prevent it falling under your body, for example, on your arm, that might be OK, as long as you don’t turn over and then the mantra falls under your body. So, if you can figure out a way to wear it also at night time, but making sure that you do not sleep on it, that would be good.

This is a very powerful protection. This mantra pacifies war, fighting, disputes, others criticizing us, and black magic. It protects us from the four dangers of fire, water, and so forth, and protects us from human harms and non-human harms. It actually returns the harm back to the other person. I am not sure if this happens just by wearing it or if you have to recite it. Definitely, when you recite it, it returns the harmful black magic to where it came from. If someone shoots a bullet then the bullet actually goes back to the person. The protection mantra is a direct teaching of Buddha from the Mantra Serchen, from the Kangyur Volume XX, in the section of collection of mantras.

Also, you should recite the prayer to eliminate obstacles by Padmasambhava and the short Prayer to Padmasambhava. Recite them with the mantra. Reciting one mala every day would be best, particularly at this time. This is very powerful and you can do it for any emergency any time in your life.

With much love and prayers...