Powerful Mantras for the Time of Death

Powerful Mantras for

the Time of Death

from the instructions of Lama Zopa Rinpoche

Powerful Mantras for the Time of Death

Powerful Mantras for the Time of Death

The Five Great Mantras

The powerful mantras contained in this booklet can be recited to benefit
individuals who are dying or have died. They can also be laid on the body
of someone who is dying or has died and will benefit that person
immensely to have a peaceful death and to find a beneficial higher
rebirth in the next life.

for Liberating Sentient Beings from the Lower Realms

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1. Mantra of Kunrig (the deity who liberates from the lower realms)
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The powerful purifying mantras to place on the body of one whos is dying

OM NAMO BHAGAVATE / SARVA DURGATE PARI SHODHANI

RAJAYA / TATHAGATAYA / ARHATE SAMYAKSAM BUDDHAYA /
TADYATHA / OM SHODHANI / SHODHANI / SARVA PAPAM
BISHODHANI / SHUDHE BISHUDHE / SARVA KARMA AVARANA
BISHODHANI SVAHA

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Powerful Mantras for the Time of Death

Powerful Mantras for the Time of Death

2. 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

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3. Mantras of Namgyalma (Ushnishvijaya)
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 DE SVAHA

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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

4. Stainless Pinnacle (Tsug tor dri me)

OM NAMA TREYA DHVIKANAM / SARVA TATHAGATA HRI DAYA
GARBHE JVALA JVALA / DHARMA DHATU GARBHE / SAMBHARA
MAMA AH YU SAMSHODHAYA MAMA SARVA PAPAM / SARVA
TATHAGATA SAMANTOSHNISHA BIMALE BISHUDDHE / HUM
HUM HUM HUM / AM BAM SAM JA SVAHA

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Powerful Mantras for the Time of Death

Powerful Mantras for the Time of Death

5. Wish-Granting Wheel mantra (Tong gyu ye pai shag pa)

OM PDMO USHNISHA BIMALE HUM PHAT

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Powerful Mantras for Benefiting Sentient

Beings,
Especially at the Death Time

1. Mantras of Chenrezig
Short mantra:
OM MANI PDME HUM

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Long mantra:
NAMO RATNA TRA YA YA / NAMA ARYA JANA SAGARA /
VAIROCHANA BYU RAJAYA / TATHAGATAYA / NAMA SARVA
TATHAGATE BHYA / ARHATE BHYA / SAMYAKSAM BUDDHE
BHYA / NAMA ARYA AVALOKITESHVARAYA / BODHISATTVAYA /
MAHA SATTVAYA / MAHA KARUNI KAYA / TADYATHA / OM
DHARA DHARA / DHIRI DHIRI / DHURU DHURU / ITTE VATTE /
CHALE CHALE / PRACHALE PRACHALE / KUSUME KUSUME
VARE / ILI MILI / CHITI JALA APANAYE SVAHA

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Powerful Mantras for the Time of Death

Powerful Mantras for the Time of Death

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2. Medicine Buddha mantra (short)
TADYATHA / OM BHEKHANDZYE BHEKHANDZYE MAHA
BHEKHANDZYE [BHEKHANDZYE] / RADZA SAMUDGATE SVAHA
NOTE: Syllables in brackets [ ] are optional.

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3. Wish-Granting Wheel mantra (Tong gyu ye pai shag pa)

OM PDMO USHNISHA BIMALE HUM PHAT

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4. 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

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5. Mantras of Namgyalma
Long mantra:
OM NAMO BHAGAVATE SARVA TRAILOKYA PRATIVISHISHTAYA /
BUDDHAYA TE NAMA / TADYATHA / 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

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Powerful Mantras for the Time of Death

Short mantra:
OM BHRUM SVAHA / OM AMRITA AYUR DA DAI SVAHA

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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

6. Padmasambhavas mantra
OM AH HUM VAJRA GURU PDMA SIDDHI HUM

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7. 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
BISHODHANI / SHUDHE BISHUDHE / SARVA KARMA AVARANA
BISHODHANI SVAHA

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8. Milarepas mantra
OM AH GURU HASA VAJRA SARVA SIDDHI PHALA HUM

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9. Stainless Beam mantra (1)

NAMA SAPTANAM / SAMYAKSAM BUDDHA KOTINN
PARISHUDDHE MA NA SI / ABHYA CHITA PATISHTHA TUNN /
NAMO BHAGAVATE / AMRITA AH YU SHASYA / TATHAGATA SYA /
OM SARVA TATHAGATA SHUDDHI / AH YUR BISHODHANI /
SAMHARA SAMHARA / SARVA TATHAGATA BIRYA BA LE NA
PRATI SAMHARA AYU SARA SARA / SARVA TATHAGATA SAMAYA/
BODHI BODHI/ BUDDHA BUDDHYA / BODHAYA / BODHAYA /
MAMA SARVA PAPAM AVARANA BISHUDDHE / BIGATA MALAM /
CHHARA SU BUDDHYA BUDDHE HURU HURU SVAHA

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10. Stainless Beam mantra (2)
NAMA NAWA NAWA TINAM / TATHAGATA GAM GANAM DIWA
LUKA NAMA / KOTINI YUTA SHATA SAHA SVANAM / OM BO BO
RI / CHARI NI CHARI / MORI GORI CHALA WARI SVAHA

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Powerful Mantras for the Time of Death

Powerful Mantras for the Time of Death

11. Mantras of Buddha Maitreyas promise

Mantra of Maitreya Buddhas promise
NAMO RATNA TRAYAYA / NAMO BHAGAVATE
SHAKYAMUNIYE / TATHAGATAYA / ARHATE SAMYAKSAM
BUDDHAYA / TADYATHA / OM AJITE AJITE APARAJITE /
AJITACHAYA HA RA HA RA MAITRI AVALOKITE KARA KARA
MAHA SAMAYA SIDDHI BHARA BHARA MAHA BODHI MANDA
BIJA SMARA SMARA AHSMA KAM SAMAYA BODHI BODHI
MAHA BODHI SVAHA

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Heart mantra
OM MOHI MOHI MAHA MOHI SVAHA

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Close heart mantra
OM MUNI MUNI SMARA SVAHA

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