Tradition
Buddhist Mantras
Buddhist mantras — chanted in Sanskrit and Tibetan across Mahayana and Vajrayana traditions — invoke the qualities of awakened beings. Compassion, wisdom, protection, and healing each have their own sacred sound.
Om Mani Padme Hum, the mantra of the bodhisattva of compassion, is perhaps the most chanted mantra on earth. In Vajrayana traditions, mantras are considered inseparable from the deity they invoke; chanting them is a practice of becoming what is already, at the deepest level, one's own nature.
Featured mantras
Om Mani Padme Hum
The mantra of compassion — the jewel in the lotus.
Green Tara Mantra
Swift compassion, swift protection — the mantra of the beloved female Buddha.
Medicine Buddha Mantra
The great healer's mantra — for the body, the mind, and the world.
Vajrasattva Mantra
The great purification practice of Vajrayana Buddhism.
Guru Rinpoche Mantra
The mantra of Padmasambhava — for blessings, protection, and swift ripening of practice.
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White Tara Mantra
The mantra of long life, healing, and serene compassion.
Amitabha Mantra
A bow to the Buddha of infinite light and boundless compassion.
Gate Gate Paragate Parasamgate Bodhi Svaha
The mantra that closes the Heart Sutra — gone, gone, gone beyond to awakening.