Daily recitation of the Buddhas mantra helps to focus our minds and to make or maintain a connection with the Buddhas.

Amitayus

OM AMARANI ZEWONG DEYEE SOHA

Avalokiteshvara / Chenrezig / Kuan Yin

OM MANI PEME HUNG

Black Manjushri

OM AH RA BA TSA NA DHI HUNG

Dukkar / Sitatapatra

OM SITA TA PA TREY HUM PHET

Dzambala

OM DZAMBALA DZALENDRAYE SOHA

Green Tara

OM TARE TUTTARE TURE SOHA

Guru Rinpoche

OM AH HUNG BENZA GURU PEMA SIDDHI HUNG

Hayagriva

HRI PEMA DATRI HAYAGRIVA HULU HULU HUNG PHET

Heart Sutra

TAYATHA OM GATEY GATEY PARAGATEY PARASAMGATEY BODHI SOHA

Kalarupa

OM KALARUPA HUNG PHET

4-faced Mahakala

OM MAHAKALA KALA BIKALA RATRITA DOMBINI CANDALI RAKSHISI SINGHALI DEVI BHYO HUNG PHET

6-armed Mahakala

OM BENZA NARA TRIM TRIM HUNG HUNG PHET PHET SOHA

Manjushri

OM AH RA BA TSA NA DHI

Maitreya

OM MAITREYA MAM SOHA

Marici

OM MARITSE MAM SOHA

Medicine Buddha

TAYATHA OM BEKANZE BEKANZE MAHA BEKANZE BEKANZE RANDZA SAMUGATHE SOHA

Norgyuma / Basudarini

OM BASUDARINI NAKETRA SOHA

Palden Lhamo

JO RAMO JO RAMO JO JO RAMO TUNJO KALA RACHENMO RAMO AJA DAJA TUNJO RULU RULU HUNG JO HUNG

Saraswati

OM SARASIDDHI HRING HRING

Sengdongma

AH KHA SAMA RANZA SHANDA RASA MARAYA PHET

Setrap

OM MAHA YAKCHA TSA SOHA

Shakyamuni

TAYATHA OM MUNI MUNI MAHA MUNI SHAKYAMUNI YE SOHA

Sosodrangma

OM MANI DARI BENZINI MAHA PARTI SARI HUNG HUNG PHET PHET SOHA

Je Tsongkhapa Migtsema (5-line Prayer)

MIG-MEY TZE-WEY TER-CHEN CHENREZIG
DRI-MEY KHYEN-PI WANG-PO JAMPAL YANG
DU-PUNG MA-LU JOM-DZEY SANG-WEY DAG
GANG-CHEN KE-PEY TSUG-GYEN TSONGKHAPA
LO-SANG TRAG-PEY SHAB-LA SOL-WA DEB

Je Tsongkhapa Migtsema (4-line Prayer)

MIG-MEY TZE-WEY TER-CHEN CHENREZIG
DRI-MEY KHYEN-PI WANG-PO JAMPAL YANG
GANG-CHEN KE-PEY TSUG-GYEN TSONGKHAPA
LO-SANG TRAG-PEY SHAB-LA SOL-WA DEB

Je Tsongkhapa Migtsema (9-line Prayer)

NGO-DRUB KUN-JUNG THUB-WANG DORJE-CHANG
MIG-MEY TZE-WAY TER-CHEN CHENREZIG
DRI-MEY KHYEN-PI WANG-PO JAMPAL-YANG
DU-PUNG MA-LU JOM-DZEY SANG-WEY-DAG
GANG-CHENG KE-PEY TSUG-GYEN LO-SANG-DRAG
KYAB-SUM KUN-DU LA-MA SANG-GYA-LA
GO-SUM GU-PAI GO-NA SOL-WA-DEB
RANG-ZHAN MIN-CHING DROL-WAR JIN-GYI-LOB
CHOG-DANG THUN-MONG NGO-DRUB TSAL-DU-SOL

Je Tsongkhapa Heart Mantra

OM AH GURU BENZA DHARA SUMATI KIRTI SIDDHI HUNG HUNG

Je Tsongkhapa Long Life Migtsema

MIG-MEY TZE-WEY TER-CHEN CHENREZIG
DRI-MEY KHYEN-PI WANG-PO JAMPAL YANG
DU-MEY CHI-WA JOONGSEY ZEPAKMAY
DU-PUNG MA-LU JOM-DZEY SANG-WEY DAG
GANG-CHEN KE-PEY TSUG-GYEN TSONGKHAPA
LO-SANG TRAG-PEY SHAB-LA SOL-WA DEB

Je Tsongkhapa Long Life Mantra

OM AH GURU SUMATI KIRTI APARAMEDA AYU JANA SIDDHI HUNG HUNG

Trakpo Sumtril

OM BENZAPANI HAYAGRIVA GARUDA HUM PHET

Usnivijaya / Namgyalma

OM DROOM SOHA

Vaisravana / Namtose

OM VAISHRAVANA YE SOHA

Vajrapani

OM BENZAPANI HUNG

Vajrasattva

OM BENZASATTO HUNG

Vajrasattva 100-syllable mantra

OM BENZASATTO SAMAYA MANU PALAYA / BENZASATTO TENO PATITA / DIDRO MAY BHAWA / SUTO KAYO MAY BHAWA / SUPO KAYO MAY BHAWA / ANU RAKTO MAY BHAWA / SARWA SIDDHI ME PAR YATSA / SARWA KARMA SUT TSA ME / TISHTAM SHRIYAM KURU HUM / HA HA HA HA HO / BHAGAWAN SARWA TATAGATA / BENZA MA MAY MUN TSA / BENZA BHAWA MAHA SAMAYA SATTO / AH HUM PHET

White Tara

OM TARE TUTTARE TURE MAMA AYUH PUNYA JANA PUTRIM KURUYE SOHA

At a time when nearly all in this Northern Land
Were living in utter contradiction to Dharma,
Without illusion, O Tsongkhapa, you polished the teachings.
Hence I sing this praise to you of Ganden Mountain.

When the teachings of the Sakya, Kargu, Kadam
And Nyingma sects in Tibet were declining,
You, O Tsongkhapa, revived Buddha’s Doctrine,
Hence I sing this praise to you of Ganden Mountain.

Manjushri, the Bodhisattva of Wisdom, gave to you
Special instructions on the thought of Nagarjuna.
O Tsongkhapa, upholder of the Middle Way,
I sing this praise to you of Ganden Mountain.

“Mind and form are not empty of their own natures
But are empty of truly existent mind and form”,
You, O Tsongkhapa, are Tibet’s chief exponent of voidness,
Hence I sing this praise to you of Ganden Mountain.

In merely a few years you filled
The land from China to India
With peerless holders of the saffron robes.
Hence I sing this praise to you of Ganden Mountain.

Those who become your followers
And look to you and your teachings
Are never again disappointed or forsaken.
Hence I sing this praise to you of Ganden Mountain.

The trainees who walk in your footsteps
Breath the fresh air of the Great Way.
They would die for the good of the world.
Hence I sing this praise to you of Ganden Mountain.

Anyone who disparages your doctrine must face
The terrible wrath of the Dharma protectors.
O Tsongkhapa, who abides in truth’s power,
I sing this praise to you of Ganden Mountain.

In person and in dreams you come to those
Who but once recollect your image.
O Tsongkhapa, who watches with compassionate eyes.
I sing this praise to you of Ganden Mountain.

In order to civilize men and spirits you spread
Your teachings through Kham, Mongolia and Turkestan:
O Tsongkhapa, subduer of savages,
I sing this praise to you of Ganden Mountain.

For men coarse and far from the Way, you dispel
Mental clouds, evils and bad karma.
O Tsongkhapa, who bestows quick progress,
I sing this praise to you of Ganden Mountain.

Those who take heartfelt Refuge in you,
Even those with no hope for now or hereafter,
O Tsongkhapa, have their every wish fulfilled.
Hence I sing this praise to you of Ganden Mountain.

Having exposed false teachings transgressing
The excellent ways well shown by Buddha,
You firmly established your Bold Doctrine.
Hence I sing this praise to you of Ganden Mountain.

Manifesting sublime austerity and discipline,
The form and fragrance of your life was incomparable.
O Tsongkhapa, controlled one pleasing to the Buddhas,
I sing this praise to you of Ganden Mountain.

By the strength of the sons of your lineage
And by my having faithfully offered this praise,
May the enlightened activity of Buddha Shakyamuni
Pervade the earth for ages to come.

Footnote: Extracted from the Life and Teachings of Tsong Khapa (Edited by Prof. R. Thurman)

His purpose for having such monuments erected was not self-aggrandizement but, in the words of the late Lama Govinda:

“To remind later generations of the great pioneers of humanity and inspire them to follow their example, to encourage them in their own struggle for liberation from suffering.”

A proper Buddhist altar holds the symbols of enlightened body, speech and mind, traditionally represented by displaying a statue or photo of Buddha Shakyamuni, a scripture, and a stupa.

The mind of the Buddha is traditionally represented by a stupa of enlightenment. The stupa should be placed to the right of the Buddha image, or below the Buddha if the altar consists of several levels.

This noble quest of his took a lot of searching with some of the leading spiritual teachers of his time. But alas, he would not find the answer with them or with subsequent popular extreme ascetic practices of his day.

He eventually found it while meditating under a Bodhi tree. He thus became the Awakened One, or the Buddha.

Images of him frequently depict him sitting crossed legged in full meditation, his right hand lightly touching the ground beneath him. This is symbolic of how Buddha responded to the challenge of Mara’s claim over the ground beneath him.

Buddha invoked the earth to bear witness to the truth and virtue of his words and actions through countless aeons that earned him the right to sit and meditate there.

Buddha thus constantly reminds those who take refuge in him to cultivate virtues of the six paramitas of giving, patience, concentration, wisdom, morality and perseverance. His left hand cradles a begging bowl in a meditative pose.

For the rest of his life, the Buddha was a mendicant and lived on food offerings by various lay devotees. Buddha didn’t just teach renunciation, he actually practiced it. Spiritual practice as he taught it was not mere words but a living example to inspire his disciples then and even now.

By employing skilful means to his teaching, the Buddha taught about eighty four thousand teachings, each to benefit all possible dispositions and levels of spiritual development of his followers. That is why his teachings are likened to healing medicine for the mind.

Buddha had many disciples who took his teachings to heart and spread it worldwide into the different forms of Buddhism we know today. But all look to the historic Shakyamuni Buddha as the founder and original guru of Buddhism.

His spiritual energy in the form of sound that helps to transform the mind (Mantra):

OM MUNI MUNI MAHA MUNI SHAKYAMUNI YE SOHA

Buddha Maitreya will appear to us in the future (the fifth age) when all is dark and delusions have worsened incredibly to teach the Dharma again and to bring us out of suffering.

Maitreya was the heart disciple of Shakyamuni Buddha and as Shakyamuni left Tushita heaven, he passed his crown to Maitreya, inviting him to his seat as an indication that Maitreya would be the next Buddha. And so, Maitreya resides as the current monarch in Tushita Heaven, awaiting the time when he will descend to teach us in samsara.

Maitreya’s skin is golden like a thousand rays of the sun for he brings increase and great growth to our spiritual practice. His hands, held in the mudra of teaching, represent the defining act in which he will manifest – to teach and turn the wheel of Dharma.

He has promised that when he appears, his teachings shall follow a sutra path, concentrating on the practice of the six paramitas in extensive form. He sits upright, forward in full readiness to arrive and teach us, and his form resembles ours to represent that he will manifest in that way to help us out of our suffering.

We need not wait until he appears on Earth to follow his practice. Doing it now gives us the assurance that we can be one of his foremost disciples when he teaches in the future.

More importantly, practicing Maitreya now has the immediate effect of achieving the six paramitas, letting go and embracing all others. Practice to him helps us to attain pure views, the same virtuous qualities as our guru and great, immense LOVE for that is what his own name means.

His spiritual energy in the form of sound that helps to transform the mind (Mantra):

OM MAITREYA MAM SOHA

Within a big blaze of transformative flames he dances ecstatically, exorcising the ugly demons of greedy entanglement with a threatening gesture; transforming hatred into wisdom with his diamond thunderbolt-sceptre that symbolizes the indestructibility of awareness beyond concepts.

Vajrapani is an emanation of Buddha Akshobya; historically he was a great patron of Buddha Shakyamuni’s teachings. It was him who requested the Buddha to teach many of the Tantras that are practiced today.

Vajrapani is part of the triple deity practice of Trakpo Sumtril, the other two deities being Hayagriva and King Garuda.

Vajrapani will be the last of the Buddhas to appear in this fortunate eon, which is another indication of how immensely fortunate we are to make a connection to Lama Tsongkhapa who is the embodiment of Avalokiteshvara, Manjushri and Vajrapani.

His spiritual energy in the form of sound that helps to transform the mind (Mantra) is:

OM BENZAPANI HUNG