The Living Journal - The Power Of Words

The Living Journal - The Power Of Words. How can a mantra can bring so much benefit to those who recite it? We might as well ask, how  can a simple thoughtless word make you angry, upset and a kind word can make us feel happy? 

Words contain a lot of meaning and can be used to bring joy or pain. For instance, if you were to say this:- Oh, you are fat and ugly or you are an idiot" the reaction of the recipient will be completely different and intense. 

But If you were to say:- Today you look so amazingly great and wonderful, it will immediately make the recipient happy to hear it. 

So, if spoken words such as these have so much power to create harm or good. Why not mantras that have blessed by the Buddhas? In Buddhism, mantras are sacred sounds that are believed to possess supernatural powers. 

By chanting mantras, we will purify the impurities of our body, speech and mind caused by  ignorance, hatred, lust, desire, attachment, jealousy and so forth, as the wisdom, power or blessings of the Buddha, Bodhisattva, deity exists within the mantra itself. 

Furthermore, there is tremendous benefit when we recite with our sincere heart, devotion and concentration, accompanied by a visualization of the deity as visualization is an integral part of the Vajrayana practices. There are people who recite mantra without faith, confidence and concentration, it like a parrot singing a song. 

If this how you practice, you will achieve nothing, even in a million years! 

Tayata Om Muni Muni Maha Muniyeh Soha 

Om Mani Pad me Hum. 

Om Ah Hum Benza Guru Padma Sidhi Hung. 

Thank you for reading and may you find peace and ultimate bliss. With your supports it helps spread the precious Buddha's teachings and turning the Dharma wheels in the world. 

Aspiration For Bodhichitta 

Jang Chub Sem Chog Rinpoche 

Ma Kye Pa Nam Kye Gyur Chiang 

Kye Pa Nyam Par Mey Pa Yang 

Gong Nay Gong Du Phel War Shog. 

May the precious Bodhichitta arise.

Where it has not arisen 

And where it has arisen 

May it not decrease But increase further and further. 

Nagarjuna's Dedication of Merit 

So nam di yi tham chay zig pa nyi 

Thob nay nye pa'i dra nam pham jay nay 

Kye ga na chi'i ba lab thrug pa yi 

Si pa'i tso lay dro war drol war shog. 

By this merit may we obtain omniscience then. 

Having defeated the enemies wrong-doings. 

May we liberate migrators from the ocean of existence. 

With its stormy waves of birth, old age, sickness and death. 

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