100/1000 mantras - Om Ah Hum Vajra Guru Padma Siddhi Hum - Padmasambhava Guru Rinpoche

You just need to run prayer wheel in any version (even electronic version on computer or cellphone screen). You can, but you don’t need to watch it later. GURU RIMPOCHE MANTRA Om Ah Hum Vajra Guru Padma Siddhi Hum (Sanskrit) Om Ah Hung Benza Guru Pema Siddhi Hung (Dialectic variation in Tibetan pronunciation) Explanation of the Vajra Guru mantra In response to Yeshe Tsogyal’s request, the Great Master responds. “O daughter of good family, the Vajra Guru mantra is not just my single essence mantra, it is the very essence or life force of all the deities of the four classes of tantra, of all the nine yanas, and all of the 84,000 collections of dharma teachings. The essence of all of the buddhas of the three times, all of the gurus, yidams, dakas and dakinis, dharma protectors etc., the essence of all of these is contained and is complete within this mantra. How, you may ask, does this work? What is the reason for all these being complete with this mantra? Listen well and hold this in mind. Read it again and again. Write it out for the benefit of sentient beings, and teach it or demonstrate it to beings in the future.“ OM AH HUNG VAJRA GURU PEMA SIDDHI HUNG OM AH HUNG are the sublime essence of the principles of enlightened body, speech, and mind VAJRA is the sublime essence of the indestructible family GURU is the sublime essence of the jewel family PEMA is the sublime essence of the lotus family SIDDHI is the sublime essence of the activity family HUNG is the sublime essence of the transcendent family OM is the perfect splendor and richness of sambhoghakaya, the manifest body of splendor AH is the total unchanging perfection of dharmakaya, the manifest body of absolute reality HUNG perfects the presence of Guru Padmasambhava as the nirmanakaya, the manifest body of emanation VAJRA perfects all the heruka deities of the mandalas GURU refers to the root and transmission gurus and the holders of intrinsic awareness PEMA perfects the assembly of dakas and dakinis SIDDHI is the life force of all the wealth deities and the guardians of the treasure teachings HUNG is the life force of the dharmapalas, the protective deities. OM AH HUNG are the life force of the three classes of tantra VAJRA is the life force of monastic discipline and the sutra class of teachings GURU is the life force of abhidharma and kriya (action) yoga, the f irst level of tantra PEMA is the life force of the charya (conduct) tantra, the second class of tantra, and yoga (joining) tantra, the third class of tantra SIDDHI is the life force of the mahayoga and anuyoga classes of teachings HUNG is the life force of the ati yoga, the Natural Great Perfection (Dzogchen) OM AH HUNG purify obscurations arising from the three mental poisons -- desire-attachment, aversion, and ignorance VAJRA purif ies obscurations which stem from anger GURU purif ies obscurations which stem from pride PEMA purif ies obscurations which stem from desire and attachment SIDDHI purif ies obscurations which stem from envy and jealousy HUNG in a general way purif ies obscurat ions which stem from all emotional aff lictions Through OM AH HUNG one attains the three kayas Through VAJRA one realizes mirror -like pristine awareness Through GURU one realizes the prist ine awareness of equalness Through PEMA one realizes the prist ine awareness of discernment Through SIDDHI one realizes the all-accomplishing pristine awareness Through HUNG one realizes the prist ine awareness of basic space Through OM AH HUNG gods, demons and humans are subdued Through VAJRA one gains power over the malevolent forces of certain gods and demons Through GURU one gains control over the malevolent forces of the Lord of Death and the cannibal demons Through PEMA one gains control over the malevolent inf luences of the water and wind elements Through SIDDHI one gains control over the malevolent inf luences of non-human forces and spirits bringing harm and exerting negative control over one‘s life Through HUNG one gains control of the malevolent inf luences of planetary conf igurations and earth spirits OM AH HUNG accomplishes the six spiritual virtues VAJRA accomplishes pacifying activity GURU accomplishes enriching activity PEMA accomplishes magnetizing activity SIDDHI accomplishes enlightened activity in general HUNG accomplishes wrathful enlightened activity Taken from a more extensive teaching by Lama Tarchin Rinpoche. Padmasambhava was a historical teacher who is said to have finally converted Tibet to Buddhism. He was a renowned scholar, meditator, and magician, and his mantra suggests his rich and diverse nature.
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