Powerful Buddhist Mantras to recite at the time of death
“Reciting mantras or names of the Buddhas, names of the lamas can also be recited at the time of dying. We have lots of trainings on concentrating our mind say, on Buddha Amitabha or Chenrezig, or your own lama, or a great master.”
Ringu Tulku Rinpoche
By offering prayers, mantras and other practices at this time, it helps to comfort and guide the deceased through their passing, through the post-death state, into a state of greater peace and clarity.
Amitabha Mantra
OM NAMA STRAIYA DHVIKANAM / SARVA TATHAGATA HRI DAYA GARBHE JVALA JVALA / DHARMADHATU GARBHE / SAMBHARA MAMA AYU SAMSHODHAYA MAMA SARVA PAPAM / SARVA TATHAGATA SAMANTOSHNISHA VIMALE VISHUDDHE / HUM HUM HUM HUM / AM VAM SAM JA SVAHA
Medicine Buddha Mantra
TADYATHA / OM BHAISHAJYE BHAISHAJYE MAHA BHAISHAJYE [BHAISHAJYE] RAJA SAMUDGATE SVAHA
Milarepa’s Mantra
OM AH GURU HASA VAJRA SARVA SIDDHI PHALA HUM
Namgyälma Mantra
Short mantra:
OM BHRUM SVAHA / OM AMRITA AYUR DA DAI SVAHA
Mantra of Chenrezig
Bodhisattva of Compassion
Long mantra
NAMO RATNA TRAYAYA / NAMA ARYA JÑANA SAGARA / VAIROCHANA VYUHA RAJAYA / TATHAGATAYA / ARHATE SAMYAK SAMBUDDHAYA / NAMA SARVA TATHAGATABHYA / ARHATEBHYA / SAMYAK SAM BUDDHEBHYA/ NAMA ARYA AVALOKITESHVARAYA / BODHI SATTVAYA / MAHA SATTVAYA MAHA KARUNI KAYA / TADYATHA / OM DARA DARA / DIRI DIRI / DURU DURU / ITTI VATE / CHALE CHALE / PRACHALE PRACHALE / KUSUME KUSUME VARE / ILI MILI CHITI JVALA APANAYE SVAHA
Short mantra
OM MANI PADME HUM
You can also practice Maranasati (Pali Cannon) - mindfulness of death. Maranasati is a Buddhist meditation of keeping in mind that death can happen at any time. We shouldn’t waste any time, and start practicing Dharma right now.
See 9-point meditation on Death
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