Without knowing it, we use mantras almost all our lives. Although mantras are strictly short prayers that are recited during meditation, many of us say certain affirmations to ourselves every day that help us cope with life.
“Yes, I will achieve it” is one of the most common, but without a doubt, Buddhist mantras, said in their original language, adhere much more to tradition to have inner peace and live with a clearer mind.
Coming from Sanskrit, the word mantra is composed of the suffixes “manas” (mind) and “traiate” (liberate), the result being a way of freeing the mind.
In these times, few things are as important as freeing our minds from the ads that bombard us every day and everywhere we are. With mantras we can reduce the outside noise a bit and focus on ourselves, our interior and our thoughts.
Meditation often accompanies mantras and precisely there what is sought is to leave the mind blank. Inner peace is for everyone, but it is difficult to reach it.
Listen and repeat these mantras whenever you need to calm down and begin to see that sometimes the universe is in you.
1. Mantra for compassion
Mantra: Om mani padme hum or The jewel in the mud (Click on the mantra to hear it)
Compassion is one of the virtues of all religions, but Buddhism places special emphasis on it. It is one of its main precepts and this is the perfect mantra to ask for the compassion of all living beings.
2. Mantra for reconciliation
Mantra: Om muni muni maha muni shakya muni swaha
Meaning: Oh Lord Lord, Great Lord, Lord Shakya. So be it.
This is one of the great mantras of Buddhism, as it seeks to reconcile the earthly with the spiritual. We believe that there is nothing else, this mantra affirms Buddha with the absolute body, truth and reality.
mantra for enlightenment
Mantra: Om muni muni maha muni shakya muni swaha
Meaning: Oh Lord Lord, Great Lord, Lord Shakya. So be it.
This mantra will help you in the future. It is not a request to be successful in the future, but enlightenment. You must know that you do not have (and never will have) the wisdom to know everything, but you can always ask to be less ignorant.
You can start with these and choose one for each day. Remember that at the end of the day a mantra is a short sentence and you can create your own legend that when repeated clarifies, calms and makes you grow.