Avalokitesvara Statue by the Red Bay – South China Sea

Growing up with Buddhist influence and tradition, me, myself quite familiar with some Buddhist Mantras or Incantations. They are sacred yet have many powerful beneficials for those who recite them.

Here are some of the powerful Buddhist Mantras with relaxing chanting for purification, healing and more immeasurable benefits for all beings. If you are not into reciting them, it is actually very relaxing just by listening to them. Good for meditation too.

Maha Cundi Dharani Sutra

Maha Cundī Dhāraṇī has many benefits, but perhaps the most notable one is to purify evil karma, which hinders one from developing samādhi, and to facilitate advancement on the path to enlightenment. (I personally fond to this mantra due to beautiful lyrics or music and easier to memorize it.)

At one time the Buddha was dwelling in the Anāthapiṇḍika Garden of Jetavana Park in the city kingdom of Śrāvastī. Buddha meditated, observing sentient beings of the future. Feeling sympathy with them, He expounded the Dharma of the Cundī Dhāraṇī, the heart of the mother of seven koṭi Buddhas.

In the Cundī Dhāraṇī Sūtra, the Buddha states:

If there are bhikṣus, bhikṣuṇīs, upāsakas, or upāsikās who memorize and recite this dhāraṇī 800,000 times, their deadly karma in every place, created over innumerable eons, will be completely annihilated. In every place where they are born or reside, they will always meet buddhas and bodhisattvas. They will always have adequate resources and abilities to do as they wish. In any birth, they will always be able to leave the home life, and will have the ability to maintain the pure precepts of a bodhisattva. They will be born in human or heavenly realms, they will not fall into evil destinies, and they will always be protected by all the heavenly guardians.

Maha Cundī Dhāraṇī Sūtra



Namaḥ Saptānāṃ SamyaksaṃBuddha Koṭīnāṃ Tadyathā

Oṃ Cale Cule Cundī Svāhā

Great Compassion Mantra (Maha Karuna Dharani or Da Bei Zhou)

Considered to be very popular Mantra and has immeasurable benefits to all living beings including enlightenment, healing and protection.

Those who recite and hold the Great Compassion Mantra will obtain fifteen kinds of good birth and will not suffer fifteen kinds of bad death.

The bad deaths are:

They will not die of starvation or privation.

They will not die from having been yoked, imprisoned, caned or otherwise beaten.

They will not die at the hands of hostile enemies.

They will not be killed in military battle.

They will not be killed by tigers, wolves, or other evil beasts.

They will not die from the venom of poisonous snakes, black serpents, or scorpions.

They will not drown or be burned to death.

They will not be poisoned to death.

They will not die as a result of sorcery.

They will not die of madness or insanity.

They will not be killed by landslides or falling trees.

They will not die of nightmares sent by evil people.

They will not be killed by deviant spirits or evil ghosts.

They will not die of evil illnesses which bind the body.

They will not commit suicide.

The fifteen kinds of good births are:

Their place of birth will always have a good king.

They will always be born in a good country.

They will always be born at a good time.

They will always meet good friends.

The organs of their body will always be complete.

Their heart will be pure and full in the way.

They will not violate the prohibitive precepts.

Their family will be kind and harmonious.

They will always have the necessary wealth and goods in abundance.

They will always obtain the respect and help of others.

Their riches will not be plundered.

They will obtain everything they seek.

Dragons, gods, and good spirits will always protect them.

In the place where they are born they will see the Buddha and hear the Dharma.

They will awaken to the profound meaning of that Proper Dharma which they hear.

Great Compassion Mantra has many different versions, translations and languages, to name a few; Sanskrit, Chinese, Japan, Korean, or Thai. Below the Mantra is chanted in sanskrit

Full Maha Karuna Dharani Sutra (Da Bei Zhou) in Sanskrit for Half Hour



Short form Sanskrit

Namo Ratna Trayaya

Nama Arya Jyana

Sagara Vairochana

Byuhara Jaya Tathagataya

Arahate Samyaksam Buddhaya

Namah Sarwa Tathagate Bhyayh Arahatda Bhayh

Samyaksam Buddhe Bhayh

Namah Arya Awalokite

Shoraya Bohisatwaya

Mahasatwaya

Maha Karunikaya

Tatyata Om Dhara Dhara

Dhiri Dhiri

Dhuru Dhuru

Iti Wit je Chalee Chalee

Purachale Purachale

Kusume Kusama Wa Re

Ili Mili Chiti

Jwala Mapanaya Soha



Listen to full Mantra version here.

Romanized Chinese character version of the Great Compassion Mantra.

na mo ho la da nu do la ye ye,

na mo o li ye,

po lu je di sho bo la ye,

pu ti sa do po ye,

mo ho sa do po ye,

mo ho jia lu ni jia ye,

an,

sa bo la fa yi,

su da nu da sia,

na mo si ji li do yi mung o li ye,

po lu ji di, sho fo la ling to po,

na mo nu la jin cho,

si li mo ho po do sha me,

sa po wo to do shu pung,

wo si yun,

sa po sa do na mo po sa do na mo po che,

mo fa to do,

da dzo to,

an, o po lu si,

lu jia di,

jia lo di,

i si li,

mo ho pu ti sa do,

sa po sa po,

mo la mo la,

mo si mo si li to yun,

ji lu ju lu, jiemong,

du lu du lu fa she ye di,

mo ho fa she ye di,

to la to la,

di li ni,

shi fo la ye,

zhe la zhe la,

mo mo, fa mo la,

mu di li,

yi si yi si,

shi nu shi nu,

o la son, fo la so li,

fa sha fa son,

fo la she ye,

hu lu hu lu mo la,

hu lu hu lu si li,

so la so la,

si li si li,

su lu su lu,

pu ti ye, pu ti ye,

pu to ye, pu to ye,

mi di li ye,

nu la jin cho,

di li so ni nu,

po ye mo nu,

so po ho,

si to ye,

so po ho,

mo ho si to ye,

so po ho,

si to yu yi,

shi bo la ye,

so po ho,

no la jin cho,

so po ho,

mo la nu la,

so po ho,

si la son o mo chi ye,

so po ho,

so po mo ho o si to ye,

so po ho,

zhe ji la o xi to ye,

so po ho,

bo fo mo jie si to ye,

so po ho,

nu la jin cho bo che la ye,

so po ho,

mo po li song ji la ye,

so po ho,

na mo ho la ta nu do la ye ye,

na mo o li ye,

po lu ji di,

sho bo la ye,

so po ho,

an si den,

man do la,

ba to ye,

so po ho.

Below is the Sanskrit version of the Great Compassion Mantra.

Namo ratnatrayaya.

Namo aryavalokitesvaraya.

Bodhisattvaya.

Mahasattvaya.

Mahakarunikaya.

Om.

Sarva abhayah.

Sunadhasya.

Namo sukrtvemama.

Aryavalokitesvaragarbha.

Namonilakantha.

[Siri] mahabhadrasrame.

Sarvarthasubham.

Ajeyam.

Sarvasattvanamavarga.

Mahadhatu.

Tadyatha.

Om avaloke.

Lokite.

Kalate.

Hari.

Mahabodhisattva.

Sarva sarva.

Malamala.

[Masi] Mahahrdayam.

Kurukuru karmam.

(Kuru) Kuruvijayati

Mahavijayati.

Dharadhara.

Dharin suraya.

Chalachala.

Mama bhramara.

Muktir.

Ehi ehi.

Chinda chinda.

Harsam prachali.

Basa basam presaya.

Hulu hulu mala.

Hulu hulu hilo.

Sara sara.

Siri siri.

Suru suru.

Bodhiya bodhiya.

Bodhaya bodhaya.

Maitreya.

Nilakantha.

Dharsinina.

Payamana svaha.

Siddhaya svaha.

Mahasiddhaya svaha.

Siddhayogesvaraya svaha.

Nilakanthasvaha.

Varahananaya svaha.

Simhasiramukhaya svaha.

Sarvamahasiddhaya svaha.

Cakrasiddhaya svaha.

Padmahastaya svaha.

Nilakanthavikaraya svaha.

Maharsisankaraya svaha.

Namo ratnatrayaya.

Namo aryavalokitesvaraya svaha.

Om siddhyantu.

Mantrapadaya svaha.



The Heart Sutra (Prajñāpāramitāhṛdaya or Xinjing)

The famous mantra gate gate pāragate pārasaṃgate bodhi svāhā can be found inside The Heart Sutra, which means “gone, gone, everyone gone to the other shore, awakening, svaha.”

In the sutra, Avalokiteśvara addresses Śariputra, explaining the fundamental emptiness (śūnyatā) of all phenomena, known through and as the five aggregates of human existence (skandhas): form (rūpa), feeling (vedanā), volitions (saṅkhāra), perceptions (saṃjñā), and consciousness (vijñāna). And,Avalokiteśvara famously states, “Form is empty. Emptiness is form”, and declares the other skandhas to be equally empty—that is, dependently originated (a key principle in Buddhist teachings; “if this exists, that exists; if this ceases to exist, that also ceases to exist”).

So, I put the Heart Sutra here, because the first time I played it has so calming and beautiful music then apparently it also has incredible deep meaning.

Prajnaparamita Hrdaya Sutra



Om Namo Bhagavatyai Aryaprajnaparamitayai Aryavalokitesvaro Bodhisattvo Gambhiiram Prajnaparamitacaryam Caramano Vyavalokayati Sma Pancaskandhas Tams ca Svabhavasunyan Pasyati Sma

Iha Sariputra Rupam Sunyata Sunyataiva Rupam Rupan na Prthak Sunyata Sunyataya na Prthag Rupam Yad Rupam sa Sunyata ya Sunyata Tad Rupam Evam Eva Vedanasamjnasamskaravijnanam Iha Sariputra Sarvadharmah Sunyatalaksana Anutpanna Aniruddha Amala Avimala Anuna Aparipurnah

Tasmac Chariputra Sunyatayam na Rupam na Vedana na Samjna na Samskarah na Vijnanam na Caksuhsrotraghranajihvakayamanamsi na Rupasabdagandha Rasasprastavyadharmah na Caksurdhatur Yavan na Manovijnanadhatuh Navidya Navidyaksayo Yavan na Jaramaranam na Jaramaranaksayo na Duhkhasamudayanirodhamarga na Jnanam na Praptir Napraptih

Tasmac Chariputra Apraptitvad Bodhisattvasya Prajnaparamitam Asritya Viharaty Acittavaranah Cittavarananastitvad Atrasto Viparyasatikranto Nisthanirvanapraptah Tryadhvavyavasthitah Sarvabuddhah Prajnaparamitam Asrityanuttaram Samyaksambodhim Abhisambuddhah

Tasmaj Jnatavyam Prajnaparamita Mahamantro Mahavidyamantro Nuttaramantro Samasamamantrah Sarvaduhkhaprasamanah Satyam Amithyatvat Prajnaparamitayam Ukto Mantrah Tadyatha

Gate Gate Paragate Parasamgate Bodhi Svaha Iti Prajnaparamitahrdayam Samaptam

So, I hope you enjoy listening to one or all the Powerful Buddhist Mantras – Beautiful Chantsas I found them relaxing and helpful to focus on the positive energy/mind I want to achieve in my meditation. They can accompany you in your meditation, self-reflection or yoga. And, stay grateful with my tips from everyday life. Good Luck!

Namaste.