Tonight, we did an
Avalokitesvara Practice under the guidance of Acho Rinpoche. After which, he
shared with us the inconceivable power of the Six Syllable Mantra of
Avalokitesvara (“Om Mani Padme Hom”), which is the most important mantra among
all mantras. The Six Syllable Mantra is also the Heart Mantra of all Buddhas.
In fact, the Heart Mantras of all Buddhas are just manifestations of the Six
Syllable Mantra. The quintessence of The Great Compassion Mantra is none other
than the Six Syllable Mantra, and all Buddhas of the past and present are just
the manifestation of Avalokitesvara, including Vairocana Buddha and One
Thousand Buddhas of the current Bhadrakalpa (where one thousand buddhas would
appear during this period).
During the time of Sakyamuni
Buddha, he expounded a sutra entitled “The
Sublime Jewel Sutra of the Mahayana As Expounded by the Buddha” (佛说大乘庄严宝王经) which
illustrated the inconceivable state of enlightenment of Avalokitesvara. In the
past, the great Tibetan adepts who had learnt the numerous mantras and
practices during their younger days would let go of all such practices and
focused solely on the recitation of the Six Syllable Mantra in their old age,
and finally attained the highest state of enlightenment in the form of a rainbow
body.
The Tibetan Ganggyur (The
Tripitaka of Tibetan translation) mentioned ten types of merit which could be
derived from the recitation of the Six Syllable Mantra:
1. Eradication of harms caused
by ghosts and evils.
2. Eradication of illnesses
including different types of sputum etc.
3. Eradication of sufferings
caused by fire, flood or wars.
4. Accumulation of wealth and
longevity.
5. Eradication of all
anxieties caused by lust, hatred and ignorance.
6. Eradication of negative
karma caused by transgression of precepts.
7. Eradication of karmic
obscurations and accomplishment of the Five Paths and Ten Stages of spiritual
practice.
8. Eradication of a rebirth
into the Three Lower Realms of Existence (animal, hungry ghost and hell being)
after completing 100,000 recitations of the Six Syllable Mantra.
9. Accomplishment of the
ability to help the sentient beings of the Six Realms of Existence after
completing 1,000,000 recitations of the Six Syllable Mantra.
10. Attainment of the state of Buddhahood after
completing more than 10,000,000 recitations of the Six Syllable Mantra.
Finally, we ended our
prayer by reciting the names of the Buddhas under the guidance of Acho Rinpoche
and dedicated all merits to the sentient beings - may all sentient beings be
happy, free of sufferings and attain enlightenment swiftly.
Reported by Sun Moon KFS
on 30-12-2017 @Singapore
