This powerful
mantra if recited when making any offerings will brings immeasurable benefits.
This particular
mantra comes from Lord Buddha’s teachings found in the Kangyur (in the section
on Tantra).
So when you make any offerings viz.
incense, Sur, flowers, food, fruits, juices, etc., recite the following mantra
21 times and then offer them to the Three Jewels:
༄།ན་མཿ སརྦ་ཏ་ཐཱ་ག་ཏ་ཨ་ཝ་ལོ་ཀི་ཏེ། ཨོཾ་སཾ་བྷ་ར་སཾ་བྷ་ར་ཧཱུྃ།།
“NAMAH SARVA TATHAGATHA AVALOKITE OM SAMBHARA SAMBHARA HUNG”
The benefits of
this mantra are as follows:
1) The food offered
becomes divine (of the divine substance of the Buddha) with the blessing of
this mantra);
2) It becomes an
offering to the Buddhas, Dharma, and Sangha abiding in the ten directions. We
accumulate an inconceivable amount of merit;
3) The merit
created is equal to having praised all the Three Jewels;
4) The merit
created is equal to having made a request to the Three Jewels;
5) We create the
same amount of merit as from having rejoiced at the qualities of the Three
Jewels;
6) At all times,
the Buddhas are always admiring, paying attention to, and thinking of us, just
how parents are always thinking of their sons and daughters;
7) Many devas are
always protecting and guiding us;
The paramita of
charity is completed.
The Buddha told
Ananda,
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| (Lord Buddha and Ananda) |
“Ananda, just as I
have taught this method to you, reflect on it, practice it, keep it in mind,
and reveal it to all sentient beings so that they will be able to see and hear
this practice. In this way, one will achieve limitless merit.”
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| (Ananda) |
So do recite this
Great Mantra whenever you are making Offerings whether at your house or
monastery.
