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Anyone Can ParticipateThe Vajra Guru Project is an online endeavour in support of the activity of Ogyen Trinley Dorje the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa. Using the powerful means of concentration and recitation (Sanskrit: mantrayana), we can establish a special connection with the objective of clearing the path of obstacles. Recitation of the mantra of Guru Rinpoche is also believed to balance the energy of the world promoting harmony and healing. The public posting of the accumulated numbers of recitations also provides a way for fans, friends and devotees of Karmapa to demonstrate the earnest wish to be able to see him in person.Origin of the VGPIn September 2006, at the presentation to His Holiness Karmapa of the documents attesting to the successful achievement of the BMI, the first online mantra project, the project leader asked whether we could do anything further. The request was that we join in the recitation of the mantra of Guru Rinpoche. We then undertook the commitment of accumulating a hundred million (100,000,000) benzar guru mantra recitations by online participants around the world. On Sept. 2/09, the Vajra Guru Project contacted the Office of the Gyalwang Karmapa and we received definitive confirmation that the accumulation of recitations of the mantra Ohm Ah Hoong, Benzar Guru Pehma Siddhi, Hoong! ought to continue.
AttentionOn Jan 1st, 2012, we had to change email services, but please do not worry. We keep a written confidential record, so if you are not sure if we received your number please ask or just send it again. Submissions before Jan 1st have been recorded but if you did not get our usual response, please send it again.
If you did not get the usual confirmation reply from Khandro after Jan 1st 2012, please resend any updates since that date.
How to JoinIf you would like to participate, at the end of every month please submit your name with only that month's total of VG recitations. Round numbers are easier for us but all contributions are welcome. Using our revised 2012 email address just write, as an example : Subject: VGP Message: [date] Aug 31/11 [name*] John Smith [month's total] 1,000 recitations *your name: Use any of your names or "handles" but please just be consistent. Also, it is nice to know what countries are represented but that information is not essential. The Power of Guru Rinpoche
In Himalayan Buddhism, Vajra Guru Padmasambhava is acknowledged as a Second Buddha. He is also called Padmakara or, Pema Jungne, and a number of other names besides. Each epithet refers to a particular role that he played in order to establish Buddhism firmly in the land of Tibet.
The Vajra Guru mantra is also recited on the 10th day of every lunar month by most Himalayan Buddhist lineages. Among the Karma Kagyu, every second year (alternating with the Shi Tro mantra,) it is recited at Rumtek Monastery as part of the 5-day dhundrup taking place in the 9th lunar month (9th - 13th days.) What does this mantra have to do with me?Tibetan territory is only a few hundred miles from northern India where Buddha Shakyamuni, the historical Buddha, lived and taught, and yet for well over twelve hundred years Buddhism made little impact on the Land of Snows. Therefore if it had not been for Guru Rinpoche we might never know the full extent of the transmission of Buddha-dharma, for in no other land was the entire system preserved in detail. Therefore any practitioner of every level, school, denomination and lineage, can honour the heart connection to the great Vajra Guru. Also, everyone who has benefited in any way, either directly or even indirectly, from the words and/or the example of the lamas that have been able to teach us during these last 50 years, has Guru Rinpoche to thank. What is the mantra?
Om Ah Hung, Vajra Guru Pema Siddhi, Hung! Many Tibetans say benzar instead of vajra. We do as we have been taught. There is no significant difference. No special empowerment is required to participate. :: After an introduction (to 0:49) Ani Choying Drolma sings this mantra slowly. < YouTube
The Benefits of the Vajra Guru Mantra
Who is The Vajra Guru?
About Similar Requests by Other Lamas Trulshik Rinpoche, the 14th Dalai Lama and Ayang Rinpoche also expressed that students recite the mantra of Guru Rinpoche. There is no conflict of interest. All Tibetan denominations and lineages recognize the efficacy of Guru Rinpoche's mantra in overcoming obstacles to the practice of Buddha-dharma, as well as in the restoration of peace, harmony and balance. Whether Nyingmapa, Sakyapa, Kagyupa or Gelugpa, we all recite the invocation to Guru Rinpoche, especially on the 10th of the lunar month. And among Mahayanists, all mantras are dedicated to the benefit of sentient beings everywhere. In the case of someone reporting the same total to lamas of more than one denomination, in one's mind the recitations might be dedicated in the following way: We could say, "This is dedicated to all beings and in particular, to the activity of the 17th Gyalwang Karmapa."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tsurphu and Rumtek: Tsurphu, in Tibet (the fraction that is currently known as the TAR) is the historical seat of the Karmapas. Rumtek is in Sikkim (now part of India) and it is the Karmapa's seat established by the 16th Karmapa.
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