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'''Vajra Guru mantra''' — the twelve syllable [[mantra]] of Guru [[Padmasambhava]] is:

'''oṃ āḥ hūṃ vajra guru padma siddhi hūṃ'''

It is pronounced '''om ah hung benza guru péma siddhi hung''' by Tibetans.

==Commentary==

[[Sogyal Rinpoche]] says:

:The Vajra Guru Mantra is the very heart essence of Padmasambhava. It is also the mantra of all the masters, [[buddha]]s, [[yidam]]s, [[daka]]s, [[dakini]]s, and [[Dharma Protectors|protector]]s. When you chant it, you are invoking the very embodiment of Padmasambhava. <ref>[[Dzogchen and Padmasambhava]]</ref>

[[Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo]] says:

:It begins with '''OM AH HUNG''', which are the seed syllables of the [[three vajras]] (of body, speech and mind).
:'''VAJRA''' signifies the [[dharmakaya]] since [like the adamantine vajra] it cannot be “cut” or destroyed by the elaborations of conceptual thought.
:'''GURU''' signifies the [[sambhogakaya]], which is “heavily” laden with the qualities of the [[seven aspects of union]].
:'''PADMA''' signifies the [[nirmanakaya]], the radiant awareness of the [[wisdom of discernment]] arising as the [[lotus family]] of enlightened speech.

:Remembering the qualities of the great Guru of Oddiyana, who is inseparable from these [[three kayas]], pray with the continuous devotion that is the intrinsic display of the nature of mind, free from the elaboration of conceptual thought.

:All the supreme and ordinary accomplishments—'''SIDDHI'''—are obtained through the power of this prayer,
:and by thinking, “'''HUNG'''! May they be bestowed upon my mindstream, this very instant!”<ref>{{LH|tibetan-masters/jamyang-khyentse-wangpo/illuminating-excellent-path|''Illuminating the Excellent Path'' — Notes on the Longchen Nyingtik Ngöndro by Jamyang Khyentse Wangpo}} on Lotsawa House</ref>

==Benefits of the Vajra Guru Mantra==

[[Trulshik Rinpoche]] says:<br>

:"For the practice of [[nyenpa|approach]] it is generally said that one should recite the mantra of Guru Rinpoche 1,200,000 times. If we can accomplish these 1,200,000 recitations, it is said that we will receive the [[blessing]] of Guru Rinpoche. It is also said, “With ten million [[siddhi]]s, you will reborn in a place of [[vidyadhara]]s.” This means if you recite the Vajra Guru mantra ten million times, you will be reborn in a realm of vidyadharas. It is even said that if you recite the 1,200,000 accumulation seven times, you will become the same as Guru Rinpoche in this very life. By reciting the mantra ten million times (literally ‘one hundred times one hundred thousand times’) you will reach the stage from which you can never turn back. So the benefits of reciting the Vajra Guru mantra are truly inconceivable."

==Notes==
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==Further Reading==
*[[Sogyal Rinpoche]], ''[[The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying]]'' Appendix Four, pages 393-396.
*[[Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche]], ''Guru Yoga'' (Ithaca, New York: Snow Lion Publications, 1999), 'The Vajra Guru Mantra', pages 51-54.

==External Links==
*{{LH|topics/ngagyur-nyingma/benefits-vajra-guru-mantra|''The Benefits of the Vajra Guru Mantra and An Explanation of Its Syllables: A Treasure Text Revealed by Tulku Karma Lingpa''}}
*[https://youtu.be/4StW56jBLEA Chagdud Tulku Rinpoche chants the Vajra Guru mantra]

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