Shenchen Luga from a mural at the Yungdrung Kundrak Ling Bon Monastery in Sikkim. Kindly photographed for Nine Ways by Sherab Ongdak.
Author Archives: Raven Cypress Wood
Prayers for Peace and Harmony
Prayer Flags at Tashi Menri Monastery in Dolanji, India. Photo credit: Unknown
Kind Guidance of the Lama
His Eminence Menri Lopon Thrinley Nyima Rinpoche helps a student during the annual exams at Menri Monastery in India. Photo credit: Unknown
Adding Virtue to Everyday Actions
MA TRI mantra above a doorway. Photo credit: Unknown
From the Dechok Rinchen Dronma’i Phen Yön, The Benefits of the Recitation Practice of the Precious Lamp, also known as The Thirty-two Benefits of the MA TRI Mantra:
“(6) This recitation practice is a precious lamp. Anyone who has generated the mind of compassion, if they write out the mantra and put it above the doorway of the retreat place or throughout the community, then just by entering these places one will attain liberation. Entering practice is the benefit of this precious lamp.”
~Translation from Tibetan to English by Raven Cypress Wood ©All Rights Reserved
The MA TRI mantra is one of the three essence mantras of the Yungdrung Bön tradition. The complete mantra is:་OM MA TRI MU YÉ SA LÉ DU.
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