About the Heart Mantra ~
What is a Mantra?
What is a Heart Mantra?
Saying words or sounds repeatedly to connect with the vibrational energy of their sacred meaning or intention. Saying mantras can reduce stress/anxiety while increasing calmness and clarity of mind.
A heart mantra is a mantra that contains words or sounds that connect with the loving rhythm of the heart. Repeatedly saying the mantra softens and opens the heart, while helping to release obstacles that get in the way of our fullest experience of love and compassion.
Ancient Tibetan Love & Compassion Mantra
OM MA TRI MU YE SA LE DU
ཨཱོཾ་མ་ཏྲི་མུ་ཡེ་སལེ་འདུ།
OM Represents Compassion
MA Represents Love
TRI Changes Anger into Love
MU Changes Attachment into Generosity
YE Changes Ignorance into All-Knowingness
SA Changes Jealousy into Openness
LE Changes Pride into Peacefulness
DU Changes Laziness into Awareness
His Holiness 33rd Menri Trizin Lungtok Tenpai Nyima saying mantras while wearing Heart Mantra Foundation's love & compassion mantra wristband. Photo by Cheri Brady (2014)
Heart Mantra Foundation's signature mantra wristbands. Om Ma Tri Mu Ye Sa Le Du in English and Tibetan. Cheri & Yungdrung with the Anis at Redna Menling Nunnery. (2016)
Young children at the Bon Children's Welfare Center. Eating their afternoon snack of Tibetan milk tea and a banana. Displaying their new yellow Heart Mantra's signature Om Ma Tri Mu Ye Sa Le Du wristband. (2018)