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Dalai Lama Chant
21st June 2008
I’m not a massive “chant” fan. In fact, I don’t really like listening to chants at all… but there is one chant that I discovered a year or so ago which really does resonate with me.
I can remember going through a phase where I meditated listening to this chant for about 2 months straight. I found that this particular chant is a “feel good” chant and increases my vibration when I listen to it. Even now, when I listen to it, I noticeably feel better within just a few minutes.
Anything that can increase your vibration and make you feel good is awesome in my opinion, so today I want to share this free Dalai Lama chant with you.
This song of the Dalai Lama chanting his ancient mantra from the Rig Veda (Maha Mrityunjaya Mantra) was recorded by one of his disciples, with the Dalai Lama’s permission. At first he refused, but then he agreed, saying it must never be sold, it can only be given away.
Click here to download the chant in MP3. (27.5 MB)
MAHA MRITYUNJAYA MANTRA
Om Tryambhakam Yajamahe
Sugandhim Pushtivardhanam
Urvarukamiva Bandhanan
Mrityor Mukshiya Maamritat
Translation: I meditate on, and surrender myself to, the Divine Being who embodies the power of will, the power of knowledge, and the power of action. I pray to the Divine Being who manifests in the form of fragrance in the flower of life and is the eternal nourisher of the plant of life. Like a skilful gardener, may the Lord the Life disentangle me from the binding forces of my physical, psychological, and spiritual foes. May the Lord of Immortality residing within me free me from death, decay and sickness and unite me with immortality.
Explanation: This healing and nourishing mantra is, in a sense, “the heart of the Vedas”. The healing force awakened by this mantra sends forth its ripples from the body to psyche and from psyche to soul. It strengthens our powers of will, knowledge and action, thus unblocking the flow of enthusiasm, courage and determination. The vibration of this mantra awakens the internal healing force while attracting natural healing agents, creating an environment where the forces from both origins converge. This mantra connects us to the healer within and helps us receive the full nourishment from food, herbs, or any discipline undertaken for our total well-being. And so it IS!
Hi Gary,just read your blog about the Dalai Lama and his chant.I listened to it straight away could literally FEEL the positive energies wash through me.Thank you so much for that and all your blogs I love them.
Namaste.
I’m indeed a “fan” of the Tibetan Buddhism. Thank you very much for the chant, Gary.
Dear Gary,
BEAUTIFUL. Thanks a million. I was needing new music for meditation!
I’ve shared this link with my friends too.
Have an excellent, creative, enjoyable weekend!
Gary, as you know, I find the Dalai Lama’s teachings extremely valuable in my life. Thanks so much for sharing this chant. It’s fantastic.
Hi guys,
Thank you for your warm comments. Really glad you’re enjoying the chant.
There’s something “magical” about this one
Enjoy,
Gary
Sorry guys - this is not HH the Dalai Lama. This urban myth has perpetuated for over 20 years. The singer is Hein Braat, who is Dutch, not Tibetan. In fact, it has nothing to do with Buddhism — 100% Hindu, this mantra invokes Shiva, the “three-eyed one.
Maha Mrityunjaya Mantra
Om Tryambhakam Yajamahe
Sugandhim Pushtivardhanam
Urvarukamiva Bandhanan
Mrityor Mukshiya Maamritat
We worship the Three-eyed One (Lord Shiva).
Who is fragrant and who nourishes well all beings.
May He liberate us from death for the sake of immortality,
Even as the cucumber is severed from bondage to the creeper.
Thank you for the gift of the Maha Mrityunjaya Mantra.
Blessings,
Joy
I would be grateful if you could inform me of what the direct translation of the word maamritat is. Also, how would it be written in sanskrit please.
thank you….Anecia
tri-ambaka-m “the three-eyed-one”
yaja-mahe “we praise”
sugandhi-m “the fragrant”
pusti-vardhana-m “the prosperity-increaser”
urvaruka-m “disease, attachment, obstacles in life, and resulting depression”
iva “-like”
bandhanat “from attachment Stem (of the gourd); but more generally, unhealthy attachment”
mrtyor “from death”
mukshiya “may you liberate”
ma “not”
amritat “realisation of immortality”
I have used the chant in my meditation along with other music and chants for some time. Yes, it gives me more strength and energy for my day! The Dalai Lama alows devine spirit to express through him more perfectly than anyone I have ever seen or heard.
Hi. Thanks for this. My massage therapist had this recording and I love it, but she has told me now that word has travelled in the healing community that this may not really be the Dalai Lama. So I looked around the internet and many seem to agree. Their position was that this is not a Tibetan chant, but a Hindu one.
Here is the link to an article that pinpoints who the actual chanter is and the way it turned up on the net.
http://ezinearticles.com/?Dalai-Lama-Healing-Chant&id=885000
Again, thanks. I still love the chant, but it’s too bad that charming story about it is probably untrue.
Thanks so much, this is wonderful! Words fail to describe the ecstatic feeling it generates!
Beautiful! such a loving energy I feel from this chant. I just love the fact that it is free to all who seek …thank you!
Hi Gary
Thank you for sharing. I’ve been needing something to calm my mind. I’ll let you know how this resonates with me.
I hope life in Costa Rica is abundant and rich.
With love, Angela
It is a very common mantra in India. It is indeed a powerful mantra, which can make you feel good.
MAHA means Great, MRITYU means Death, JAYA means Victory. It is sopposed to to take you away from death. If sone one is seriourly ill, this mantra is chanted in the sick persons premises. The person will recover faster, probably by feeling good.
Those who like it, may perform it as a MRITYUNJAYA HOMA. It gives wonderful healing result, when combined with AGNIHOTRA HOMA and VYAHRUTI HOMA. Both are very simple homas, that any one can perform.
Dawn Drews - you right . It is of Hindu origin. Now all the above are practiced through out the world. (Thanks for internet.)
Thank you so much. It helps me stay in meditation longer.
Much appreciation
Mahamrutanjaya Mantra is an ancient Hindu Mantra. It has been used to evoke the powers of Almighty to overcome the fear of death. Dalai Lama has got nothing to do with it.
If seen in a more broader perspective then the ancestors of Hindus are the ancestors of the worlds’ human race. Our forefathers were the same. So We Are All One. It would be good idea to forego all religious conditionings and re-establish the original Kingdom of Oneness.
The chant is living! When listened with respect you may find new meanings in your life. I had before many years used this mantra to relieve excruciating pain onmy wife’e body.
Our dissection of the etymology will not be of great help as these are alive.
HH is a great source of inspiration!
Thanks for sharing.