Mantras for Animals

Advice given by Lama Zopa Rinpoche for mantras to be recited into dogs (animals) ears:

11 June 1997 from Holly Ansett notes from advice given to one student whose dog was dying

1) Maitreya Mantra

Root Mantra:

NAMO RATNA TA YA YA NAMO BHAGAWATAI SHAKYAMUNIYA THA THA GA TA YA ARHATAY SAMYAK SAM BUDDHAYA TAY YA THA OM ARDZETI ARDZETI ARPARANDZETI ARZETANZAYA HARA HARA MATHI AVOLOKITE KHARA KHARA MAHA SAMAYA SIDDHI BARA BARA MAHA BODHI MENDHA BIZE MARA MARA EMA KAM SA MA YA BODHI BODHI MAHA BODHI SOHA

Heart Mantra:

OM MOHI MOHI MAHA MOHI SOHA

Near Heart Mantra:

OM MUNI MUNI MA RAH SOHA

2) Padmasambhava Mantra

OM AH HUNG VAJRA GURU PEMA SIDDHI HUNG

3) Chenrezig Mantras

(Long mantra:)

NAMO RATNA TRAYAYA/ NAMO ARYA JYANA SAGARA/ BEROCANA BUHA RAJAYA/ TATHA GATAYA/ ARHATE SAMYAK SAM BUDHYA/ NAMO SARVA TATHA GATAE BAE/ ARHATE BAE/ SAMYAK SAM BUDHE BAE/ ARYA AVALOKITE SHORAYA/ BODHI SATTVA YA/ MAHA SATTVA/ MAHA KARUNI KAYA/ TADYATHA/ OM DHARA DHARA/ DHIRI DHIRI/ DHURU DHURU/ ITI WATI/ CALE CALE/ PRACALE PRACALE/ KUSUME KUSUME WARE/ ILI MILI/ CITI/ JVALA APA NAYE SVAHA //

(Short mantra:)

OM MANI PADME HUM

4) Medicine Buddha Mantras

Short Medicine Buddha mantra:

TAYATA OM BEKANDZE BEKANDZE MAHA BEKANDZE RANDZE SAMUNGATE SOHA

Long Medicine Buddha mantra:

OM NAMO BHAGAWATE BEKANDZE GURU BENDURYA PRABHA RANDZAYA TATHAGATAYA ARHATE SAMYAKSAM BUDDHAYA TAYATA OM BEKANDZE BEKANDZE MAHA BEKANDZE RANDZE SAMUNGATE SOHA

5) Milarepa Mantra

OM AH HASA VAJRA SARVA SIDDHI PALA HUM

Also one can recite the Heart Sutra, Foundation of All Good Qualities or any Lam Rim prayer that contains the whole path to enlightenment.