Bodhicitta Prayer
Significance & Meaning
I generate the mind of awakening
A short mantra for generating bodhicitta (the mind of awakening), the aspiration to attain Buddhahood for the benefit of all sentient beings. This is the foundational motivation in Mahayana and Vajrayana Buddhism. Practitioners recite this to cultivate compassion and the wish to liberate all beings from suffering.
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Related Mantras
Mahakala Mantra
Om Shri Mahakala Hum Hum Phat
Invoking the great black protector
Kalachakra Mantra
Om Ham Ksha Ma La Va Ra Ya Svaha
The ten-syllable mantra of the Wheel of Time, unifying outer, inner, and alternative cycles
Vajrapani Mantra
Om Vajrapani Hum
Invoking the wielder of the thunderbolt
Long Amitabha Dharani
namo ratnatrayāya namaḥ āryāmitābhāya tathāgatāyārhate samyaksaṃbuddhāya tadyathā oṃ amite amitod-bhave amita-saṃbhave amita-vikrānte amita-vikrānta-gāmine gagana-kīrti-kare svāhā
Extended dharani honoring Amitabha Buddha for rebirth in Pure Land
