Vajra Guru Mantra
Tibetan Buddhism / Vajrayana ॐ आः हूँ वज्र गुरु पद्म सिद्धि हूँ Vajra Guru Mantra Om Ah Hum Vajra Guru Padma Siddhi Hum "Invoking Guru Rinpoche (Padmasambhava), the Lotus-Born master" Chords — Key of Am · Meditative walking pulse (~76 bpm); soft, continuous cycles One cycle, repeated meditatively AmOm Ah Hum DmVajra Guru GPadma EmSiddhi AmHum Word by Word Om Ah Hum — the seed syllables of enlightened body, speech, and mind \| Vajra — diamond, indestructible \| Guru — teacher, master \| Padma — lotus (his miraculous birth) \| Siddhi — spiritual accomplishment, blessing \| Hum — invocation that draws the blessing into the heart Full Translation The Vajra Guru Mantra is the heart mantra of Padmasambhava — Guru Rinpoche, the 'Precious Teacher' who brought Buddhism to Tibet in the 8th century. Om Ah Hum purify body, speech, and mind; Vajra Guru names the indestructible, diamond-like teacher; Padma recalls his lotus birth; Siddhi Hum invokes his blessing of spiritual accomplishment. Pronunciation Tips ohm ah hoong VAJ-rah GOO-roo PAHD-mah SID-dhee hoong Traditional, public-domain text prepared by Kirtans.com — free to print for personal and group practice. kirtans.com/mantras/vajra-guru-mantra

Tibetan Buddhism / Vajrayana

ॐ आः हूँ वज्र गुरु पद्म सिद्धि हूँ

Vajra Guru Mantra

Om Ah Hum Vajra Guru Padma Siddhi Hum

"Invoking Guru Rinpoche (Padmasambhava), the Lotus-Born master"

Chords — Key of Am · Meditative walking pulse (~76 bpm); soft, continuous cycles

One cycle, repeated meditatively

AmOm Ah Hum DmVajra Guru GPadma EmSiddhi AmHum

Word by Word

Om Ah Hum — the seed syllables of enlightened body, speech, and mind | Vajra — diamond, indestructible | Guru — teacher, master | Padma — lotus (his miraculous birth) | Siddhi — spiritual accomplishment, blessing | Hum — invocation that draws the blessing into the heart

Full Translation

The Vajra Guru Mantra is the heart mantra of Padmasambhava — Guru Rinpoche, the 'Precious Teacher' who brought Buddhism to Tibet in the 8th century. Om Ah Hum purify body, speech, and mind; Vajra Guru names the indestructible, diamond-like teacher; Padma recalls his lotus birth; Siddhi Hum invokes his blessing of spiritual accomplishment.

Pronunciation Tips

ohm ah hoong VAJ-rah GOO-roo PAHD-mah SID-dhee hoong

Traditional, public-domain text prepared by Kirtans.com — free to print for personal and group practice.

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