#obstacle-removing

ramnath@nerdpol.ch

#Om Sarva Tathagata Usnisha Sitatapatra Hum Phat Hum Mama Hum Ni Svaha
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#Obstacle-removing mode there. I have not seen anyone attempt to explain that mantra. The sense I get from "Mama Ni" is "lead me". "Phat" is a weapon that must have removed obstacles, mantras would usually end there. It is not a sensible phrase like "Raksa mam", "protect me", and if we cannot figure anything else out, Ni is the syllable of Khandaroha. I don't think that would be here. The only independent meaning I have found is "to lead, to govern".

This next one does music after three minutes of Tibetan recitation. He omits "Sitatapatra" in order to make the tune, but, it is very relaxing and refreshing.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=ipuYikwu5ZM

So his #Sanskrit #mantra comes out as:

Om Sarva Tathagata Usnisha Hum Phat Hum Mama Hum Ni Svaha

Hum Mama Hum Ni Svaha

Pretty much the same thing as anyone else has, but, he put it together in a way that says something to you even if you don't know what he is saying.

Most Tibetans speed up all mantras like the first one. But we want to be able to examine verbal and musical variation. Some things should be concentrated and clear, others more emotional, and so on. We can get a lot of these short mantras, in fact Imee Ooi just did it with only the four words. There are the long Shurangama recitals. But no decent musical version of Bari mantra as we found on the flags. There is one with a "Vajrapani" version.

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