Name of Mantra

Psychic Function of the Mantra

Special Instructions

Maha Mrityunjaya Mantra

OM Tryambakam Yajamahe Sugandhim Pushtivardhanam Urvarukamiva Bandhanam Mrityor Mukshiya Mamritat

"We worship the three-eyed Lord (Siva) who is full of sweet fragrance and nourishes human beings. May he liberate me from bondage, even as the cucumber is severed from the vine."

It removes disease, prevents accidents and bestows liberation.

It should be repeated daily.

Shiva Sahasra-nama Mantra

Please see: http://sanskrit.safire.com/pdf/SHIVA_LINGA.PDF (Sanskrit-devanagari, version from Linga Purana)

1000 Names of Shiva

Vishnu Sahasra-nama Manta

Please see:

http://sanskrit.safire.com/pdf/VISHNU2.PDF

(Sanskrit-devanagari version)

1000 Names of Vishnu

Mantra of Goddess Durga.

Aum aing hring kleeng chamundaye vichchey Aum

please see instructions at link

Mahalaksmi Mantra of the Goddess Laxmi

Aum shring hring kleeng mahalaksmi namah Aum

please see instructions at link

(Naga)

Adhitya Hridaya Path

Bija Mantra of Nine Planets

Bija Mantra of Surya

OM hram hrim hraum sah suryaya namaha

Bija Mantra of Chandra

OM sram srim sraum sah chandraya namaha

Bija Mantra of Kuja

OM kram krim kraum sah bhoomaya namaha

Bija Mantra of Budha

OM hrim krom aim grhanathaya budhaya swaha

Bija Mantra of Brihaspati

OM hrim srim blim aim gloum grhadhipataye brhaspataye vim ta aim ta swaha

Bija Mantra of Shukra

OM dram drim draum sah shukraya namah

Bija Mantra of Shani

Bija Mantra of Rahu

OM bhram bhrim bhraum sah rahave namah

Bija Mantra of Ketu

OM sram srim sraum sah ketave namah

"According to Highest Yoga Tantra, some persons attain Buddhahood in one lifetime, and because these persons are not born with a body adorned with the major and minor marks they must achieve such a body through the practice of deity yoga.

Meditation on oneself as undifferentiable from a deity is the special cause... for attaining Buddhahood. If one meditated only on emptiness and did not cultivate any method -- either that of the Perfection or that of the Mantra Vehicle -- one would fall to the fruit of a Hinayana Foe Destroyer.

In order to attain the definite goodness of the highest achievement, Buddhahood, deity yoga is needed. Also, ... one must view one's body clearly as a divine body and train in the pride of being a deity.

Without deity yoga, the Mantra path is impossible; deity yoga is the essence of Mantra."

~~ Tsong-ka-pa and H.H. Dalai Lama. (1987). . Jeffrey Hopkins (Trans. and Ed.) www.snowlionpub.com

When you get tired, it is appropriate to repeat mantra. However, for a beginner the main part of the meditation revolves around the six deities* (*ultimate, sound, letter, form, seal, and sign) which should be cultivated carefully and leisurely.