Post by Neo on Jul 30, 2021 9:02:01 GMT -5
When you say the mantra it helps shut the door of rebirth in the six realms of existence and opens the door to be reborn in the pure land of the Buddha Amitabha. OM stops rebirth in the realm of the celestial gods which helps us overcome the suffering of the celestial gods' rebirths in the miserable realms of existence. MA stops rebirth in the world of demigods which overcomes experience of demigods' suffering of constant strife and conflict with the world of celestial gods. NI stops rebirth as humans precipitated by actions and delusions. This overcomes the suffering of poverty, the suffering of pain, and all kinds of human miseries. Humans, like many sentient beings, face many hardships, including the suffering of being born, of sickness of aging and of death. PAD stops rebirth in the preta realm as constantly famished beings and helps overcome their sufferings of constant thirst and hunger. The pretas, or hungry ghosts, suffer excruciating pains of hunger, thirst and fatigue as they travel long distances in search of nourishment. ME helps put and end to rebirth in the world of animals and overcomes their suffering of being unintelligent in some ways, of being unable to express themselves, of being constantly devoured by each other and of being eaten and mercilessly exploited by humans.
One doesn't have to be reborn there to understand the magnitude of suffering in the hell and preta realms. We can well understand the sufferings of the larger life forms of the two lowest realms. If we are born as animals we will live in constant fear and anxiety. At present we have the choice not to be reborn as animals, which are stupid in that they have no reasoning power to think about what is positive and what is not; about what is dharmic and what is not.
When you say HUM; the sixth syllable of the mantra, this stops rebirth in the hell realms and helps over come their suffering of heat and cold.
So stopping this rebirth within the six realms of worldly existence finally helps those who recite the mantra OM MANI PADME HUM to be reborn in the blissful pure lands. Avalokiteshvara, the deity of compassion, who is the resident deity of The Blissful Pure Land has been requested by the presiding Buddha of The Amitabha Pure Land; "Initially nurture sentient beings, fulfil their material needs and teach and mature them spiritually; finally bring them to me." Such are the benefits of saying the easy to say mantra Om Mani Padme Hum. ~ The Late Venerable Geshe Ngawang Dhargyey
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dbc.dharmakara.net/genrt981.html
One doesn't have to be reborn there to understand the magnitude of suffering in the hell and preta realms. We can well understand the sufferings of the larger life forms of the two lowest realms. If we are born as animals we will live in constant fear and anxiety. At present we have the choice not to be reborn as animals, which are stupid in that they have no reasoning power to think about what is positive and what is not; about what is dharmic and what is not.
When you say HUM; the sixth syllable of the mantra, this stops rebirth in the hell realms and helps over come their suffering of heat and cold.
So stopping this rebirth within the six realms of worldly existence finally helps those who recite the mantra OM MANI PADME HUM to be reborn in the blissful pure lands. Avalokiteshvara, the deity of compassion, who is the resident deity of The Blissful Pure Land has been requested by the presiding Buddha of The Amitabha Pure Land; "Initially nurture sentient beings, fulfil their material needs and teach and mature them spiritually; finally bring them to me." Such are the benefits of saying the easy to say mantra Om Mani Padme Hum. ~ The Late Venerable Geshe Ngawang Dhargyey
Source:
dbc.dharmakara.net/genrt981.html