Above: Guru Rinpoche emerging from the clouds. The mantra is written in Tibetan script.
Above: the mantra in Sanskrit / Devanagari script.
Romanic script of the Sanskrit / Devanagari:
OM AH HUNG VAJRA GURU PADMA SIDDHI HUM
Romanic script of the Tibetan:
OM AH HUNG BENZA GURU PEMA SIDDHI HUNG
The practice
Choose which version you wish to recite.
Here is an extract from the relevant text “The great Liberation from the dangerous path of obstacles”
…the method for averting such difficult times which is praised
above all others is the billionfold repetition of the Vajra Guru
mantra, its group practice, and encouraging others to recite it
throughout their day …….. It is said that we must make efforts
in all avenues.
Connect with that which is beyond, however it is you feel this is
possible. We are each of us [many thousands, perhaps millions by now
in the world] reciting as a means to give support so that ignorance,
anger and hatred do not overcome us.
The connection may be simpler: just love for your fellow human
beings and their suffering. To avoid your own suffering as well.
Do your best to recite one mala [108] at least per day in a formal
session.
Then in every waking moment allow the mantra to recite. Either in full voice when walking, when outside, wherever you are. Otherwise,
when falling asleep or when around other people, allow the mantra to recite silently. Please, just keep reciting.