Mantra promote good sleep and good dream (FD02072020-7)

1. Heart Sutra
mantra: Tadyata Om Gate Gate ParaGate Parasamgate Bodhi Svaha
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=suWYpXu8C8M
- helps you to let go and really live like a bodhisattva person. helps to end all suffering.
Author note: if one can fall asleep really fast, this can mean that the person has heavy karma (especially the body is felt unusually heavy). this heart sutra also help one let go. pretty good if one has difficulty to sleep because of heart emotion (worries , anxiety).

2. Green tara
mantra: Om Tare Tuttare Ture Svaha
video:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqcWl6VAB_M
Help to overcome fear and anxiety.grant wishes. eliminate suffering and bring happiness.
When call upon, tara instantly save us from:
1. lions and pride
2. wild elephants and delusions.
3. forest fires and hatred.
4. snakes and envy.
5. robbers and fanatical views.
6. prisons and avarice.
7. floods and lust.
8. demons and doubts.
Author note: this one vary according to individual. there are people who would not be able to sleep until they listen to this mantra at night. since tara also help ripen karma at early stage.


3. Ksitigarbha name

free image from:http://ksitigarbha.net/pictures.html
mantra : Namo Di Zang Wang Pusa (chinese version) 
video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzf2hDe_OZM (chinese version)
- invoke ksitigarbha name 10,000 times before you start a journey . you will be protected by the area guardian along the way. The mantra and video i include here is mandarin because it is short and easy to remember.  you can roughly recite it within one night time if you are used to reciting ksitigarbha name.
source: The Sutra Of Bodhisattva Ksitigarbha Fundamental Vows
http://www.tamqui.com/buddhaworld/The_Sutra_of_Bodhisattva_Ksitigarbha's_Fundamental_Vows
Author note: will promote good sleep and good dream over time.

4. Lankavatara sutra
http://www.fodian.net/world/671_16.html 
- this sutra talks about no eating meat.

5. 19th White Tara from lilian too's tibetan cosmic magic series 21 Tara Oracle (check the book for more detail)
mantra: Om Tare Tuttare Ture Mudza Naya Soha
- pacify all bad dreams and conflicts. eliminate all disharmony cause by conflicts in one life. also pacify bad omens or inauspicious dreams afflicting one. help ward financial loss. This tara is consumer of suffering.
Author note: Seem to deal with obstacle that comes from relatives and in laws of the father side.this mantra is good when one has instability of finances and income, when women in the family is bully, burden, legal dispute and family wealth are threaten. for author, this mantra seem to be also lessen suffering, lessen product price cost. one are likely to get a good bargain sales (can buy the same product at cheaper price). The author thought that the oil prices has dropped twice during the recitation period 100,000 times though . however because this is a tara mantra which ripen karma at early stage, one can suddenly hear bad news from about global economy crisis to having some of item broken (for example, computer can get malfunction and need repair).

6. the mantra of noble lady tara dugkamo (21 tara from the smile of the sun and moon)
mantra: om tare tuttare ture hum hum phat phat raksha raksha mam svaha
 - protect from nightmare, bad omen in dreams and black magic. protect the dharma and lama from spiritual harm. and protect us from argument and harm.
source: http://abhidharma.ru/A/Tantra/Content/Tara/0005.pdf
http://twentyonetaras.tripod.com/dugkarmo.html

7. peacock king wisdom mantra
mantra: om mayura krante svaha (1 mala daily)
video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjPM2ANQ7uE&list=PLjUJNKDN2ecCY1wpmvjGBAbjnmcM-WNn3&index=7
- if you encounter disturbances like black magic curse. help ease and eliminate disease, natural disaster , robberies , snatch thieves and even sleep better. capable of eliminating poisonous harm and maglignant disease.
recite 10,000 times with mudra, then use peacock feather toward typhoon can turn it away. check e-book for specific detail.
- recite 100,000 times with orange offering to peacock king for financial calamities.
- recite 3 nights continuosly from 11pm to ask disturbing spirits in house to leave (check e-book)
- help with calamities such as drought 
author note: this mantra are mainly recite for eliminating poisonous harm, but people also recite it for disturbance like black magic and to promote better sleep and also for recovery of sickness. in fact this mantra has a lot of different benefits to it that various website account this mantra for antidote against monthly ill winds, deadly virus and even believe to be able to have curitive power against cancer. said to help one free from trap and imprisonment. in other word, said to be for safety and protection against being trap or imprisonment.
*unable to locate the original file of this mantra pdf. it was a pdf teach by a master monk  about the amount of recitation as well as the specific instruction on what to do. found another similar pdf to the one i read.
http://abhidharma.ru/A/Tantra/Content/Cadhana/Mahamayuri.pdf
*recite 600,000 said to help one born in maha twin lotus pond.

8.Incense offering to buddha
1. The mind and body will find peace.
2. the body will be clean and pure.
3. the three karmas will be purified.
4. the opportunity to hear more dharma will ripen.
Source:http://www.nantien.org.au/en/donations-offerings
1. create to cause to always experience pleasant smells
2. never reborn in unpleasant places.
3. create cause to keep pure moral disclipine
4. attain pure concentration.
http://meditationinsantabarbara.org/buddhist-offerings/

9. Akshobhya Mantra
Mantra : Om Akshobhya Hum
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5a3gWZ2rjSI
- purify strong anger/hatred negative emotions.

- if you are feeling or someone you know going through death during passage toward rebirth (miscarriage or abortion), death before adulthood , violent or fearful death and suicide are signs of the person having difficulty in obtaining fortunate spiritually rebirth.you can try recite the long version mantra 100,000 times and sponsor the akshobhya image. Or you can ask a temple for doing this ritual for them (check the post for puja ). i personally think this is suitable for anyone to recite if they are going through signs like that as it can help lessen the chances of suicides feeling as this mantra help purify pastlife downfalls.  
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojjNSqHDDEU
Author note: not exactly a sleep mantra but the author did hear this mantra and fall asleep in the end before. go for the long version mantra.

10. Insomnia mantra (recite minimum 21 times daily and blow on your food)

mantra :  " hay hay li yo pak tai ya "

- this mantra and information is quoted from www.fpmt.org site. if you put this mantra around your neck or put under your pillow, it will promote sleep. you can try this by write the following words on a piece of white paper and then chant "om vajrasattva hum " at least once before you put it under your pillow.
Author note: usually help bring deep sleep.
source: https://www.lamayeshe.com/advice/mantras-insomnia

11. increase genuine loving-kindness (metta)

- 11 benefits:
a. sleep in comfort
b. awake in comfort
c. see no evil dream
d. dear to human beings
e. dear to non human beings
f. gods protect him
g. fire , poison , sword cannot touch him
h. mind can concentrate quickly
i . countenance is serene

j. die without being confuse in mind
k. even if fail to attain arahantship, will reborn in brahma world.
- this is not a mantra but rather develop a genuine loving-kindness in one soul and its 11 benefits from loving kindness.
source: https://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka/an/an11/an11.016.piya.html

12. quit killing benefits
- if one can quit killing sentient beings (including animals, insects) , one gain ten benefits:
1.  give others fearlessness
2. invoke great loving kindness toward others
3. eliminate anger and its habit
4. body free from illness
5. have long life
6. protect by nonhumans
7. sleep soundly without nightmare
8. one enmity and grudges will end
9. no fear of evil life path
10. reborn in heaven
 source: http://www.sutrasmantras.info/sutra27.html

13. Gyan mudra
- this is not a mantra but a hand mudra which originate from india. connect the thumb finger with the index finger while leaving the other three fingers facing outward. dhouls be done by both hand for 10 to 15 minutes daily.
  https://www.yogapedia.com/definition/6444/gyan-mudra

14. doing food dana paramita
video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mp3-jFylRHg&t=421s

-according to the video. doing food charity such as doing sur offering to the ghost can promote good sleep. food offering to ghost can be done in sur offering , incense offering (aroma type of incense as ghost eat through smell. put it outside the house at evening on daily basis for wandering soul) and water blessed with specific food mantra.
Author: for food charity - best to go for plant based type of food as animal meat are a form none virtue deed (as it encourage killing) and can bring evil retribution .

15. there are some good plant based meal that help with sleeping . this is related to the food nutrient itself. such as oatmeal, lotus seed, chamomile tea. note: remember to avoid caffeine food at night such as coffee. 

16. Sur offering to ghost to promote good sleep
video (mandarin): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDKEASEdaCM
- according to the video, doing sur offering to preta on daily basis can promote good sleep as this is one way of repaying debt to karmic creditors . the sur offering here are usually by burning incense since ghost depend on smell to eat.the video also teach about chanting mantra on to the drinking water and drop 7 drop of water onto the floor to create foods to ghosts.

17. Maitreya Mantra from Mtc_mantra_mudras
Mantra: Om Maitreya Bodisatva Bodi Sowaka 
video: not available
- for peace, good relationship, harmony at home and work, dispel enemies and for those who has sleep problem.
source: http://www.chuadainhatnhulai.org/pdf_files/MTC_Mantras_Mudras_Symbols.pdf

18. Manjushri eight syllable mantra
Mantra: Om Avira Hum Kachara
video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkCH2I0RAWs
- increase happiness and merits. eliminate evil and harm.the practitioner will feel peaceful, achieve success at work.also eliminate karma. other benefits of reciting this include:no war in country, control astrology planets influence (sun, moon, 28 stars) and also transfer bad luck (mitigate bad luck to something better), no infectious disease in the country, no disaster in country, citizen will not be wrongly condemned, citizen will not be harm by evil power, citizen will not suffer from sudden death, weather is favorable, people are happy, no evil king or leader in the country, people will not face with dangerous animal or villains.
- other benefits from other video are listed below . can get great benefits. eliminate 3 evil path. can do everything, when recite the mantra it is as if the manjushri is in front. can help fulfill all good things. help purify heavy karma. can protect wealth. everything done won't encounter obstacle. recite 1  time- protect self, 2 time- protect other , 3 times- protect king, 4 time protect concubine, 5 times - protect all dependents, 6 times- protect village, 7 times- protect all sentient beings. if recite 7 time on cloth and wear it, it can eliminate all poisonous , evil and difficult disaster. if recite 7 time on water before washing hand and face, can enable all sentient being arouse respect heart. all evil people will be pacify. if the person in pain recite 108 rimes on water and then bath, the person will be cure. if recite 7 times on drinking water and then drink it daily, karma can be eliminate. if chant it on food before eating, the person will not receive any food poisoning. if meet with evil people and enemy, recite this mantra at that time, they will be pacify. evil intention will be eliminate, they will arouse compassion.
source: https://vouushop.com/en/manjusris-mantra-the-eight-syllable-mantra-that-increases-happiness-36-25.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IF1s7IjNSM8&t=238s 

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*consider going for mala bead . a standard mala bead should consist of minimum 108 beads (that represent 108 types of worry ,  some mala had additional beads for error or mistakes in your recitation )  . therefore it is good as helping you to remember how many you have recited . mala bracelet is also good but you may from time to time lost count of how many you have recited and had to restart all over again. as for the proper way of using mala and wearing it and taking care of your mala beads, its best that you get advice from proper instructors. you may want to consider ask a guru or monk in temple to bless your mala. The more you recite, the more your mala protective powers will grow to the point it can become a very strong protective talisman.


*Blow your mala bead when you have finish recite mantra for the day as this mean for your personal protection.

*You may need another mantra which is call heruka vajrayogini mantra which helps to make your mala blessings get stronger as we are living in a degenerative time (meaning negative karma getting stronger with each passing time) . This mantra is said to be the more degenerative it is, the more powerful this mantra will be.

* if one face obstacle while reciting mantra, the solution is to do sur offering to wandering ghost. another option is to light an incense (such as sandalwood incense, where spirits obtain their food through smell) and put it on the windows side , or outside one house as charity food to wandering ghost. then obstacle one is facing will be dispel. therefore buddhist are being encourage to do sur offering before they start their daily mantra practise .