Bring the sacred and blessed sounds of Shakyamuni Buddha’s mantra into the Lunar New Year 2018, Year of the Earth Dog. Enjoy or chant along with this Holy mantra, sung here by the amazing Yoko Dharma. [Bio below.]

• For a full feature on Losar 2018, Year of the Earth Dog, please see>>

The mantra is on screen, with meditative images of the Buddha, and is:

OM MUNI MUNI MAHA MUNI YE SOHA

Happy Year of the Earth Dog 2018 from Buddha Weekly.

Lunar New Year, celebrated by billions — as Chinese New Year, Losar, and various other Lunar labels — is an important time, traditionally, to present offerings to the Buddhas and Enlightened beings. The merit generated by simple offerings and chanting mantras is “measureless.”

This is also the time to chant mantras or — if you do daily practice — to double up on your normal Buddhist practices. This year, Losar (and Chinese New Year!) falls on February 16, 2018, a Friday, and it’s the Year of the Male Earth Dog.

Do you have a different mantra you’d like to chant / visualize? All mantras are auspicious, especially in the first 10 days of the Lunar year. Here are some other videos with other mantras for chanting:

• Medicine Buddha healing mantra>>
• Green Tara mantra OM TARE TUTTARE TURE SOHA>>
• Amitabha Buddha mantra>>
• Avalokiteshvara Chenrezig (Guanyin) mantra OM MANI PADME HUM>>
• Taking Refuge in the Three Jewels and the Four Immeasurables>>
• Lama Tsongkhapa mantra>>
• Heart Sutra mantra Om Gate Gate Paragate Para Samgate Bodhi Soha>>

To plan your practice in the new Lunar Year, please enjoy Buddha Weekly’s free high resolution 2018 Lunar Practice Calendar with original illustrations by Jampay Dorje:

About Yoko Dharma

From her website:

     Growing up as a Tibetan Buddhist in the west was a slightly different childhood then most Canadian kids have. This had a profound and deep influence on Yoko from an early age, especially when she started adapting Tibetan Buddhist meditations and practices more seriously at the age of 13. This definitely makes Yoko unique in the way she writes music and in terms of what she has to say based on her own understanding. This seems to spill out to people because many of her fans resonate with what she is singing about . Her ability to connect with the listenersweather it is on stage or through a recording is profound because of some basic truths she sings about which transcend culture, race and religion. Essentially, the science of the mind, the truth of all phenomena and some fundamental human qualities that we all possess like love, kindness and compassion. This is why so many people relate to her music and I think this is why she can move people so deeply because somewhere inside they also know these truths or have had similar experiences.”

Yoko started singing as soon as she arrived in this world. Born deep in the lush mountains of British Columbia, Yoko is a small town girl from Nelson. She was raised surrounded by musicians and artists. Her mother is a singer and her father a guitar player who both write music. As a child growing up she would often create fantastic shows for guests when they would visit, stepping onto stage in public at the young age of 13. This was when she also began to write her own songs. From disco bands to African dance troupes, Buddhist Mantras to touring with her own original RnB/world music and opening for Jan Arden, Yoko has a captivating musical and performance background. Yoko has also studied African, Modern, Afro Cuban, Salsa and Balinese styles of dance.”“In 2007 she co-produced and recorded her first album ” Yoko Treasury of Jewels.” The album received amazing reviews, being happily received by Yoko’s fans. It also was chosen as “editor’s pick”  by Peters on CD baby.  “Her voice is a bit like Madonna’s, that is to say, she is fully capable of pure enchantment. Yoko’s entrancing voice is a pure pleasure to listen to.” ~ Writes Peters at CD Baby. This album reached beyond the Buddhist community spilling out to many of Yoko’s fans internationally who are not Buddhist but fell in love with the album. “Treasury of Jewels” is sung in Sanskrit and Tibetan, it is comprised of traditional Tibetan mantras and chants made into beautiful, engaging world music songs.”