【獅面空行母 心咒】：
「阿加薩嘛。拉雜沙達。拉薩嘛拉耶。呸。」

【Simhamukha Heart Mantra :】
「Ah-jia-sa-ma。la-za-sha-da。la-sa-ma-la-ye。pei。」

The Lion-faced Dakini, Simhamukha in Sanskrit, is venerated by all four schools of Tibetan Buddhism. She is one of the three principal dharma protectors of the Nyingma sect and the primary protector. The other two protectors are Ekajati and Rahula. Besides being the primary protector of the Nyingma sect, Simhamukha is just about the foremost dakini of all the dakinis and has vowed to be the primary dharma protector of the True Buddha School!

Because Simhamukha is the guru of Padmasambhava as well as his personal deity and dharma protector, her power is infinite. Simhamukha's dharma body is Mahaprajnaparamita Buddha Mother. Simhamukha's bliss body is Dorje Phagmo, namely Vajravarahi. Simhamukha is the emanation body. She is thus the integration of Mahaprajnaparamita Buddha Mother, Vajravarahi, and Simhamukha. One may therefore say that Simhamukha is the foremost Buddha Mother and the preeminent Tara! Her dharma power is the greatest!

Simhamukha's mantras are extraordinary. Her Boomerang Shield Mantra (Reversing Mantra) is especially well-known. What is the Boomerang Shield Mantra? Regardless of how powerful an attacker may be, any attack will be completely blocked and boomeranged back to the attacker with equal power. Simhamukha's Boomerang Shield Mantra is a highly secret mantra and a secret transmission.

As long as one recites the Boomerang Shield Mantra, one will be protected from any attacks by sorcery or black magic. Whatever magic spells are cast, when one chants the Boomerang Shield Mantra, the one casting the magic spell will be utterly defeated. Chanting the Boomerang Shield Mantra will cause the person casting a magic spell for the purpose of crippling one's foot to fall off their bed and cripple their own foot instead. This is how powerful Simhamukha's mantra is.

Simhamukha holds cymbals in her hands. What are cymbals? We used cymbals to make a ''crashing'' sound when we were children. One puts one's resentful enemies between the cymbals and crashes the cymbals a few times. The enemy becomes deaf. By crashing the cymbals a few more times one's enemies will bleed from their seven orifices. Because of this awesome power, Simhamukha is regarded as the utmost wrathful and ferocious dakini.

How is it that Simhamukha is Padmasambhava's guru, personal deity, and dharma protector? In the past, Padmasambhava was having a dharma battle with 500 heretics in the forests of northern India. All 500 heretics were masters of magic spells, that is, they were all able to cast magic spells. Simhamukha later appeared and transmitted the Boomeranging Shield Mantra to Padmasambhava. Hence, Simhamukha is the guru of Padmasambhava.

We know that in Vajrayana there is transformation. Padmasambhava's true personal deity is Amitabha Buddha of the Western Paradise of Ultimate Bliss. Padmasambhava and Amitabha share the same seed syllable ''chuli.'' Amitabha Buddha transformed into Padmasambhava. Simhamukha was transformed from Padmasambhava. Padmasambhava is therefore the personal deity of Simhamukha and Simhamukha is the personal deity of Padmasambhava; they are interrelated.

What is the unique characteristic of dakinis? Being extremely wrathful is their unique characteristic. In Tibetan Vajrayana, the facial expression of a dakini is always depicted as exceedingly wrathful. Although they are dakinis, they are always drawn as tremendously wrathful and fierce. Simhamukha is also wrathful, a wrathful dharma protector. It is because dakinis are fierce and wrathful dharma protectors that they are highly venerated in Vajrayana Buddhism.

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