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  2. Sitatapatra - Wikipedia

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    Chinese and Vietnamese Buddhist often recite her a Sino rendering of her Sanskrit title (Maha, meaning "great") Sitātapatrā (Ma Ha Tất Đát Đa Bát Đát Ra 摩訶悉怛多缽怛囉) as a protection mantra, often alongside a starting Om and then svaha but sometimes just the name by itself.

  3. Jinapañjara - Wikipedia

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    The Jinapanjara (Pali: jinapañjara; Thai: ชินบัญชร, Chinabanchon), sometimes known in English as "The Cage of the Conqueror", is a post-canonical Buddhist Paritta chant. It is the most popular paritta (protective text) in Thailand. [1] It has existed since the end of the nineteenth century, from the time of the reign of Rama II.

  4. Shurangama Mantra - Wikipedia

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    The Shurangama or Śūraṅgama mantra is a dhāraṇī or long mantra of Buddhist practice in East Asia. Although relatively unknown in modern Tibet, there are several Śūraṅgama Mantra texts in the Tibetan Buddhist canon. It has strong associations with the Chinese Chan Buddhist tradition.

  5. Maṅgala Sutta - Wikipedia

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    This discourse is recorded in Theravada Buddhism's Pali Canon's Khuddaka Nikaya in two places: in the Khuddakapāṭha (Khp 5), and in the Sutta Nipāta (Sn 2.4). [2] In the latter source, the discourse is called the Mahāmangala Sutta. It is also traditionally included in books of 'protection' . It is also found in the Tibetan Canon, in the ...

  6. Three Jewels and Three Roots - Wikipedia

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    He also observed that the term 'living Buddha' is a translation of the Chinese words huo fuo. [ 12 ] The lama , who in Tibetan Buddhism is generally the lama , is considered to be the most important of the 'Three Roots' since the lama embodies enlightened mind and without their personal guidance, the student cannot progress.

  7. Dharani - Wikipedia

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    The word dhāraṇī derives from a Sanskrit root √dhṛ meaning "to hold or maintain". [3] [30] This root is likely derived from the historical Vedic religion of ancient India, where chants and melodious sounds were believed to have innate spiritual and healing powers even if the sound cannot be translated and has no meaning (as in a music).

  8. Paritta - Wikipedia

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    In the Pali literature, these short verses are recommended by the Buddha as providing protection from certain afflictions. The belief in the effective power to heal, or protect, of the sacca-kiriya, or asseveration of something quite true is an aspect of the work ascribed to the paritta.

  9. Āṭānāṭiya Sutta - Wikipedia

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    The Āṭānāṭiya Sutta ("Discourse on the Heavenly Town of Āṭānāṭa") [1] is the 32nd Sutta in the Dīgha Nikāya ("Long Discourses of Buddha") of Pāli Canon. [2] [3] It is a poem of spiritual protection against evil spirits and it was presented to the Buddha by one of the "Four Great Heavenly Kings", King Vessavana (Pali; Sanskrit: Vaiśravana).