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The Ṇamōkāra mantra is the most significant mantra in Jainism, and one of the oldest mantras in continuous practice. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] This is the first prayer recited by the Jains while meditating . The mantra is also variously referred to as the Pancha Namaskāra Mantra , Namaskāra Mantra , Navakāra Mantra , Namaskāra Mangala or Paramesthi ...
1958 – The mantra also appears in the 1958 American romantic film The Barbarian and the Geisha, where it was recited by a Buddhist priest during a cholera outbreak. [citation needed] 1958 – Japanese film Nichiren to Mōko Daishūrai (English: Nichiren and the Great Mongol Invasion) is a 1958 Japanese film directed by Kunio Watanabe.
A mantra (Pali: mantra) or mantram (Devanagari: मन्त्रम्) [1] is a sacred utterance, a numinous sound, a syllable, word or phonemes, or group of words (most often in an Indo-Iranian language like Sanskrit or Avestan) believed by practitioners to have religious, magical or spiritual powers.
A manthra or mantra (Avestan: 𐬨𐬄𐬚𐬭𐬀, mąθra) is a prayer, sacred formula or inspired utterance considered in Zoroastrianism to have spiritual power. [1] Their use already goes back to Zarathustra who described himself in his Gathas as a knower of manthras.
Om Namo Narayanaya (Sanskrit: ॐ नमो नारायणाय, romanized: Om Namo Nārāyanāya, lit. 'I bow to the Ultimate Reality, Narayana'), [ 1 ] also referred to as the Ashtakshara (eight syllables), and the Narayana Mantra , is among the most popular mantras of Hinduism , and the principal mantra of Vaishnavism . [ 2 ]
"Dvadasharno mahamantrah pradhano Vaishnavagame"— The twelve lettered mantra is the chief among vaishnava mantras. Similarly, this is referred to as the ultimate mantra in the Shrimad Bhagavatam. This twelve syllable mantra [11] is known as a mukti (liberation) mantra, and a spiritual formula for attaining freedom.
In concert and recordings, she performs the sung version of the Eleven-Faced Avalokiteśvara Heart dhāraṇī Sutra, in Sanskrit, but entitled Namo Ratna Great Compassion Mantra. [ 16 ] [ 17 ] Imee Ooi is a Malaysian-Chinese singer, who has recorded the Eleven-Faced Avalokiteśvara Heart dhāraṇī Sutra in Sanskrit, but entitled Arya Ekadasa ...
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.