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A Commentary on the Prajñāpāramitā Heart Sutra [4] M522: Jingmai: c. 7th century [71]: 7170 5. A Commentary on the Prajñāpāramitā Heart Sutra [4] M521: Huijing: 715 CE: 6. Secret Key to the Heart Sutra [65] [64]: 262–276 T2203A: Kūkai: 774–835 CE: Shingon: 7. Straightforward Explanation of the Heart Sutra [4] [72]: 211–224 M542 ...
Before Nichiren's time, during a Lotus Sutra lecture series in Japan in 1110 C.E., a tale was told of an illiterate monk in Sui-dynasty China who was instructed to chant from dawn to night the daimoku mantra "Namu Ichijō Myōhō Renge Kyō" as a way to honor the Lotus Sutra as the One Vehicle teaching of the Buddha since he could not read the ...
Japanese Buddhism includes various traditions of chanting, sutra recitation (dokyō) and Buddhist music. The vocal element is generally the most important element of Japanese Buddhist music. [ 69 ] Chanting of the names of the Buddha (especially popular is the nembutsu ), and of specific sutras (such as parts of the Lotus Sutra ) is a central ...
The Inari Shingyō (稲荷心経; lit. "Inari Heart Sutra") is an apocryphal sutra compiled in Japan and recited as a form of worship to the kami Inari.Before the Meiji period, Buddhism and Shinto in Japan were not mutually exclusive religions, which allowed the recitation of this text to become an established practice at shrines such as Fushimi Inari-taisha.
The chanting of this dhāraṇī is one of the most popular and famous piece of Buddhist music in Chinese-speaking countries and in Vietnam. Its popularity is probably due to the fact that it sung by famous Asian performers among Buddhists, such as the Nepalese-Tibetan bhikkhunī Ani Chöying Drölma , or the Malaysian-Chinese singer Imee Ooi .
The Heart Sutra, seen here in a 12th-century manuscript, is the subject of Dōgen's essay and is heavily referenced. Although Dōgen's writing usually references other Buddhist works with heavy frequency, Maka hannya haramitsu only references the Heart Sutra, the Mahaprajnaparamita Sutra, and a poem about a wind bell by his teacher, Tiantong Rujing.
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The sutra promotes the recitation of this mantra as a means to liberation. It states that whoever knows ( janati ) the mantra will know liberation as a fully enlightened Buddha. It also states that initiation into the mantra by a qualified preceptor (which is said to be a lay dharmabhanaka , vidyadhara or mahasiddha ) is an important ...