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Aaron Proffit explains the benefits of the long version of the dharani according to the tradition of Chinese Esoteric Buddhism as follows: [4] Chanting this dhāraṇī one thousand times is said to purify all past karma, bestow rebirth in the highest level of Sukhāvatī, and produce visions of Sukhāvatī , Amitāyus Buddha, and assemblies of ...
Benefits of chanting a dharani [For one reciting this Great Peacock Spell], there will be no fear of kings’ [capricious punishment], no fear of thieves or of fire, or of death by drowning. Nor will poison afflict his body, nor weapons, and he will live long and prosper, only excepting the results of prior karma .
In Buddhism, chanting is a traditional Buddhist devotional practice, as well as a means of enhancing and preparing the mind for silent meditation. [9] It is a common part of formal group practice (in either a lay or monastic context). Some forms of Buddhism also use chanting for ritualistic, apotropaic or other magical purposes.
The belief was that a person who had accumulated much bad karma, and possible rebirth in Hell would be immediately freed and allowed a favorable rebirth into the Pure Land of Amitabha Buddha. This practice is known as dosha-kaji (土砂加持) in Japanese. Today, the mantra remains one of the most popular mantras in Shingon Buddhism
This iconography is known as an Amitabha triad, and is especially common in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean art. [ 19 ] Amitābha is said to display 84,000 auspicious and distinguishing marks reflecting his many virtues. [ 20 ]
The Udayagiri stupa for example, houses Vairocana, Amitabha, Aksobhya and Ratnasambhava in the four cardinal directions of the stupa. [ 8 ] According to Kimiaki Tanaka, this basic four cardinal directions Buddha model, combined with Vairocana Buddha from the Avatamsaka sutra , developed into the later tantric five Buddha families (which changed ...
A study of both the Amitabha and the Amitayus sutras (known as the "longer" Sukhāvatīvyūha in Sanskrit) was published by Luis O. Gomez in 1996. [10] In Japan, Hōnen also commented on the work along with the other Pure Land sutras.
A minimum of 7 full days of reciting the Shorter Sukhāvatīvyūha Sūtra and reciting the name of Amitabha Buddha; In addition, during the duration of the liberation rite, one ritual session is held in the early morning for offering to the twenty-four guardian deities, and five tantric ritual sessions are held at night for hungry ghosts. Some ...