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Within the Śūraṅgama Sūtra , the Sanskrit incantation (variously referred to as dhāraṇī or mantra) contained therein, is known as the Sitātapatroṣṇīṣa dhāraṇī, The "Śūraṅgama mantra" (Chinese: 楞嚴咒) is well-known and popularly chanted in East Asian Buddhism, where it is very much related to the practice of the ...
The Śūraṅgama Sūtra (Chinese: 首楞嚴經; pinyin: Shǒuléngyán jīng, Sūtra of the Heroic March) (Taisho no. 945) is a Mahayana Buddhist sutra that has been especially influential on Korean Buddhism (where it remains a major subject of study in Sŏn monasteries) and Chinese Buddhism (where it was a regular part of daily liturgy during the Song).
The mantra was translated from Sanskrit into Chinese by Guṇabhadra (Sanskrit; Chinese: 求那跋陀羅, 394–468) from central India. It is usually recited 21, 27 or 49 times per day. [2] In one type of group practice, participants usually recite this mantra three times after reciting the Heart Sutra or the Amitabha Sutra.
The major part of the Durwakshta Mantra is taken from the mantra 22 of the chapter 22 in the Madhyandina Samhita of the Shukla Yajurveda. [9] According to Maithil scholar Gajendra Thakur, the mantra 22 of the chapter 22 in the Shukla Yajurveda was chanted for the devotion towards the Nation in entire Indian subcontinent by people in the early times.
[11] [63] Mantra and dharani are synonymous in some Buddhist traditions, but in others such as the Tibetan tantric traditions a dharani is a type of mantra. [ 64 ] [ 65 ] According to Jose Cabezon, in the tantric traditions, mantra ( sngags ) is all knowledge and the mind of all the Buddhas, that which possesses the dharma-dhatu (essence of ...
However, many recordings of this chant is falsely named Tibetan Great Compassion Mantra (藏傳大悲咒) or The Great Compassion Mantra in Sanskrit (梵音大悲咒) by Chinese-language publishing brands. Following the development of the internet in recent decades, the number of online postings by religious organisations is constantly increasing.
Indeed, numerous Buddhist texts in the Taishō Tripitaka contain Siddhaṃ script, such as the Womb Matrix Sanskrit Mantra (T. 854 胎藏梵字真言). [8] Some East Asian Buddhist traditions, like the Japanese Shingon and Tendai schools, are also known for their study of Sanskrit. This is closely connected to the importance of Sanskrit mantras ...
According to the Ucchuṣma Vidyārāja Dhāraṇi, the mantra provided should be recited forty thousand times by any good man or good woman who is besieged with ailments inflicted by evil spirits. On the tenth day of purification , it should be recited one thousand eight times resulting in the removal of myriad afflictions.