今天無論你多忙，請把《消災吉祥神咒》念一遍！
No matter how busy you are today, please recite the Mantra of Disaster Elimination and Auspiciousness one time!
又稱消災咒、消災真言、消災陀羅尼。乃消除諸種災害，成就吉祥事之神咒。
Also known as Disaster Elimination Mantra, Disaster Elimination Mantra, Disaster Elimination Dharani. It is a divine mantra to eliminate all kinds of disasters and achieve auspicious things.
This Dharani is found in the Twelve Buddhas Sutra (十二佛名神呪校量功德除障滅罪經)
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The Twelve Buddhas (十二佛) are also known as the “Twelve Honored Buddhas Who Remove the Karmic Store for Those Who Repent” (懺除業障十二尊佛).
“If you cannot achieve pure and single right-mindfulness and if torpor and distraction arise, do not drive them away consciously. Drop the huatou [Amituofo], turn the illuminating light of the mind inward, and find the source from which torpor and distraction come.”
朝 念 觀 世 音
cho nen kan ze on
I call on Kuan Shi Yin in the morning
暮 念 觀 世 音
bo nen kan ze on
I call on Kuan Shi Yin in the evening
兀然 wù rán “quietly” (can also mean “dazed”, “bewildered”, “suddenly”, “unexpectedly”, or “abruptly”)
Great Compassion Mantra in Siddham: http://www.siddham.org/yuan_english/mantra/emantra_84s_s.pdf Aksharamukha: Script Converter: https://aksharamukha.appspot.com/input/Siddham Proposal to Encode the Siddham Script in ISO/IEC 10646 by Anshuman Pandey: https://escholarship.org/uc/item/1zx6t75q The Siddham script (Chi. 悉曇文字 xītán wénzì; Jap. 悉曇 shittan; Kor. 실담 siltam) is a Brahmi-based script historically used for writing Sanskrit in China, Japan, and Korea. It is also known in […]
The gong’an exercise of Buddha recitation uses the invocation of Amituofo as a huatou. At the very moment the name is uttered, it must be the focal point in respect to which all doubts and delusions are laid aside. At the same time you ask “Who is this person reciting Amitābha’s name?”
Here is a collection of resources that will hopefully be helpful to anyone who wants to know more about “The Great Dharani”. Lokesh Chandra • Lokesh Chandra’s book-length study of the Great Dharani: “Thousand-armed Avalokitesvara”: https://www.namsebangdzo.com/Thousand-Armed-Avalokitesvara-p/12549.htm • Lokesh Chandra’s paper: “Origin of Avalokitesvara of Potala”: http://himalaya.socanth.cam.ac.uk/collections/journals/kailash/pdf/kailash_07_01_01.pdf • Another Lokesh Chandra paper: “Origin of Avalokita-svara/Avalokite-svara”: http://www.asiainstitutetorino.it/Indologica/volumes/vol13/vol13_art13_CHANDRA.pdf […]
Introduction Up to this point we have (1) taken refuge in the Triple Gem, (2) called upon the name of Kwan Seum Bosal, (3) recited Kwan Seum Bosal’s mantra for eliminating “karmic obstructions”, and (4) recited the mantra for achieving our “great aspiration” as Bodhisattvas. It’s a hard act to follow! The fifth part of […]
虛空可量風可繫
허공가량풍가계
heo-gong ga yang pung ga gye
sky able measure wind able bind
無能盡說佛功德
무능진설불공덕
mu-neung jin-seol bul gong-deok
powerless explain buddha’s virtue-merit
