Category: buddhism


“Light and dark oppose one another, like the front and back foot in walking.”

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明暗各相對 比如前後歩

Light and dark oppose one another like the front and back foot in walking. (English translation)

Most of the characters in this line from the Sandokai are very common Chinese words. Six out of the ten characters are part of the most basic level of Chinese proficiency for those learning it as a foreign level (HSK level 1). Only two of the characters are relatively “advanced”, one is HSK level 4 (各), and other is level 5 (暗). But in fact both of these characters are easy to recognize and have fairly simple meanings.

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“No matter how busy you are today, please recite the Mantra of Disaster Elimination and Auspiciousness one time!”

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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.

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Dharani of the Twelve Buddhas

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This Dharani is found in the Twelve Buddhas Sutra (十二佛名神呪校量功德除障滅罪經)
https://read.84000.co/translation/toh511.html

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).

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Siddham

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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 […]

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Great Dharani Resources

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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 […]

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Kwan Seum Bosal Chanting Part Five: “Misfortune is derived from the mind and is extinguished by the mind”

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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 […]

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