Sublime Dhāraṇī of Gwanseeum Issuing from the Most Profound Heart of the Buddha 佛頂心 觀世音菩薩 陀羅尼 Namora danadara yaya namak ariya barogidye sabaraya moji sadabaya mahasadabaya mahagaronigaya danyata abada abada baribadye inhyehye danyata salbadarani mandaraya inhyehye barimasuda motdaya om salbajaksugaya darani injiriya danyata barogije saebaraya salbadotta ohayami sabaha 나모라 다나 다라 야야 나막 아리야 바로기제 […]
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A koan is always about something
When the Ancients let down a hook, it was never an empty manoeuvre; they invariably had some truth to benefit people. Commentary on “Ts’ui Yen’s Eyebrows”, Hekiganroku https://terebess.hu/zen/Blue-Cliff.pdf
The seed tones of the five elements (五種子)
佉 訶 囉 嚩 阿 kha, ha, ra, va, a, the five 種子 roots, or seed-tones of the five elements, space, wind, fire, water, earth respectively. From the Dictionary of Buddhist Terms by Soothill and Hodous: https://mahajana.net/texts/soothill-hodous.html
Kwan Seum Bosal Chanting Part Four: Accomplishing the Great Aspiration of a Bodhisattva
Introduction If we pray to Kwan Seum Bosal to remove our “karmic obstructions” (as discussed in the previous section), well, what if it actually works? Once these karmic obstructions are removed, or at least reduced, what is it that we are now able to do. That is, what was, but now is not, being obstructed? […]
Kwan Seum Bosal Chanting Part Three: Eliminating Karmic Obstacles
Introduction So, let’s talk about bad karma. Bodhidharma (the founding teacher of Zen in China) taught that When those who search for the Path encounter adversity, they should think to themselves, “In countless ages gone by, I’ve turned from the essential to the trivial and wandered through all manner of existence, often angry without cause […]
Kwan Seum Bosal Chanting Part Two: Reciting the Name of the Bodhisattva
Introduction As the name implies, the core of “Kwan Seum Bosal Chanting” is the actual chanting of the name of the Bodhisattva of Compassion (Kwan Seum Bosal) over and over again. As a general rule, “Kwan Seum Bosal” should be repeated at least 108 times. The practice of reciting the names of various Buddhas and […]
Kwan Seum Bosal Chanting Part One: Homage / Prostrations
NOTE: This is the first of several posts on Kwan Seum Bosal Chanting. Links to all the other posts are at the bottom of this post (in the section on “Sources and Resources”) Introduction Kwanseum Bosal Chanting is a practice that comes from the Korean Buddhist tradition. I don’t know of any closely similar practices […]
The Heart Sutra Mantra
揭諦 揭諦 波羅 揭諦 波羅僧 揭諦 菩提 娑婆訶 a-je a-je ba-ra-a-je ba-ra-sung-a-je mo-ji […]
Mantra For Correcting Mistakes and Omissions (補闕真言)
There is a much shorter mantra in the Korean tradition with the same title. But this video is of a different, longer version used today in China. It is a really lovely video in which a mother is teaching the mantra to her daughter. 補闕真言 南無喝囉怛那，哆囉夜耶。 佉囉佉囉。俱住俱住。 摩囉摩囉。虎囉，吽。賀賀， 蘇怛拏，吽。潑抹拏，娑婆訶。 nā mó hē là dá nà […]