The mantra: 唵 好魯好魯 舍野謨契 娑婆訶
ǎn hǎo-lǔ-hǎo-lǔ shè-yě-mó-qì suō-pó-hē
唵 好魯好魯 舍野謨契 娑婆訶
옴 호로호로 사야모케 사바하
om hororo sayamoke sabaha
Category: chanting
Xuanzang’s Homage to Maitreya
願共諸眾生，
願 = wish
共諸 = universal
眾生 = sentient beings
上生兜率天，
上生 = above born
兜率天 = Tuṣita Heaven
奉見彌勒佛。
奉 = serve
見 = see
彌勒佛 = Maitreya Buddha
Homage to the Three Jewels: notes and comments
This post is about the chant. To see (and hear) the chant itself, please refer back to the previous post, which has the whole chant in Hanja, Hangul and romanized transliteration, some very literal translations, and a video: Ye Bul (禮 佛 / 예 불), AKA: Homage to the Three Jewels First, lets look at […]
Ye Bul (禮 佛 / 예 불), AKA: Homage to the Three Jewels
天下宗師 一切微塵數 諸大 善知識
천하종사 일체미진수 제대 선지식
chon ha jong sa il che mi jin su je dae seon ji shik
heaven below grand master all small particles count every great good perceive realize (善知識 = kalyāṇa-mitratā: admirable friendship, sacred friendship)
We sincerely pay homage to all the previous generations of great masters who have brought the lamp of the dharma from the west to the east, and to Korea in particular, and to all of our great teachers and spiritual friends, who are as numerous as the atoms of the universe.
Master Uisang’s Haein-do (aka “The Song of Dharma Nature”)
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Bodhisattvas use this Dhāraṇī like a bottomless treasure chest
To decorate and glorify Dharmadhātu, the palace of the Mind.
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Sit down in your Original Place and see
That everything is as it is, like Buddha of old.
Korean Buddhist Chanting by Bhikkhuni Gumgang
First she does the Thousand Hands and Eyes Sutra. She starts right off with the mantra to purify speech (suri suri mahasuri ….), that is, she does not include the “invocation” at the beginning. Also, she recites the Great Dharani three times, which is very cool. Other than that it is almost exactly the way that Zen Master Seung Sahn taught this chant (there are a few places where her pronunciation is clearly different).
Buddhist Chanting
- Yebul (Homage to the Three Jewels) on youtube with lyrics
- Kanzeon (Ten Verse Kannon Sutra) on youtube with lyrics
- Heart Sutra (Korean version with Hanja) on youtube with lyrics
- Heart Sutra (English version) on youtube with lyrics
- Great Dharani on youtube with lyrics
- Jijang Bosal chanting on youtube with lyrics
- A very nice mp3 recording of the Evening Bell Chant by Kathy Park
About “mindisbuddha.org”: Buddhism, Chanting, Chinese, etc …..
This is my personal blog, but it also links to a Zen meditation group that meets at my house and also online. If you are looking for the Dae Do Sah Zen Group – that web page is here.
This blog consists mostly of stuff that I find here and there, and that I don’t want to forget. The two most common themes for posts are Buddhist Chanting and Chinese – and these very often overlap.
“For receiving and mirroring the feelings of intimacy, there is nothing that surpasses the ceremonial image.”
冥祥記
Record of Mysterious Wonders, aka, Signs from the Unseen Realm
冥 míng dark, the underworld (not in hsk)
祥 xiáng auspicious, propitious (hsk6)
記 jì record (hsk3)
The Ten Merits of Yeom Bul Chanting (高聲念佛十種功德)
First, the merit of waking us from sleep.
Second, the merit of surprising and repelling malicious spirits.
Third, the merit of the sound reaching to the ten directions.
Fourth, the merit of resting the suffering of the three lower paths.
Fifth, the merit of keeping out exterior sounds.
Sixth, the merit of keeping the mind which is chanting from scattering.
Seventh, the merit of (helping us) to make ferocious effort.
Eighth, the merit of making all the buddhas happy.
Ninth, the merit of bringing the experience of samādhi directly to us.
Tenth, the merit of bringing about rebirth in the Pure Land.