Jijang Bosal’s Dharani for Eliminating Fixed Karma:

滅 定 業 陀羅尼
멸 정 업 다라니
myeor jeong eob darani

Literal translation: destroy fixed karma dharani

The commonly encountered “myor op chang darani” is almost certainly wrong. This appears to be a mistake due to the mantra with a similar title associated with Kwanseum Bosal:

滅 業 障 眞言
멸 업 장 진언
myeor eob jang jinon

Literal translation: destroy karma obstacles mantra

In fact there is a lot of confusion among non-Korean Korean Buddhists when it comes to Jijang Bosal chanting. All of this confusion stems from the fact that most non-Korean Korean Buddhists have no idea what they are chanting!

The correct title is confirmed in the “Essential Compendium for Buddhists (Bulja pillam)” which has the title in Hanja as 地藏菩薩滅定業眞言. and the title in English as “Jijang bosal’s Mantra Washing away Fixed Karma”. The transliterated mantra is given there as “Om bara maridani sabaha”, which further ensures that we are talking about the same mantra. In the “Dharma Mirror” the trasliteration of the title is given (incorrectly) as “myor op-chang da-ra-ni”, while the mantra itself is given as “om ba-ra ma-ni da-ni sa-ba-ha”.

“Mistake, doesn’t matter. Only make correct.”
Zen Master Seung Sahn (Primary Point VOLUME THREE, NUMBER 3 OCTOBER 1986)

 

This post was updated on Saturday, August 22, 2026 (it was first posted on Wednesday, February 8, 2023).