The Great Compassion Mantra in Sanskrit nnThe Great Compassion MantranThe Vast, Great, Perfect, Full, Unimpeded Great Compassion Heart Dhar...
The Great Compassion Mantra in Sanskrit nnThe Great Compassion MantranThe Vast, Great, Perfect, Full, Unimpeded Great Compassion Heart Dharani By The Venerable Master Hsuan HuannThe great mantra of great compassion penetrates heaven and earth.nWhen you recite the Great Compassion Mantra, the heavens quake and the earth trembles as the mantra penetrates heaven and earth. If you recite it 108 times every day for a thousand days (that's about three years) reciting at the same time everyday without missing a day no matter how busy you are, then the ten kings who are directors in the hells in the courts of Yama are delighted.nWhy is it called the "Great Compassion Mantra"?nBecause its compassion can relieve living beings of all their sufferings and difficulties. Because it relieves suffering and bestows happiness, it's called the Great Compassion Mantra. The most important, it can cure all illness. No matter what your illness, if you recite the Great Compassion Mantra, you will be cured.nSomeone asks, "I recite it. Why haven't I been cured?"nYou haven't been cured because your heart is not sincere.nWith a sincere heart, you will certainly obtain a response from the mantra.nWhen you have recited 108 times every day for a thousand days, the ten directions in the courts of Yama will be delighted and all illness will be cured. You will have earned a great deal of merit because for three years: while reciting the mantra, you were not creating offenses, you weren't drinking wine, eating meat, or eating the five pungent plants.nIn the hells there is a platform on which stands everything you've ever done--killing, stealing, arson--reliving all those experiences again. But you have no karma, then nothing will show up on the screen. Because you are devoid of karmic obstacles, they hang a sign up in the hells which says, "So and So recites the Great compassion Mantra and has already destroyed his offense-karma."nAll ghosts and spirits in the hells must bow down in respect to him if they were meeting the Buddhas of the past, present and future. They protect him as they would the Buddhas and they must inform all other ghosts and spirits not to give him any trouble. So the power of the Great Compassion Mantra is inconceivable.n===============================================================n Benefits in Reciting and Holding The Great Compassion MantrannExcerpts from The Dharani SutranEnglish translation by the Buddhist Text Translation Society, Dharma Realm Buddhist University, USAnnIf humans and gods recite and hold the phrases of the Great Compassion Mantra,nthen when they approach the end of life, all the Buddhas of the ten directions will come to take them by the hand to rebirth in whatever Buddha land they wish, according to their desire.nPeople and gods who recite and hold the Great Compassion Mantra will obtain fifteen kinds of good birth and will not suffer fifteen kinds of bad death. Those who recite and hold the spiritual Mantra of Great Compassion will not suffer any of these fifteen kinds of bad death and will obtain the following fifteen kinds of good birth:nn1. Their place of birth will always have a good kingn2. They will always be born in a good countryn3. They will always be born at a good timen4. They will always meet good friendsn5. The organs of their body will always be completen6. Their heart will be pure and full in the wayn7. They will not violate the prohibitive preceptsn8. Their family will be kind and harmoniousn9. They will always have the necessary wealth and goods in abundancen10. They will always obtain the respect and help of othersn11. Their richness will not be plunderedn12. They will obtain everything they seekn13. Dragons, gods, and good spirits will always protect themn14. In the place where they are born they will see the Buddha and hear the Dharman15. They will awaken to the profound meaning of that Proper Dharma which they hear.nnList of avoidance of bad death :-nn1. They will neither die of starvation or privationn2. They will not die from having been yoked, imprisoned, caned or otherwise beatenn3. They will not die at the hands of hostile enemiesn4. They will not be killed in military battlen5. They will not be killed by tigers, wolves, or other evil beastsn6. They will not die from the venom of poisonous snakes, black serpents, or scorpionsn7. They will not drown or be burned to deathn8. They will not be poisoned to deathn9. They will not die as a result of sorceryn10. They will not die of madness or insanityn11. They will not be killed by landslides or falling treesn12. They will not die of nightmares sent by evil peoplen13. They will not be killed by deviant spirits or evil ghostsn14. They will not die of evil illnesses which bind the bodyn15. They will not commit suicidennIf you would like to know more about BUDDHISM, this website would be very useful:nhttp://www.cttbusa.org Less
