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The mantra was translated from Sanskrit into Chinese by Guṇabhadra (Sanskrit; Chinese: 求那跋陀羅, 394–468) from central India. It is usually recited 21, 27 or 49 times per day. [2] In one type of group practice, participants usually recite this mantra three times after reciting the Heart Sutra or the Amitabha Sutra.
Traditionally, a mantra is written in Ranjana script or Tibetan script, on the outside of the wheel. The mantra Om mani padme hum is most commonly used, but other mantras can also be used. Prayer wheels sometimes depict dakinis and the eight auspicious symbols (ashtamangala). At the core of the cylinder, as the axle of the wheel, is a "life ...
The Ahirbudhnya Samhita is the source of Taraka Mantra, Narasimhanustubha Mantra, three occult alphabets, Sashtitantra and select astra mantras. It also mentions the Purusha Sukta. The four Vyuhas in this samhita are Vasudeva, Samkarshana, Pradyumna and Aniruddha. [5]
Mantra japa is a practice of repetitively uttering the same mantra [49] for an auspicious number of times, the most popular being 108, and sometimes just 5, 10, 28 or 1008. [ 2 ] [ 50 ] Japa is found in personal prayer or meditative efforts of some Hindus, as well during formal puja (group prayers).
When used as talismans, yantras are viewed as representing a deity who can be called on at will by the user. They are traditionally consecrated and energized by a priest, including the use of mantras closely associated with the specific deity and yantra. Practitioners believe that a yantra that is not energized with a mantra is lifeless. [9]
Buddhalocanā's mantra in the Mañjuśrīmūlakalpa (found in chapter 37) is: [24] oṁ ru ru sphuru jvala tiṣṭha siddhalocane sarvārthasādhani svāhā. According to the Guhyasamājatantra, each Buddha family is also assigned a specific mantra: [17] Vairocana - Buddha family mantra: jinajik; Akṣobhya - Vajra family mantra: vajradhr̥k
Prayer (Sanskrit: प्रार्थना, romanized: prārthanā) is considered to be an integral part of the Hindu religion; it is practiced during Hindu worship and is an expression of devotion ().
The bija mantra is the syllable हं haṃ, and is written in white upon the chakra. In the bindu, or point above the mantra, resides the deity Sadashiva, who has 5 faces, representing the spectrum of smell, taste, sight, touch, and sound and 10 arms. The right half of his body is a white Shiva, and the left half of the body is a golden Shakti.