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- Recite Mantras with a Proper and Sincere Mind...after we learn the Shurangama Mantra, we must constantly keep a compassionate frame of mind...Single-minded concentration is efficacious, while being scattered is useless. What's meant by single-minded concentration?....  --a Dharma talk by Venerable Master Hsuan Hua

Shurangama Mantra - The Efficacious Language of Heaven and Earth

"A Sure Sign of the Proper Dharma" by Venerable Master Hsuan Hua.

 

For further reading:  The Shurangama Sutra [PDF]  (Topics of interest:  Part 1:  The Buddha dispatched Manjushri Bodhisattva to rescue the Venerable Ananda with the Shurangama Mantra.  Part 5:  Gwan Yin Bodhisattva's Perfect Penetration [under "The Ear Organ"].  Part 6:  The Four Clear Exhortations of Purity--the cutting off of lust, killing, stealing and false speech, and the proclamation of Shurangama Mantra.  Part 7:  the Gradual Stages, the Bodhisattva Stages, and the Seven Destinies.  Part 8: the Demonic States--the 50 Skandhas.)

     

The Four Clear Instructions on Purity, The Shurangama Sutra:

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Shakyamuni Buddha spoke

 on the 5 pungent plants,

The Shurangama Sutra:

Ven. Master Hsuan Hua's

 verse on

Shurangama Mantra:

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May we suggest learning a couple lines a day from the text file, and following along the audio file the best you can?  It has taken others days, weeks, months, or in some cases, even years to learn Shurangama Mantra by heart.  The length of time varies with individuals, but all the same, the key is to be persistent.  If you ever get stuck on a line or need help, feel free to contact a branch Way-place near you.  (Check the list of branches on our home page, or search the DRBA or DRBA Chinese web pages.)
1. Audio Files : 
  1. Slow Speed for Beginners [MP3]
  2. Regular Speed [MP3]

 

2. Text File in pin yin and Chinese :

    Skip to Shurangama Mantra

Some quick tips on pin yin
  1. "q" is pronounced like "ch",
  2. "x" like "sh",
  3. "zh" like "j"
  4. "ai" like the word "eye",
  5. "ao" like the "ou" in the word "out"
  6. "e" like the "e" in the word "earl', e.g., e, he and zhe; or like "eh", e.g., ye, jie, qie and xie,
  7. "i" like "ee",
  8. "o" like the word "awe",
  9. "u" like "w" or "oo", e.g., duo and pu; or like the word "you", e.g., ju.

    Take the first six lines for example::

1)     NA MO SA DAN TUO

("MO" is pronounced "m-awe"; "TUO" is pronounced "t-w-awe", not "2")

2)    SU QIE DUO YE

("QIE" = "ch-ee-eh"; "DUO" = "d-w-awe"; "YE" = "y-eh")

3)    E LA HE DI

("E" = the "e" in the word "earl'; "HE" = the "he" in the word "her" but not the word "he"; "DI" = "dee")

4)    SAN MIAU SAN PU TUO XIE

("MIAU" = "m-ee-ou", that is "ou" as in "out"; "XIE" = "she-ee-eh")

5)    NA MO SA DAN TUO

(same as line 1)

6)     FO TUO JU ZHI SHAI NI SHAN

 "FO" = "f-awe"; "JU" = "j-you"; "ZHI" = "jee", "SHAI" = "sh-eye"; "NI" = "n-ee" just like the word "knee")
Shurangama Mantra

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