| 摘要 | Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Daimoku, Mantra, Nīlakantha Dhāranī, Shurangama Mantra, Om Mani Padme Hum, Sitatapatra, Akasagarbha, Shiken Haramitsu Daikoumyo. Source: Wikipedia. Free updates online. Not illustrated. Excerpt: For secular and business interpretation, see Motto. In Tibet, many Buddhists carve mantras into rocks as a form of meditation.A mantra is a sound, syllable, word, or group of words that are considered capable of "creating transformation" (cf. spiritual transformation). Their use and type varies according to the school and philosophy associated with the mantra. Mantras (Devangar ) originated in the Vedic tradition of India, later becoming an essential part of the Hindu tradition and a customary practice within Buddhism, Sikhism, and Jainism. The use of mantras is now widespread throughout various spiritual movements which are based on, or off-shoots of, the practices in the earlier Eastern traditions and religions. The aum syllable is considered a mantra in its own right in Vedanta mysticism.In the context of the Vedas, the term mantra refers to the entire portion which contains the texts called Rig, Yajur or Saam, that is, the metrical part as opposed to the prose Brahmana commentary. With the transition from ritualistic Vedic traditions to mystical and egalitarian Hindu schools of Yoga, Vedanta, Tantra and Bhakti, the orthodox attitude of the elite nature of mantra knowledge gave way to spiritual interpretations of mantras as a translation of the human will or desire into a form of action, with some features in common with spells in general. For the authors of the Hindu scriptures of the Upanishads, the syllable Aum, itself constituting a mantra, represents Brahman, the godhead, as well as the whole of creation. Kkai suggests that all sounds are the voice of the Dharmakaya Buddha i.e. as...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=197367 |
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