Suzuki)Īdoration to the Triple Treasure – The Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha!Īdoration to Avalokitesvara-Mahasattva who is the great compassionate one! The Great Compassion Mantra (Da Bei Zhou) (By: D.T. Suzuki and UPAYA Institute and Zen Center for their kind contributions. Many thanks to the renowned Japanese Zen Master D. Below are two English translations of The Great Compassion Mantra, or Da Bei Zhou. The Sanskrit language is very profound and offers many potential translations. Through reciting the mantra mindfully, sincerely praying for empowerment and at the same time experiencing the power of all Buddhas and Bodhisattvas’ genuine vows, and further through reflecting inwardly on one’s body and mind, relinguishing attachments and eradicating sinful hindrances, humanity would arise and Bodhi’s vow would be attained. It contains eighty eight (88) verses and each verse has a different Bodhisattva or Buddha associated with it. The Great Compassion Mantra, or Da Bei Zhou, is a supreme type of mantra which can eradicate hindrances from past lives, subdue evil forces and cause all ghosts and spirits to become one’s protectors. Should any living being who recites and holds the spiritual mantra of Great Compassion not be reborn in any Buddhaland, I vow not to realize the full enlightenment……” “Should any living being who recites and holds the spiritual mantra of Great Compassion fall into the three evil paths, I vow not to realize the full enlightenment. “ World-Honored One, if Humans and Gods recite and hold the verses of the Great compassion Mantra, then 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 Buddhaland they wish according to their desire.” It is one of the most widely recited mantras by Buddhists and is often used for protection or purification.ĭuring the assembly, Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara, whose name means She Who Hears the Cries of the World, again addressed Shakyamuni Buddha, saying, The Great Compassion Mantra is short for the Thousand-Armed and Thousand-Eyed Compassion Mantra (or Sahasrabhuja-Sahasranetra Compassion Mantra). The Great Compassion Mantra was spoken by the Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara (who is the Bodhisattva of Compassion and known as Kuan Yin in China) before an assembly of Buddhas, bodhisattvas, devas and kings, according to the Mahakarunikacitta Sutra. The Nilakantha Dharani also known as Maha Karuna Dharani, popularly known as the Great Compassion Mantra in English and known as the Da Bei Zhou in Mandarin Chinese, is a dharani of Mahayana Buddhist origin.
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