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Seven Praises
ALL
We praise the constantly abiding in the Ten Directions Buddha!
We praise the constantly abiding in the Ten Directions Dharma!
We praise the constantly abiding in the Ten Directions Sangha!
We praise Shakyamuni Buddha!
We praise the Buddha”s Expounding of the Surangama!
We praise the Regarder of the World”s Cries Kuan Shih Yin Bodhisattva!
We praise the Diamond Thunderbolt Treasury Bodhisattva!
Introduction of the Surangama Mantra
PRECENTOR
At one time the World Honored One with His Flame-shaped tuft of Hair from which spring forth One Hundred Precious Lights caused this light to spring forth in the form of a Thousand Petalled Lotus. He then transformed Himself and sat in the center of the Lotus, and, from the Top of His Head, He sent forth in the Ten Directions One Hundred Precious Lights. One by one, the Precious Lights everywhere proclaimed this manifestation in as many times and places as there are Sands in Ten Ganges Rivers.
The Diamond-Thunderbolt Indestructible Deva Guardians of Vairocana sought Him out, and having found Him, lifted up the mountain upon which He sat. As if it was a pestle, they carried it into the empty reaches of space where He found a Great Assembly that was looking into their equally encumbering dreads and desires.
They beseeched the Buddha to have pity on them and to protect them. Thereupon, with "one-mind" so as to hear the Buddha, with His Invisible Mark upon His Head, they listened as the Light-Emitting One, the Tathagata, proclaimed this Mantra:
Text of the Surangama Mantra
ALL
Give Praise to the Awakened One! The Well Come One! The Holy One!
The One With Perfect Universal Knowledge! The Great One!
The Buddha Who Sits on Ten Million Thrones!
Give Praise to all the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas!
Give Praise to all the Universally Enlightened Ones! And to those who have abandoned everything--the Sangha!
Give Praise to the Countless World Honored Arhats!
Give Praise to those who have entered the Holy Stream!
Give Praise to those who have but once more to be reborn!
Give Praise to the Countless Perfected Ones! Those who prevent the Sins of Desire!
Give Praise to the Devas and Immortals!
Give Praise to the Accomplished One! The Knowing Immortal Tara; who if looked upon with reverence takes immediate delight in us!
Give Praise to the Jewel of Salvation!
Give Praise to Indra the Creator!
Give Praise to the Holy One! The Guardian Deva Rudra, Lord of the Storms! And His Consort Unmada!
Give Praise to the Holy One! The Immensely Strong Nara, whose utterances are Great, Perfect and Illuminating! Give Praise to this Completely Compassionate One!
Give Praise to the Holy One! The Buddha Mahakara! He who crossed over in previous times! The Unfettered One! We give homage to this one of Untouched Virtue and Unsurpassed Emancipation who wore the cast-off clothing of graveyards and who was a founder of our sect. Give Praise to this Completely Compassionate One!
Give Praise to the Holy One! The Nobly Descended Tathagata!
Give Praise to the Nobly Descended Red Lotus!
Give Praise to the Nobly Descended Diamond-Thunderbolt!
Give Praise to the Nobly Descended Great Jewel!
Give Praise to the Nobly Descended Great Elephant!
Give Praise to the Holy One! The Sovereign Lord Sulasana, who was beyond being possessed by Joy, this Tathagata!
Give Praise to the Holy One! Give Praise to Amitabha! The Well Come One! The Blessed One! The One with Perfect Universal Knowledge!
Give Praise to the Holy One! The Unmoved Buddha Aksobhya! The Well Come One! The Blessed One! The One with Perfect Universal Knowledge!
Give Praise to the Holy One! The Lapis Lazuli Radiating Medicine Teaching Buddha Bhaisajya Tathagata!
Give Praise to the Holy One! The Completely Empty…
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