Understanding the concept of suffering helps us understand and develop compassion. Suffering usually has a negative connotation yet it is a natural part of living, our cyclic existence, samsara, the cycle of birth and death.
The Bodhisattva of Compassion is known as Avalokitesvara in Sanskrit, Chenrezig in Tibetan, Kwan Yin in Chinese, Kannon in Japanese, and is considered to be the embodiment of the compassion of all enlightened beings.
The Great Compassion Mantra (Da Bei Zhou) – 大悲咒 is a mantra synonymous with Avalokitesvara in East Asia. It is often used for protection or to remove the karma and to purify the soul.
Avalokitesvara (Bodhisattva of Compassion) who teaches us we all have unlimited compassion within us. We all have the innate energy of compassion; all we need is to tap into it and awaken ourselves and reconnect to its energy.
The Great Compassion Mantra Song 梵音大悲咒(Lotus flowers)
Below is the Sanskrit version of the Great Compassion
Mantra.
Namo aryavalokitesvaraya.Bodhisattvaya.
Mahasattvaya.
Mahakarunikaya.
Om.
Sarva
abhayah.
Sunadhasya.
Namo sukrtvemama.
Aryavalokitesvaragarbha.Namo nilakantha.
[Siri] mahabhadrasrame.
Sarvarthasubham.
Ajeyam.
Sarvasattvanamavarga.
Mahadhatu.
Tadyatha.
Om
avaloke.
Lokite.
Kalate.
Hari.
Mahabodhisattva.
Sarva sarva.
Mala mala.
[Masi] Mahahrdayam.
Kuru kuru karmam.
[Kuru]
Kuruvijayati
Mahavijayati.
Dharadhara.
Dharin suraya.
Chala
chala.
Muktir.
Ehi ehi.
Chinda chinda.
Harsam
prachali.
Basa basam presaya.
Hulu hulu mala.
Hulu hulu hilo.
Sara sara.
Siri siri.
Suru suru.
Bodhiya bodhiya.
Bodhaya
bodhaya.
Maitreya.
Nilakantha.
Dharsinina.
Payamana svaha.Siddhaya svaha.
Mahasiddhaya svaha.
Siddhayogesvaraya svaha.Nilakanthasvaha.
Varahananaya svaha.
Simhasiramukhaya svaha.
Sarvamahasiddhaya svaha.
Cakrasiddhaya svaha.
Padmahastaya svaha.
Nilakanthavikaraya svaha.
Maharsisankaraya svaha.
Namo ratnatrayaya.
Namo aryavalokitesvaraya svaha.
Om siddhyantu.
Mantrapadaya svaha.
Excerpts from The Dharani Sutra
The mp3 of this Mantra can be downloaded from this site.
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The video was a nice touch to your post. I will use this for my morning meditation tomorrow. Great post
This is one of the sutras that we chant at every service at our Temple. (We chant it in English mostly, most of ours are either English or Japanese.) It is wonderful – if you haven’t read Bernie Glassman’s commentary on it, Infinite Circle, you should… Be well~
Please forgive me for taking so long to respond. I completely lost control of the comments as they came in and which had been replied to and which had not.
I have not read Bernie Glassman’s books. Thank you for making the Infinite Circle recommendation. I have added it to my list of Zen Buddhist spiritual reads.
“I beseech the embodiment of the five forms and the five transcending awarenesses, He who bears the gem and lotus for protection for the sufferings of the beings of the six realms.”
Be well and happy _/\_
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those flowers are truly wonderful. Thank you.
I’m happy you liked the lotus images. I like them too and I also loved the voice of the singer. Most of all I love the teaching which is that we all have unlimited compassion within us.
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Thank you, TimeThief, for a nice post. It seems that this is the first time (or one of the few occasions) in which a post of yours contains some Chinese characters. SoundEagle must admit that the Great Compassion Mantra Song 梵音大悲咒 sounds very westernized. The brief middle parts (between 3:16 and 3:40, then between 6:46 and 7:09) are sung in Mandarin. The rest seems to be in another Asian language (possibly Japanese), as far as SoundEagle could tell.
Yes, this post contains Chinese characters and yes I do believe we are hearing some Mandarin, though I can’t swear to that. Without doubt this is not a traditional version of The Great Compassion chant. It is presented in the form of a song. I shall publish a post later on with traditional versions of the chant in Sanskrit soon. I’m glad you liked listening to it.
Loved it. Very beautiful and will use for personal meditation. I have a few also. Thank you for this it was a peaceful way to end my night. Namaste my friend.
Hello there,
I think it’s lovely too and that’s why I shared it. I find it to be beautifully relaxing to listen too and even though I can’t chant along with it this rendition it does give rise to compassionate energy within me. Like you, I prefer to listen to it at the end of the day before sleep.
❤
I used to recite this mantra ritualistically
I do find this mantra powerful.
Hello James,
It’s been so long since we connected and I’m so glad you commented. It’s wonderful to hear from you.
Do you recite the mantra in Chinese or in Sanskrit?
I recite this mantra in Sanskrit every day as part of my practice. Without doubt it is powerful and I will share more music videos that are closer to the versions that I chant soon.
May you always be well and happy.