May 24, 2013
Sutras
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Kalamer Sutra
Kalamer Sutra Translator's note: Although this discourse is often cited as the Buddha's carte blanche for following one's own sense of right... Read more
The Platform Sutra
Southern School Sudden Doctrine, Supreme Mahayna Great Perfection of wisdom: The Platform Sutra preached by the Sixth Patriarch Hui-neng at the la-fan Temple... Read more
The Heart Sutra
Maha-Prajna-Paramita-Hridaya Thus have I heard. At one time the Blessed One together with many of the highest Bodhisattvas and a... Read more
Song of Enlightenment
By Zen Master Hsuan Chuen of Yung Chia,the Dharma Successor of Hui-Neng. There is the leisurely one, Walking the Tao, beyond... Read more
Gatha of Seng T'san, Third Chan Patriarch
The Hsin-hsin-ming It’s not difficult to discover your Buddha MindBut just don’t try to search for it.Cease accepting and rejecting... Read more
The Metta Sutta
The Buddha's Teaching on Loving-kindness This is what should be doneBy one who is skilled in goodness,And who knows the... Read more
Mahayana-Sraddhotpada Shastra
THE AWAKENING OF FAITH IN MAHAYANA(Mahayana-Sraddhotpada Shastra) Attributed to Asvaghosha Translated by Yoshito S. HakedasCopyright 1967 Columbia University Press ... Read more
Diamond Sutra
(1) Thus have I heard. One morning, when the Buddha was staying near Shravasti in the jeta grove of Anathapindika's... Read more
Vijnanabhairava Tantra
Divine Consciousness Bhairava and Bhairavî, lovingly united in the same knowledge, left the undifferentiated state so their dialog may enlighten all... Read more
Prayers
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Incense Lighting Offering
Bringing a stick of incense to our forhead three times we honor the three treasures: the Buddha, the Dharma and... Read more
Into The Eternity
When I consider the brief span of my life absorbed into the eternity which comes before and after - as... Read more
Meal Prayer
Lord, Help me to be worthy of this food for which I humbly give my thanks. Read more
The Lord's Prayer
Oh Thou, from whom the breath of life comes, who fills all realms of sound, light and vibration.May Your light... Read more
Treasure of the Law
More is the treasure of the Law than gems; Sweeter than comb its sweetness; its delights Delightful past compare. Thereby to live Hear... Read more
Torei Zenji's Bodhisattva's Vow
When we regard the natures of all living creatures and all things, we find them to be the sacred... Read more
Prayer for the Bodhisattva Way
May the three hindrances and all afflictions be annihilated. 願消三障諸煩惱May I gain wisdom and true understanding.願得智慧真明了May all hindrances caused by... Read more
Repentance Prayer
The evil deeds I have committed with my body, speech, and mind are caused by greed, anger, and delusion, which... Read more
The Four Vast Vows
Sentient beings are boundless; I vow to deliver them all. Afflictions are endless; I vow to eradicate them all. Dharma... Read more
A Prayer of Saint Francis of Assisi
Lord, make an instrument of your peace. When there is hatred, let me sow love; Where there is injury, pardon; Where there is... Read more
Prayer to the Bodhisattva
Let me not pray to be sheltered from dangers but to be fearless in facing them.Let me not beg for... Read more
Chants
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Kanzeon Sutra
(Enmei Jukku Kannon Gyo) Kan ze on na mu butsu yo butsu u inyo butsu u enbup po so enjo raku ga jocho... Read more
The Verse of Purification
All harmful karma ever committed by me, since of old, On account of my beginningless, greed, anger and ignorance, Born of my body,... Read more
Hakuin's Song of Zazen
From the beginning all beings are Buddha. Like water and ice, without water no ice, outside us no... Read more
Four Vows of the Bodhisattva
(chanted 3 times) Sentient beings are numberless, I vow to free them. Delusions are inexhaustible, I vow to end them The Dharma gates... Read more
Dai Hi Shin Dharani
(Japanese chanted version) NAMU KARA TAN NO TORA YA YA NAMU ORI YA BORYOKI CHI SHIFU RA YA FUJI SATO BO... Read more
Maha-Prajna-Paramita-Hridaya
The Heart Sutra -- "The Heart of the Perfection of Great Wisdom" Sutra Chanted in English (mp3)click here (mp3) Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva, when... Read more
The Sitatapatratrosnisa Dharani
Chinese Chanted Version NA MO LENG YEN HUI SHANG FO P'U SANA MO LENG YEN HUI SHANG FO P'U SANA MO... Read more
The Gayatri mantra
Om Bhuh Bhuvah SvahahTat Savitur VarenyamBhargo Devasya DhimahiDhyo Yo nah Prachodayat Om The Gâyatrî Mantra is from the Rig Veda, which has... Read more
Dharani of the Great Compassionate One
Notes: each phrase is presented on a single line for each phrase, the text is provided in Chinese (top),... Read more
Chants of India
Review by Karen Karleski: "Mantram is Ravi Shankar's effort to set Sanskrit chants from ancient Hindu scriptures to music, and... Read more