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Meaning of a chant?
Bunks
Australia Veteran
in Philosophy
Hi there - hope everyone is we'll?
I heard a Tibetan Buddhist chant that goes:
Tayata om muni muni maha muniye soha
Anyone know what it means?
Thanks!!
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TA YA THA – it is like this
OM – The All-Knowledge of the three bodies of a buddha and of the infinite Buddha’s Holy Body, Speech and Mind. The knowledge of the two paths to enlightenment (Method and Wisdom), and of the two truths (Absolute and relative) that contain all existence within them.
MUNI – Control over the suffering of the three lower realms and over the wrong conception of the self-existent I.
MUNI – Control over the suffering of all samsara and over self-cherishing thoughts.
MAHA MUNIYE – Great control over the suffering of subtle illusions and over the dualistic mind.
SVAHA – May my mind receive, absorb and keep the blessings of the mantra, and may they take root.
See more at: http://www.yowangdu.com/tibetan-buddhism/buddhist-mantras-shakyamuni.html
@lobster - thank you my friend
It's the tibetan chant for gautama, or, shakyamuni buddha. I was told its for purifying negative karma as well.
Thanks, I was also wondering what "Tayata" meant.
@zenguitar Tayatha means "To go beyond(Samsara)". Tayata is the beginning of Shakyamuni Buddha, Medicine Buddha, and Prajnaparamitra mantra
thebuddhacenter.org/buddhism/mantras/
I chant this daily - usually a round of 108 malas before going to bed
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Fantastic resource centre. I love it.
This is also one of the mantras I chant.
I'm not partial to certain things about Lillian Too, but every two years, she comes out with book on mantras that you can get for free if you place an order on her feng shui site.
The latest is quite thicker when compared to the first, and it's quite handy to explain the meaning of different mantras. The illustrations are simply breath-taking:
http://www.fsmegamall.com/index.php?l=product_detail&p=3209
This might be useful to some, it is an audio of me ranting about chanting and mantra . . .
click on arrow to hear . . .
Funny to hear your voice @lobster - you actually sound reasonably intelligent
(And actually resolves the "is he isn't she" question....)
But it might be using voice-modulation software, @lobster is a techie...
Sure he is..... and I'm a starfish.....
Some starfish are very intelligent, you know.
Tell me about it! We got one guy here, he's so big-headed though, you'd think he has six legs!