Shurangama Mantra

The Shurangama mantra or Śūraṅgama mantra is the central mantra of the Śūraṅgama Sūtra, an important Mahayana sutra within East Asian Buddhism. Although the sutra only survives in Chinese and Tibetan translation, the mantra is written in Sanskrit within these translated texts.

According to the Śūraṅgama Sūtra, the mantra was transmitted by Gautama Buddha to Manjusri to protect Ananda before he had become an arhat. It was again spoken by the Buddha before an assembly of monks and lay adherents.

References

• The Śūraṅgama Sūtra Translation Committee of the Buddhist Text Translation Society. (2009). The Śūraṅgama Sūtra: With Excerpts from the Commentary by the Venerable Master Hsüan Hua: A New Translation. Ukiah, CA, USA: Buddhist Text Translation Society.
• "A short commentary and Instruction on how to chant the Shurangama Mantra by the Venerable Tripitaka Master Hsuan Hua"

External links

• [1] The Shurangama Mantra—The Efficacious Language of Heaven and Earth, Lectures by the Venerable Tripitaka Master Bhikshu Hsuan Hua, Burlingame, CA: Buddhist Text Translation Society, Dharma Realm Buddhist University, Dharma Realm Buddhist Association, 1996.
• [2] and [3] and [4] The Śūraṅgama Sūtra Translation Committee of the Buddhist Text Translation Society. (2009). The Śūraṅgama Sūtra: With Excerpts from the Commentary by the Venerable Master Hsüan Hua: A New Translation. Ukiah, CA, USA: Buddhist Text Translation Society.ISBN 978-0-88139-962-2.
• [5] Common Bonding Practices for the Five Dhyana Buddha-Families