Name: SHAAKYA MUNI MANTRA DEVOTIONAL by Bodhi Bhajan Project
Duration: 5 min 20 s
Description: The Shakyamuni Mantra performed in a traditional 'Abhanga' style of Maharashtra.

The Prayer Of Kuntuzangpo

Heart Sutra

Translated by Erik Pema Kunsang during a Tara Retreat. Music by Tara Trinley Wangmo. Rearranged and vocals by Sascha Alexandra Aurora and Rodrigo Reijers.

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Homage to Tara performed by Sascha And Rodrigo

Vocals - Ms. Namrata Mahabal, Backing Vocals & Arrangements - Mr. Jaydeep Vaidya. Lyrics - Shantidev's Bodhicharyavatara. 

Description: These are Sanskrit verses from Shantidev's Bodhicharyavatara, a seminal 7th Century text from Nalanda University. The verses describe taking refuge in the Buddha, Dharma & Sangha, taking a vow to achieve enlightenment not merely for oneself, but for the sake of liberating all sentient beings. Singing this daily is a good way to remind ourselves of the noble intent.  

English Transliteration: 
Buddhaṃ gacchāmi śaraṇaṃ yāvadā bodhimaṇḍataḥ
Dharmaṃ gacchāmi śaraṇaṃ bodhisattvagaṇaṃ tathā॥२६॥

Yathā gṛhītaṃ sugatairbodhicittaṃ purātanaiḥ।
Te bodhisattva-śikṣāyāmānupūrvyā yathā sthitāḥ॥२२

Tadvadutpādayāmyeṣa bodhicittaṃ jagaddhite। 
Tadvadeva ca tāḥ śikṣāḥ śikṣiṣyāmi yathākramam॥२३॥

Adya me saphalaṃ janma sulabdho mānuṣo bhavaḥ। 
Adya buddhakule jāto buddhaputro.asmi sāṃpratam॥२५॥

Jagadadya nimantritaṃ mayā sugatatvena sukhena cāntarā। 
Purataḥ khalu sarvatāyināmabhinandantu surāsurādayaḥ॥३३॥

English translation: 
Until the essence of enlightenment is reached, I go for refuge to the Buddhas.
Also, I take refuge in the Dharma, And in all the host of Bodhisattvas. [26]

Just as all the Buddhas of the past, have brought forth the awakened mind,
And in the precepts of the Bodhisattvas, Step-by-step abode and trained,
Likewise, for the benefit of beings, I will bring to birth the awakened mind,
And in those precepts, step-by-step, I will abide and train myself.

“Today my life has given fruit. This human state has now been well assumed.
Today I take my birth in Buddha’s line, And have become the Buddha’s child and heir.

“And so, today, within the sight of all protectors,
I summon beings, calling them to Buddhahood.
And, till that state is reached, to every earthly joy!
May gods and demigods and all the rest rejoice!”

Refuge & Bodhisattva Vows (बुद्धम गच्चामि शरणाम......)

Vocals - Ms. Namrata Mahabal, Sitar, Tabla and Backing Vocals - Mr. Jaydeep Vaidya, Sound Recording - Mr. Devendra Bhome. Lyrics - select verses from Shantidev's Bodhicharyavatara Ch. 2 & 3. 

Description:  The Seven Branch Prayer is one of the most popular prayers in Tibetan Buddhism. The Seven Branches are referring to the seven mental actions, intentions and aspirations that one makes daily in order to train the mind. The seven branches are: Prostrations, Offerings, Confessions, Rejoicing in other's merit, Requesting Buddhas to kindle the light of Dharma, requesting Enlightened beings to remain in samsara for the sake of helping us, Dedicating our merit for the benefit of all sentient beings. 

ENGLISH TRANSLITERATION:

Sarvakṣetrāṇusaṃkhyaiśca pranāmaiḥ pranamāmyahaṃ 
Sarvatryadhvagatān budhān sahadharmagaṇottamān

Manjughosḥ prabhrutayaḥ pujayanti yathā jinan 
Tathā tathāgatānnathān saputran pujayāmyaham

Mayā bālena mūdhena 
yatkinchitpāpamāchitaṃ
Prakŕutya yaccha sāvadhyaṃ
prajñaptyāvadhmév ca.

Tatsarvaṃ deśyāmyeṣ nāthānāmgrataḥ sthitaḥ
Krutāñjalirduḥkḥ bhītaḥ pranipatya punaḥ punaḥ.

Atyayam atyayatveṇ pratigṛuhantu nāykāḥ
Na bhadramidaṃ nāthā na kartavyam punarmayā

Apāyduḥkha vishrāmaṃ sarvasatvaiḥ kŕutaṃ śubham
Anumode pramodena sukhaṃ tiṣṭhantu duḥkhitāḥ

Sansārduḥkh nirmokṣham anumode śarīriṇām
Bodhisattva tva buddhatvam anumode ca tāyinām

Cittotpādsamudrāńṣca sarvasattvasukhāvahān
Sarvasattva hitādhānān anumode ca śāsināṃ

Sarvāsu dikṣhu saṃbuddhān prārthyāmi kŕutāñjaliḥ
dharmapradīpaṃ kurvantu 
mohaduḥkh prapātinām

Nirvātukāmāṃśca jinān yāchyāmi kŕtāñjaliḥ
Kalpān-anantāṃ-stiṣṭhantu  mā bhūdandhamidaṃ jagat

evaṃ sarvamidaṃ kŕtvā yanmayāsāditaṃ śubham
tena syāṃ sarvasattvānām sarvaduḥkha-praśāntikṛt.

ENGLISH TRANSLATION:

To Buddhas of the past, the present and all future time, And to the Dharma and Sublime Assembly,
With bodies many as the grains of dust upon the earth, I will prostrate and bow.

Just as Mañjughoṣha and the like made offering to all the Conquerors,
I do likewise to all the Buddhas our protectors, and to all their Bodhisattva children.

Therefore all the sins i have committed, Blinded in the dark of ignorance, 
actions evil by their nature, or the fault of broken vows

Mindful of the suffering to come, I join my palms and ceaselessly prostrate,
And all my evils, I will now confess, directly in the presence of the buddhas

I pray you, guides and guardians of the world, To take me as I am, a sinful man, 
And all these actions, evil as they are, I promise I will never do again.

With joy I celebrate the virtue that relieves all beings from the sorrows of the states of loss,
Exulting in the happy states enjoyed by those who yet are suffering.

I revel in the stores of virtue, Cause of gaining the enlightened state,
And celebrate the freedom won by living beings from the round of pain.

And in the Buddhahood of the protectors I delight and in the grounds of realization of the Buddhas’ heirs.
Their enlightened attitude, an ocean of great good, that seeks to place all beings in the state of bliss,
And every action for the benefit of beings: Such is my delight and joy.

And so I joined hands and pray, The Buddhas who reside in every quarter: Kindle now the Dharma’s light   
For those who grope, bewildered, in the dark of pain!

I join my hands beseeching the enlightened ones Who wish to pass into nirvāṇa:
Do not leave us wandering in blindness, Stay among us for unnumbered ages!

Through these actions now performed, And all the virtues I have gained,
May all the pain of every living being, Be wholly scattered and destroyed!

Bodhicharyavatara

Seven Branch Prayer in Sanskrit

Vocals - Ms. Namrata Mahabal, Traditional Arrangement, Lyrics: Shantidev (Chapter 10 of Bodhicharyavatara). 
Description - Whatever merit is accrued from any positive deeds done, are also dedicated towards the liberation of all sentient beings. Helping to cultivate an attitude of selflessness. 


ENGLISH TRANSLITERATION:

Punya paaya hain jo maine,
Bodhisattva-raah lekhan se

Khule dvaar is raaha ka, 
Chale sab Buddha-rah pe

Yah prarthna hain meri, 
Bheet ho jaaye nir-bheet
Sarva Quaydee ab ho aazaad, 
Nirbal janata ho balvaan
Kare seva ek duje ki, 
har avsar man mein ho pyar,
Kshan mein mukt ho rog se sabhi, 
Vyaadhiyon se mukt sansaar.

Raahi paaye khushiyaan, Jaayein woh, jo bhi disha
Sahaj mile unhe saari manzilein, 
sahaj mile unhe woh manzil.

Kare Shantidev yeh prarthna ki -

punya-aatmaaon ki krupa se, barse saavan samay anusaar
Jisse phasal ho sampan, aur anna ho apaar

raajya-shaasan ho dharm-anusaar,
Sukhi samruddh ho sansaar
Dava ho shaktishaali
mantra ho prabhaavshali

Sarva daakini Rakshas aadi, jo sukh-shaanti nasht karein
Unke man mein sab ke prati karuna aur daya jaagein.

mere punya ka laabh ho, har jeev-jan ko, anginat hain sankhya jinki, apaar aakaash samaan. 
har ek jan tyaage, vinaashak karma sadaa
sarva chalein bodhicharya path par, na ho kabhi path se juda.

Buddha-saare sarva jan ko shishya roop sveekar karein
sarva jan ki sadhana, vighno se mukt rahein

Shantidev kahe -

mein jab bhi chahoon dekhna unhe, prashna chhota ho ya gehra, pratyaksh mein dekhoon unhe, mere rakshak, manjughosh manjushree, manjunath, manjughosh.

ENGLISH TRANSLATION:

By all the virtue I have now amassed
By composition of this book, which speaks
Of entry to the Bodhisattva way,
May every being tread the path to Buddhahood. [1]

May those who go in dread have no more fear.
May captives be unchained and now set free.
And may the weak receive their strength. May living beings help each other in kindness. May every being ailing with disease Be freed at once from every malady.
May every sickness that afflicts the living Be wholly and forever absent from the world. [22]

May travelers upon the road
Find happiness no matter where they go,
And may they gain, without the need of toil,
The goals on which they set their hearts. [23]

Shantidev prays that -

May kindly spirits bring the rains on time,
For harvests to be rich and plentiful.

May princes rule according to the Dharma;
May the world be blessed with all prosperity. [39]
May medicines be full of strength;
May secret words of power be chanted with success.

May spirits of the air that feed on flesh
Be kind, their minds imbued with pity. [40]

And thus by all the merit I have gained,
May every being, leaving none aside,
Abandon all their evil ways
Embracing goodness now and ever more.
From bodhichitta may they never separate,
And constantly engage in Bodhisattva actions.

May they be accepted as disciples by the Buddhas,
Drawing back from what is demons’ work. [32]

Says Shantidev -

Whenever I desire to gaze on him Or put to him the slightest question,
May I behold with unobstructed sight
My own protector Mañjughoṣha. [53]

Dedication of Merit - Hindi Bhajan (पुण्य पाया)

Vocals: Namrata Mahabal, Violin: Anup Kulthe, Sitar & Backing Vocals: Jaydeep Vaidya, Keyboard: Devendra Bhome. 

This is a traditional gatha (song) based on the eight victories of Buddha. Sung in Pali language, the composition is traditional.

Based on the Book of Protection (Paritta Sutta) from the Pali canon, the Jaya Mangala Gatha proclaims the 8 major victories of the Buddha which are:
Victory over Mara, demon Alavaka, wild elephant Nalagiri, serial killer Angulimala, the evil intentions of Cinca who sought to defame, the arrogant brahmin Saccaka, the Naga   king Nandopananda, and the false views of Brahma Baka

Jaya Mangala Gatha

The Gyalwang Drukpa Chanting Green Tara Mantra - Om Tare Tuttare Ture Soha

Saga Dawa Heart Sutra Recitation, 4 - 5 June 2020, Global
At the request of Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche, this is a new choral arrangement of the Heart Sutra presented as a "virtual choir." It was sung as separate tracks by over thirty participants in ten different countries, which were then edited together to create the choral arrangement. The video was produced and edited using Zoom and broadcast across the world on Zoom, YouTube and Facebook Live for 24 hours to commemorate Saga Dawa Düchen, the day where Buddha's birth, enlightenment and parinirvana is celebrated across the world. The melody is based off of a musical setting of the "Nilakantha Dharani," a dharani associated with Avalokiteshvara in Japanese Buddhism, written by Kanho Yakushiji, a Zen priest. The translation of the Heart Sutra was done by the Nalanda Translation Committee, the video editing by Sophie Perks and the choral arrangement by Harry Einhorn. Produced and practiced with the intention of pacifying the turmoil of the world at this time, in the words of Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche, “May we invoke love, kindness, and healing, and open our hearts for the earth.”
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Saga Dawa Heart Sutra Recitation, 4 - 5 June 2020, Global

Samantabhadra Prayer
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Samantabhadra Prayer

The Shakyamuni Mantra performed in a traditional 'Abhanga' style of Maharashtra.

SHAAKYA MUNI MANTRA DEVOTIONAL

The Bodhi Bhajan Project is an initiative to revive the Nalanda Tradition in India, by promoting sanskrit liturgy, sutras and shastras set to Indian classical music. The project is inspired and initiated with the blessings of Dzongsar Khyentse Rinpoche. Produced by WCCL Foundation and SI India this project showcases Indian Buddhist heritage in poetry and music. Shantideva’s text – Bodhicharyavatara, Saraha’s Vajra Geeti and Dohas in hindi, Chanting names of Manjushri, and Heart Sutra are some of the tracks being offered.

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