Description
Buddhism Tibetan Shurangama Mantra Pendant – A Traditional Amulet for Protection with Brass Flower and Sanskrit Prayer on a Cord
Crafted with care, this pendant features a 30mm brass flower adorned with a 13mm flower on top, bearing a sacred Sanskrit prayer. It is accompanied by a traditional Taoist cord from Tibet, measuring 24 inches in length.
The Shurangama Mantra is a revered dharani, a long mantra originating in East Asian Mahayana and Tibetan Vajrayana Buddhism. It holds significance in China, Japan, and Korea, although it’s relatively less known in modern Tibet, despite the presence of several Shurangama Mantra texts and sadhana in the Tibetan Buddhist canon.
According to the opening chapter of the Shurangama Sutra, the Buddha Shakyamuni transmitted this mantra historically to Manjushri Bodhisattva, with the purpose of protecting Bhikshu Ananda before he attained the status of an arhat. Subsequently, the mantra was spoken in the Shurangama Sutra (Volume 6) by Shakyamuni in the presence of an assembly comprising Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, Arhats, Devas, and other divine beings of the eightfold division of Dharmapalas.
Similar to the widely recognized six-syllable mantra “Om Mani Padme Hum” and the Great Compassion Mantra (Nīlakantha Dhāraṇī), the Shurangama Mantra is closely associated with the practice of the Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara. Moreover, this mantra extensively invokes various Buddhist deities (Ishtadevata), including Bodhisattvas Manjushri, Mahakala, Sītātapatra, Vajrapani, and the five Dhyana Buddhas, particularly Medicine Buddha (Akshobhya or Vajradhara) in East Asia. It is often employed for the purposes of protection and purification in meditation practices and is considered an integral part of Tantric Buddhism, Vajrayana, or Shingon Buddhism in Japan.
