The "most powerful" mantra.

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Re: The "most powerful" mantra.

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I can't remember where I read it, but I think I've seen it said that 10th level bodhisattvas can create new mantras.

I hesitate to say that as I would hesitate to splash gasoline around a fire, but then again I don't see this thread getting any worse.
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smcj wrote:I can't remember where I read it, but I think I've seen it said that 10th level bodhisattvas can create new mantras.

I hesitate to say that as I would hesitate to splash gasoline around a fire, but then again I don't see this thread getting any worse.
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Re: The "most powerful" mantra.

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The most powerful mantra is the letter 'A.'
Second most powerful is probably dependent on personal proclivities and one's actual practice.
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Re: The "most powerful" mantra.

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M.G. wrote:The most powerful mantra is the letter 'A.'
Yes indeed.

'A' is for Apple is something we were taught in kindergarten, now that education is being sponsored by Microsoft, Google and others this may change.

Power investment as has been amply illustrated is invested by perceived authority or its lack. If you have no tree to plant your mantra seeds in, then you end up moving from 'A' to 'b' is for beeee (apologies for too many eee's for the literal)

The most powerful mantra is as always the one that empowers your practice. :namaste:
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M.G. wrote:The most powerful mantra is the letter 'A.'
Second most powerful is probably dependent on personal proclivities and one's actual practice.
I don't think we can say that it is the most ' powerful '...I am not sure we could agree what ' powerful ' means in this context. Mantras are most usefully given by a teacher able to discern our needs.
The white ' A ' is often given to establish a practice.
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Re: The "most powerful" mantra.

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Simon E. wrote:
M.G. wrote:The most powerful mantra is the letter 'A.'
Second most powerful is probably dependent on personal proclivities and one's actual practice.
I don't think we can say that it is the most ' powerful '...I am not sure we could agree what ' powerful ' means in this context. Mantras are most usefully given by a teacher able to discern our needs.
The white ' A ' is often given to establish a practice.
I was having a bit of fun. (Though certainly my teacher did emphasize the importance of the letter 'A.')
Inquiring into the "most powerful" mantra is like asking about the "best practice." It's a matter of capacity, instruction, and time invested.
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M.G. wrote:I was having a bit of fun.
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good plan

In the heretical Japanese Shingon/vajrayana tradition I was taught by self proclaimed Shifu Nagaboshi Tomio, the focus on kanji was complemented by mantra. One of my lesser teachers is now buried in the grounds of a Zen temple. From A to Z z z . . .

Now that the dharma finds that mantra from abracadabra to Tetragrammaton exists in Western scripts, we have to wonder if going back to ABC is possible?

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Re: The "most powerful" mantra.

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I don't believe in a "most powerful" mantra, but I suppose a case could be made for the Vajra Guru mantra:

http://www.rinpoche.com/gurumantra.html
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