Mahakaraunikaya Dharani in Chinese (Na Mo Da Bei Guan Shi Yin)

The first minute and a half or so, is the Nilakantha Dharani in Chinese - chanting of the 10 vows to Guan Shi yin, who is the chinese female version of the Avalokateshwara Bodhisattva.

Na Mo Da Bei Guan Shi Yin, Yuan Wo Su Zhi Yi Qie Fa!
Na Mo Da Bei Guan Shi Yin, Yuan Wo Zao De Zhi Hui Yan!
Na Mo Da Bei Guan Shi Yin, Yuan Wo Su Du Yi Qie Jong!
Na Mo Da Bei Guan Shi Yin, Yuan Wo Zao De Shan Fang Bian!
Na Mo Da Bei Guan Shi Yin, Yuan Wo Su Cheng Bo Re Chuan!
Na Mo Da Bei Guan Shi Yin, Yuan Wo Zao De Yue Ku Hai!
Na Mo Da Bei Guan Shi Yin, Yuan Wo Su De Jie Ding Dao!
Na Mo Da Bei Guan Shi Yin, Yuan Wo Zao Deng Nie Pan Shan!
Na Mo Da Bei Guan Shi Yin, Yuan Wo Su Hui Wu Wei She!
Na Mo Da Bei Guan Shi Yin, Yuan Wo Zao Tong Fa Xing Shen!

The Mahakarunikaya Dharani starts around the 3:04 mark with the 'na mo ho la da na do la ye ye'- and it's the longer version.

Back to the language thingy... you know listening to two people speak Chinese, you'd never believe that it could sound this sweet. And hear how the sanskrit 'namo' becomes'nammo' in Tibetan and split-syllable 'na mo' in Mandarin. Similarly, the oblation 'swaha' in sanskrit becomes 'shoha' in Tibetan and 'sa po hu' in chinese.
Neat isnt' t, how everything gets broken down into simple syllables in chinese?

Never thought that you could find common roots between Indian langauges and chinese, unlike european languages like English, French, German, Spanish, Italian where the etymological roots of many words are one and the same.

I wanted to write a bit about the first time I heard this when I was in Beijing. Some other time...

Mahakarunikaya Dharani (pinyin)
1. na mo ho la da na do la ye ye,
2. na mo o li ye,
3. po lu jie di sho bo la ye,
4. pu ti sa do po ye,
5. mo hu sa do po ye,
6. mo hu jia lu ni jia ye,
7. un sa bo la fa yi,
8. su da na da sia,
9. na mo si ji li do yi mung o li ye,
10. po lu ji di, she fo la ling to po,
11. na mo na la jin che,
12. si li mo ho po do sha me,
13. sa po wo to do shu pung,
14. wo si yun,
15. sa po sa do na mo po sa do na mo po che,
16. mo fa tu do,
17. da dzu to,
18. on, o po lu si,
19. lu jia di,
20. jia lo di,
21. yi si li,
22. mo ho pu ti sa do,
23. sa po sa po,
24. mo la mo la,
25. mo si mo si li to yin,
26. ji lu ju lu, jie mong,
27. du lu du lu fa shu ye di,
28. mo hu fa shu ye di,
29. to la to la,
30. di li ni,
31. shi fo la ye,
32. zhe la zhe la,
33. mo mo, fa mo la,
34. mu di li,
35. yi si yi si,
36. shi na shi na,
37. o la su, fo la so li,
38. fa sha fa su,
39. fo la shu ye,
40. hu lu hu lu mo la,
41. hu lu hu lu si li,
42. so la so la,
43. si li si li,
44. su lu su lu,
45. pu ti ye, pu ti ye,
46. pu to ye, pu to ye,
47. mi di li ye,
48. na la jin che,
49. di li so ni na,
50. po ye mo na,
51. sa po hu,
52. si to ye,
53. sa po hu,
54. mo ho si to ye,
55. sa po hu,
56. si to yu yi,
57. shi bo la ye,
58. sa po hu,
59. na la jin che,
60. sa po hu,
61. mo la na la,
62. sa po hu,
63. si la son o mo chi ye,
64. sa po hu,
65. sa po mo ho o si to ye,
66. sa po hu,
67. zhe ji la o xi to ye,
68. sa po hu,
69. bo fo mo jie si to ye,
70. sa po hu,
71. na la jin chu bo che la ye,
72. sa po hu,
73. mo po li song ji la ye,
74. sa po hu,
75. na mo ho la ta nu do la ye ye,
76. na mo o li ye,
77. po lu ji di,
78. sho bo la ye,
79. sa po hu,
80. un si den,
81. man do la,
82. ba to ye,
83. sa po hu.

As the Dalai Lama - someone I have enormous respect for - visits the WH, here's a music track that I've become very fond of - The Mahakarunikaya Dharani (The mantra of Great compassion)...

The Mantra:
Nammo Ratna Trayaya
Nammo Arya Chyana SagaraVairochyana,
Byuhara Chyara Tathagataya
Allahate, Samyaksam Buddhaya
Namo Sathwa Tathagate Bhyay
Allahata Bhyah, Samyaksam Buddhe
BhyahNamo Arya Avalokite
Shoraya Bodhisattvaya
Maha Sattvaya, Maha Karunikaya
Tadyata Om Dara Dara
Diri Diri, Duru Duru
Itte We, Ittiye Chalye Chale
Purachale Purachale
Kusume Kusuma Wa Re
Ili Milli, Chiti Chvahalam, Apanaya Shoha...

Draussen Am See (Losing Balance)...
Nice film... I have been quite lucky with my choice of german films.. I saw Das Leben Der Anderen (The lives of others) long before it was in the Oscar race. Oh, and though it was not in german, The Reader - for which Kate Winslett won the oscar - was great too...

In Draussen Am See, Elisa Schlott plays the teen-aged protagonist is a delightful precocious kid, with her penchant for collecting and remembering cute factoids at odd moments. She seems like a mix of Abigail Bresslin, Dakota Fanning and Drew Barrymore from her ET days.

Once I never thought I would say this - that I'm beginning to find the German language euphonic. I always thought German was a much harsher/harder language - like the Slavic languages than say, French. Plus the german accent tends itself to be parodies so much on TV comedies here. May be....

But just listening to Jessika (Elisa) shout 'Ja ein mehr,' (Yes, one more) as she rides on the pillion. Okay it's also her almost-babyish voice, but it sounds so mellifluous. I think I'm turning into a germanophile too...