Saturday, February 20, 2010
Same Mantra, Different language...
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.
 
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