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Description:The Sanskrit version of the hundred-syllable Vajrasattva mantra in the Puja Book of the Friends of the Western Buddhist Order (the FWBO) follows the edited text produced by Dharmacārin and Sanskritist Sthiramati (aka Dr Andrew Skilton) in his article ‘The Vajrasattva Mantra: Notes on a Corrected Sanskrit Text’ (Sthiramati, 1990). Sthiramati’s original brief was to provide diacritical marks so that the Sanskrit words were spelled correctly. However, he went beyond the scope of merely providing proper diacritics to discuss problems with the structure and spelling of the mantra, after consulting a number of printed books and manuscripts in a variety of scripts and languages. Since the edited version produced by Sthiramati was adopted, the problems with the older version used before that are less relevant to members of the Western Buddhist Order (WBO), except in one case which I discuss below. In this article I will offer a summary of the salient points of Sthiramati’s lexical and grammatical analysis, along with my own glosses of the Sanskrit. By this means, I hope to create an annotated translation that lays open the Sanskrit to anyone who is interested. Sthiramati’s interpretation differs in some important respects from the traditional Tibetan one, but does so in ways that help to make sense of the Sanskrit.In the second part of the article I will address the problem of errors in transmission and how these might have come about in the case of this mantra. I will try to show that these errors are likely to have been introduced by a misreading of the text rather than a mishearing of the mantra. I will explore the corrected mantra as a text. Sthiramati thought that his corrected Sanskrit version of the mantra did not affect its overall use and meaning, but in fact his changes do make a major difference in one case—the word which has been taken to mean ‘purify’ is shown to be not a word. I comment on the theme of purification, but look in particular at the theme of our relationship (samaya) with the Dharmakāya, or Awakening.I conclude with some remarks on the tension that the corrected Sanskrit produces with traditional approaches to mantra, highlighting how it participates in the discussion about what constitutes an authoritative source in our new Buddhist movement (the FWBO).We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Hundred Syllable Vajrasattva Mantra. To get started finding The Hundred Syllable Vajrasattva Mantra, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 18

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Publisher: The Western Buddhist Review

Release: 2012

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Description: The Sanskrit version of the hundred-syllable Vajrasattva mantra in the Puja Book of the Friends of the Western Buddhist Order (the FWBO) follows the edited text produced by Dharmacārin and Sanskritist Sthiramati (aka Dr Andrew Skilton) in his article ‘The Vajrasattva Mantra: Notes on a Corrected Sanskrit Text’ (Sthiramati, 1990). Sthiramati’s original brief was to provide diacritical marks so that the Sanskrit words were spelled correctly. However, he went beyond the scope of merely providing proper diacritics to discuss problems with the structure and spelling of the mantra, after consulting a number of printed books and manuscripts in a variety of scripts and languages. Since the edited version produced by Sthiramati was adopted, the problems with the older version used before that are less relevant to members of the Western Buddhist Order (WBO), except in one case which I discuss below. In this article I will offer a summary of the salient points of Sthiramati’s lexical and grammatical analysis, along with my own glosses of the Sanskrit. By this means, I hope to create an annotated translation that lays open the Sanskrit to anyone who is interested. Sthiramati’s interpretation differs in some important respects from the traditional Tibetan one, but does so in ways that help to make sense of the Sanskrit.In the second part of the article I will address the problem of errors in transmission and how these might have come about in the case of this mantra. I will try to show that these errors are likely to have been introduced by a misreading of the text rather than a mishearing of the mantra. I will explore the corrected mantra as a text. Sthiramati thought that his corrected Sanskrit version of the mantra did not affect its overall use and meaning, but in fact his changes do make a major difference in one case—the word which has been taken to mean ‘purify’ is shown to be not a word. I comment on the theme of purification, but look in particular at the theme of our relationship (samaya) with the Dharmakāya, or Awakening.I conclude with some remarks on the tension that the corrected Sanskrit produces with traditional approaches to mantra, highlighting how it participates in the discussion about what constitutes an authoritative source in our new Buddhist movement (the FWBO).We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Hundred Syllable Vajrasattva Mantra. To get started finding The Hundred Syllable Vajrasattva Mantra, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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