[Buddha-l] Buddhist mantras for imperfections made in practice

[curt]

What is the Tendai mantra "to make up for imperfections"? I am very 
interested to know whether it bears any similarity to the mantra that I 
know from Korean Buddhism that serves the same purpose. I am asking 
because this is a mantra which I need a lot!
- Curt

Jion Prosser wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> I was quite interested in Alex W's insight below:
>
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>> This is said to compensate for any imperfections in whatever has just
>> preceded it.
>>     
>
> In our Japanese Tendai tradition, we have a (similar?) mantra used to make
> up for such imperfections and mistakes in one's practice.  Does anyone else
> on the list from diverse traditions have experience with such a mantra?
>
> Gassho-
> Rev. Jion Prosser
> www.tendai-lotus.org
>
>
>   
>> Tuesday, July 25, 2006 5:18 PM
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>> Although it does not satisfy the classical criteria of a mantra, it is very
>> commonly used after, for instance, reciting a whole bunch of mantras. In
>> that context, there are three things recited one after each other, treated
>> almost as a single item: 1) the Sanskrit alphabet (in some sort of
>> pronunciation) 2) the 100-syllable mantra of Vajrasattva and 3) the verse
>> in question.
>> This is said to compensate for any imperfections in whatever has just
>> preceded it. In this usage there in not much focus on its meaning, though I
>> think the serious practitioner would be expected to know. It has, therefore
>> (and again I say *in this context*) at least some things in common with a
>> mantra. Perhaps it would be thought of as a dharani?
>> All the best
>> Alex W
>>     
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