SHAKYAMUNI

SHAKYAMUNI

AWAKENED ONE

“REMOVE SUFFERING OF WRONG CONCEPTIONS OF SELF EXISTENCE”

MANTRA:  TADYATHA OM MUNI MUNI MAHA MUNIYE SVAHA

SHAKYAMUNI - Gautama Buddha or Siddhārtha Gautama Buddha (Sanskrit: सिद्धार्थ गौतम बुद्ध; Pali: Siddhattha Gotama) was a spiritual teacher from the Indian subcontinent, on whose teachings.  Buddhism was founded.[6] He is also referred to as "the Buddha" or most commonly simply as "Buddha."  Buddha means "awakened one" or "the enlightened one." "Buddha" is also used as a title for the first awakened being in an era. In most Buddhist traditions, Siddhartha Gautama is regarded as the Supreme Buddha (P. sammāsambuddha, S. samyaksaṃbuddha) of our age, Gautama Buddha may also be referred to as Shakyamuni Buddha, Śākyamuni (Sanskrit: शाक्यमुनि "Sage of the Śākyas") or "The Awakened One of the Shakya Clan."  Gautama taught a Middle Way compared to the severe asceticism found in the Sramana (renunciation) movement, common in his region. He later taught throughout regions of eastern India such as Magadha and Kośala.

The time of Gautama's birth and death is uncertain: most historians in the early 20th century dated his lifetime as circa 563 BCE to 483 BCE, but more recent opinion dates his death to between 486 and 483 BCE or, according to some, between 411 and 400 BCE.  However, at a specialist symposium on this question held in 1988 in Göttingen, the majority of those scholars who presented definite opinions gave dates within 20 years either side of 400 BCE for the Buddha's death, with others supporting earlier or later dates. These alternative chronologies, however, have not yet been accepted by all other historians. Gautama is the primary figure in Buddhism, and accounts of his life, discourses, and monastic rules are believed by Buddhists to have been summarized after his death and memorized by his followers. Various collections of teachings attributed to him were passed down by oral tradition, and first committed to writing about 400 years later.

1.     TADYATHA:  means once came or once gone

2.    OM: - The All-Knowledge of the three bodies of a buddha and of the infinite Buddha's Holy Body, Speech and Mind. The knowledge of the two paths to enlightenment (Method and Wisdom), and of the two truths (Absolute and relative) that contain all existence within them.

3.    MUNI:- Control over the suffering of the three lower realms and over the wrong conception of the self-existent I.

4.    MUNI: - Control over the suffering of ALL samsara and over self-cherishing thoughts.

5.     MAHA MUNIY: - Great control over the suffering of subtle illusions and over the dualistic mind.

6.    SVAHA: - May my mind receive, absorb and keep the blessings of the mantra, and may they take root.