Mantra of Light

The Mantra of Light (Japanese: kōmyō shingon, 光明眞言, Sanskrit: Prabhāsa-mantra), also called the Mantra of the Light of Great Consecration (Ch: 大灌頂光真言) and Mantra of the Unfailing Rope Snare, is an important mantra of the Shingon and Kegon sects of Japanese Buddhism. It is also recited in Japanese Zen Buddhism.^[1]

The mantra is found in the Amoghapāśa-kalparāja-sūtra (Chinese translation at Taisho no. 1092) or Sutra of the Mantra of the Unfailing Rope Snare of the Buddha Vairocana's Great Baptism and is associated with the deity Amoghapāśa (lit. "Unfailing Rope"), a form of Avalokiteshvara. It is also the mantra associated with the consecration (abhiseka) of Amoghapāśa by myriad Buddhas (hence its name as "mantra for the mudrā consecration" in the Tibetan version of the text).^[2]^[3]

^ Unno, Mark, Shingon Refractions: Myoe and the Mantra of Light, Ch. 1.
^ Unno, Mark (2004). Shingon Refractions: Myoe and the Mantra of Light. Wisdom Press. pp. 1, 26–41. ISBN 0-86171-390-7.
^ "The Sovereign Ritual of Amoghapāśa | 84000 Reading Room". 84000 Translating The Words of The Buddha. Retrieved 6 December 2022.

[1] Unno, Mark, Shingon Refractions: Myoe and the Mantra of Light, Ch. 1.

[unno-2] Unno, Mark (2004). Shingon Refractions: Myoe and the Mantra of Light. Wisdom Press. pp. 1, 26–41. ISBN 0-86171-390-7.

[:0-3] "The Sovereign Ritual of Amoghapāśa | 84000 Reading Room". 84000 Translating The Words of The Buddha. Retrieved 6 December 2022.

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