Pearson Edexcel Level 3 Advanced GCE in Religious Studies – Anthology
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Then the Lord addressed the Great Being, the Bodhisattva Mahāmati thus:
Mahāmat i, hold t o t hese magic syllables of t he Lankāvatara, recited... by all t he
Buddhas, past, present, and future. Now I will repeat them, that those who
proc laim the Law of Righteousness may keep them in mind:
Tutte tutte vutte vutte patte patte katte katte amale amale vimale
viamale nime nime hime hime vame vame kale kale kale kale atte matte
vatte tutte jñette sputte katte katte latte patte dime dime cale cale pace
pace bandhe bandhe añc e manc e dutāre dutāre patāre patāre arkke arkke
sarkke c akre c akre dime dime hime hime du du du du du du du du ru ru
ru ru phu phu phu phu svāhā...If men and women of good birth hold, retain, recite and realise these magical
syllables, nothing harmful shall c ome upon t h e m – whether a god, a goddess, a
serpent-spirit , a fairy of a demon^8 .... If anyone should be in the grip of misfortune,
let him recite these one hundred and eight times, and the evil spirits, weeping and
wailing, will go off in anot her direc t ion.
[ F ro m Lankāvatāra Sūtra, pp.260–61](^8) The names of many other supernatural beings follow.