THE 108 NAMES OF THE BLESSED MOTHER, PRAJNAPARAMITA
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Blessed prajnaparamita, holy prajnaparamita-- you are the Buddhas' Mother, and Buddhas are your children.
Mother & children--
to have no own-being is your own-being.
Mother of Buddhas, Mother most blessed, Mother most pure, I say your names,
auspicious names.
Listen!
Prajnaparamita is:
all-knowing,
knowing the way of all awakening,
knowing the ancient path,
ungraspable,
suchness,
un-caused,
suchness-- nothing added,
truly real,
truly,
pure,
emptiness,
signlessness,
wishlessness,
non-existence,
empty of own-being,
non-becoming of own-being,
Dharma-nature,
Dharma-element,
Dharma-ground,
Dharma-seal-- the way of Dharma,
empty of all dharmas,
empty of a being,
empty of personhood,
empty of personality,
empty of individuality--
inexpressible silence,
empty of thoughts,
empty of mind,
empty of consciousness,
unequal equal,
no sense of possession,
absent of conceit,
mind unobstructed,
free from hindrances-- beyond all hindrances,
loving Mother of all the Buddhas,
flowing source of all bodhisattvas,
friend of all disciples,
companion to the pratyekabuddhas,
sustenance of the whole world,
inexhaustible storehouse of merit,
river of all understanding,
ocean of all healing,
purification of the heavenly eye,
clarification of the heavenly ear,
boundless premonition of the thoughts of others,
boundless recollection of previous lives,
no taints--
blessed,
diamond,
immaculate,
sacred and majestic--
developed in the four foundations of mindfulness,
developed in right effort,
developed the four spiritual powers,
developed in five faculties,
developed the four jhanas,
developed in the seven factors of awakening,
realized in the threefold training,
knowing the eightfold path--
going forth in the Bodhisattvayana,
--the six precepts,
resolved in the ten stages--
realization of the ten powers,
fruit of the ten bases of wholesome action,
cultivation of the ten contemplations,
abandonment of the ten fetters (of becoming), perfect
consummation of the five powers--
transcending even the formless realm--yes!
profound gratitude to all enlightened Buddhas,
gnosis of the all-knowing,
emptiness of the subject,
emptiness of the object,
emptiness of subject & object,
emptiness of emptiness,
great emptiness,
ultimate emptiness,
conditioned emptiness,
unconditioned emptiness,
boundless emptiness,
emptiness without beginning or end,
emptiness of blamelessness,
emptiness of the original nature,
emptiness of all dharmas,
emptiness of own-marks,
emptiness of non-apprehension,
emptiness of non-existence,
emptiness of own-being,
emptiness of the non-existence of own-being,
no birth,
no creation,
no ending,
no destruction,
no eternity,
not one thing,
not many things,
no coming,
no going,
right understanding of dependent origination-- void
of fabrications, void
of craving for all dharmas, void
of apprehension, void
from the beginning,
no ground,
non-dual,
undivided,
open gate into the quiet calm of clear luminousness,
like space--
the Mother's own-being like a dream,
the Mother's true nature like an illusion,
a the circle of fire--
one taste of all dharmas.
Anyone who recites these 108 names of prajnaparamita is freed from all suffering.
All Buddhas-- past, present, and future, keep innermost to their hearts, the prajnaparamita, as all bodhisattvas guard, protect, and defend what is innermost-- our loving Mother.
Say yes to prajnaparamita, Blessed One, Mother of all Tathagatas,
Say yes to prajnaparamita, sweet nectar endowed with boundless love,
Say yes to prajnaparamita, all-knowing of the Tathagatas' knowing--
Open the heart and constantly say the following words:
Om prajnaparamita, most holy prajnaparamita, luminousness, source of all that is luminous, unfathomable truth, body most beautiful, our comfort & aid-- trembling, holding, quivering, weeping, going, coming-- Mother prajna come, Ma, our refuge,
do not delay, stillness beyond stillness, svaha.
One who goes forth in prajnaparamita keeps the 108 names of the prajnaparamita innermost and recites them constantly, and all obstacles arising from past actions are extinguished.
Dying, having recited the 108 names, one will be reborn as mindful, steady, and of great discernment.
Dying, having recited the 108 names, one will recollect the Tathagatas and will know Dharma.
Dying, having recited the 108 names, one will be reborn as mindful, steady, and of supreme wisdom.
*(O Mother prajna, you spread your truth-- your knowledge destroying ignorance, your gracious love, for all of your devotees who love you!)