The Mantra approach of Mahayana - True Word School
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Thus it is the time , when many crowds gather at chang an city in the reign of tang dynasty .the crowd was curious to see how the 3 Indian Monk look like in real .
Vajrabodhi and two other monk from Indian went to see the Tang Emperor
which started to first lineage of the True Word School
The True Word school was passed on from Buddha Sakyamuni ,and Vajrapani and the assembly of follower gathered the True Words Teachings in modern day Kashmir
True Word School is named due to its characteristics of all short mantra as said and shared by Mahasattva as a summary and blessing to it believer
All mantra are powerful as it is the practices of assembly of 99 billion Buddhas like the sands of Ganges
the famous are those like the Rebirth Mantra
Om mani Padme Hum
Om Cale Chunle Chunte Svaha
It undergoes siniziation (assimilation into the chinese culture )
however during the end of the Tang Dynasty ,the tradition declines and it was successfully transmitted to Japan under kobo Daishi -
http://www.lioncity.net/buddhism/index.php?showtopic=1171
In singapore ,there are a mahayana temple which carry on the practise of True word
One is the Huayan Society at Henderson Industrial Park
at the moment ,there is no japanese true word school in singapore ... -
If there is any question . I will be glad to answer all queries on True Word School or Shingon
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Today one of the biggest Temple organisation around the whole carry on the tradition of excellence in Shingon is the Koyasan Temple
http://www.koyasan.org/