Article One of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Inspired by the use of the text on Omniglot I have done some Siddham calligraphy of Article One of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. I'm hoping that Simon at Omniglot will like it enough to use on his site.

I've filed this one under calligraphy since it's not Buddhist or a mantra in any form. Yesterday I added a Dhāraṇī from the Buddha Sutras Mantras website which has a few examples.

If anyone has the complete Sanskrit text of the Sutra on the Perfection of Wisdom in One Letter I'd like to have a copy for a calligraphy project.

Dr Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar

I've added some examples of Jai Bhim and some of the commmon chants used by Indian Buddhists to celebrate their great leader Dr. Ambedkar. This is the first time I have employed Devanāgarī for calligraphy but it seemed appropriate to the subject.

This is Dr. Ambedkar's name in Devanāgarī: ढॉक्टर् भीमरव् रामजी आंबेड्कर

Ratnaguṇasaṁcayagāthā

Added calligraphy of the first verse of the Ratnaguṇasaṁcayagāthā. I'm looking for more small projects which I can do, perhaps other verses from this sutra, but others as well. The Perfection of Wisdom in one letter would be an obvious one if I can find the Sanskrit.

The Last Words of the Buddha

I have a long fascination with the official last words that the Buddha spoke: vayadhammā sankhārā appamādena saṃpadethā. They are so pregnant with meaning and siginificance. I've just added some calligraphy of the words using Siddhaṃ to write the Pāli from the Mahāparinibbāna Sutta, along with my translation and links to my blog article on them.

Mystery Mantra

This photo is one of several taken by Dharmacari Abhayanaga on pilgrimage in Sikkhim, and which I've used on the Avalokiteśvara page. It has a mantra I haven't been able to identify. It's the one in the middle and reads, as far as I can make out:

oṃ ā ma ra ṇi dzi wa na te ye swa ha

Can anyone help me with this?

13/12. It's all right. I've figured it out. It is the Amitāyus mantra.

Vajrasattva Tops

I've started collection more statistics on Visible Mantra. The top mantra on the site is the Vajrasattva Mantra, with more than half of people who find it, looking at at least one other page. The scripts page is also popular. I'm hoping that this kind of information will help me tailor the site to meet people's needs.

Cheers
Jayarava

Karanīya Metta Sutta

I've just added a page for the Karanīya Metta Sutta in the Siddham script. It's accompanied by the Pāli text in Roman script, and my translation.

Pali Chants

I've just added another of those really fundamental phrases from early Buddhism:

This being that becomes,
With the arising of this, that arises.
This not being, that does not arise,
With the ceasing of this, that ceases.

I know these things are neither strictly speaking mantras, nor were they ever traditionally written in Siddham, but I like them, and its fun writing them.

There are a few of them now which can be found in the miscellaneous section of the mantra page. I'm working on the Metta Sutta, and a better version of the Heart Sutra. Anything else you'd like to see?