Looking for translation - Japanese mantra

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Hi all,
I m desperately looking for the meaning of this mantra. Would appreciate if somebody can tell me the name of the signs and the spiritual meaning. Since I dont remember it exactly...
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Your help is appreciated! Muchos! :-)
All the best to all of you,
schnurlos
 
it looks like 福寿光無量. The characters would be normally pronounced ふくじゅこうむりょう (fukujukoumuryou), but since it's a mantra, the vowel sounds are probably elongated to ふくじゅうこうむうりょう (fukujuukoumuuryou). 福寿 is long life and happiness, 光 is light (and could be a reference to something else), and 無量 means immeasurable. The mantra seems to be some kind of blessing.

I did a bit of searching and came across a few pages that I scanned briefly

http://www.s-reizan.com/uranai_019.htm
This one talks about a talisman, and that you must chant the incantation seven times to ensure its efficacy.

http://jason666.voxx.jp/jyufu/about2_02.html
This one looks interesting, but I'm going to work now so I'll have to come back later to go over it.

霊符・咒符スレッド
It's a 2ch discussion, so I don't know if it's accurate or not, but maybe this could shed some light as well.
 
Ok, I'm back from work and went over that second link. It goes into more detail about how to properly use the chant as a meditation aid. Below is a slipshod translation.

①膝を10センチくらい離して正座し 両手を合わせ胸前に合掌する
Sit in seiza position with your knees separated about 10cm, and join your palms in front of your chest in a prayer (namaste) position.

②次の秘言を10分ほど唱えつつ(無声でも 有声でもそのときに応じてさしつかえない)
自分の全身から気が放射し 自分のまわりすべてを照らし出しているのを想像する

「天地の玄気を受けて福寿光無量」
chant the following for about 10 minutes (silently or out loud, either is fine). Imagine that you are emanating your 気 ("ki," like "chi," life energy... if you're more familiar with that word) from your entire body, illuminating everything around you. 「天地の玄気を受けて福寿光無量」, tenchi no genki (? not sure if this is the proper pronunciation) o ukete fukujuukoumuuryou.

③左右の腕を伸ばして 腕全体を外側へ捻じれる限り論じり 「福寿光無量」と七回念唱する
ついで左右の腕全体を内側へ捻じれる限りぐっと根じ曲げ 同じく「福寿光無量」と
7回念唱する
Stretch your arms and twist them outwards, chanting 「福寿光無量」 seven times, then twist them firmly inward and again chant the mantra seven times.

④両掌を「福寿光無量」と念唱しつつ 繰り返し 数十回握る
Grasp your hands together while chanting the mantra dozens of times.

⑤手首から先の力を抜いて 水滴でも払い落とすように 激しく手の先を振り動かしながら
「福寿光熱景」と21回念唱する
relax your wrists, and shake them as if you're brushing water off them, repeat the mantra 21 times.

⑥両手掌をふたたび胸前で合掌し これを上下に激しく摩擦し「福寿光無量」と21回
念唱する
Again, bring your palms to the prayer position, and whilst firmly rubbing them together, again chant the mantra 21 times.

以上で「気の発現法」は終わりである 非常にかんたんな方法であるが 修法を体験する
10人中8 9人の人が即座に合掌した両手にビリビリと電気のようなものを感じたり
アリのはっているような感じがしたり 温風を感じたり 涼風を感じたりするものである
これは霊気の放射作用が強化されたためで 修法を重ねるにつれ ますますその霊気の
発現は強力になるものである 朝夕一回 都合一日に二回この実修をすれば 日ならずして
人によっては肉眼をもってもその気の放射をみることができるほどに その霊気が
充実するものである
Thus concludes this method of energy expression. It's a very simple technique, but 80 to 90% of the people who try it immediately feel a tingling sensation like an electrical charge, or like ants crawling around, or a warm or cool breeze. This is due to the strengthened emission of your spirit energy. The more you practice this, the more powerful your spirit energy will become.. As circumstances allow, you should practice twice a day, once in the morning and again in the evening. It is possible to even gain the ability to see the emanation of spirit energy.

⑦つぎに両手の間を10センチほどあけて向かい合わせ 「う一 おー あー え一 いー」
と母音を発声するのである このとき声に応じて掌に異なった響きが感じられるはずで
ある 感じられない人は感じられるようになるまで練習する必要がある ⑥の段階で気を
感じられた人は ほとんどこの段階で母音に応じた異なった響きを手掌に感じられる
はずである
Next, separate your hands by about 10cm and chant the vowels "u-, o-, a-, e-, i-." At this time, you should feel your voice strangely reverberating in your hands. Those that do not feel this need to practice more. If you can feel the energy described in level 6, you most likely will be able to feel this echo.

⑧掌に言葉の響きを感じられるようになったら つぎに自分の眉間でその響きを感じ取れる
ように練習するのである それが成功したら読者諸賢の発する言葉は霊化され 物事を
実現する力を有するようになるのである
once you can feel this reverberation in your hands, work on moving the sensation to your forehead. Once you've accomplished that, the reader's utterances will become infused with spiritual energy, and you will gain the ability to make things a reality (this part is a bit difficult to translate without sounding like you're being promised omnipotence).

願いごとがあれば 「○○が実現せよ」とこの霊化された言葉つまり言霊を発声し
願いが実現した有り様を心の中に想像すればよい あとは あなたが そのことをほって
おいても宇宙に充満する未知なる力に言霊が作用して その願望を成就してくれるのである
If you have a wish, you should use this spiritualized voice (in other words, exercising the kotodama, the soul/power of language) to say 「○○が実現せよ」, (your wish)ga jitsugen se yo (essentially, commanding your wish into reality), whilst imagining the realization of your wish deep within your heart. Afterwards, even if you set those thoughts aside, the not yet understood power that fills the universe will act on this kotodama and fulfill your wish.

Hope that sheds some light, I'm afraid the site didn't specify exactly which sect employs this mantra technique, but it does mention that ancient Shintoism employs the concept of kotodama, as well as Buddhism (a type of this is probably what is being described in the article).
 
Hello some of the character shows me like ????? this .. Would you please guide me to how i fix it... Because my friend told me that you need a language pack...
 
you need to install Asian language support if you have Windows, and if you have it, you need to change the encoding of your browser (in the view menu).

As an aside, big thanks to the OP for bothering to check back after all that work I did for him.
 
Shalom nice gaijin,

That answer is strictly AMAZING. Thank you very much, I m very pleased and happy as well 🙂 I was a few weeks abroad, thats why I couldnt say THANKS so far. I do apologize for that and hope I earn your understanding! Danke, Merci, Grazie, Gracias, Shukria, Toda, Danjyavad, Mauri, Shukran!!! (Sadly I do not know how to say in Japanese...)

I wish you all the best and hope you practice it yourself 👍

All the best, love light and happiness!
Mario
 
wow I'm surprised you came back, but I now understand why it took you so long, and appreciate the response all the same. "thank you" in Japanese is "arigatou gozaimasu," so you can add that to your repertoire :)
 
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