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Looking for translation - Japanese mantra

schnurlos

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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.

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.

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.

relax your wrists, and shake them as if you're brushing water off them, repeat the mantra 21 times.

Again, bring your palms to the prayer position, and whilst firmly rubbing them together, again chant the mantra 21 times.

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.

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.

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).

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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