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33. “You mentioned the Twenty-Eight Buddhas Protection Chant (Amaravati Chanting Book Volume 2, p. 54). It mentions several lists: 10 powers, 18 kinds of Buddhadhamma, 32 major and 80 minor marks of a great being. Where can I find these lists?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno. [Protective chants] [Buddha]
Quote: “I’d go to Google!” [Dhamma online]
15. “Please explain what gave rise to the 28 Buddhas Protection Discourse (Amaravati Chanting Book Volume 2, p. 54). Is this a sutta? It didn’t start with ‘Thus have I heard.’ Did Buddha ever mention or acknowledge the existence of other Buddhas?” Answered by Ajahn Pasanno, Ajahn Karuṇadhammo and Ajahn Yatiko. [Protective chants] [Sutta] [Previous Buddhas] // [Metteyya Bodhisatva] [Culture/Thailand] [Ghost] [History/Sri Lankan Buddhism] [Children] [Fear]
Sutta: DN 14: Descriptions of six previous Buddhas.
Sutta: DN 26.25: The future Buddha Metteyya.
Sutta: DN 32: The Āṭānāṭiya Protection. [Protective chants]
Suttas: SN 12:4-10 mention six previous Buddhas who understood Dependent Origination.
1. “Are the paritta chants not as effective in English?” Answered by Ajahn Ñāṇiko. [Translation] [Language] [Pāli] [Chanting] [Protective chants] // [Devotional practice]
2. “Do you find these chants as resonant here as in Thailand?” Answered by Ajahn Ñāṇiko. [Culture/Thailand] [Culture/West] [Chanting] [Protective chants] // [Faith]
3. “I notice that most of the paritta chants don’t have English translations. Is there a place we can find these?” Answered by Ajahn Ñāṇiko. [Translation] [Chanting] [Protective chants] // [Sutta]
Suttas: DN 32: Āṭānāṭiya Sutta; SN 46.14-16: Sick [Protective chants] [Sickness] [Factors of Awakening]
5. Comment: There are a couple books that have some parittas in English. [Translation] [Dhamma books] [Chanting] [Protective chants]
Reference: The Book of Protection by Piyadasi Thera
Response by Ajahn Ñāṇiko: Suggestion to read the Suttanipāta commentaries available in Bhikkhu Bodhi’s translation of this text. [Sutta] [Commentaries] [Bhikkhu Bodhi]
7. “Is there a rule of thumb for the pitches for the paritta chanting?” Answered by Ajahn Ñāṇiko and Ajahn Karuṇadhammo. [Chanting] [Protective chants] // [Thai]