Video: Six Muni Buddhas of the 6 Realms: 6 Wisdoms, 6 Practices, 6 Mantras for 6 Poisons

Who are the six Munis or the six Sages, and what do they represent? In what way are they related to the Ushnisha Vijaya Dharani? Which Buddha manifested as Nirmanakaya in each of the Six Realms? How do the Six Munis relate to the Six Dhyani Buddhas? How can these six predict the ripening of your own karma, and how can you purify this for better rebirth? We answer these questions and more, in this presentation on the Great Six Munis and Sages of the Six Realms, Six Poisons, Six ripenings and Six Paramitas.

Contents

00:00-01:59 Introducing the 6 Muni Buddhas and their practices

01:59-02:26 Shakyamuni Buddha born in the human realm

02:26-03:08 Shakyamuni manifesting as six Munis in the six Realms

03:08-03:49 A Muni for Each Poison: Pride, Jealousy, Ignorance, Attachment, Greed, and Anger

03:49-06:16 Six Munis in the Bardo (Tibetan Book of the Dead)

06:16-07:21 How to stop our karma from negatively ripening (6 Ripenings)

07:21-09:54 Shakyamuni gave Ushnisha Vijaya Dharani to Purify Karma

09:54-10:33 Shakyamuni taught 6 remedies to humans — who suffer all of them

10:33-10:47 6 is important in Buddhism: 6 poisons, 6 remedies, 6 wisdoms, 6 sages

10:47-11:45 Om Mani Padme Hum and Arapachana 6 syllables

11:45-12:29 When and Where do we meet the 6 Muni Sages

12:29-13:41 1st Muni and his Mantra: Shakyamuni Buddha

13:41-14:37 2nd Muni God Realm: Indra Kaushika and mantra

14:37-15:14 3rd Muni Demi-God’s Realm: Vemachitra and mantra

15:14-15:56 4th Muni Animal Realm: Shravasingha and mantra

15:56-16:29 5th Muni Hungry Ghost Realm: Jvalamukha and mantra

16:29-17:11 6th Muni Hell Realm: Dharma Raja and mantra

17:11-19:13 What the mantras mean

Shakyamuni Buddha, who was born into the human realm, taught skillfully. He taught for humans. He taught for all sentient beings in all six realms. Famously, he also taught even the gods in heaven.

Representing this, he manifests in six Nirmanakaya forms to teach in each of the six realms. These are called the Six Munis or Six Sages. All of these are emanations of the same Enlightened being in six different realms.

He also taught in the Purelands. Symbolizing this, are the six Dhyani Buddhas — the five directional Dhyani Buddhas and Vajrasattva.

The six Munis or six emanations of the Buddha, each skillfully help us — and beings of the other five realms — to overcome arrogance, jelousy, attachment, ignorance, stinginess, and anger. We learn of the Six Munis from various sources, and notably in the Guhyagarbha Tantra and Kalachakra teachings and texts, and also the Bardo Thodol.

We see the Six Munis in the famous Wheel of Samsara images hung in temples. In each of the six realms around the wheel of Suffering we see a distinct Sage or Buddha, collectively the Six Munis. The one we are familiar with is the human realm Muni, called Shakyamuni.

RESOURCES:

USHNISHA VIJAYA DHARANI (Mentioned in this video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KUNppspeR-8

USHNISHA VIJAYA DHARANI and SUTRA IN FULL as a PDF (downloadable): https://buddhaweekly.com/ushnisha-vijaya-sutra-and-dharani/

SHAKYAMUNI’s MUNI MANTRA CHANTED IN SANSKRIT by BUDDHA WEEKLY: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oLH5B70anE&t

SHAKYAMUNI MUNI MANTRA CHANTED BY YOKO DHARMA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8j3akwctH4A

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