Introduction to Daily Recitation for Beginners
The Great Compassion Mantra, the Heart Sutra and the Eighty-Eight Buddhas Great Repentance need to be recited daily as they are the three pillars of the Daily Recitation. Generally, the Daily Recitation starts with the Great Compassion Mantra. As for the rest of the sutras and mantras, there is no hard and fast rule on the sequence of recitation.
The Great Compassion Mantra (Da Bei Zhou) (3, 7, 9, 11…49 times)
Before reciting the Great Compassion Mantra, you may make the following prayer request:
May the Greatly Merciful and Greatly Compassionate Guan Yin Bodhisattva bless me <your full name>, grant me good health and strengthen my spiritual power.
Beginners may recite the Great Compassion Mantra three to seven times daily.
The Great Compassion Mantra
Benefits of Reciting The Great Compassion Mantra
The Heart Sutra (Xin Jing) (3, 7, 9, 11…49 times)
(Avoid reciting the Heart Sutra after 10pm and during extreme weather, such as heavy rain, thunderstorms, or lightning.)
Before you recite the Heart Sutra, you may make the following prayer request:
May the Greatly Merciful and Greatly Compassionate Guan Yin Bodhisattva protect and bless me <your full name>, grant me wisdom, calmness, a pure mind, and relieve me of afflictions.
Beginners may recite the Heart Sutra three to seven times daily.
The Heart Sutra
Benefits of Reciting The Heart Sutra
The Eighty-Eight Buddhas Great Repentance (1, 2, 3…5 times)
(Avoid reciting the Eighty-Eight Buddhas Great Repentance after 10pm)
Before you recite the Eighty-Eight Buddhas Great Repentance , you may make the following prayer request:
May the Greatly Merciful and Greatly Compassionate Guan Yin Bodhisattva protect and bless me <your full name>, help me to repent and eliminate the karmic obstacles due to negative karma, grant me good health and wisdom.
Beginners may recite the Eighty-Eight Buddhas Great Repentance once or up to seven times daily.
Eighty-Eight Buddhas Great Repentance
Benefits of Reciting Eighty-Eight Buddhas Great Repentance
The three sutras and mantras mentioned above form the basic Daily Recitation.
Next, comes the short sutras and mantras which beginners may choose to recite for 21, 27 or 49 times each daily.
The Amitabha Pure Land Rebirth Mantra (Wang Sheng Zhou) Generally recommended for beginners
(Avoid reciting the Amitabha Pure Land Rebirth Mantra after 10pm and during extreme weather, such as heavy rain, thunderstorms, or lightning.)
Before you recite the Amitabha Pure Land Rebirth Mantra, you may make the following prayer request:
May the Greatly Merciful and Greatly Compassionate Guan Yin Bodhisattva protect and bless me <your full name>, help the spirits of the deceased, whose death my actions caused, ascend to a higher spiritual realm, and help me to eliminate karmic obstacles
The Amitabha Pure Land Rebirth Mantra
Benefits of Reciting The Amitabha Pure Land Rebirth Mantra
The Mantra to Untie Karmic Knots
Before you recite the Mantra to Untie Karmic Knots, you may make the following prayer request:
May the Greatly Merciful and Greatly Compassionate Guan Yin Bodhisattva protect and bless me <your full name>, help me resolve my negative karmic affinity with <the other party’s full name>.
(Here you may mention ‘others’ generally or specific name of your relative, friend, or colleague.)
The Mantra to Untie Karmic Knots
Benefits of Reciting The Mantra to Untie Karmic Knots
The Mantra to Disperse Calamities
Before you recite the Mantra to Disperse Calamities, you may make the following prayer request:
May the Greatly Merciful and Greatly Compassionate Guan Yin Bodhisattva protect and bless me <your full name>, help me to eliminate disasters, and bring me safety and good fortune.
The Mantra to Disperse Calamities
Benefits of Reciting The Mantra to Disperse Calamities
The Cundi Dharani
Before you recite the Cundi Dharani, you may make the following prayer request:
May the Greatly Merciful and Greatly Compassionate Guan Yin Bodhisattva protect and bless me <your full name>, help me have my wishes fulfilled and grant me success in career (or any other reasonable wishes you may have).
The Cundi Dharani
Benefits of Reciting The Cundi Dharani
When you complete your Daily Recitation as above, recite three to seven times of the Dharani to Patch Flaws in Recitation and Qi Fo Mie Zui Zhen Yan.
Dharani to Patch Flaws in Recitation
Qi Fo Mie Zui Zhen Yan
Resources：
2）Buddhist Recitation Collection
3）Introduction to Guanyin Citta Dharma Door
4）Buddhism_Your_Questions_Answered
