2. The Composition of a Little House
Figure 1 The Little House
- The Little House is a combination of four classic Buddhist scriptures:
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- The Great Compassion Mantra (Da Bei Zhou, or Ta Pei Chou in Chinese), recited 27 times;
- The Heart Sutra (Xin Jing, or Hsin Ching in Chinese), recited 49 times;
- The Amitabha Pure Land Rebirth Mantra (Wang Sheng Zhou or Wang Sheng Chou in Chinese), recited 84 times;
- The Qi Fo Mie Zui Zhen Yan (or Chi Fo Mieh Tsui Chen Yan), recited 87 times (refer to Figure 1).
- The Buddhist scriptures and the format of the Little House is not to be arbitrarily changed.
- Only the current version of the Little House should be downloaded and printed from the official website of Guan Yin Citta Dharma Door. The effectiveness of other versions cannot be guaranteed. As of 2016, all other versions of the Little House were deemed invalid.