About mantra
The Chinese translation is 真言; zhenyan; 'true text', the Japanese on'yomi reading of the Chinese being shingon (which happens to be also made use of as the correct title for that Shingon sect).This custom was transmitted to Japan by Kūkai (774–835), who Started the Japanese Shingon (Japanese for Zhēnyán) mantra auto. Kūkai saw a mantra li