Ten Small Mantras
The Ten Small Mantras (Chinese: 十小咒; pinyin: Shíxiǎozhòu, Sanskrit: Daśa Cula Mantra), or the Ten Mantras (Chinese: 十咒, pinyin: Shízhòu, rōmaji: Jusshu, Vietnamese: Thập Chú), is a subgrouping of esoteric Buddhist mantras or dharanis in Chinese Buddhism, Japanese Ōbaku Zen Buddhism as well as Vietnamese Buddhism. == History and Practice == In China, the earliest extant appearance of this specific grouping is the Ming dynasty (1368-1644) Chinese Buddhist liturgical compilations, the Zhujing Risong Jiyao (諸經日誦集要, lit: "Compilation of Essentials for the Daily Chanting of Various Sūtras"), which was critically revised and edited by the Eighth Chinese Pure Land Patriarch, Yunqi Zhuhong (雲棲袾宏, 1655-1615), and later reprinted by the Ninth Chinese Pure Land Patriarch and Thirty-First Tiantai Patriarch, Ouyi Zhixu (蕅益智旭, 1599-1655).