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Anti-hunting mantras

In this post I include two short religious rituals from the "All Encompassing knowledge" Tongtian xiao 通天曉, a 19thc book of secrets. https://books.google.ch/books?id=uAA9AQAAIAAJ&dq=%E8%A1%8C%E5%BB%9A%E9%9B%86&hl=de&pg=PP918#v=onepage&q&f=false

Buddhism abhors taking of life, much more so the taking of life for pleasure in the form of hunting. Accordingly methods were devised to stop this practise, which are described here. To the author's knowledge, these rituals are not used in modern Buddhism, either due to the decline in hunting or the ethical problems of using such mantras (eg causing a subsistence hunter's family to starve)


救度魚鳥咒
凡遇人捕魚鳥,默念「南無實勝如來」七遍,魚鳥得解脫。
MANTRA TO SAVE FISHES AND BIRDS : If you encounter a person fishing or hunting birds, silently chant the words 南無寶勝如來 (Namo Ratnasambhava Buddha) seven times. The Fish or bird will escape.
又法:見人垂釣布網,但虔誠默念「揭諦」咒七遍,可使終日無獲
Again, If you see a person with a fishing rod or net, silently and sincerely recite the 揭諦 "Jiedi" mantra seven times. He will catch nothing in the end.

Note: The "Jiedi" mantra here is almost certainly the mantra in the heart sutra, which in chinese is

揭諦揭諦 波羅揭諦 波羅僧揭諦 菩提娑婆訶
jiedi jiedi buoluojiedi buoluosengjiedi putisapohe

救魚鳥咒 樂生集
見人捕鱼鳥者,一心專注其人,不起别念,默念佛說十聲或百聲,愈多愈騐
MANTRA TO SAVE FISHES AND BIRDS: If you see a person fishing or hunting birds, concentrate on that person: do not give rise to any other thoughts, and [whilst doing so] recite the name of [the following] Buddhas, ten times, or a hundred times, the more the better. 念曰
The Buddhas' names are:

南無多寶如來
Namo Many treasures Buddha
南無寶勝如來
Namo Treasure Victory Buddha
南無妙色身如來
Namo Fine Body Buddha
南無廣博身如來
Namo Expansive Body Buddha
南無離怖畏如來
Namo Leaving from fear Buddha
南無甘露王如來
Namo Amrit King Buddha
南無阿彌陀如來
Namo Amithaba Buddha
宜虔宜多宜默。
(This should be sincerely, copiously, and silently chanted)

Note: The seven buddhas in the mantra are invoked in preta-feeding ceremonies, like the Mengshan Food bestowal 蒙山施食. For more about such rituals see Hun Yeow Lye's PHD thesis feeding ghosts

Interestingly, according to Lama Zopa Rinpoche, chanting the name of Leaving-from-fear Buddha allowed a rabbit to escape a coyote's clutches! https://www.lamayeshe.com/article/sur-commentary-practicing-aroma-charity-spirits