▁Ass emb lies ▁mand ala ) ▁of ▁Sh ing on ▁Buddh ism , ▁or ▁the ▁Ta izo - ka i / <0xE8> <0x83> <0x8E> <0xE8> <0x94> <0xB5> 界 ▁mand ara ▁( gar b h ak osa - d hat u ; ▁W omb ▁mand ala ). ▁It ▁is ▁also ▁used ▁by ▁other ▁Buddh ist ▁sect s , ▁especially ▁in ▁Japan ; ▁some ▁T ao ists ▁and ▁pract ition ers ▁of ▁Sh into ▁and ▁Chinese ▁traditional ▁religion ; ▁and ▁in ▁folk - mag ic ▁throughout ▁East ▁Asia . ▁ ▁In ▁general , ▁simply ▁offering ▁inc ense , ▁rec iting ▁the ▁k u ji ▁with ▁hands ▁in ▁g ash o , ▁and ▁being ▁mind ful ▁and ▁present ▁is ▁sufficient ▁to ▁appe ase ▁to ▁J ia . ▁▁▁▁ ▁The ▁Ku ji - in ▁practice ▁symbol izes ▁that ▁all ▁the ▁forces ▁of ▁the ▁universe ▁are ▁un ited ▁against ▁evil ; ▁because ▁of ▁this , ▁it ▁was ▁often ▁used ▁by ▁the ▁common ▁people ▁for ▁luck ▁when ▁travel ing , ▁especially ▁in ▁the ▁mountains . ▁ ▁Mant ra ▁and ▁mud ra ▁In ▁Japanese , ▁the ▁nine ▁sy ll ables ▁are : ▁R in ▁( <0xE8> <0x87> <0xA8> ), ▁Py ō ▁( 兵 ), ▁T ō ▁( <0xE9> <0x97> <0x98> ), ▁Sh a ▁( 者 ), ▁K ai ▁( <0xE7> <0x9A> <0x86> ), ▁Jin ▁( <0xE9> <0x99> <0xA3> ), ▁R ets u ▁( 列 ), ▁Z ai ▁( 在 ), ▁Z en ▁( 前 ). ▁If ▁the ▁nine ▁cut s ▁are ▁then ▁made , ▁as ▁is ▁sometimes ▁done , ▁the