Book of Protection

[Nicholas Weeks]

In Theravada this collection of suttas that protect & inspire is very popular:

https://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/piyadassi/protection.html

A pdf English only version is also available from several places.

 

[_Hermes_]

I love paritta chanting. Have been meditating in a buddhist temple a lot and they are so beautiful <3 Here is an example, turning the wheel of dhamma:

Perhaps these kind of suttas and chanting have got a connection to the mahayana school of buddhism, at least more than other suttas or chants

 

[Nicholas Weeks]

Perhaps these kind of suttas and chanting have got a connection to the mahayana school of buddhism, at least more than other suttas or chants

They are probably used as is, since all Theravada suttas are included in the Three baskets of Mahayana.
This popular aspiration from the Avatamsaka Sutra is found in many Mahayana national traditions:

https://thubtenchodron.org/2001/06/extraordinary-aspiration/