Homage to the Three Jewels.
Homage to the thus-gone, worthy, completely perfect Buddha Vairocana, the King.7
Homage to the bodhisattva, the great being, the one with great compassion, noble Ākāśagarbha.
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tadyathā vajramabu vajramabubuddhaje vajramabubuddhaje śūnyatāpraveśe vairocanagarbhe pañcendriya avabodhane svāhā
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The rite is like this. If one recites this constantly, one will be able…
Summary
The Threefold Ritual contains a short liturgy for invoking the pantheon of worldly deities, inviting these beings to seize the rare opportunity to listen to the Dharma, and proclaiming the aspiration that all the worldly beings that have gathered to hear the Dharma receive their share of the merit one has generated.
Translation
Brahmā,…
Summary
This short text contains a set of verses spoken by the Buddha as he put an end to the epidemic of Vaiśālī, extracted from one of the two main accounts of that episode. The verses call for well-being, especially by invoking the qualities of the Three Jewels and a range of realized beings and…
Summary
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The Dhāraṇī of Tārā is a short dhāraṇī that invokes the goddess Tārā, seeking her intervention in the face of obstacles and negative forces.
The Translation
[F.222.a]
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Homage to the Three Jewels!
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namo ratnatrayāya | nama āryāvalokiteśvarāya bodhisattvāya mahāsattvāya mahākāruṇikāya |12
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tad yathā | oṁ tāre tuttāre13 ture sarvaduṣṭapraduṣṭān mama kṛte jambhaya stambhaya…
Summary
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The Dhāraṇī that Praises the Qualities of the Immeasurable One contains a short dhāraṇī mantra praising the tathāgata Amitābha and brief instructions on the benefits that result from its recitation.
The Translation
[F.223.a]
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Homage to the Three Jewels.
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namo ratnatrayāya namo bhagavate amitabhāya tathāgatāya arhate saṃyaksambuddhāya | tadyathā oṃ amite amitodbhave amitasaṃbhave…
Summary
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This extremely brief text provides a mantra of the Buddha Aparimitāyus, thus seeming to confirm its existence as a mantra on its own as well as being part of the dhāraṇī contained in the most widely used version of The Aparimitāyurjñāna Sūtra.
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Summary
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The Epithets of Mañjuśrī is a concise scripture consisting of a salutation to Mañjuśrī that highlights the qualities of his speech, a thirty-six-syllable Sanskrit dhāraṇī, and a one-sentence statement of the benefit accrued by twenty-one recitations thereof.
The Translation
[F.14.b]
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Homage to noble Mañjuśrī!
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oṁ vākyetejāya | oṁ vākyeśeṣa sva4 | oṁ vākyekhañjaye |…
Summary
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A Mantra for Incanting Medicines When Administering Them is a short work that pays homage to the Three Jewels and the Medicine Buddha, and provides a mantra to be used for incanting medicines.
he Translation
[F.286.a]
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Homage to the Three Jewels!
Homage to the blessed, thus-gone, worthy, completely perfect Buddha Bhaiṣajyaguruvaiḍūryaprabharāja!
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Summary
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In this very brief sūtra, Venerable Ānanda asks the Buddha about the nature of the mind of awakening, the aspiration to attain the awakening of a buddha for the benefit of all beings. The Buddha explains that the mind of awakening is like gold because it is pure. He also teaches the analogy…