The Dhāraṇī Praising the Qualities of the Immeasurable One

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 amita­vikrānte amita­gamini gagana­kīrti­kare8 sarva­kleśa­kṣayaṃ­kare9 svāhā |10

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The ritual instructions for this dhāraṇī are as follows: Reciting it once purifies the karmic obscurations that you have accumulated over one hundred thousand eons. If you recite it three times a day every day, all your misdeeds will be purified, and you will obtain the roots of virtue generated by one thousand buddhas. If you recite it twenty-one times it will purify the four root downfalls.11 If you recite it one hundred thousand times you will have a vision of Noble Maitreya. If you recite it two hundred thousand times you will have a vision of Noble Avalokiteśvara. If you recite it three hundred thousand times you will have a vision of the tathāgata Amitābha. Since the additional benefits are innumerable, this is only a brief summary.

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This concludes “The Dhāraṇī Praising the Qualities of the Immeasurable One.”