The Dhāraṇī “One Hundred Thousand Ornaments of the Essence of Awakening”

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བྱང་ཆུབ་ཀྱི་སྙིང་པོའི་རྒྱན་འབུམ་གྱི་གཟུངས།
The Dhāraṇī “One Hundred Thousand Ornaments of the Essence of Awakening”
Bodhi­garbhālaṅkāralakṣa­dhāraṇī

This short text presents a set of mantras that, when placed inside a stūpa, multiply the merit of having built one stūpa by one hundred thousand. These dhāraṇīs are specifically said to be of benefit to future generations whose merit will be weak.

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