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The Kangyur
Toh 535 / 868
Sep 23, 2025
Action tantras

Recollecting the Name of Moonlight

Recollecting the Name of Moonlight contains the dhāraṇī of the Buddha Moonlight. The benefits of recollecting the Buddha Moonlight’s name every morning after rising are that one will remember all one’s lives of the past forty thousand kalpas, one will not fall into the lower realms after death, and one will attain the attributes of awakening.
The Kangyur
Toh 869 / 536
Sep 23, 2025
Compendium of Dhāraṇīs

Recollecting the Common Essence of the Tathāgatas

Recollecting the Common Essence of the Tathāgatas includes a short dhāraṇī and a brief statement on the benefit of its recitation for the purpose of purifying karmic obscurations.
The Kangyur
Toh 860 / 533
Sep 9, 2025
Compendium of Dhāraṇīs

The Dhāraṇī of the Essence of Śākyamuni

This short dhāraṇī contains the essence mantra of Śākyamuni. After a formulaic homage to the Buddha Śākyamuni, his essence mantra is presented followed by a description of the benefits of its recitation.

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18th-century Burmese sculpture of Ānanda. Wikimedia Commons as part of a project by the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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