84000新英譯佛典:《明咒妃大孔雀母》(大正藏:《佛母大金曜孔雀明王經》)

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རིག་སྔགས་ཀྱི་རྒྱལ་མོ་རྨ་བྱ་ཆེན་མོ།
The Queen of Incantations: The Great Peahen
《明咒妃大孔雀母》(大正藏:《佛母大金曜孔雀明王經》)
Mahā­māyūrī­vidyārājñī

《明咒妃大孔雀母》是《五護陀羅尼》中的一部。這是在信奉大乘佛教的地區最廣為流傳的佛經之一,常用於禳災解厄。大孔雀母陀羅尼雖為解除致命蛇毒所說,但亦可救護一切由於旁生、鬼神滋擾或人體、環境失衡所引起的病痛,以及咒術、蠱魅、盜賊、天災、刑罰等諸厄難。在此經中,釋迦牟尼佛宣說召請四大天王、龍王、藥叉大將等印度傳統信仰中的神祇,以及大河王、大山王等遍及南瞻部洲的眾多地神之法。僅稱念此等名號並持誦相應明咒,即可敦促諸天神眾擁護僧團,滿足僧眾及附近民眾的實際醫療所需。

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The Queen of Incantations: The Great Peahen

 

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