New Publications: The Dhāraṇī of Refuge for the Preta Flaming Mouth

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Toh 646

ཡི་དགས་ཁ་ནས་མེ་འབར་སྐྱབས་པའི་གཟུངས།
The Dhāraṇī of Refuge for the Preta Flaming Mouth

The Dhāraṇī of Refuge for the Preta Flaming Mouth recounts the nocturnal encounter of the monk Nanda with a gruesome preta (“hungry ghost”) who predicts his imminent death. After recounting his experience to the Buddha, he is taught a dhāraṇī and an associated food offering ritual to allay the sufferings of pretas and avert his prophesied fate.

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The Dhāraṇī of Refuge for the Preta Flaming Mouth

 

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