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The Dhāraṇī “Pacifying All Suffering” is a short dhāraṇī text in which, at Vajrapāṇi’s request, the Buddha Śākyamuni teaches a mantra associated with MañjuśrīVādisiṃha that serves as a method for the pacification of suffering.
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