This short text contains a set of verses spoken by the Buddha as he put an end to the epidemic of Vaiśālī, extracted from one of the two main accounts of that episode. The verses call for well-being, especially by invoking the qualities of the Three Jewels and a range of realized beings and eminent gods. The text comprises two passages from the parent work, and of these the first and longest corresponds closely to a well-known Pali text, the Ratana-sutta, widely recited for protection and blessings.

The short aspiration The Auspiciousness of the Three Families consists of three benedictory verses lauding the lords of the three families, Mañjuśrī, Avalokiteśvara, and Vajrapāṇi, as expressions of the auspiciousness of the Sugata’s body, speech, and mind.

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The Auspiciousness of the Three Families is a short aspiration prayer that consists of three verses lauding the lords of the three families, Mañjuśrī, Avalokiteśvara, and Vajrapāṇi, as expressions of the auspiciousness of the Sugata’s body, speech, and mind.