The Dhāraṇī for Retaining the Perfection of Wisdom in a Hundred Thousand Lines
26 Jul 2024
The text presents two dhāraṇīs for the retention of The Perfection of Wisdom Sūtra in One Hundred Thousand Lines.
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The Dhāraṇī for Obtaining the Ten Perfections
25 Jul 2024
The text presents a single dhāraṇī for the attainment of the ten perfections.
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The Dhāraṇī for Retaining the Six Perfections
24 Jul 2024
The text presents a series of dhāraṇīs for the attainment of each of the perfections.
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The Dhāraṇī of the Essence of the Six Perfections
23 Jul 2024
The text presents a simple dhāraṇī in the form of a mnemonic expression consisting of homages to the three bodies of a buddha, the six perfections, and their underlying philosophical understanding. The benefits of the dhāraṇī are also listed.
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The Dhāraṇī of Vajrabhairava
22 Jul 2024
The Dhāraṇī of Vajrabhairava is a short text presenting both a series of “vajra statements” (Tib. rdo rje tshig), which it calls the “essence of all vidyā and mantra,” and a dhāraṇī, followed by instructions for the dhāraṇī’s associated rites. These include rites for countering and repelling enemies, subjugating nāgas and preventing hail, curing illness, and even protecting liquor from spoilage.
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Appearing Differently to All While Not Departing from Emptiness, the Essence of the True Nature of Things
5 Jul 2024
This short philosophical discourse opens with the Buddha described as unmoving from the true nature of things. Although at this time he has no thought of teaching the Dharma, different members of the audience nevertheless believe that they have heard a teaching. On the basis of their differing perceptions, five distinct philosophical views concerning the true nature of things come to be held by different members of the audience.
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The Exemplary Tale of Sumāgadhā
2 Jul 2024
This sūtra opens at Prince Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍada’s Park, in Śrāvastī, where the Buddha is staying. At the time, Anāthapiṇḍada’s daughter Sumāgadhā is married off to Vṛṣabhadatta, the son of a nirgrantha merchant in the distant city of Puṇḍravardhana. After arriving at the home of her in-laws, Sumāgadhā is repulsed and disheartened on encountering the nirgrantha mendicants.
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The City Beggar Woman
27 Jun 2024
This short Mahāyāna sūtra tells of a beggar woman from the city of Śrāvastī whose modest offering of a lamp at Prince Jeta’s Grove, Anāthapiṇḍada’s park, is contrasted with the lavish offering of lamps being made at the same time by Prasenajit, who was the king of Kośala and a major benefactor of the Buddha Śākyamuni and his community.
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The Dhāraṇī “One Hundred Thousand Ornaments of the Essence of Awakening”
26 Jun 2024
This short text presents a set of mantras that, when placed inside a stūpa, multiply the merit of having built one stūpa by one hundred thousand. These dhāraṇīs are specifically said to be of benefit to future generations whose merit will be weak.
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The Sūtra of Dharmaketu
21 Jun 2024
While the Buddha Śākyamuni is staying in Śrāvastī, a bodhisattva named Dharmaketu asks him what qualities a bodhisattva must possess in order to reach awakening quickly. In response, the Buddha enumerates the ten most important qualities for bodhisattvas to cultivate.
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