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Explore the newest additions to 84000’s collection of translations from the Kangyur and the Tengyur.
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Discourses
The Kangyur
Toh 8
The Perfection of Wisdom in One Hundred Thousand Lines (Chapters 14 to 28)
The Perfection of Wisdom in One Hundred Thousand Lines is the longest of all the Prajñāpāramitā sūtras. Like the other two long sūtras, it is a detailed record of the teaching on the perfection of wisdom that the Buddha Śākyamuni gave on Vulture Peak in Rājagṛha. This newest supplement includes the first twenty-eight of the seventy-two chapters of the sūtra, and represents a little under eight of the twelve volumes.
Latest Publications
Dhāraṇī
The Kangyur
Toh 944 / 588
The Dhāraṇī to Uphold “The Noble Great Amulet”
This text consists of a short dhāraṇī said to encompass a famous text for protection in the Kangyur, The Great Amulet (Toh 561), and the benefit of its recitation.
Dhāraṇī
The Kangyur
Toh 945 / 589
The Dhāraṇī-Mantra to Have the Entire Noble “Sūtra of Descent into Laṅkā” Read
This text consists of a short dhāraṇī, the recitation of which is said to be equivalent to reciting one of the most famous sūtras in the Kangyur, The Descent into Laṅkā (Toh 107), from which it is an extract.
Dhāraṇī
The Kangyur
Toh 943 / 587
The Quintessence of “The Great Peahen”
This text consists of a short dhāraṇī said to encompass a famous text for protection in the Kangyur, The Great Peahen (Toh 559), and the benefit of its recitation.
Dhāraṇī
The Kangyur
Toh 942 / 586
The Dhāraṇī to Uphold “The King of Samādhis Sūtra”
This text consists of a short dhāraṇī said to encompass a famous sūtra in the Kangyur, The King of Samādhis Sūtra (Toh 127), and the benefit of its recitation.
Dhāraṇī
The Kangyur
Toh 941 / 585
The Quintessence of “The Stem Array”
This text consists of a short dhāraṇī said to encompass a famous sūtra in the Kangyur, The Stem Array (Toh 44–45), and the benefits of its recitation.
General Sūtra Section
The Kangyur
Toh 288
The Mahāsūtra “Illusion’s Net”
The Mahāsūtra “Illusion’s Net” is a discourse in which the Buddha Śākyamuni emphasizes the training in wisdom as key to perfecting discipline and contemplation. He explains how deluded sensory and mental perceptions trap us in pain and regret, illustrating these concepts with analogies of the "net of illusion."
Tantra
The Kangyur
Toh 612 / 923
The Dhāraṇī of Dhvajāgrakeyūrā
The Dhāraṇī of Dhvajāgrakeyūrā, taught by the Buddha to Śakra in the Heaven of the Thirty-Three after the gods' defeat by the asuras, ensures victory, protection, and blessings to those who recite, retain, or wear it. The dhāraṇī manifests as the deity Dhvajāgrakeyūrā, who eliminates fear, affording protection, and granting all good things such as good reputation and abundance.
The Kangyur
Toh 741 / 1006
The Twelve Names of the Goddess Śrī
The Twelve Names of the Goddess Śrī is a short text revealed to Avalokiteśvara in the pure land of Sukhāvatī. In essence, it is a dhāraṇī centered on twelve epithets of the goddess of wealth. The spell is said to provide prosperity.
Tantra
The Kangyur
Toh 740 / 1005
The Sūtra of Mahāśrī
The Sūtra of Mahāśrī is a short sūtra revealed to Avalokiteśvara in the pure land of Sukhāvatī. In essence, it is a dhāraṇī centered on twelve epithets of the goddess of wealth and a short ritual instruction concerning its recitation. The spell is said to provide protection, wealth, and good social standing.
Tantra
The Kangyur
Toh 578 / 934
The Dhāraṇī of “The Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines”
This text consists of a short dhāraṇī said to encompass one of the most esteemed sūtras in the Kangyur, The Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines (Toh 12), and the benefits of its recitation.
Tantra
The Kangyur
Toh 577 / 933
The Dhāraṇī of “The Perfection of Wisdom in Twenty-Five Thousand Lines”
This text consists of a short dhāraṇī said to encompass The Perfection of Wisdom in Twenty-Five Thousand Lines (Toh 9) and the benefits of its recitation.
Tantra
The Kangyur
Toh 576 / 932
The Dhāraṇī of “The Perfection of Wisdom in One Hundred Thousand Lines”
This text consists of a short dhāraṇī said to encompass the longest sūtra in the Kangyur, The Perfection of Wisdom in One Hundred Thousand Lines (Toh 8), and the benefits of its recitation.
Discourses
The Kangyur
Toh 319
The Marvelous Dharma Discourse
In The Marvelous Dharma Discourse, the Buddha teaches Ānanda that creating even a tiny stūpa for a buddha who has entered parinirvāṇa generates more merit than offering the entire universe to all stream enterers, once-returners, non-returners, arhats, pratyekabuddhas, and the saṅgha in the four directions.
Tantra
The Kangyur
Toh 516 / 886
The Dhāraṇī “Heap of Flowers”
The Buddha Śākyamuni teaches the bodhisattva Siṃhavikrīḍita that worshipping the Tathāgata, whether face to face or in the form of a caitya, yields limitless merit, emphasizing the importance of mental attitude. He also shares a dhāraṇī with an accompanying practice and explains its benefits.
Dhāraṇī
The Kangyur
Toh 1024
The Dhāraṇī “Pacifying All Suffering”
The Dhāraṇī “Pacifying All Suffering” is a short dhāraṇī text in which, at Vajrapāṇi’s request, the Buddha Śākyamuni teaches a mantra associated with Mañjuśrī Vādisiṃha that serves as a method for the pacification of suffering.
