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Dhāraṇī
The Kangyur
Toh 925 / 609
May 19, 2025
Compendium of Dhāraṇīs

The Dhāraṇī That Fully Confers Freedom From All Dangers

Set in Indra’s Rock Cave, The Dhāraṇī That Fully Confers Freedom From All Dangers describes the Buddha teaching Śakra a vidyāmantra to subdue asuras and protect against various dangers, including disease, poisons, weapons, and malevolent beings. The text emphasizes grahas as a source of affliction and provides ritual instructions for using the mantra on threads, substances, or armor for protection and success.
Dhāraṇī
The Kangyur
Toh 998 / 661
May 5, 2025
Compendium of Dhāraṇīs

The Dhāraṇī “The Mother of the Grahas”

The Dhāraṇī “The Mother of the Grahas” describes a recitation practice to dispel negative influences from the celestial grahas and protect beings from harm. This practice is part of a longstanding South Asian tradition of making offerings to appease the grahas.
Dhāraṇī
The Kangyur
Toh 997 / 660
May 5, 2025
Compendium of Dhāraṇīs

The Noble Dhāraṇī “The Mother of the Grahas”

The Dhāraṇī “The Mother of the Grahas” provides instructions for a maṇḍala offering and dhāraṇī recitation to appease the nine celestial grahas and harmful beings. This practice is part of a longstanding South Asian tradition of making offerings to gain the favor of the grahas.
Discourses
The Kangyur
Toh 324
Apr 21, 2025
General Sūtra Section

The Four Stanzas

The Four Stanzas consists of six verses in total. It is a praise to the Buddha, to the places associated with his presence, and to stūpas. The praise itself comprises the first four verses, hence the text’s title. The last two verses explain the origin of the text and the benefits that accrue from its recitation.
Discourses
The Kangyur
Toh 143 / 611 / 918
Apr 21, 2025
General Sūtra Section

The Two Stanza Dhāraṇī

The Two Stanza Dhāraṇī consists of two initial verses that enumerate eight obscurations and their antidote‍—the Mahāyāna teachings‍—followed by a dhāraṇī and three verses that list the ten beneficial results of reciting the text.
Discourses
The Kangyur
Toh 323
Apr 21, 2025
General Sūtra Section

The Single Stanza

The Single Stanza is a praise to the Buddha in one verse. It states that there is no ascetic equal to the Buddha, neither among the gods nor in the ordinary world.
Tantra
The Kangyur
Toh 705 / 900
Apr 8, 2025
Action tantras

The Hundred and Eight Names of Avalokiteśvara [1]

This is one of two short texts with the same title, The Noble Hundred and Eight Names of Avalokiteśvara, each of which enumerates the hundred and eight “names” of Avalokiteśvara, which are more like descriptive epithets. The first part of the text describes his many excellent qualities. The second part of the text describes the benefits that result from praising Avalokiteśvara with these names.
Tantra
The Kangyur
Toh 706
Apr 7, 2025
Action tantras

The Hundred and Eight Names of Avalokiteśvara [2]

This is one of two short texts titled The Noble Hundred and Eight Names of Avalokiteśvara, listing the hundred and eight names of Avalokiteśvara. The text first describes his excellent qualities, then explains the benefits of praising him with these names.
Discourses
The Kangyur
Toh 8
Jan 17, 2025
Perfection of Wisdom

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.
Dhāraṇī
The Kangyur
Toh 945 / 589
Jan 16, 2025
Compendium of Dhāraṇīs

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
Jan 16, 2025
Compendium of Dhāraṇīs

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
Jan 16, 2025
Compendium of Dhāraṇīs

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
Jan 16, 2025
Compendium of Dhāraṇīs

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
Jan 13, 2025
Discourses

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
Dec 4, 2024
Action tantras

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.

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