The Dhāraṇī, The Essence of Noble Amoghapāśa
Translation of འཕགས་པ་དན་ཡད་ཞགས་པའ་སྙང་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བའ་གཟངས (འཕགས་པ་དོན་ཡོད་ཞགས་པའི་སྙིང་པོ་ཞེས་བྱ་བའི་གཟུངས)
- Language
- English
- Date
- 2023 CE
- Translator
- samye-translations-stefan-mang
- Extent
- 17 passages, 177 words
- Text
- complete digital text
- Source
- lotsawahouse · Samye Translations; Stefan Mang (tr.), The Dhāraṇī, The Essence of Noble Amoghapāśa, Lotsawa House (version… · CC BY-NC 4.0 (Lotsawa House); shown with attribution on a non-commercial site
Contents
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In the language of India: āryāmoghapāśa-hṛdaya-dhāraṇī
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In the language of Tibet: ’phags pa don yod zhags pa'i snying po'i gzungs
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In the English language: The Dhāraṇī, The Essence of Noble Amoghapāśa
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Homage to all the buddhas and bodhisattvas who have come, will come, and presently reside in the three times!
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Homage to all the buddhas and noble śrāvakas of the past, present and future!
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Homage to those who have reached perfection and those who have set out towards perfection.
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Homage to the great sage Śāradvatīputra.
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Homage to the eight noble bodhisattvas led by Maitreya.
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Homage to the noble tathāgata, the arhat, the complete and perfect Buddha Amitābha.
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Homage to the Three Jewels.
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Homage to the bodhisattva, the mahāsattva, the noble and great compassionate Avalokiteśvara.
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Homage to Mahāsthāmaprāpta.
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Having paid homage to them, I shall now set forth The Essence of Amoghapāśa, which was spoken by noble Avalokiteśvara in the presence of the tathāgata and his vast retinue.
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May I accomplish this mantra formula and all deeds!
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May I be protected from all dangers!
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Tibetan Sources
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Sanskrit Source: