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佛說七俱胝佛母心大准提陀羅尼經 1

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Translated by Divākara, Tripiṭaka Master of India under the Great Tang

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At that time, the Buddha was in the country of Śrāvastī, in the Jeta Grove, Anāthapiṇḍada's park. At that moment, the World-Honoured One contemplated and observed [the world], and out of pity for all sentient beings of the future, spoke this ritual of the Cundā Dhāraṇī, the Heart of the Mother of Seven Koṭis of Buddhas. He then spoke the mantra, saying:

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"If there are monks, nuns, laymen, or laywomen who uphold, read, and recite this dhāraṇī a full eight hundred thousand times, all their sins committed throughout immeasurable kalpas, such as the five sins of immediate retribution, will be entirely eliminated. Wherever they are born, they will always encounter buddhas and bodhisattvas; all their material provisions will be sufficient according to their wishes; life after life they will constantly attain the monastic life, fully uphold the pure precepts of bodhisattva discipline, always be born in the human or heavenly realms without falling into the evil destinies, and constantly be protected by the devas. If there are good men and good women at home who recite and uphold it, their households will have no afflictions or harm from calamities, unexpected misfortunes, illnesses, or suffering; whatever they undertake will not fail to succeed, and all their spoken words will be trusted and accepted by others. If one recites this dhāraṇī mantra a full one hundred thousand times, one will behold in dreams the buddhas, bodhisattvas, śrāvakas, and pratyekabuddhas, and see oneself vomiting out black matter from one's mouth. If one has grave sins, upon reciting it a full two hundred thousand times, one will also behold in dreams the buddhas and bodhisattvas, and likewise see oneself vomiting out black matter. If one has the five sins of immediate retribution and fails to attain such auspicious dreams, one ought to recite it further to a full seven hundred thousand times; at that time one will regain such signs as before, even dreaming of vomiting out white matter such as curd or boiled rice. One should know that this person has achieved the sign of the purification and destruction of sins.

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"Furthermore, I shall now explain the rituals performed with this great dhāraṇī. If before an image of the Buddha, or before a stūpa, or in a pure place, one smears the ground with gomaya (cow dung) to make a square altar according to [the available] size, and further makes offerings with flowers, incense, banners, canopies, food and drink, lamps, and candles according to one's means; and further, having consecrated fragrant water with the mantra, sprinkles it in the four directions, above, and below to establish the boundary; and at the four corners of the altar and in the centre of the altar one places a flask of fragrant water each. The mantra practitioner, inside the altar, kneeling with the right knee on the ground facing east, recites the mantra one thousand and eight times; the flasks of fragrant water will then revolve on their own. Clasping hands and holding assorted flowers, one consecrates them with the mantra one thousand and eight times and scatters them over the surface of a mirror. Again, contemplating correctly before the mirror, one recites the mantra likewise one thousand and eight times, and will be able to see images of buddhas and bodhisattvas. One should consecrate flowers with the mantra one hundred and eight times and scatter them in offering; whenever one asks about the Dharma, all will be resolved. If there is a spirit illness, sweeping the sick person with thatch grass consecrated with the mantra will immediately bring recovery. If a young child is possessed by a spirit, having a maiden twist five-coloured threads into a cord, tying a knot with each recitation of the mantra to a total of twenty-one knots, binding it around the neck, and scattering mustard seeds consecrated with the mantra seven times over the face will immediately bring healing.

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"Furthermore, there is a method: drawing the figure of the sick person in ink before him, and striking it with a willow branch consecrated with the mantra, will also bring healing.

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"Furthermore, there is a method: if a sick person is possessed by a spirit and is far away, one should consecrate a willow branch with the mantra a full seven times and send it with someone to strike [the person]; healing will likewise be effected.

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"Furthermore, there is a method: if while travelling on a road one recites this mantra, there will be no fear of robbers, thieves, vicious beasts, and the like.

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"Furthermore, there is a method: if one constantly upholds this mantra, even if there are disputes and litigations, one will not fail to prevail. If one wishes to cross rivers or the great ocean, crossing while reciting the mantra, there will be no danger from vicious beasts in the water and the like.

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"Furthermore, there is a method: if one is bound and imprisoned in stocks and chains, restraining the body, reciting this mantra will bring immediate release.

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"Furthermore, there is a method: if across the lands rains and droughts are unseasonal and pestilential epidemics are rampant, one should mix ghee with sesame and non-glutinous rice, take a pinch with three fingers, consecrate it once with the mantra, and cast it into the fire to burn. If this is continued uninterruptedly during the six periods of the day and night for seven days and seven nights, all calamities and epidemics will be completely eradicated.

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"Furthermore, there is a method: on a sandbank between river islets, imprinting the sand with a seal into the form of a stūpa, reciting the mantra once as each stūpa is imprinted, to a full six hundred thousand times, one will either see Avalokiteśvara Bodhisattva, or see Tārā Bodhisattva, or see Vajrapāṇi Bodhisattva; whatever one seeks in one's heart will all be fulfilled, or one will see [the deity] confer the elixir of immortality, or see [the deity] confer the prophecy of bodhi.

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"Furthermore, there is a method: circumambulating an image of the bodhi tree to the right while reciting the mantra a full ten million times, one will immediately see a bodhisattva expounding the Dharma for oneself; if one wishes to follow the bodhisattva, one will immediately be able to do so.

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"Furthermore, there is a method: if when begging for food one constantly upholds this mantra, one will not be troubled or harmed by evil people, vicious dogs, or the like. If before a stūpa, or before an image of the Buddha, or before a relic stūpa, one recites and upholds this mantra three hundred thousand times, and further makes a great offering on the fifteenth day of the bright fortnight, fasting for one day and one night while reciting the mantra with correct mindfulness, one will even see Vajrapāṇi Bodhisattva, and that bodhisattva will then take this person to his own palace.

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"Furthermore, there is a method: if before the stūpa of the turning of the wheel of the Dharma, or before the stūpa of the Buddha's birthplace, or before the stūpa of the descent from the Trāyastriṃśa Heaven on the jewelled stairway, or before a relic stūpa, one recites the mantra and circumambulates to the right before such stūpas, one will immediately see Aparājita Bodhisattva and Hārītī Bodhisattva; whatever one wishes will all be fulfilled; if one requires the elixir of immortality, it will be immediately granted, and they will further expound the Dharma, revealing the bodhisattva path. If anyone recites this dhāraṇī, then even before sitting on the seat of awakening, all bodhisattvas will constantly be good friends. Moreover, this great vidyā mantra ritual of the great Cundā Dhāraṇī has been spoken by all buddhas of the past, will be spoken by all buddhas of the future, and is spoken now by all buddhas of the present; I too now speak it in this way, for the benefit of all sentient beings, and to cause them to attain unsurpassed bodhi. If there are sentient beings of meager merit, who lack any root of goodness, lack spiritual capacity, and lack the factors of bodhi, if they come to hear this dhāraṇī method, they will swiftly realise anuttarā samyaksaṃbodhi. If a person can constantly recollect and recite and uphold this mantra on their own, immeasurable roots of goodness will all be accomplished." When the Buddha spoke this ritual of the great Cundā Dhāraṇī, immeasurable sentient beings separated from dust and left behind defilement, attained the merits of the great vidyā mantra of the great Cundā Dhāraṇī, and were able to behold the buddhas, bodhisattvas, and noble assemblies of the ten directions. Having paid homage, they departed.

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Extracted from the sixty thousand verses of the Vidyādharapīṭaka: The Sūtra of the Great Cundā Dhāraṇī, the Heart of the Mother of Seven Koṭis of Buddhas, in one fascicle. (Translated in the second year of the Chuigong era [685 CE] at Xiweiguo Monastery.)

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