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# འཕགས་པ་རག་སྔགས་ཀྱ་རྒྱལ་པ་སྒྲན་མ་མཆག་ག་གཟངས 10

The Dhāraṇī of Agrapradīpa 10

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are of great benefit, and have great blessings, remember this Dharma discourse on the dhāraṇīs. I ask that you receive it, retain it, recite it, master it, and teach it to others extensively.”  
  
“Blessed One,” replied Ānanda, “I will uphold it so that it may spread widely.”  
  
The Blessed One then spoke in verse to elaborate on the meaning:  
  
“This discourse on dhāraṇī-mantra  
Was taught by all buddhas.  
I have also now explained it  
For the benefit of all beings.  
  
“Whoever remembers or recites  
This discourse on dhāraṇī-mantra  
Will be able to remember  
Their twenty-one previous lives.  
  
“A person who recites this dhāraṇī-mantra  
Will never be obstructed  
By nonhumans of any kind,  
Including yakṣas, kumbhāṇḍas, and rākṣasas.  
  
“A person who recites this dhāraṇī-mantra  
Will never face obstacles  
Made by the wicked Māra,  
Who rules over the desire realm.  
  
“The parents, brothers, and sisters,  
As well as the friends and relatives  
Of one who remembers this dhāraṇī-mantra  
Will not meet with ruin.  
  
“Therefore, one who fearlessly hears²²  
This discourse on dhāraṇī-mantra  
And then recites these dhāraṇī-mantras  
Will never be frightened again.  
  
“A person who remembers this dhāraṇī-mantra  
Will purify in seven days  
All the obscuring karma  
Amassed over a billion eons.  
  
“All the merit of a bodhisattva  
Achieved over ten million eons  
Will be surpassed in seven days  
By one who remembers this dhāraṇī-mantra.  
  
“The world guardians of the four directions,  
The Four Great Kings—  
Kubera, Dhṛtarāṣṭra,  
Virūpākṣa, and Virūḍhaka—  
  
“All of great appearance and renown,  
Will, along with their retinue and ministers,

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## Translations (1)

- [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.other.agrapradipadharani*bo~en-mt.10) — English, machine translation

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- [འཕགས་པ་རིག་སྔགས་ཀྱི་རྒྱལ་པོ་སྒྲོན་མ་མཆོག་གི་གཟུངས](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.other.agrapradipadharani*bo.10) — Classical Tibetan

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