[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Buddhist Sanskrit literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit) › [Protective spells and dhāraṇī-sūtras](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani) › [Other dhāraṇīs](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.other) › [Agrapradīpadhāraṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.other.agrapradipadharani) › [འཕགས་པ་རིག་སྔགས་ཀྱི་རྒྱལ་པོ་སྒྲོན་མ་མཆོག་གི་གཟུངས](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.other.agrapradipadharani*bo) › [The Dharani of Agrapradipa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.other.agrapradipadharani*bo~en-84000) › intro.2 # འཕགས་པ་རག་སྔགས་ཀྱ་རྒྱལ་པ་སྒྲན་མ་མཆག་ག་གཟངས intro.2 The Dhāraṇī of Agrapradīpa intro.2 - **Language:** English ### [intro.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.other.agrapradipadharani*bo~en-84000.intro.2) The Noble King of Spells, the Dhāraṇī of Agrapradīpa is a text of the dhāraṇī genre that presents a series of six dhāraṇī formulas that can be recited to guard against disease, grant security from danger, and ensure harmony with beings. The narrative of the text begins in Jeta’s Grove near the city of Śrāvastī, where the Buddha Śākyamuni is teaching a gathering of monks, bodhisattvas, devas, and ordinary people. Two bodhisattvas—Amitābha and Great Light—arrive at that assembly and announce that they are emissaries of Agrapradīpa, the titular buddha who lives in the buddhafield Infinite Flowers located many millions of buddhafields away. After conveying Agrapradīpa’s greetings and well-wishes to Śākyamuni, the two bodhisattvas present Agrapradīpa’s main offering: a dhāraṇī that will protect and benefit all the people of Śākyamuni’s buddhafield. When their recitation of the dhāraṇī is complete, the Buddha addresses Ānanda, exhorting him to remember, recite, and uphold the dhāraṇī. He then describes the rarity of receiving such a dhāraṇī and the benefits that will accrue from using it. - [Previous: intro.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.other.agrapradipadharani*bo~en-84000.intro.1) - [Next: intro.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.other.agrapradipadharani*bo~en-84000.intro.3) - [Up: intro](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.other.agrapradipadharani*bo~en-84000.intro) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.other.agrapradipadharani*bo~en-84000.intro.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.other.agrapradipadharani*bo~en-84000.intro.2) · Pramāṇa