Toh 936 notes: Notes
The Dhāraṇī for Retaining the Six Perfections notes
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1. Of the four types of dhāraṇīs described by the fourth-century scholar-yogi Asaṅga—Dharma dhāraṇīs (dharmadhāraṇī; chos kyi gzungs), meaning dhāraṇīs (arthadhāraṇī; don gyi gzungs), mantra dhāraṇīs (mantradhāraṇī; gsang sngags kyi gzungs), and bodhisattva forbearance dhāraṇīs (bodhisattvakṣāntilābhāyadhāraṇī; byang chub sems dpa’ bzod pa ’thob par byed pa’i gzungs)—this text falls into the category of bodhisattvakṣāntilābhāyadhāraṇīs, which enable one to progress along the path through the acquisition of the six perfections. Cf. Grounds of Bodhisattvas (Bodhisattvabhūmi; byang chub sems dpa’i sa; Toh 4037, folio 144.a). A discussion of various classifications of dhāraṇīs is given in Pagel 2007.
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2. This text, Toh 936, and all those contained in this same volume (gzungs ’dus, e), are listed as being located in volume 100 of the Degé Kangyur by the Buddhist Digital Resource Center (BDRC). However, several other Kangyur databases—including the eKangyur that supplies the digital input version displayed by the 84000 Reading Room—list this work as being located in volume 101. This discrepancy is partly due to the fact that the two volumes of the gzungs ’dus section are an added supplement not mentioned in the original catalog, and also hinges on the fact that the compilers of the Tōhoku catalog placed another text—which forms a whole, very large volume—the Vimalaprabhānāmakālacakratantraṭīkā (dus ’khor ’grel bshad dri med ’od, Toh 845), before the volume 100 of the Degé Kangyur, numbering it as vol. 100, although it is almost certainly intended to come right at the end of the Degé Kangyur texts as volume 102; indeed its final fifth chapter is often carried over and wrapped in the same volume as the Kangyur dkar chags (catalog). Please note this discrepancy when using the eKangyur viewer in this translation. Note that there is a discrepancy among various databases for cataloging the Toh 936 version of this text within vol. 100 or 101 of the Degé Kangyur. See Toh 936, , for details.
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3. The Tibetan reads *namastrai.
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4. This dhāraṇī translates as, “Homage to you, O Bhagavatī, sovereign over giving. May auspiciousness abound.”
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5. The Tibetan reads *mahākānādamakānāṃ.
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6. The Tibetan reads *śīlaparipurṇaśireyai.
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7. This dhāraṇī translates as, “Homage to all the tathāgatas, those who are the embodiment of great bliss. Homage to the Bhagavatī. Cause my ethics to be elevated to fully complete ethics. Succeed. Succeed. Wherever it abides, cause all ignorance of the teachings of the perfect buddha bhagavāns to disappear. May auspiciousness abound.”
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8. The Tibetan reads *kṣantiyai.
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9. The Tibetan reads *jñānāpāyadi.
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10. This dhāraṇī translates as, “Homage to all the tathāgatas, inconceivable in their range. Homage to the one abounding in patience. O you who traverse the limits of the tathāgatas. Protect. Act. Perform. Perform. Remember the commitments. O Śākyamuni, the range of the perfection of wisdom and the range of the exalted wisdom of all tathāgatas is such that it causes ignorance to disappear. May auspiciousness abound.”
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11. The Tibetan reads *sarvājñānāpayati.
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12. This dhāraṇi translates as, “Homage to all the tathāgatas, inconceivable objects of knowledge. Homage and praise to the Bhagavātī, the perfection of effort. Engage in effort. Be heroic. Be heroic. Be greatly heroic. O Tathāgata, cause all ignorance to disappear. May auspiciousness abound.”
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13. This dhāraṇī translates as, “Homage to all the tathāgatas. oṃ. Stainless. Spotless. Concentration. Concentration. Beloved concentration. hūṃ phaṭ.”
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14. The Tibetan reads *vigāna.
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15. This dhāraṇī translates as, “Homage to the tathāgatas, limitless in their range of exalted wisdom. Homage to the Bhagavatī, the perfection of exalted wisdom. O Knowledgeable One. Take notice of me. Act. Act. Remember the commitments of the tathāgatas. Hi hi hi hi. Jñā jñā jñā jñā. Hūṃ phaṭ.” Meisezahl’s version adds mahākili curu curu mahācuru mili mili mahāmili tili tili mahātili dhume dhume mahādhume cale cale mahācale khiri khiri mahākhiri cili cili mahācili | svāhā.