Toh 774 intro: 84000's introduction
The Dhāraṇī of the Polished Gem intro
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84000's introduction
intro.1
The Dhāraṇī of the Polished Gem includes a short dhāraṇī and instructions to polish a gemstone while reciting the dhāraṇī, and to imagine that this results in a rain of offering substances, which the reciter should then offer.
intro.2
The Dhāraṇī of the Polished Gem includes a short dhāraṇī and instructions to polish a gemstone while reciting the dhāraṇī. This is said to result in a boundless rain of offerings, which the reciter is then meant to offer.
intro.3
The text is found twice in the Kriya Tantra section (Toh 539e¹ and Toh 774) as well as in the Compendium of Dhāraṇīs section (Toh 1074)² of the Degé Kangyur.
intro.4
The work lacks a Sanskrit title and a translators’ colophon, and it is not listed in any of the imperial catalogs, nor does it appear at Dunhuang, so it is difficult to assess when it was translated into Tibetan. We are unaware of any extant Sanskrit text or Chinese translation of The Dhāraṇī of the Polished Gem.
intro.5
This translation was made on the basis of the three Degé Kangyur recensions of the text, with reference to the Stok Palace edition as well as the notes to the Comparative Edition (dpe bsdur ma) of the Kangyur. There are no major discrepancies among the recensions consulted. The dhāraṇī itself is transcribed exactly as it appears in Toh 539e.