[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) › [The Five Protections](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.pancaraksa) › [Mahāpratisarā Mahāvidyārājñī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.pancaraksa.mahapratisara) › [འཕགས་པ་རིག་པའི་རྒྱལ་མོ་སོ་སོར་འབྲང་བ་ཆེན་མོ་སངས་རྒྱས་དང](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.pancaraksa.mahapratisara*bo) › [The Great Amulet](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.pancaraksa.mahapratisara*bo~en-84000) › 30 # འཕགས་པ་རག་པའ་རྒྱལ་མ་ས་སར་འབྲང་བ་ཆན་མ་སངས་རྒྱས་དང 30 The Great Amulet 30 - **Language:** English ### [30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.pancaraksa.mahapratisara*bo~en-84000.30) what is the procedure for writing down this great queen of incantations?” The Blessed One said, “Listen, great brahmin! Out of compassion for all beings I will explain it to you. “It can make beings happy, Deliver beings from their confining karma, Free them from their illnesses, Bring pregnancy to women, And heal the wounds Of all beings’ poverty. “During the constellation called Puṣya, One should observe the temporary vows And, immersed in the worship of the Buddha, Engender the motivation to awaken. “With a heart moistened by compassion And replete with kindness, One constantly makes effort To bring benefit to all beings. “One should first bathe In a solution of sandal, saffron,⁷² and musk, Then don clean garments That have been scented with incenses. “Next, a maṇḍala should be fashioned Out of a mixture of earth and dung. “Four full vases should be set out, With a fifth placed at the maṇḍala’s center. “Valuable flowers, incenses, and perfumes Should be placed on the maṇḍala. Incense made of five ingredients— Sandal, fenugreek, aloeswood, frankincense, and sugar— Should be offered as prescribed And according to season. The maṇḍala should be decorated With various grains, flowers, fruits, seeds, and perfumes. “The oblation vases should be filled With ghee, honey, milk, Porridge, rice pudding, and so forth. Adorned with auspicious symbols, They should be placed in the four directions. A fifth vase should be placed in the middle, And bowls filled with perfumes Should be placed in the four corners. “Four stakes of cutch tree wood, Tied tightly all around With strings of five different colors, - [Previous: 29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.pancaraksa.mahapratisara*bo~en-84000.29) - [Next: 31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.pancaraksa.mahapratisara*bo~en-84000.31) ## Linked texts (1) - [འཕགས་པ་རིག་པའི་རྒྱལ་མོ་སོ་སོར་འབྲང་བ་ཆེན་མོ་སངས་རྒྱས་དང](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.pancaraksa.mahapratisara*bo.30) — Classical Tibetan --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.pancaraksa.mahapratisara*bo~en-84000.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.pancaraksa.mahapratisara*bo~en-84000.30) · Pramāṇa