[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) › [Protective and healing dhāraṇīs](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.protection) › [Deity-Specific Protections](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.protection.deity) › [Mahāśītavanīsūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.protection.deity.mahasitavanisutra) › [བསིལ་བའི་ཚལ་ཆེན་པོའི་མདོ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.protection.deity.mahasitavanisutra*bo) › [Great Cool Grove](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.protection.deity.mahasitavanisutra*bo~en-84000) › 22 # བསལ་བའ་ཚལ་ཆན་པའ་མད 22 Great Cool Grove 22 - **Language:** English ### [22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.protection.deity.mahasitavanisutra*bo~en-84000.22) They will announce, ‘Four Great Kings, the monk, nun, layman, or laywoman so-and-so is receiving, holding, reciting, mastering, and using this Great Sūtra of Cool Grove in order to protect and shield themself and others.’ “Venerable Blessed One, devout yakṣa laymen will travel to the royal palace in Aḍakavatī, where they will also announce this amid all the yakṣas and bhūtas assembled and gathered before the great king Vaiśravaṇa. It will bring joy to those present. Venerable Blessed One, such is the great benefit of this Great Sūtra of Cool Grove. “Venerable Blessed One, any monk, nun, layman, or laywoman who receives, holds, recites, masters, and uses this Great Sūtra of Cool Grove to protect and shield themself and others will practice abstinence. They will not drink alcohol but will observe mindfulness and introspection. They will give up five kinds of food—molasses, honey, sesame, meat, and fish. Why? It is only under those circumstances,³³ Venerable Blessed One, that beings from yakṣas and rākṣasas all the way up to harm doers can destroy or ceaselessly affect one who receives, holds, recites, masters, and uses this Great Sūtra of Cool Grove. In order to destroy them, this vow must be observed. “Venerable Blessed One, devout yakṣa laymen will please with clothing, food, bedding, cushions, healing medicines, and necessities any monk, nun, layman, or laywoman who receives, holds, recites, masters, and uses this Great Sūtra of Cool Grove. - [Previous: 21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.protection.deity.mahasitavanisutra*bo~en-84000.21) - [Next: 23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.protection.deity.mahasitavanisutra*bo~en-84000.23) ## Linked texts (1) - [བསིལ་བའི་ཚལ་ཆེན་པོའི་མདོ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.protection.deity.mahasitavanisutra*bo.22) — Classical Tibetan --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.protection.deity.mahasitavanisutra*bo~en-84000.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.protection.deity.mahasitavanisutra*bo~en-84000.22) · Pramāṇa