[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) › [Ṣaṇmukhī dhāraṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.sanmukhidharani) › [འཕགས་པ་སྒོ་དྲུག་པ་ཞེས་བྱ་བའི་གཟུངས](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.sanmukhidharani*bo-d526) › [The Dharani of the Six Gates](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.sanmukhidharani*bo-d526~en-84000) › intro.1 # འཕགས་པ་སྒ་དྲག་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བའ་གཟངས intro.1 The Dhāraṇī of the Six Gates intro.1 - **Language:** English ### [intro.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.sanmukhidharani*bo-d526~en-84000.intro.1) While the Buddha is abiding in the space above the Śuddhāvāsa realm with a retinue of bodhisattvas, he urges them to uphold The Dhāraṇī of the Six Gates and presents these gates as six aspirations that vanquish the causes of saṃsāric experience. He then presents the dhāraṇī itself to his listeners and instructs them to recite it three times each day and three times each night. Finally, he indicates the benefits that come from this practice, and the assembly praises the Buddha’s words. This is followed by a short dedication marking the conclusion of the text. - [Next: intro.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.sanmukhidharani*bo-d526~en-84000.intro.2) - [Up: intro](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.sanmukhidharani*bo-d526~en-84000.intro) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.sanmukhidharani*bo-d526~en-84000.intro.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.sanmukhidharani*bo-d526~en-84000.intro.1) · Pramāṇa