[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-d916) › [The Dharani of the Six Gates](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.sanmukhidharani*bo-d916~en-84000) › intro.10 # འཕགས་པ་སྒ་དྲག་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བའ་གཟངས intro.10 The Dhāraṇī of the Six Gates intro.10 - **Language:** English ### [intro.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.sanmukhidharani*bo-d916~en-84000.intro.10) As suggested by its title, The Dhāraṇī of the Six Gates consists in an account of the six gates, which are presented as a series of six aspiration prayers, followed by the presentation of the dhāraṇī itself. The goal of the dhāraṇī is to transcend worldly suffering by eradicating the causes of saṃsāric experience. - [Previous: intro.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.sanmukhidharani*bo-d916~en-84000.intro.9) - [Next: intro.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.sanmukhidharani*bo-d916~en-84000.intro.11) - [Up: intro](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.sanmukhidharani*bo-d916~en-84000.intro) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.sanmukhidharani*bo-d916~en-84000.intro.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.dharani.sanmukhidharani*bo-d916~en-84000.intro.10) · Pramāṇa