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Their body will not be harmed by weapons or poisons, and they will not be bitten by snakes.

“Why is that? Śāradvatīputra, it is because this unbounded dhāraṇī is the mother of the buddhas of the past, the mother of the buddhas of the future, and the mother of the buddhas of the present, and that is this Dharma teaching called The Dhāraṇī of Nonattachment.

“Śāradvatīputra, if someone were to fill ten asaṃkhyeya trichiliocosm world realms with the seven jewels and make an offering of them to the buddha bhagavats, and if they were to provide the requisites of clothing and food of various kinds for asaṃkhyeya eons, the merit that comes from someone who possesses just one word of this dhāraṇī would still be far greater.

“Why is that? Śāradvatīputra, it is because this Dharma teaching of the unbounded dhāraṇī is the mother of the tathāgatas.”²⁸²

Chapter 14: The Wish-fulfilling Jewel Dhāraṇī

Then the Bhagavat, in the midst of the great assembly, said to Venerable Ānanda, “Ānanda, there is that which repels all lightning, which has been taught by the samyaksaṃbuddhas of the past. Following them, I also will now teach it, so you should retain it!

“Ānanda, to the east there is the lightning called Āgata, to the south there is the lightning called Hundredth Moment, to the west there is the lightning called Waning Light, and to the north there is the lightning called Satamapati.

“Ānanda, someone who knows the name of each lightning and knows the direction where it is situated