[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) › [Buddhist tantras and tantric exegesis](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra) › [Action tantras](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.kriya) › [General Rites and Tantras](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.kriya.general) › [Dhāraṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.kriya.general.dharani) › [Caityadhāraṇī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.kriya.general.dharani.caityadharani) › [ཤེས་པས་ཐམས་ཅད་མཐར་ཕྱིན་པར་གྲུབ་པའི་མཆོད་རྟེན་ཞེས་བྱ་བའི་གཟུངས](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.kriya.general.dharani.caityadharani*bo-d884) › [The Dharani for a Caitya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.kriya.general.dharani.caityadharani*bo-d884~en-84000) › 9 # ཤས་པས་ཐམས་ཅད་མཐར་ཕྱན་པར་གྲབ་པའ་མཆད་རྟན་ཞས་བྱ་བའ་གཟངས 9 The Dhāraṇī for a Caitya 9 - **Language:** English ### [9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.kriya.general.dharani.caityadharani*bo-d884~en-84000.9) the aims of all beings in this world until saṃsāra is empty. This is what one should imagine. Once the caitya has been removed from its container, one should recite the great spell for the ring.⁴⁴ After reciting oṁ pramāṇaye svāhā ⁴⁵ and setting the ring, it should be adorned with a precious parasol, precious pinnacle, precious banner, silk streamers, and other ornaments. Ornamented with the various qualities of nirvāṇa, it will benefit beings according to their wishes. This is what one should imagine. Then, when the caitya is covered with a cloth, one should recite the great spell oṁ dharmadhātu­svabhāva viśuddhe dharma te svāhā.⁴⁶ If one repeats this spell many times, the caitya will signify the pure dharmadhātu. If the maṇḍala of prepared caityas consists of five caityas, one should draw a maṇḍala with a central space and spaces in the four directions, totaling five. When making any number of caityas—be it a hundred or a thousand—construct a stone base with a number of maṇḍala squares corresponding to the number of caityas.⁴⁷ It should be a square maṇḍala made of earth, stone, wood, and so forth. The throne beneath it can be a lion throne, a jewel throne, or a lotus throne. Once this base has been made, it should be sprinkled with cow dung mixed with scented water. Water infused with saffron and sandalwood should be smeared in a circle to encompass the entire area where the central caitya and caityas in the four directions will be placed. Use thread to demarcate and then draw the maṇḍala.⁴⁸ When drawing a maṇḍala for five caityas, draw a maṇḍala with five spaces—a central space and spaces in the four directions. In the same way, the lines of the vajra grid should be used to demarcate the space into maṇḍala squares corresponding to the number of caityas, be they one hundred or one thousand. - [Previous: 8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.kriya.general.dharani.caityadharani*bo-d884~en-84000.8) - [Next: 10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.kriya.general.dharani.caityadharani*bo-d884~en-84000.10) ## Linked texts (1) - [ཤེས་པས་ཐམས་ཅད་མཐར་ཕྱིན་པར་གྲུབ་པའི་མཆོད་རྟེན་ཞེས་བྱ་བའི་གཟུངས](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.kriya.general.dharani.caityadharani*bo-d884.9) — Classical Tibetan --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.kriya.general.dharani.caityadharani*bo-d884~en-84000.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.tantra.kriya.general.dharani.caityadharani*bo-d884~en-84000.9) · Pramāṇa