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Compiler unknown; now appended to the Liang catalog.

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Great Dhāraṇī-Mantras Spoken by the Seven Buddhas (together with the dhāraṇī-mantras spoken by the eight bodhisattvas, fifteen in total):

First: Spoken by Vipaśyin Buddha. There are eighteen thousand illnesses, and with a single mantra all are cured. This dhāraṇī is called sulūduhe (sūlutuhē), which in the language of Jin means "Definitive Brahma Sound".

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Recite the mantra three times. Tie fourteen knots in a yellow thread, one knot per phrase, and tie it around the neck.

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The power of this dhāraṇī can subdue all: moving mountains and halting rivers, drying up the great ocean, and crushing all mountains into fine dust. If the sun and moon lose their course, it can make them travel correctly, and it can avert all calamities. If wind and rain miss their proper season, it can bring them in season. If grain does not ripen, it can bring an abundant harvest. If neighbouring countries invade the borders, it can repel them all. If great ministers plot rebellion, their evil intentions will instantly be extinguished. If an age of pestilence arises, it can avert it. If pestilential demons enter the country, it can drive them away. If an age of weapons arises, it can destroy it. The power of this dhāraṇī to avert calamities and dispel anomalies is immeasurable and boundless. Were one to explain it extensively, an eon would end before it could be exhausted.

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Second: The dhāraṇī spoken by Śikhin Buddha is called husuduo (húsūduō), which in the language of Jin means "Dispelling All Steaming Heat and Anguish". The phrases of this dhāraṇī are a dhāraṇī-mantra spoken by seventy-two billion Buddhas.

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Recite the mantra three times. Tie three knots in a yellow thread and tie it around the neck.

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The spiritual power of this dhāraṇī can cause the great trichiliocosm to undergo the six kinds of earthquakes, with mountains, rivers, and rock walls leaping up and sinking down, and the sentient beings therein all generate the aspiration for unsurpassed bodhi. It can eliminate the grave offenses of birth and death spanning seventy-seven billion eons; all illness and suffering of sentient beings are extinguished without remainder. If any sentient beings write down, read, and recite even a single phrase or the name of this dhāraṇī, the grave evil karmas of hundreds of thousands of koṭis of Gaṅgā-sands of lifetimes will be destroyed without remainder.

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Third: The dhāraṇī-mantra spoken by Viśvabhū Buddha is called miqidou (mìqídōu), which in the language of Jin means "Golden Drum". All karmic obscurations, retributive obscurations, and heavy defilements of sentient beings can be destroyed without remainder.

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Recite the mantra seven times. Tie four knots in a yellow thread and tie it around the neck.

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The phrases of this dhāraṇī have been spoken by Buddhas as numerous as the sands of the Gaṅgā. If anyone writes down, reads, and recites this dhāraṇī, all of this person's grave evil and deep retributive obscurations and karmic obscurations spanning eons as numerous as the sands of the Gaṅgā, as well as the sins of the five heinous offenses and the icchantika, will be extinguished without remainder. Sentient beings' grave illnesses, path-obstructing sins and defilements, and karmic taints, upon hearing it spoken, will all be extinguished without remainder. Wherever those who write down, read, and recite it go—into states, cities, villages, mountains, forests, hills, or tombs—if the sentient beings therein hear the name of this dhāraṇī pass their ears even once, after their lives end they will all be reborn in Abhirati, and up until attaining Buddhahood they will not fall into the three wretched realms. To practice the ritual of this mantra: on the sixteenth day of the fourth month, inside an eastward-facing stupa, circumambulate the stupa eighty times in one day; stand beneath the west wall of the stupa facing east, and recite the mantra twenty-four times, going without sleep for up to seven days and seven nights. One must use seven sesame oil lamps or hemp oil lamps, placing them at the four corners of the stupa. Bathe cleanly and put on fresh, clean clothes; do not consume alcohol, meat, or the five pungent roots; eat one meal at midday. I will then appear before that person, emit great radiance, stroke the crown of their head with a golden hand, and immediately bestow vyākaraṇa upon them; all of that person's karmic obscurations and sinful defilements will be extinguished without remainder.

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Fourth: Krakucchanda Buddha, wishing to speak the great dhāraṇī called Vajradhvaja, which can also cure all the evil defilements, sores, warts, and grave illnesses of the sentient beings of the three realms and five corruptions, and can eliminate all karmic obscurations, retributive obscurations, and defilements, [spoke] zhanadouhizha (chánnàdōuxīzhà), which in the language of Jin means "Pulling Sentient Beings Out of Suffering and Causing Them to Exit the Mire of Desire"; those who hear it are freed from the three taints: greed, anger, and conceit.

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Recite the mantra once. Tie thirteen knots in a yellow thread and tie it around the neck.

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The dhāraṇī phrases spoken above and those spoken by me were all spoken by ninety-nine billion Buddhas of the past. If anyone reads, recites, and copies them, in their present body they will attain the vajradhvaja-samādhi, and all their defilements will be crushed without remainder. Its power to rescue and pull sentient beings out of suffering, as spoken above, is sovereign and immeasurable in spiritual power.

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Fifth: Kanakamuni Buddha, wishing to speak the great dhāraṇī called biduoqihanou (bǐduōqíhēnóu), which in the language of Jin means "Sound Shaking the Ten Directions, None Failing to Submit", awakening sentient beings like a crash of thunder, causing ignorant sentient beings to obtain the wisdom eye. The phrases of this dhāraṇī were spoken by seventy-two billion Buddhas of the past, and I now speak them.

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Recite the mantra three times. Tie three knots in a yellow thread and tie it around the painful area.

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The power of this dhāraṇī can cause the great trichiliocosm to undergo the six kinds of earthquakes. If any sentient beings therein hear the phrases of this dhāraṇī pass their ears even once, all their grave sins, slanders, and five heinous offenses spanning hundreds of thousands of myriads of koṭis and nayutas of eons will be extinguished without remainder. If there are sentient beings who cultivate, read, and recite it, reducing sleep for seven days and seven nights, that person in their present body will attain the siṃharāja-samādhi, and hundreds of thousands of Buddhas will appear before them to bestow vyākaraṇa. Furthermore, if a powerful enemy of a neighbouring country seeks to invade and harass their land, the king at that time, together with his ministers, should bathe cleanly, wear fresh, clean clothes, and atop a high tower, facing their direction, first pay homage to the Buddhas of the ten directions, and then pay homage to me, Kanakamuni Buddha, invoke my name three times, burn incense, and scatter flowers; at that time he should speak the dhāraṇī phrases. Through the majestic spiritual power of this dhāraṇī, Mahābrahmā, Śakra, and the Four Great Heavenly Kings will rain down swords from the sky; a great black wind will arise from all four directions, preventing their troops from seeing the light of the sun and moon; the yakṣas will suck their vital energy, so that those destined to die will die, and they will naturally disperse and retreat. Such is the majestic spiritual power of the great dhāraṇī.

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Sixth: Kāśyapa Buddha, wishing to speak the great dhāraṇī called chumolidi (chūmólídì), which in the language of Jin means "Rescuing All Beings and Bringing Them Out of the Suffering of Birth and Death".

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Recite the mantra seven times. Tie six knots in a yellow thread and tie it around the painful area.

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The phrases of this dhāraṇī were spoken by seventy-seven billion Buddhas of the past. The power of this dhāraṇī can cause a hundred Buddha-worlds to undergo the six kinds of earthquakes, crushing all mountains, rivers, and rock walls into fine dust, unifying them into a single Buddha-world wherein all things turn into a golden colour, surging and vast waters disappearing entirely, with only the golden colour visible and no other colour. Through the power of this dhāraṇī, the past karmic grave sins and the suffering of the three wretched realms of sentient beings in a hundred Buddha-worlds are extinguished without remainder. Among them, those sentient beings who cultivate, read, and recite this dhāraṇī, if they have not yet generated the aspiration for unsurpassed bodhi, are all caused to generate the aspiration up to non-retrogression. Those who have already generated the aspiration and cultivate this dhāraṇī will transcend the seven abodes up to the ten abodes. This dhāraṇī is the vajra-samādhi and the great liberation gate of emptiness; from the bodhisattva's first generation of the aspiration, cultivating this samādhi straight to the bodhimaṇḍa under the bodhi tree to enter the vajra-samādhi, none do so except through this.

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Seventh: Śākyamuni Buddha, wishing to speak the great dhāraṇī called wusuqizhouniduo (wūsūqízhòunìduō), which in the language of Jin means "Golden Light Shining, Dispelling the Obscurity and Obstruction of Sentient Beings in the Three Realms and Pulling Them Out of Calamities". The phrases of this dhāraṇī were spoken by ninety-nine billion Buddhas of the past, and I now speak them.

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Recite the mantra fourteen times. Tie fourteen knots in a yellow thread and tie it around the painful area.

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The power of this dhāraṇī can cause the great trichiliocosm to undergo the six kinds of earthquakes. Sentient beings therein who are ensnared, bound, and dwelling in obscurity due to past karmic sins, upon hearing a single sound of this dhāraṇī pass their ears, will all attain rebirth in the Trāyastriṃśa heaven. If there are practitioners who uphold, read, recite, and copy this dhāraṇī, those who have not generated the aspiration will all be caused to generate it and reach firm ground, while those who have already generated the aspiration will enter the stream of the Dharma, matching the level of the eighth abode and swiftly reaching the Buddha ground. Through the power of this dhāraṇī, in a single leap they transcend to beneath the bodhi tree, up to the Buddha ground, sitting in the bodhimaṇḍa. This samādhi is called the suvarṇaprabhāsarāja-samādhi; it awakens all beings, leaps out of the three realms, pulls them out of all perils, surpasses all the noble ones, and swiftly accomplishes the Buddha path. If there are sentient beings who wish to cultivate this dhāraṇī, wishing to obtain the four fruits of śramaṇahood in their present body, and wishing to eliminate in the present life without remainder their path-obstructing five heinous offenses and violations of the four pārājika offenses spanning hundreds of thousands of koṭis of past eons, they should cultivate this dhāraṇī. For three times seven, twenty-one days, guard and maintain the prohibitive precepts like a bright pearl; throughout the day and night during the six periods, practice the way and repent toward the ten directions; bathe cleanly, put on fresh, clean clothes, and offer and revere Śākyamuni Buddha with seven-coloured flowers and three kinds of famous incense; before the relic stupa, throw the five limbs to the ground and repent, reproaching oneself. At that time, recite the phrases of this dhāraṇī eighty times, doing so day after day up to seven days. If not attained in one seven-day period, proceed to another seven days up to three seven-day periods; all grave sins spanning hundreds of millions of nayutas of eons will be extinguished without remainder, and the Buddhas of the ten directions will emit great radiance to touch their body. That person at that time will be joyous in mind, like a monk attaining the third dhyāna. At that time, Mahābrahmā, Śakra Devānām Indra, and the Four Great Heavenly Kings will appear and immediately bestow upon them the four fruits of śramaṇahood.

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The dhāraṇī spoken by Mañjuśrī Bodhisattva is called yanmodou (yánmódōu), which in the language of Jin means "Releasing the Bonds of Sentient Beings"; present illness and suffering are all eliminated, path-obstructions can be repelled, the arrows of the three poisons are extracted, the ninety-eight defilements are gradually extinguished, the stream of the three realms of existence is crossed, and the path is attained in the present body.

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Recite the mantra three times. Tie two knots in a five-coloured thread and tie it around the neck.

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This dhāraṇī was spoken by forty-two billion Buddhas. If practitioners can write down, read, and recite this dhāraṇī, in this present life they will be protected by a thousand Buddhas, and upon the end of their lives they will not fall into evil destinies, but will be born in the Tuṣita heaven to see Maitreya face to face. Furthermore, if there are sentient beings who can cultivate this dhāraṇī: fast for seven days, consuming only cow's milk, taking one meal at midday with no other food, and repent during the six periods of the day and night. Repenting before the Buddhas of the ten directions for their past deeds, all grave sins spanning billions and nayutas of eons will be completely exhausted at once, and sectarian divisions and precept-breakings will also be completely eliminated. The evil calamaties of the five heinous offenses and the icchantika, through earnest repentance, will all be extinguished. In the six periods, ten times in each period, in a quiet, clean room or within a stupa, if this person's mind is pure and sincere, I will then go to their place. Because this person sees me, their mind will become even more pure and sincere; because their mind is pure and sincere, they will be able to see a thousand Buddhas stroking the crown of their head with their hands and immediately bestowing vyākaraṇa, and the evils of past lifetimes will be eradicated forever without remainder.

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I, Ākāśagarbha Bodhisattva, wish to speak the great dhāraṇī called anaqizhouni (ānàqízhòuní), which in the language of Jin means "Pulling Sentient Beings Out of Suffering, Preeminent and Incomparable in the Three Realms". If there are sentient beings tossed about in the six destinies with none to rescue them, I rescue them and enable them to escape distress.

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Recite the mantra five times. Tie fourteen knots in a five-coloured thread and tie it around both hands.

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This dhāraṇī was spoken by seventy-two koṭis of past Buddhas, and I now have spoken it. In order to protect the true Dharma, to deliver sentient beings, to bring about the virtue of practitioners following the myriad practices, to cause those śrāvakas who have not yet realised the fruits to attain the fruits, to cause pratyekabuddhas to cross the great river of the twelve links of dependent origination and rescue the multitude of beings, and to cause bodhisattvas from their initial resolve up to the tenth stage to realise the fruit of their vows—for these reasons I speak this dhāraṇī. Furthermore, by the power of this dhāraṇī, sentient beings within the great trichiliocosm who are in darkness and the three wretched realms, once this dhāraṇī passes by their ears, will universally attain the knowledge of past lives, and up to fourteen births will all attain liberation. If there are good men or good women who wish to cultivate and practice this dhāraṇī, they should for three sevens—twenty-one days—cleanse and bathe themselves, put on fresh, clean clothes, and either in a stūpa or on clean ground, in the latter part of the night when the morning star appears, say to this morning star of the great hour: 'Speak for me to Ākāśagarbha Bodhisattva.' Say this three times. 'Eliminate my fundamental sins.' Say this three times. 'Eliminate my sins that obstruct the Path.' Say this three times. 'Bestow upon me the four fruits of śramaṇahood.' Say this three times. I will at that time go to their location, stand before that person, and confer the four fruits of śramaṇahood upon them: 'I vow to bestow them.' Say this three times. Burn agarwood incense. If in a dream one obtains an āmalaka fruit, a harītakī fruit, a bimbijāla fruit, a vibhītaka fruit, or an apricot or the like, then one should be diligent and energetic. If one dreams of an egg or a roll or the like, one will attain it at once. When the morning star appears, recite the mantra seven times; if one's mind is in good condition, recite it seventy times. Ākāśagarbha Bodhisattva constantly travels through the lands so that practitioners may follow the myriad practices; this is called following the myriad practices.

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I, Avalokiteśvara Bodhisattva, wish to speak a great dhāraṇī named anaqibuzhijiulizhina (which in the Jin language means 'great realization and succour extending universally to boundless sentient beings in the ten directions').

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Recite the mantra five times, tie twenty-four knots in a five-colored cord, and fasten it to the neck.

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These dhāraṇī phrases were spoken by ninety-nine koṭis of past Buddhas. The ninety-nine koṭis of Buddhas caused all practitioners cultivating the six perfections who had not yet generated the mind [for bodhi], śrāvakas who had not yet realised the fruits, and ṛṣis within the great trichiliocosm who had not yet generated the mind of unsurpassed bodhi to generate the mind. For ordinary beings who have not yet attained faithful minds, I use seeds to cause the sprout of Dharma to grow. By the majestic spiritual power of this dhāraṇī and by the majestic spiritual power of my skillful means, all that they cultivate will be fully accomplished. Furthermore, beings within the great trichiliocosm who are in dark obscurity, hindered, and in the three wretched realms, upon hearing this dhāraṇī of mine, will all have their suffering eliminated. Moreover, bodhisattvas who have not yet reached the first dwelling will be caused to attain the first dwelling, and successively up to the tenth dwelling. Those who have already attained the first ten dwellings and stages, having already obtained the influence and power of this dhāraṇī, will in a single thought-moment proceed straight to the stage of Buddhahood, naturally perfecting the thirty-two marks and eighty minor signs. If a śrāvaka hears this dhāraṇī once pass by their ears, reads, recites, copies, and cultivates this dhāraṇī, and abides according to the Dharma with a straightforward mind, they will attain the four fruits of śramaṇahood without seeking them. By the power of this dhāraṇī, the mountains, rivers, and stone walls of the great trichiliocosm, and the waters of the four great oceans can be made to surge and boil, and Mount Sumeru and the Cakravāḍa mountains can be reduced to fine dust. If among the sentient beings there are bodhisattvas and śrāvakas undergoing spiritual practice whose bodies are afflicted with suffering from obstructions to the Path, I will rescue them all and enable them to escape distress, causing all that they cultivate to be accomplished. If there are sentient beings who seek what they desire in this present life and cultivate the dhāraṇī, they should for three sevens—twenty-one days—purely uphold the precepts on [clean] ground, practice the Path during the six periods of day and night, burn various fine incenses, scatter five-colored flowers, repent before the ten directions, blame themselves for their sins and faults, and feel remorse and shame from the limits of birth and death to the limits of birth and death. At that time, invoke my name, Avalokiteśvara Bodhisattva, three times, burn incense, scatter flowers, bow their heads in supplication, repent their transgressions, and blame themselves; all grave sins of koṭis of hundreds of thousands of kalpas will in a single thought-moment be entirely extinguished, purifying body, speech, and mind. At that time, they should recite this dhāraṇī three sevens—twenty-one times—during the six periods each day, from the first day up to the seventh day, up to three sevens—twenty-one days. For those of dull faculties who have not yet attained the first fruit, I will at that time bestow upon them the first fruit, the second, the third, and up to the fourth fruit, according to their sharp or dull faculties and corresponding stages. If bodhisattvas who wish to advance toward the stages of realization are obstructed and do not progress, practicing according to the Dharma they will immediately attain the stages of realization, just as in the previous method. Now that I have spoken these dhāraṇī phrases, the Buddhas, great bodhisattvas, Śakra, Brahmā, the Four Heavenly Kings, ṛṣis, and nāga kings within the great trichiliocosm all witness and know that the great vow is fulfilled; the fruit of the vow is not in vain, but truly thus.

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I, Trāṇamukta Bodhisattva, wish to speak a great dhāraṇī named anaqizhila (which in the Jin language means 'relieving all suffering of sickness, neutralizing various poisons, rescuing sentient beings out of birth and death, ferrying across those not yet ferried across, calming those not yet calmed, and causing those who have not yet attained nirvāṇa to attain nirvāṇa'). These dhāraṇī phrases were spoken by seventy-seven koṭis of past Buddhas, and I wish to speak them.

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Recite the mantra three times, tie six knots in a five-colored cord, and fasten it to both shoulders.

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Now that I speak these dhāraṇī phrases, all the sins, defilements, disasters, evils, and severe illnesses of all sentient beings within the great trichiliocosm will, through my Dharma voice vibrating across the trichiliocosm and dispersing into all the pores and the six sense faculties of sentient beings, have their present painful illnesses, oppressive and steaming toxic vapors, as well as past karmic vexations and distressing heats, completely eradicated without remainder. Furthermore, if practitioners grow weary of and detached from the three realms, wishing to seek the essential escape but are unable to attain it, I will devise immeasurable skillful means for them so that what they seek will each be accomplished. If their state has neighboring enemies wishing to invade and oppress it, I will rescue it and enable it to escape distress. At that time the king of the state should feel shame and remorse, repent his faults and blame himself, offer apologies to the myriad people, cleanse and bathe himself, put on fresh, clean clothes, and on a high tower or within the palace, burn incense, scatter flowers, and pay homage to the Buddhas of the ten directions. At that time he should invoke my name three times: 'Trāṇamukta Bodhisattva, I now take refuge.' Say this three times. At that time he should immediately recite this dhāraṇī three sevens—twenty-one times. In whatever direction the bandits come, there will then be spirits and deities of the eight classes who will rain down sand, gravel, and stones, unleash great black winds, and cause lightning to crack and thunder to crash as if the heavens were collapsing, shaking heaven and earth, and the hostile bandits will naturally retreat and disperse. Such is the spiritual power of me, Trāṇamukta Bodhisattva, in rescuing sentient beings.

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I, Bhadrapāla Bodhisattva, wish to speak a great dhāraṇī. These dhāraṇī phrases were spoken by seventy-seven koṭis of past Buddhas, and I now wish to speak them. There is a dhāraṇī named anaqizhilu (which in the Jin language means 'delivering sentient beings from the suffering of old age, sickness, and death, as well as the suffering of the three wretched realms, completely succouring the present painful illnesses of sentient beings').

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Recite the mantra five times, tie five knots in a six-colored cord, and fasten it to the painful place.

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This mantra can make earth take on the characteristic of water, water take on the characteristic of earth, wind take on the characteristic of fire, and fire take on the characteristic of wind; make the trichiliocosm take on the characteristic of fine dust; make form take on the characteristic of space, and space take on the characteristic of form; and from the vajra-limit below up to the Śuddhāvāsa Heaven above, transform them into non-material characteristics. If practitioners within the trichiliocosm suffer an imbalance of the four elements, obstructing their practice of the Path so that they are mutually maladjusted, I will stroke their crown with my golden hand and grant them decoctions and medicines, causing their ailments to be eradicated without remainder, so that they may practice the Path, advance in virtue, and have their four elements light and nimble. If sentient beings are bound and fettered by the defilements of past karma, imprisoned in the three realms without an essential escape, I will then burn and wash them with the fire of wisdom and the water of meditative concentration to cause them to escape the three realms, moisten and saturate them with the ointment of sarvajñā to cause the sprout of Dharma to grow, extract their poisonous arrows, and cause each of them to generate the resolve for unsurpassed bodhi. If sentient beings in their present body wish to seek what they desire—wishing to seek nobility, wishing to seek intelligence, wishing to seek dhāraṇī, wishing to seek wisdom, wishing to see the Buddhas of the ten directions and converse with them face to face to receive a vyākaraṇa, wishing to see me, Bhadrapāla Bodhisattva, bestow upon them the four fruits of śramaṇahood, wishing to be reborn after death in Tuṣita Heaven to see Maitreya face to face, or wishing to be reborn in pure Buddha lands in other directions—they should, before a present Buddha, copy, read, recite, and cultivate this dhāraṇī. They must have few desires, know contentment, purely uphold the precepts, constantly feel shame and remorse, cultivate straightforward conduct, be energetic without lapse during the six periods of a day and a night, and not let the five pungent roots, wine, or meat pass through their mouths. Being energetic in this way for one hundred and fourteen days, they will become luminous and clear within and without, and will face the Buddhas of the ten directions to receive face-to-face a vyākaraṇa: 'Good man! After such and such a number of kalpas, you will attain Buddhahood; your land will be like this, and the number of your disciples and your lifespan will be like this.' If śrāvakas wish to seek the four fruits, they should also cultivate in this manner. The function of this dhāraṇī is equal and without difference; realizations differ according to whether one's faculties are sharp or dull. Such is the spiritual power of the dhāraṇī phrases spoken by me, Bhadrapāla Bodhisattva; it is sincere, true, and not in vain.

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I, Mahāsthāmaprāpta Bodhisattva, wish to speak a great dhāraṇī named anaqizhilu (which in the Jin language means 'relieving all suffering of sickness, severing the net of doubts, extracting the four poisonous arrows, and causing escape from the three realms').

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Recite the mantra three times, tie three knots in a three-colored cord, and fasten it to the neck.

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This dhāraṇī-mantra was spoken by seventy-seven koṭis of Buddhas, and I now have finished speaking it. The power of this dhāraṇī can cause the earth of the great trichiliocosm to shake and crack open, and sentient beings within it will naturally surge forth. I will then immediately use my power of great wisdom to gather and place them all together in one place, and wash away their dust and defilements with the cool Dharma water of meditative concentration, wiping, dusting, and soothing their minds, just as a monk enters the third dhyāna. Then, according to whether their faculties are sharp or dull, to those who ought to attain anuttarā samyaksaṃbodhi, I will bestow it upon them all according to their stages; if they are śrāvakas who ought to attain the four fruits of śramaṇahood, I will bestow them successively to fulfill their wishes. If practitioners copy, read, and recite these dhāraṇī phrases, the four hundred and four diseases in their present body, broken precepts, five heinous sins, sins obstructing the Path, and slight misfortunes from past lives will all be eliminated without remainder. By the majestic spiritual power of me, Mahāsthāmaprāpta Bodhisattva, I will cause the cultivation of these practitioners to become increasingly superior and all to be accomplished. Practitioners in their places of birth will attain the knowledge of past lives, fully penetrating without hindrance through a hundred lives, a thousand lives, or a hundred thousand koṭis of lives, as though looking at an āmalaka fruit in the palm of the hand. If they wish to attain retention upon hearing, revolving dhāraṇī, or total retention; if they wish to attain the four unhindered eloquence to preach the Dharma; if they wish to attain the ten powers of a Buddha and four fearlessnesses; or if they wish to cultivate the thirty-two marks and eighty minor signs of a Buddha, they will quickly accomplish them. If they wish to attain the vajra-samādhi, surpass the ten stages, and enter the true rank of Buddhahood, they should copy, read, recite, and cultivate this dhāraṇī during the six periods of day and night without ever neglecting or forgetting it, purely uphold the precepts, eat no five pungent roots, wine, or meat, have few desires, know contentment, and cultivate straightforward conduct. Because of this dhāraṇī, no amanuṣya will be able to trouble or annoy them. I will then, together with Śakra, Brahmā, and the Four Heavenly Kings, go to the dwelling place of this person to soothe their mind and cause what they cultivate to increase and expand day by day.

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I, Mahāsthāmaprāpta Bodhisattva, now wish to pronounce a great dhāraṇī named *wusuobozhilou* (which in the language of Jin means: 'rescuing from all painful illnesses, delivering sentient beings out of the three realms, and enabling all practitioners to accomplish the myriad practices').

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Recite the mantra five times, tie three knots in a three-colored cord, and fasten it around the neck.

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These dhāraṇī phrases were spoken by past Buddhas equal in number to the sands of forty koṭis of Gaṅgā rivers; I have now spoken them. By the power of this dhāraṇī, the worlds of ten Buddhas can be shaken in six ways. When the light of the Dharma sound of this dhāraṇī enters the pores of all sentient beings within them, their accumulations of defilements and impurities are entirely eliminated. By my, Mahāsthāmaprāpta's, transcendent spiritual power, and by the transcendent spiritual power of this dhāraṇī, after these sentient beings' lives come to an end, they will all attain rebirth in the Tuṣita Heaven and behold Maitreya face to face. If practitioners wish to seek liberation but are obstructed by karmic obscurations, falling into indolence and laziness and failing to be diligent in the three modes of action, I will then use the fire of wisdom and the water of samādhi to burn away and cleanse the karmic defilements that obstruct the path, causing them to awaken and inspiring all of them to give rise to the bodhi mind. If there are practitioners whose four great elements are discordant and who suffer from diseases that afflict their bodies, should there be one able to read and recite this dhāraṇī, I will then go to that person's place together with the eight classes of ghosts and spirits and the Four Great Heavenly Kings, and immediately bestow agada medicine and the wish-fulfilling jewel so that they lack nothing. Through my spiritual power and the power of the dhāraṇī, these good men and good women will redouble their diligence, and having become diligent, they will immediately attain the great fruit.

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I, Dṛḍhavīrya Bodhisattva, now wish to pronounce a great dhāraṇī named *anaqizhilou* (which in the language of Jin means: 'delivering sentient beings out of the suffering of birth and death'). It rescues the impoverished sentient beings of the three realms just like Ratnahasta Bodhisattva, and just like a king untying the bright pearl from his topknot to give it to poor people, or like a loving father showing his son a treasure vault. The power of this dhāraṇī is also like this.

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Recite the mantra three times, tie seven knots in a three-colored cord, and fasten it to the afflicted place.

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These dhāraṇī phrases were spoken by past seventy-seven koṭis of Buddhas; I now speak them. If there are kings whose realm experiences unseasonable floods and droughts and whose grains do not ripen, they should at that time recite this dhāraṇī seventy-seven times and call my name, Dṛḍhavīrya Bodhisattva, three times. I will then command the great nāga-kings Anavatapta and Sāgara, causing the lesser nāgas to provide abundant water, so that the country becomes fertile and prosperous. If pestilence and epidemics spread within the country and sentient beings are afflicted by diseases, I will then go to their places and treat and rescue them according to their specific ailments. If sentient beings lack wealth and material goods, I will bestow them so that they lack nothing. If kings wish to seek what they desire, they should practice this dhāraṇī: either in a stūpa or in an empty and quiet place, having bathed and washed clean and put on new, clean clothes, they should uphold the eight precepts for seven days and seven nights, circumambulate the path during the six periods of the day, and in each period recite this dhāraṇī seven times. If the king's mind is sincere and earnest, he will obtain his wish in three days and three nights; at the very most, within seven days, the result will unfailingly be achieved. Burn black agarwood incense and white sandalwood incense, scatter flowers of five colors, light sesame-oil lamps, and on the eighth, fourteenth, and fifteenth days of the month, call my name, Dṛḍhavīrya Bodhisattva, three times. I will then go to that person's place together with the devas, nāgas, and the rest of the eight classes, and grant them their desire. Whether in a dream or in a waking state, if this person obtains rare jewels, sees a white elephant, or receives fruits, they should know that at that time their wish has been fulfilled.

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Miscellaneous Collection of Dhāraṇīs, Fascicle One.

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陀羅尼雜集 — Classical Chinese