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Translation of 種種雜呪經

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Translated by the Indian Tripiṭaka Master Jñānagupta during the Northern Zhou dynasty of the Yuwen clan.

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The first, spoken by the Bodhisattva Bhaiṣajyarāja:

This divine dhāraṇī spell was spoken by as many Buddhas as sixty-two billion Ganges sands. If anyone violates or defames this Dharma Master, they thereby violate and defame those Buddhas. This dhāraṇī brings great benefit to sentient beings.

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The second, spoken by the Bodhisattva Pradānaśūra:

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World-Honoured One! This dhāraṇī was spoken by as many Buddhas as the sands of the Ganges. If anyone violates or defames this Dharma Master, they thereby violate and defame those Buddhas.

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The third, spoken by the Heavenly King Vaiśravaṇa.

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The fourth, spoken by the Heavenly King Dhṛtarāṣṭra:

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World-Honoured One! This dhāraṇī was spoken by forty-two billion Buddhas. If anyone violates or defames this Dharma Master, they thereby violate and defame those Buddhas.

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The fifth, spoken jointly by the ten rākṣasīs:

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If anyone fails to heed my spell
and troubles or disturbs the Dharma Master,
their head shall break into seven pieces,
like the branch of an arjaka tree.

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The sixth, spoken by the Bodhisattva Samantabhadra:

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If any bodhisattva hears this dhāraṇī, they should recognize the power of Samantabhadra's supernatural faculties.

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Dhāraṇī for Circumambulating the Stūpa and Eradicating Sins

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Regarding the spell to the right: if a person can single-mindedly circumambulate the stūpa and practice the path for seven days, completing twelve thousand and one recitations, they will personally behold the majestic power of the Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara, eradicate all sinful hindrances, and attain all their wishes.

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Spell for Prostrating to Eradicate Sins and Having the Buddhas Come to Welcome One at the End of Life

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The spell to the right comes from the Ratnaketudhvaja Sūtra and was spoken by one billion bodhisattvas. Reciting the spell once and making one prostration to the Buddha surpasses the merit of prostrating to the Buddha hundreds of thousands of ten millions of times. It also says: 'Regarding the spell for having the Buddhas come to welcome one at the end of life, recite it one hundred times each in the morning and at nightfall.' Brahman monks frequently recite this spell.

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Spell for Making Offerings to the Three Jewels

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Regarding the spell to the right: if at dawn, before an image of the Buddha, one joins one's palms and single-mindedly recites it once daily, it surpasses making offerings of various kinds of incense and flowers to one hundred billion Buddhas.

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Avalokiteśvara Spell of Repentance

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Regarding the spell to the right: if before an image of Avalokiteśvara one burns incense, confesses and repents, and recites it three times with a single mind, it eradicates sins from beginningless time, and what one seeks will certainly be fulfilled.

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Vajra Spell for Snakes

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Regarding the spell to the right: if a person is struck by snake venom, chant it over them twenty-one times, and the poison will immediately disperse and disappear.

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Spell for Tranquility in Sitting Meditation

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Regarding the spell to the right: if upon first sitting down one is not yet settled and body and mind are ill at ease, first recite this spell seven times; then sit in the cross-legged posture and one will not be startled or unsettled.

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Spell for Enchanting Swellings

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Regarding the [spell] to the right: for malignant swellings and wind swellings, chant it over sesame oil and apply it, and they will heal.

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Vajra Spell for Curing Diseases Caused by Evil Demons

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Regarding the spell to the right: if a person is stricken with demonic disease, empower water with the spell seven times, hold it in hand, and cast it toward the front of the sick person's face while scolding them, and they will immediately be cured.

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Dhāraṇī of a Thousand Turns

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Four Spells of Avalokiteśvara According with the Heart

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The First Spell: For Eradicating Sins and Attaining Purity

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Regarding the [spell] to the right: if one recites it a full one hundred thousand times, all sins will be extinguished.

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The Second Spell

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Regarding the spell to the right: if one recites it a full one hundred thousand times, one will obtain fearlessness; all evil paths that wish to harm one will fail to accomplish their aim.

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The Third Spell

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Regarding the spell to the right: if one recites it a full one hundred thousand times, it purifies all karmic hindrances.

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The Fourth Spell

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The spell to the right is a spell for eliminating wrath; reciting it seven times causes one who is angry to become delighted.

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Divine Spell of the Seven Koṭis of Buddhas

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Divine Spell According with the Mind of All Tathāgatas

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If a person can recite each of these two divine spells once, they can eradicate the sins committed across nine koṭis of great kalpas.

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Six-Syllable Dhāraṇī Spell

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Regarding the spell to the right: the Bodhisattva Mañjuśrī explained it in six thousand verses. The Tripiṭaka Master said that reciting this spell eradicates all sins and gives rise to all good.

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Spell for Taking Refuge in the Three Jewels

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Regarding the [spell] to the right: by reciting this spell, wherever one is born one will constantly meet the Three Jewels, and obtain the four close companions who will follow one like a shadow following a form, never separating even for a moment.

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Sūtra of Various Miscellaneous Spells

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