[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [法苑珠林](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122) › 60.5 # 法苑珠林 60.5 法苑珠林 60.5 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [60.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.60.5) 夫神呪之為用也。拔曚昧之信心。啟正真之明慧。裂重空之巨障。滅積劫之深痾。業既謝遣黑法潛形。所以累聖式陳。眾靈攸仰。故波旬奉呪於白樹。梵王顯儀於赤畿。七佛揚道於時緣。菩薩陳誠於法會。廣羅經誥羌難備焉。然陀羅尼者。西梵天音。東華人譯則云持也。誦持善不失。持惡不生。據斯以言。彌綸一化依法施行功用立驗。或碎石拔木。或移痛滅痾。隨聲發而苦除。逐音颺而事舉。或召集神鬼。或駕御虬龍。興雲布而膏雨垂。呼策志而禎瑞集。感應不窮。其來久矣。 > Now, as for the function of divine incantations: they eradicate the ignorance in one's faith and open up the clear wisdom of the truly correct; they tear through the immense obstacles of multiple layers of empty space and extinguish the deep afflictions accumulated over kalpas. When karmic consequences are dismissed, dark phenomena conceal their forms. Therefore, successive sages have formally set them forth, and all divine spirits look up to them. Thus did Pāpīyān present an incantation beneath the white tree, and the King of Brahmā revealed the rites in the central domain. The Seven Buddhas proclaimed the Way according to the conditions of the times, and bodhisattvas expressed their sincerity within the Dharma assemblies. Widely collected in the scriptures and edicts, they are indeed hard to compile fully. As for the dhāraṇī, it is the sound of the Western Brahmā heaven; translated by the people of the Eastern Florescence, it is called 'holding'. By reciting and holding it, good is not lost, and evil is not produced. Based on this, it encompasses an entire transformative teaching, and when practiced according to the Dharma, its efficacy is immediately proven. Whether crushing rocks or uprooting trees, or transferring pain and extinguishing disease—with the emission of the sound, suffering is eliminated; following the raising of the voice, undertakings are accomplished. Whether summoning spirits and ghosts, or harnessing horned dragons; bringing forth clouds to spread and dropping nourishing rain, or calling upon one's intent and gathering auspicious omens—its sympathetic resonances are inexhaustible, and its history is long-standing. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 60.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.60.4) - [Next: 60.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.60.6) - [Up: 60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.60) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.60.5) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.60.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.60.5) · Pramāṇa