6 Sep 2024
The Dhāraṇī of the Polished Gem includes a short dhāraṇī and instructions to polish a gemstone while reciting the dhāraṇī, and to imagine that this results in a rain of offering substances, which the reciter should then offer.
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2 Sep 2024
84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha is creating a new community—our Give Each Month (GEM) Mandala—to celebrate recurring donors and recognize the importance of this giving stream in supporting our mission: to translate the entire Tibetan Buddhist canon for the open and curious, and to make it freely accessible for all, now and into the future.
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9 Aug 2024
One Hundred and Eight Names of Mañjuśrī belongs to a class of texts praising a select deity through a series of one hundred and eight names, each conveying a distinctive feature of the deity’s appearance, realization, or activity as supreme teacher.
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3 Aug 2024
In Verses for Prasenajit, the Buddha proclaims the benefits of constructing, beautifying, maintaining, and worshiping the stūpas and images of awakened beings who have passed away.
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2 Aug 2024
In response to a question from Śāriputra, the Buddha extols the benefits that result from the practice of circumambulating shrines, that is, walking around them while keeping them on the right-hand side. Such benefits include being reborn in beautiful and healthy bodies with intelligent minds and virtuous qualities, in fortunate and privileged circumstances, and in various heavenly realms.
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28 Jul 2024
The text presents a single dhāraṇī to enable the retention of the Avataṃsakasūtra.
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26 Jul 2024
The text presents two dhāraṇīs for the retention of The Perfection of Wisdom Sūtra in One Hundred Thousand Lines.
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25 Jul 2024
The text presents a single dhāraṇī for the attainment of the ten perfections.
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24 Jul 2024
The text presents a series of dhāraṇīs for the attainment of each of the perfections.
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23 Jul 2024
The text presents a simple dhāraṇī in the form of a mnemonic expression consisting of homages to the three bodies of a buddha, the six perfections, and their underlying philosophical understanding. The benefits of the dhāraṇī are also listed.
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