Aparimitāyurdhāraṇī (Fo Shuo Dasheng Sheng Wuliang Shou Jueding Guangming Wang Rulai Tuoluoni Jing) 佛說大乘聖無量壽決定光明王如來陀羅尼經

Translated by Fa Tian

Colophon

第 19 冊　No. 937 佛說大乘聖無量壽決定光明王如來陀羅尼經 宋 法天譯 共 1 卷
Volume 19, No. 937; Aparimitāyurdhāraṇī (Fo Shuo Dasheng Sheng Wuliang Shou Jueding Guangming Wang Rulai Tuoluoni Jing); Translated by Fa Tian in the Song in 1 scroll

Summary

Gives the Dharani of the Infinite Life Resolute Radiance King Tathagata and explains that the significance of reciting it or copying the sutra will lead to a longer life.

Other names

The Buddha Pronounces the Mahayana Sutra of the Dharani of Infinite Life Resolute Radiance King Tathagata

Notes

Sanskrit title and date 973-988 from Lancaster (2004, 'K 1089')

English translation

Rulu 2012, “Buddha Pronounces the Mahāyāna Sūtra of the Dhāraṇī of Infinite-Life Resolute Radiance King Tathāgata,” In: Teachings of the Buddha, Bloomington: Author House, pp.66-70.

Primary Source

Fa Tian, 《佛說大乘聖無量壽決定光明王如來陀羅尼經》 'Aparimitāyurdhāraṇī (Fo Shuo Dasheng Sheng Wuliang Shou Jueding Guangming Wang Rulai Tuoluoni Jing),' in Taishō shinshū Daizōkyō 《大正新脩大藏經》, in Takakusu Junjiro, ed., (Tokyo: Taishō Shinshū Daizōkyō Kankōkai, 1988), Vol. 19, No. 937, Accessed 2016-10-01, http://tripitaka.cbeta.org/T19n0937.

References

  1. Giebel 2011, pp. 27-36.
  2. Lancaster 2004, 'K 1089'.

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