Mantra for Curing Illness Sutra (Fo Shuo Zhou Shi Qi Bing Jing) 佛說呪時氣病經

Translated by Tan Wulan

Colophon

第 21 冊　No. 1326 佛說呪時氣病經 東晉 曇無蘭譯 共 1 卷
Volume 21, No. 1326; Fo Shuo Zhou Shi Qi Bing Jing; Mantra for Curing Illness Sutra; Translated by Tan Wulan in the Eastern Jin in 1 scroll

Summary

One of a group of texts relating to healing sickness (T 1324-1330). This text is a Buddhist sutra containing a mantra to alleviate seasonal epidemic diseases. It invokes the Buddhas of the past, present, and future, as well as their disciples, seeking the fulfillment of the mantra's power. The sutra instructs to tie a thread seven times while reciting the mantra and to write the names of spirits on paper or bark and attach it to the thread. It emphasizes the importance of maintaining purity and a focused mind while reciting the mantra. (AI generated)

Notes

Korean parallel from Lancaster (2004).

English translation

Salguero, C. Pierce 2017, “Healing Dhāraṇīs: A Collection of Medieval Spells from the Taishō Tripiṭaka,” In: P. Salguero (ed.), Buddhism and Medicine - An Anthology of Premodern Sources, New York: Columbia University Press, pp. 292-303.

Parallels

K 438b

Primary Source

Tan Wulan, 《佛說呪時氣病經》 'Fo Shuo Zhou Shi Qi Bing Jing,' in Taishō shinshū Daizōkyō 《大正新脩大藏經》, in Takakusu Junjiro, ed., (Tokyo: Taishō Shinshū Daizōkyō Kankōkai, 1988), Vol. 21, No. 1326, Accessed 2016-10-09, http://tripitaka.cbeta.org/T21n1326.

References

  1. Lancaster 2004, 'K 438b'.

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