Mahāmaṇivipulavimānaviśvasupratiṣṭhitaguhyaparamarahasyakalparājadhāraṇī (Dabao Guangbo Louge Shan Zhu Mimi Tuoluoni Jing) 大寶廣博樓閣善住祕密陀羅尼經

Translated by Amoghavajra

Colophon

第 19 冊　No. 1005A 大寶廣博樓閣善住祕密陀羅尼經 唐 不空譯 共 3 卷
Volume 19, No. 1005A; Mahāmaṇivipulavimānaviśvasupratiṣṭhitaguhyaparamarahasyakalparājadhāraṇī (Dabao Guangbo Louge Shan Zhu Mimi Tuoluoni Jing); Translated by Amoghavajra in the Tang in 3 scrolls

Alternative names

Secret Dhāraṇī of the Good Lord of the Great, Precious Pagoda; 寶樓閣經 Jeweled Tower Sutra; Mahāmaṇivipula vimāna

Summary

The text praises the virtue of the Pagoda, describes a dharani, homa ritual, and explains the benefits of the ritual, which includes erasing karma from sins. The ritual is related to the worship of Buddha relics.

Notes

A Taishō footnote for this text reads: ＜原＞麗本, ＜甲＞黄檗版淨嚴等加筆本, 此經題新加 Source: Korean Canon; 1. Ōbaku Canon with notes by Jōgon; this text is newly added.

English translations

None

Primary Source

Amoghavajra, 《大寶廣博樓閣善住祕密陀羅尼經》 'Mahāmaṇivipulavimānaviśvasupratiṣṭhitaguhyaparamarahasyakalparājadhāraṇī (Dabao Guangbo Louge Shan Zhu Mimi 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. 1005A, Accessed 2016-10-05, http://tripitaka.cbeta.org/T19n1005A.

References

  1. FGDB, s.v. 寶樓閣經.
  2. Giebel 2011, pp. 27-36.
  3. Orzech and Sørensen 2011a, p. 149.
  4. Sørensen 2011g, p. 388.

Collection vocabulary analysis