Scripture for Invocation of Avalokiteśvara and Dharani for Overcoming Evil (Saḍakṣaravidyāmantrasūtra) 請觀世音菩薩消伏毒害陀羅尼呪經

Translated by Nandi

Colophon

第 20 冊　No. 1043 請觀世音菩薩消伏毒害陀羅尼呪經 東晉 難提譯 共 1 卷
Volume 20, No. 1043; Saḍakṣaravidyāmantrasūtra (Qing Guanshiyin Pusa Xiao Fu Duhai Tuoluoni Zhou Jing); Translated by Nandi in the Eastern Jin in 1 scroll

Other names

請觀音經 Invocation of Avalokiteśvara Sutra; 請觀世音經 Invocation of Avalokiteśvara Sutra; 請觀世音消伏毒害陀羅尼經 Scripture for Invocation of Avalokiteśvara and Dharani for Overcoming Evil; 消伏毒害陀羅尼經 Scripture and Dharani for Overcoming Evil; Great Mantra of Six Syllables Sutra

Summary

The text describes a ritual for the invocation of Avalokiteśvara Bodhisattva and Mantra of Six Syllables for overcoming evil and also detailed instructions on meditation.

Notes

Sanskrit title and date 419 from Lancaster (2004, 'K 353')

English translation

Greene, Eric Matthew 2012, Meditation, Repentance and Visionary Experience in Early Medieval Chinese Buddhism, PhD dissertation, U. C. Berkeley, at https://escholarship.org/content/qt92v7t1cg/qt92v7t1cg.pdf, accessed 2021-11-04, pp. 337-341. Partial translation.

Summary

This sutra describes a crisis in the city of Vaisali where people are afflicted with terrible illnesses caused by malevolent spirits. The Buddha, upon request from a worried elder, instructs the people to seek refuge in Avalokitesvara (Guanyin) and Amitabha Buddha of the Western Pure Land. Guanyin appears and teaches a dharani (mantra/spell) to eliminate the poisons and harm, as well as avert future disasters. The sutra emphasizes the power of reciting Guanyin's name and the dharani to overcome suffering, dispel fear, and attain peace and enlightenment. (AI generated)

Primary Source

Nandi, 《請觀世音菩薩消伏毒害陀羅尼呪經》 'Saḍakṣaravidyāmantrasūtra (Qing Guanshiyin Pusa Xiao Fu Duhai Tuoluoni Zhou Jing),' in Taishō shinshū Daizōkyō 《大正新脩大藏經》, in Takakusu Junjiro, ed., (Tokyo: Taishō Shinshū Daizōkyō Kankōkai, 1988), Vol. 20, No. 1043, Accessed 2016-10-07, http://tripitaka.cbeta.org/T20n1043.

References

  1. Giebel 2011, pp. 27-36.
  2. Lancaster 2004, 'K 353'.

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