Toh 584The Dhāraṇī for Retaining the Noble Avataṃsaka

Summary

This text presents a single dhāraṇī to enable the retention of the Avataṃsakasūtra.

Acknowledgements

This publication was completed under the patronage and supervision of 84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha.

The text was translated, edited, and introduced by the 84000 translation team. Paul G. Hackett produced the translation and wrote the introduction. Rory Lindsay edited the
translation and the introduction, and Dawn Collins copyedited the text. Sameer Dhingra was in charge of the digital publication process.

Introduction

This text presents a single dhāraṇī to enable the retention of the
Avataṃsakasūtra , with no additional explanation. The text appears similar in nature to the sort of dhāraṇī presented to enable retention in
The Dhāraṇī for the Retention of the Perfection of Wisdom Sūtra in One Hundred Thousand Lines (Toh 583). No Sanskrit title is provided for this text, and its title is given on the basis of the Tibetan
alone.

This translation of the text into English relied primarily on the Degé recension while referring to variant readings in other recensions as noted in the Comparative
Edition (dpe bsdur ma) and validated in the source texts—notably Narthang. No previous translation of this text into a language outside the Tibetan sphere of influence is known. Meisezahl (1957) provides a diplomatic edition of the dhāraṇī
found in the Linden Museum Tibetan collection.

The Translation

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The Dhāraṇī for Retaining the Noble Avatamsaka

Homage to the
Three Jewels.

oṃ nthiṃ | nāmaḥ sarvabuddhānām | oṃ māṃ bhrūṃ mūṃ | tadyathā | oṃ bhrūm |

By taking up this dhāraṇī, one will retain the noble Avataṃsaka. One will be like someone who has written it and recited it.

This completes “The Dhāraṇī for Retaining the Noble Avataṃsaka.”

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