Toh 782The Dhāraṇī for the Purification of All Evil Destinies
Pāli / Sanskrit:[no Sanskrit title]
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Explanation of the Scripture: The Dhāraṇī for Purifying All Evil Destinies
Context
The “Dhāraṇī for Purifying All Evil Destinies” is a precious part of the Kangyur—the collection of Tibetan Buddhist tantric scriptures compiled within Tibetan Buddhism. This work (Toh 782) belongs to the Vajrayāna tantric branch, where methods for transforming consciousness are regarded as the highest means of liberation.
In Tantra, dhāraṇīs (mantras, empowering seals) are not meaningless mystical chants, but collections of sounds, letters, and spiritual images containing the entire wisdom of the Buddha. Every syllable contains the power to directly transform the mind and the body of the five skandhas of the practitioner. This scripture particularly focuses on purifying karmic causes that lead to evil destinies—states of painful rebirth within saṃsāra.
The historical context of this scripture is connected with the development of esoteric systems of practice in India from the seventh century onward, and their transmission to Tibet from around the eighth century. These are refined teachings, protected through cycles of instruction personally transmitted by masters.
Main Content
Although the specific contents of this scripture have not yet been fully translated in the present context, its structure and spirit may be understood on the basis of its title and the tantric tradition.
The scripture centers on one or more powerful dhāraṇīs used to eradicate evil actions (pāpa karma) that practitioners have created in the past or present. According to tantric teaching, the three evil destinies—the three bad paths—are hell (naraka), hungry ghosts (preta), and animals (tiryak), realms of suffering created by minds defiled by greed, hatred, and delusion (lobha, dosa, moha).
The means of this scripture is the use of the transformative power of written letters (ākṣara) and sacred sound.
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