Ṣaḍakṣara-vidyā
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Ṣaḍakṣara-vidyā (T. yi ge drug pa'i rig sngags; C. Liuzi shenzhou wang jing 六字神呪王經). An evocation of the hardship-dispelling powers of Avalokiteśvara.[1]
"In the text the Buddha teaches Ānanda the so-called six-syllables spell, through which any kind of disease can be warded off."[2]
There are multiple version of this text in both the Chinese canon and the Tibetan canon. In the Tibetan canon, this text is classified as a Kriya tantra.[2]
Notes
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六字神呪王經, Digital Dictionary of Buddhism (to sign in, see DDB sign-in)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Kathrin Holz, The Ṣaḍakṣara-vidyā: A translation and study of the Tibetan version of the six-syllables spell', Zurich Open Repository and Archive, University of Zurich, 2017. Publisher page (download available) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/asia-2016-0054