3

linea

ge w

ill g

ener

ate

a pe

rcep

tion

of th

e Te

ache

r. Th

at s

on o

f th

e lin

eage

or

daug

hter

of

the

linea

ge w

ill n

ot g

o to

the

thre

e ba

d m

igra

tions

. He

or s

he w

ill b

enef

it th

e liv

es o

f al

l sen

tient

be

ings

. Who

ever

for o

ne d

ay re

cite

s the

se w

ords

for t

he sa

ke o

f al

l se

ntie

nt b

eing

s an

d w

hoev

er r

eads

the

m w

ill b

e fr

ee f

rom

th

e fe

ar o

f unt

imel

y de

ath.

Bad

dis

ease

s w

ill n

ot a

rise

in h

is o

r he

r bod

y. W

ater

will

not

brin

g ab

out t

he ti

me

of d

eath

, nor

will

fir

e, n

or w

ill w

eapo

ns, n

or w

ill p

oiso

n, n

or w

ill li

ghtn

ing.

The

ar

eas

in w

hich

the

conq

uero

rs’

child

ren

reci

te t

his

know

ledg

e m

antra

will

be

know

n by

the

budd

has

and

bodh

isat

tvas

. Due

to

writ

ing

or d

icta

ting

it, h

e or

she

will

be

reve

red

by a

ll th

ose

who

ser

ve th

e bu

ddha

bha

gava

ns. W

hy is

that

? It

is b

ecau

se th

e ta

thag

atas

tau

ght

‘Tho

se w

ho s

erve

sen

tient

bei

ngs,

serv

e th

e bu

ddha

s.’ W

hoev

er, h

avin

g w

ritte

n it

out,

stic

ks it

to h

is o

r her

lim

bs, a

ll hi

s or h

er li

mbs

will

be

prot

ecte

d.”

The

Bha

gava

n ha

ving

spo

ke th

us, [

the

four

Gre

at K

ings

wer

e ov

erjo

yed

and

prai

sed

wha

t the

Bha

gava

n ha

d sa

id].

Not

e: In

ord

er to

faci

litat

e th

e pr

onun

ciat

ion

of th

e m

antra

s th

e in

tern

atio

nal

trans

liter

atio

n of

San

skrit

has

bee

n sl

ight

ly m

odifi

ed i

n th

at c

has

bee

n w

ritte

n as

ch,

r as

rh, a

nd s

as sh

. C

olop

hon:

The

com

mun

ity o

f Is

titut

o La

ma

Tzon

g K

hapa

hav

ing

been

ad

vise

d by

Kya

bje

Zopa

Rin

poch

e to

reci

te th

is d

hara

ni fo

r the

long

life

of

Ges

he J

ampa

Gya

tso,

it w

as tr

ansl

ated

fro

m th

e Ti

beta

n by

Joa

n N

icel

l at

Istit

uto

Lam

a Tz

ong

Kha

pa, P

omai

a, It

aly,

May

200

7.

A

ll th

e m

erit

crea

ted

by w

hoev

er re

cite

s thi

s tex

t is d

edic

ated

for t

he lo

ng

and

heal

thy

life

of G

eshe

Jam

pa G

yats

o an

d th

at a

ll hi

s Dha

rma

activ

ities

co

ntin

ue to

flou

rish,

ben

efiti

ng c

ount

less

num

bers

of s

entie

nt b

eing

s

© Jo

an N

icel

l and

Istit

uto

Lam

a Tz

ong

Kha

pa, 2

007

Th

e D

hara

ni C

alle

d “P

osse

ssin

g th

e Li

mbs

of

All

the

Bud

dhas

”

Istit

uto

Lam

a T

zong

Kha

pa

Pom

aia

– It

aly

2007

1

[Ins

truc

tions

fro

m K

yabj

e Zo

pa R

inpo

che:

Whe

n re

citin

g th

is p

rote

ctio

n fr

om t

he f

ears

of

agin

g, s

ickn

ess,

decl

ine,

and

dea

th, r

ecite

it

in o

rder

to

brin

g be

nefit

to a

ll se

ntie

nt b

eing

s.]

In

the

Indi

an

lang

uage

: A

rya

sarv

a bu

ddhā

dgav

ati

nām

a dhār

ani

In t

he T

ibet

an l

angu

age:

pag

pa s

angg

ye t

amch

e ky

i ye

nlag

da

ng d

en p

a zh

e ja

we

zung

(‘p

hags

pa

sang

s rg

yas

tham

s cad

kyi

yan

lag

dang

ldan

pa

zhes

bya

ba’

i gzu

ng)

In th

e En

glis

h la

ngua

ge: T

he D

hara

ni C

alle

d “P

osse

ssin

g th

e Li

mbs

of A

ll th

e Bu

ddha

s”

Hom

age

to a

ll th

e bu

ddha

s and

bod

hisa

ttvas

. Th

us h

ave

I he

ard.

The

Bha

gava

n w

as d

wel

ling

toge

ther

with

th

e fo

ur w

orld

ly g

uard

ians

on

the

shor

e of

the

Gan

ges R

iver

. At

that

tim

e, t

he B

haga

van

spok

e th

us t

o th

e fo

ur G

reat

Kin

gs,

Vai

shra

vana

and

the

othe

rs: “

Gre

at K

ings

, the

fou

r gr

eat f

ears

ar

ise

for m

en, w

omen

, boy

s, an

d gi

rls. W

hat a

re th

e fo

ur?

They

ar

e ag

ing,

sic

knes

s, de

clin

e, a

nd d

eath

. Mor

eove

r, am

ong

them

, th

e on

e gr

eat

fear

is

the

grea

t fe

ar o

f th

e Lo

rd o

f D

eath

. W

ithou

t op

posi

ng i

t an

d la

ckin

g th

e an

tidot

e to

it,

they

are

al

way

s pu

rsue

d by

it.

Gre

at K

ings

, no

w I

will

tel

l yo

u th

e an

tidot

e to

that

one

gre

at fe

ar.”

Then

, th

e fo

ur G

reat

Kin

gs r

eplie

d th

us t

o th

e B

haga

van:

“B

haga

van,

by

fully

bes

tow

ing

life,

you

take

car

e of

all

bein

gs.

Toda

y w

e ha

ve e

xcel

lent

ly se

cure

d a

gain

.”

Th

en, t

he B

haga

van

proc

eede

d to

war

d th

e ea

ster

n di

rect

ion

and

abid

ing

ther

e, e

xhor

ted

all t

he ta

thag

atas

with

the

soun

d of

a

finge

rsna

p an

d sp

oke

thus

: “A

ll ta

thag

ata

foe-

dest

roye

r pe

rfec

tly c

ompl

ete

budd

has,

out

of m

ercy

for

sen

tient

bei

ngs

may

th

e bu

ddha

s w

ho

have

m

anife

stly

co

mpl

eted

th

e un

surp

asse

d pe

rfec

tly c

ompl

ete

enlig

hten

men

t ple

ase

assi

st m

e!

Then

, ha

ving

bee

n bl

esse

d he

re b

y th

e bl

essi

ngs

of a

ll th

e bu

ddha

s, I w

ill th

orou

ghly

ave

rt un

timel

y de

ath

for a

ll se

ntie

nt

2

bein

gs.

I w

ill a

lso

turn

the

sec

ond

whe

el o

f D

harm

a th

at I

tu

rned

bef

ore.

”

Li

kew

ise

he e

xhor

ted

all

the

tath

agat

as i

n th

e so

uth,

wes

t, no

rth,

abov

e, a

nd b

elow

spe

akin

g th

us:

“All

tath

agat

a fo

e-de

stro

yer

perf

ectly

com

plet

e bu

ddha

s, ou

t of

mer

cy f

or a

ll se

ntie

nt

bein

gs

may

th

e bu

ddha

s w

ho

have

m

anife

stly

co

mpl

eted

the

uns

urpa

ssed

per

fect

ly c

ompl

ete

enlig

hten

men

t pl

ease

ass

ist m

e!”

Like

wis

e he

als

o sp

oke

thus

to th

ose

in th

e in

term

edia

te

dire

ctio

ns

in

orde

r fo

r lif

e,

stre

ngth

, an

d co

mpl

exio

n to

be

thor

ough

ly a

ccom

plis

hed

and

for

the

fear

of

untim

ely

deat

h to

not

aris

e sa

ying

: “A

ll bu

ddha

s pl

ease

ass

ist

me!

”

Th

en, t

he b

uddh

a bh

agav

ans

fille

d, l

ike

a se

sam

e po

d, t

he

real

ms

of t

he w

orld

s –

how

ever

muc

h ea

rth c

onst

ituen

t th

ere

exis

ts i

n th

e te

n di

rect

ions

tha

t ap

pear

s to

the

eye

s of

the

bu

ddha

s. H

avin

g ac

cept

ed t

o as

sist

the

Tat

haga

ta,

all

the

tath

agat

as s

poke

thus

: “Ta

dyat

hā –

cha

lā c

halā

cha

le –

vin

ati –

sv

astik

e –

chak

ra –

adg

ati –

pra

sha

man

tu –

sar

va r

oga

– an

te

kuna

te –

mahā

kuna

te –

cha

re c

hare

re –

hem

a ga

ri –

hem

a ga

uri

– he

ma

nish

unti

– he

ma

sisi

– k

aurv

e ka

urva

ve –

he

kura

re –

ku

rare

– k

umat

i -

virh

a sa

man

e –

sirh

ubhi

– c

hale

cha

le –

vi

chal

e –

māv

i lam

ba –

hum

u hu

mu

svāhā.

”

Als

o al

l the

Lor

ds o

f the

Sec

ret,

how

ever

man

y ex

ist,

havi

ng

sat n

ear

all t

he ta

thag

atas

, sai

d: “

Hum

hum

sis

i svā

hā.”

The

y sp

oke

thus

and

all

the

tath

agat

as v

anis

hed.

Then

, Gre

at K

ing

Vai

shra

vana

repl

ied

thus

to th

e B

haga

van:

“B

haga

van,

I t

oo w

ill p

rote

ct t

hem

with

the

ble

ssin

gs o

f th

e ta

thag

atas

. I

will

ave

rt un

timel

y de

ath.

Tad

yathā

– rh

vete

–

rhve

te –

rhv

ete

– le

lili

.” A

lso

Viru

dhak

a sa

id:

“Māt

am g

e māt

am g

e –

māt

am g

ini –

shum

ā sh

umu.

” A

lso

Dpit

irārh

ta sa

id:

“Cha

re c

hare

re sv

āhā.

” A

lso

Viru

pakr

ha sa

id: “

Bal

im b

aba.

”

The

Bha

gava

n sp

oke

thus

: “G

reat

Kin

gs,

whe

n so

meo

ne

reci

tes

this

kno

wle

dge

man

tra, w

hich

is s

een

by a

ll th

e bu

ddha

s, on

e tim

e a

day,

tha

t so

n of

the

lin

eage

or

daug

hter

of

the