protection

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Inside the Canon
Compendium of Dhāraṇīs
7 November 2025
The Compendium of Dhāraṇīs contains 250 texts of formulaic incantations understood to possess transformative power. Learn about these works used for protection and ritual, including dhāraṇīs, texts of the 108…
Difficulty & Resilience
The Five Protections: Ancient Buddhist Scriptures on Health, Healing, and Resilience
5 October 2023
Discover the Five Protections —ancient Buddhist scriptures personified as goddesses that offer a holistic approach to health crises, blending ritual, medicine, ethics, and environmental harmony to address everything from snakebites…
Community & Ethics
The Chapter on Medicines: Karma, Miracles, and the Buddha's Vast Activity
14 July 2021
Beyond monastic rules, The Chapter on Medicines offers the Buddha's healing narratives, past-life stories, epidemic protection, and insights on devotion's karmic power.
Difficulty & Resilience
Immeasurable Life: The Aparimitāyurjñāna Sūtra and Buddhist Longevity Practices
21 June 2021
Explore one of Tibet's first translated sutras —a longevity practice commissioned for a king that became the foundation for all Amitayus practices, with insights on premature death, the relationship between…
Difficulty & Resilience
Sūtras for Wellbeing: Praise to Tara with Twenty-One Verses of Homage
20 October 2020
The Praise to the Twenty-One Taras honors Tara, a female bodhisattva who vowed to remain in female form until all beings reach enlightenment —offering swift compassionate action in times of…
Difficulty & Resilience
Sūtras for Wellbeing: Ancient Buddhist Protection from Illness and Danger
27 August 2020
An ancient forest goddess transformed into medicine keepe r—Pārṇaśavarī embodies both nature's dangers and healing powers, offering epidemic protection for over a thousand years.
Difficulty & Resilience
Sūtras for Wellbeing: Tara Who Protects from the Eight Dangers
3 August 2020
A powerful female Buddha who vowed to remain in feminine form until all beings are free—Tara's practice offers relief and resilience during crises, ancient and contemporary.
Difficulty & Resilience
Sūtras for Wellbeing: Ancient Buddhist Prayers for Aspiration and Protection
6 July 2020
Ancient prayers for confession, rejoicing in goodness, and cultivating care for all beings offer practical tools for emotional resilience —staying compassionate and open-hearted when life gets difficult.
Difficulty & Resilience
Sūtras for Wellbeing: How the Buddha Healed the City of Vaiśālī
4 May 2020
The story of Vaiśālī: an ancient city saved from famine and epidemic through sacred verses, introducing protection and healing practices used for over two millennia.
Difficulty & Resilience
Sūtras for Wellbeing: The Aspiration Prayer from “Destroyer of the Great Trichiliocosm”
4 May 2020
Discover how the Buddha ended Vaiśālī's epidemic through The Aspiration Prayer from "Destroyer of the Great Trichiliocosm" —verses praising the Three Jewels with distinctive emphasis on the Saṅgha's transformative power…