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Texts for Recitation

Discover our curated collection of Buddhist texts designed for recitation. These sacred chants and prayers are meant to deepen your practice, strengthen your mindfulness, and connect you more profoundly with the teachings of the Buddha.

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The Heart of the Perfection of Wisdom, the Blessed Mother

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The Noble Great Vehicle Sūtra “The Sūryagarbha Perfection of Wisdom”

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“The Stem Array” Chapter from the Mahāvaipulya Sūtra “A Multitude of Buddhas”

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The Noble Great Vehicle Sūtra “The Good Eon”

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The Two Stanza Dhāraṇī

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The Noble Prophecy of Śrī Mahādevī

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The Noble Mahāyāna Sūtra “Putting an End to Karmic Obscurations”

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From the Noble Mahāyāna Sūtra “The Great Cloud,” the Sixty-Fourth Chapter “The Array of Winds That Send Down Rainfall” Together with Its Ritual Manual [colophon title]

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Calling Witness with a Hundred Prostrations

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The Noble Mahāyāna Sūtra “Dispelling the Darkness of the Ten Directions”

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The Noble Mahāyāna Sūtra “The Seven Buddhas”

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The Noble Dedication “Fulfilling All Aspirations”

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The Noble Dedication “Protecting All Beings”

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The Mahāsūtra “Illusion’s Net”

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The Mahāsūtra “The Crest Insignia” (2)

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The Noble Mahāsūtra “On Entering the City of Vaiśālī”

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The Verses on Circumambulating Shrines

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The Single Stanza

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The Four Stanzas

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Praise to Tārā with Twenty-One Verses of Homage and Their Benefits

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The Noble Dhāraṇī of the Eight Goddesses

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The Noble Great Vehicle Sūtra “The Detailed Account of the Previous Aspirations of the Blessed Bhaiṣajya­guru­vaiḍūrya­prabha”

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A Mantra for Incanting Medicines When Administering Them

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The Noble Vaiḍūryaprabha Dhāraṇī That Activates the Power of the Thus-Gone Ones’ Absorption

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The Noble Dhāraṇī “Endowed with the Attributes of All the Buddhas”

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The Noble Discourse of the Dhāraṇī of the Buddha’s Essence

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The Noble “Essence of Dependent Arising”

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The Noble Dhāraṇī of the Tathāgata Jñānolka that Purifies All Rebirths

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The Noble Dhāraṇī of the Essence of Śākyamuni

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The Noble Dhāraṇī “The Essence of Vairocana”

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Recollecting the Common Essence of the Tathāgatas

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Recollecting the Names of the Buddha Ratnaśikhin

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The Dhāraṇī “Cloud of Offerings”

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The Dhāraṇī of the Polished Gem

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The Noble Dhāraṇī “Spoken by Mañjuśrī Himself”

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The Noble Dhāraṇī “Mañjuśrī’s Sworn Oath”

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The Dhāraṇī “Mañjuśrī’s Promise”

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The Noble Epithets of Mañjuśrī

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The Noble Lord Mañjuśrī’s Dḥāraṇī for Increasing Insight and Intelligence

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The Noble Procedure for Mañjuśrī’s Single-Syllable Mantra

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The Blessed One’s Praise of Sharp Mañjuśrī

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The Eight Maidens’ Praise of Mañjuśrī, Lord of Speech

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The Noble Mārīcī Dhāraṇī

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The Noble “Dhāraṇī of ‘The Perfection of Wisdom in One Hundred Thousand Lines’ ”

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The Noble “Dhāraṇī of ‘The Perfection of Wisdom in Twenty-Five Thousand Lines’ ”

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The Noble “Dhāraṇī of ‘The Perfection of Wisdom in Eight Thousand Lines’ ”

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The Noble “Quintessence of ‘The Stem Array’ ”

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The Noble “Dhāraṇī to Uphold ‘The King of Samādhis Sūtra’ ”

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The Noble “Quintessence of ‘The Great Peahen’ ”

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The Dhāraṇī to Uphold “The Noble Great Amulet”

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The Dhāraṇī-Mantra to Have the Entire Noble “Sūtra of Descent into Laṅkā” Read

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Crown Victory of All Tathāgatas: The Uṣṇīṣavijayā Dhāraṇī with Its Ritual Manual

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Crown Victory of All Tathāgatas: The Uṣṇīṣavijayā Dhāraṇī with Its Ritual Manual

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Crown Victory of All Tathāgatas: The Uṣṇīṣavijayā Dhāraṇī with Its Ritual Manual

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The Noble Uṣṇīṣavijayā Dhāraṇī That Purifies All Lower Rebirths

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Crown Victory of All Tathāgatas: A Ritual Manual for the Uṣṇīṣavijayā Dhāraṇī

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The Noble Dhāraṇī of Vajrabhairava

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The Noble Dhāraṇī That Fully Confers Freedom From All Dangers

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The Noble Dhāraṇī of Dhvajāgrakeyūrā

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The Noble One Hundred and Eight Names of Youthful Mañjuśrī Accompanied by His Dhāraṇī-Mantra

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The Noble One Hundred and Eight Names of Mañjuśrī

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The Noble Dhāraṇī “Maitreya’s Pledge”

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The Dhāraṇī “The Mother of the Grahas”

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The Noble Heart Mantra of Gaṇapati

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The Dhāraṇī of Devī Mahākālī

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The Noble Mahāyāna Sūtra of Aparimitāyur­jñāna

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The Noble Dhāraṇī “Essence of Immeasurable Longevity and Wisdom”

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Noble Dhāraṇī Praising the Qualities of the Immeasurable One

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The Noble Dhāraṇī “The Mother of Avalokiteśvara”

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The Noble Dhāraṇī of Tārā

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The Noble Dhāraṇī “Tārā’s Own Promise”

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The Noble Sūtra “Tārā Who Protects from the Eight Dangers”

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The Noble Yaśovatī Dhāraṇī

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The Noble Dhāraṇī of Parṇaśavarī

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The Dhāraṇī “Vajra Conqueror”

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The Noble Dhāraṇī of the Iron Beak [1]

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The Noble Dhāraṇī of the Iron Beak [2]

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The Aspiration Prayer from the Words Spoken in “Destroyer of the Great Trichiliocosm”

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The Threefold Invocation Ritual

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The Essence Dhāraṇī of the Tathāgata Bhaiṣajya­guru

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The Noble Dhāraṇī of Āvaraṇaviṣkambhin

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The Dhāraṇī of Vajrapāṇi, the Yakṣa Lord

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The Glorious Tantra of the Play of the Goddess Uṣṇīṣā

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The Dhāraṇī “Pacifying All Suffering”

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A Mantra for Incanting Medicines, Extracted from “Destroyer of the Great Trichiliocosm”

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The Noble Dhāraṇī “The Supreme Stem Ornament”

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In Praise of the Goddess Revatī

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The Noble King of Prayers of Good Conduct