༄༅། །རྡོ་རྗེ་རྣམ་པར་འཇོམས་པའི་གཟུངས་ཞེས་བྱ་བ་བཞུགས་སོ། །
The Vajravidarana Dharani
By Buddha Shakyamuni
Vajravidāraṇa (Dorje Namjom) is a semi-wrathful form of Vajrapani and the deity’s dharani (zung), counted as a kriya-tantra, is known for its healing and purifying effect. The dharani has inspired a large number of ritual liturgies and commentaries, both Indic and Tibetan, and is commonly recited by Tibetan and Newar Buddhists. In Tibetan it is preserved mainly in two forms, one in the Kangyur and the Nyingma version presented here, which is said to be a reconstruction based on commentarial literature.
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