English Deutsch Español Français Italiano Nederlands Português 中文 བོད་ཡིག
Translations Indian Masters Tibetan Masters Topics Tibetan Texts
Home News Donations About Us Search

Astrology Series

Major & Minor Sciences › Astrology

English (2) | Português (1) | བོད་ཡིག (2)


Astrological Talisman

Courtesy of Himalayan Art Resources

Further information:
  • BDRC T1834 (dkar rtsis)
Download this collection:
  • EPUB  MOBI  PDF 
RSS Twitter Facebook

Texts related to astrology (skar rtsis), one of the five minor sciences or fields of knowledge:

Averting Obstacles

  • The ‘Chinese’ Practice of Averting Periodic Obstacles from the Words of the Buddha

This dhāraṇī, which is part of the larger corpus of texts on astrology (nag rtsis) taught by Mañjuśrī in China, begins with an invocation of the buddhas and bodhisattvas and then features a long series of requests to prevent inauspicious astrological combinations that might result in periodic obstacles. The text is part of the Compendium of Dhāraṇīs (gzungs bsdus).

  • A Brief Version of the 'Chinese' Practice of Averting Periodic Obstacles by Mipham Rinpoche

A summary of the fuller dhāraṇī which was spoken by Mañjuśrī and is included within the Compendium of Dhāraṇīs (gzungs bsdus), this is a practice for averting obstacles linked to particular moments in time.

DONATIONS

If you find this site useful, please consider helping us to achieve our goal of translating more classic works from the Buddhist tradition and making them freely available.

Please support us on Patreon.

Quick Links

Masters Chandrakīrti Longchen Rabjam Mipham Rinpoche Nāgārjuna Patrul Rinpoche
Topics Biographies | Advice | Ngöndro | Lojong | Prajnaparamita | Sūtras Tools
Other Sites 84000 | Rigpa Wiki | Himalayan Art | Buddhist Digital Resource Center | Treasury of Lives
Social Twitter | Facebook | Instagram

LICENSE

Creative Commons LicenseCreative Commons LicenseCreative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

ISSN 2753-4812