"BRILLIANT LIGHT-RAYS GODDESS, MĀRĪCĪ WHO OBLITERATES ALL DARKNESS: GYALWANG 17TH KARMAPA’S CHINESE-TIBETAN TRANSLATION OF THE ‘DHARANI OF MĀRĪCĪ
1st February 2022Dakini Translations
“There is a goddess named Mārīcī who goes ahead of the sun.
Because she has the means of mastery over miracles, she always goes ahead of the sun.
The sun cannot see her, but she can see the sun.
No one can see her. No one can know her.
No one can catch her. No one can harm her.
No one can delude her. No one can bind her.
No one can leave a debt to her unpaid. No one can punish her.
She also has no fear of falling under an enemy’s power.”
–Excerpt from ‘Dhāraṇī of Mārīcī ‘ (based on the Tibetan rendition by 17th Karmapa)

As an offering for the New Moon and Lunar New Year today in China and other Asian countries, here is a re-post about the 17th Karmapa’s translation of a Kangyur text from Chinese into Tibetan: the Dhāraṇī of Mārīcī (‘phags ma ‘od zer can zhes bya ba’i gzungs).

Mārīcī is known as Molizhitian (摩利支天) or Molizhitian Pusa (摩利支天菩萨) in China, Marishi-ten (摩利支天) in Japan, and Özer Chenma (‘od zer can ma) in Tibet. In Chinese Buddhism, she is among the lists one of the guardian devas, specifically the Sixteen Devas (十六諸天; Shíliù Zhūtiān), the Twenty Devas ( 二十諸天; Èrshí Zhūtiān) and the Twenty-Four Devas ( 二十四諸天; Èrshísì Zhūtiān). In Taoism and Chinese folk religion, Doumu (斗母元君; Dǒumǔ Yuánjūn) is considered to be synonymous with Mārīcī within Chinese Esoteric Buddhism."
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