The ‘Chinese’ Practice of Averting Periodic Obstacles

This dharani, which is part of the larger corpus of texts on astrology (naktsi) taught by Mañjushri 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 Dharanis” (“Zung Dü”).