Summary
s.1Destroyer of the Great Trichiliocosm is one of five texts that together constitute the Pañcarakṣā scriptural collection, popular for centuries as an important facet of Mahāyāna-Vajrayāna Buddhism’s traditional approach to personal and communal misfortunes of all kinds. Destroyer of the Great Trichiliocosm primarily addresses illnesses caused by spirit entities thought to devour the vitality of humans and animals. The text describes them as belonging to four different subspecies, presided over by the four great kings, guardians of the world, who hold sovereignty over the spirit beings in the four cardinal directions. The text also includes ritual prescriptions for the monastic community to purify its consumption of alms tainted by the “five impure foods.” This refers generally to alms that contain meat, the consumption of which is expressly prohibited for successful implementation of the Pañcarakṣā’s dhāraṇī incantations.
s.1《三千大千世界摧滅陀羅尼》是五大護明菩薩經文集中的五部經典之一，幾個世紀以來一直是大乘金剛乘佛教傳統中應對各種個人和集體不幸的重要法門。《三千大千世界摧滅陀羅尼》主要針對由靈體引起的疾病，這些靈體被認為會吞噬人類和動物的生命力。經文將它們描述為四個不同類別的靈體，由四大天王掌管，四大天王是世界的守護者，對四個方位的靈體擁有主權。經文還包含僧侶團體用來淨化受到「五不淨食」污染的施食的儀軌處方。這通常指含有肉類的施食，而肉類的進食在實踐五大護明菩薩經文的陀羅尼咒語時是被明確禁止的。