Summary
s.1This text presents a spell ( vidyā ) featuring the female deity Sitātapatrā (White Umbrella Goddess), which issues from the uṣṇīṣa of the Buddha Śākyamuni as he rests in samādhi among the gods of the Heaven of the Thirty-Three. The text details a litany of dangers, illness, and threats and provides a spell formula that can be recited to avert them. Sitātapatrā and her spell have enjoyed a long history and sustained popularity as a source of security against illness and misfortune, and her spell is widely used in contemporary Buddhist communities to this day.
s.1本文呈現了一部明咒,其中包含女性神祇白傘蓋佛母,她從釋迦牟尼佛的肉髻中顯現,而佛陀正在三十三天的諸神中安住於三昧之中。本文詳細列舉了各種危險、疾病和威脅,並提供了一個咒語公式,可以通過念誦來化解這些災難。白傘蓋佛母和她的咒語有著悠久的歷史和持久的影響力,作為抵禦疾病和不幸的保護來源,她的咒語至今仍被廣泛用於當代佛教社群中。