Summary
s.1This text presents a dhāraṇī 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這部經文介紹一個陀羅尼，其中包含女性本尊白傘蓋（白傘蓋女神），她從釋迦牟尼佛的頂髻中顯現，而佛正在三十三天諸天之中入三昧。經文詳述了各種危險、疾病和威脅，並提供了一個可以誦持的咒語來化解這些災難。白傘蓋及其咒語有著悠久的歷史和持續的流行，作為對抗疾病和不幸的保護來源，其咒語至今仍被廣泛應用於當代佛教信眾之中。