Toh 670Tantra
The Dhāraṇī of Devī Mahākālī
ལྷ་མོ་ནག་མོ་ཆེན་མོའི་གཟུངས།
mahākālīdhāraṇī
nag mo chen mo’i gzungs/
Translator: Dharmachakra Translation Committee
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Version: v1.0.7
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Summary
The Dhāraṇī of Devī Mahākālī opens at the Bodhi tree in Bodhgayā shortly after the Buddha Śākyamuni has attained perfect awakening. As Śākyamuni sits at the base of the Bodhi tree, Devī Mahākālī circumambulates him three times and offers a vidyā, or “spell,” in homage at the Blessed One’s feet. Śākyamuni then expresses his wish that Mahākālī’s vidyā be used to bind all beings from the highest heaven down through the lowest hell of the desire realms.