dharani da remocao definitiva-1
Portuguese translation of a Buddhist dhāraṇī from the Sutra of Amitābha (Chinese → Portuguese). Attributed to Guṇabhadra (Song dynasty) for the earlier Chinese translation and to Pundarikakarna (summer 2016, Brazil) for the Portuguese rendering. The text contains the dhāraṇī/mantra, hagiographic narratives of masters (e.g., Zhēn, Zhāoyuǎn) with visionary rebirth episodes, and explicit ritual instructions (tooth-cleaning, kneeling posture, recitation schedule) with specific numeric thresholds for promised outcomes (20,000 and 30,000 recitations).
Questions this document answers
Pundarikakarna, a lay disciple, translated it from Classical Chinese into Portuguese in the summer of 2016 in Brazil.
Guṇabhadra, Master in the Tripiṭaka from India, is named as translator in the Song dynasty.
Fifty-nine words and fifteen lines.
Reciting the dhāraṇī 20,000 times leads to rebirth emerging from a lotus; 30,000 times leads to face-to-face company of Amitābha.