CONTENTS 23--Preface 1 25--Preface 2 29--Usnisa Vijaya Dharani Sutra 39--Mantra and Sutra of Usnisa Vijaya Dharani that Eradicates Karmic
Obstruction 42--The Tang Dynasty Records of Buddhapala in Wu Tai Mountain 44--The Miracle Stories of the Revised Usnisa Vijaya Dharani 51--Efficacious Records of Usnisa Vijaya Dharani
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Efficacious Records of
Usnisa Vijaya Dharani In the winter of the 26th year of Kai Yuan (738 AD) in Shen Du, there was
a senior government official called Zhang Yi, who had been very filial to his parents from
young. After his parents passed away, he was very much afraid that they had fallen into
the evil paths. He sincerely wanted to repay their kindness in bringing him up and had
always thought of saving them. Hence, he made a vow and wholeheartedly went into the hills
to uphold the Usnisa Vijaya Dharani hoping to witness his late parents reborn in a
peaceful and happy place. Day and night he diligently recited the Dharani, continuously
and earnestly seeking response for six years. During this time, he never saw his parents.
He suspected that the Mantra was not effective and began to have doubts over its efficacy.
He lost his faith and just as he was about to stop reciting the Mantra, an old man with a
very distinctive countenance suddenly appeared before him, saying, "It is not that
the Mantra is not efficacious, nor is it that you have not been sincere in your
recitation, but it has been a long time since the Buddha attained nirvana, so the
translated text that you have now is full of errors, and many sentences in the Mantra have
been left out, therefore causing it to lose its efficacy"
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