Usnisa Vijaya Dharani Sutra

CONTENTS

23--Preface 1
Emperor Yong Le of the Ming Dynasty

25--Preface 2
Sramana Zhi Jing

29--Usnisa Vijaya Dharani Sutra
Buddhapala

39--Mantra and Sutra of Usnisa Vijaya Dharani that Eradicates Karmic Obstruction
Tripitaka Master Divakara

42--The Tang Dynasty Records of Buddhapala in Wu Tai Mountain
Volume 2 of Records of High Priests in the Song Dynasty

44--The Miracle Stories of the Revised Usnisa Vijaya Dharani
Wu Che

51--Efficacious Records of Usnisa Vijaya Dharani
Wu che

54--Glossary

Preface 2
(Narrated by Sramana Zhi Jing of the Ding Jue Monastery of the Tang Dynasty)

The origin of the Usnisa Vijaya Dharani Sutra is as described below.
In the first year of Yi Feng (676 AD) of the Tang dynasty, a Brahmin monk named Buddhapala came to China from India. On arriving at the Wu Tai Mountain in China, he prostrated himself on his knees and elbows on the ground and bowed to the mountain saying, "After the Maha Parinirvana of the Buddha, many of the saints retreated from this world except Mahasattva Manjushri who still dwells in this mountain to deliver beings across and instruct the Bodhisattvas. I, Buddhapala, regret to have been born during the period of the eight adversities, and as such, am not able to see your saintly countenance. Travelling from afar across rivers and deserts, I have come specially to pay homage and reverence, appealing to Your Great Compassion and Kindness to respond and show me Your saintly countenance!"

Having said that, he was overcome with emotion and his tears fell like rain as he bowed to the mountain. When he lifted his head after bowing, he suddenly saw an old man coming out from the mountain. Speaking in the Brahmin language, the old man said to Buddhapala, "Dharma Master, you have a strong admiration for the Way, searching for the whereabouts of the saints. Enduring the toil and pain of a long arduous journey, you have come from afar to look for Their vestiges. However, many of the living beings in China have committed many

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