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
World Honoured One kindly give a discourse on
how one's lifespan can be lengthened."
The Buddha was aware of Lord Sakra's intention and his eagerness to hear His discourse on
this Dharani and so immediately proclaimed the Mantra thus:
(This Usnisa Vijaya Dharani is the improved version with some additions to
the original Sanskrit transliteration.)
Then the Buddha told Lord Sakra, "The above Mantra is known as the ' Purifying All
Evil Paths' Usnisa Vijaya Dharani '. It can eliminate all evil karmic hindrances and
eradicate the suffering of all evil paths."
"Lord of Heaven, this great Dharani is proclaimed together by Buddhas as numerous as
eighty-eight kotis (hundred million) of the