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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first, in front of the Buddha's image, use
some clean soil to construct a square mandala, the size according to one's wish. On top of
the mandala one should spread different kinds of grass, flowers and burn different kinds
of quality incense. Then kneeling down with the right knee on the floor, mindfully
reciting the Buddha's name and with the hands in the Mudrani symbol, (i.e. each hand
bending the forefinger and pressing it down with the thumb and placing both palms together
before the chest) in reverence, one should recite this Dharani 108 times. The showers of
flowers would rain down from the clouds and would thus be universally made as offerings to
Buddhas as numerous as the grains of sand of eighty-eight million Ganges Rivers. These
Buddhas will simultaneously praise, "Excellent! Rare indeed! A Buddha's true
disciple!" One will instantly attain Unobstructed Wisdom Samadhi and the Great Bodhi
Mind Adorned Samadhi. Thus is the way to uphold this Dharani."
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