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

Mantra and Sutra of Usnisa Vijaya Dharani
that Eradicates Karmic Obstruction
(Extracted from the Translated version of Tripitaka Master
Divakara during the Tang Dynasty)

At that time, the usnisa (crown of head) of the Tathagata instantly radiated multiple rays of light, illuminating the world in all ten directions. The light rays radiated five colours - green, red, yellow, white and black. The brightness was enormous and full of radiance. The light then shone in the clockwise direction and returned to shine at the abode of Buddha, circling Him three times before entering His mouth.
After Buddha gathered the rays of light, He smiled and said to Lord Sakra, "Lord of Heaven, please listen attentively. During the infinite asamkhyeya eons ago, there was a Buddha named Vipasyin Tathagata, Arhat, Samyak-sambuddha, Gifted in Knowledge and Conduct, Well-gone One, Knower of the Worlds, Unsurpassable Knight, Taming Hero, Teacher of Gods and People, Awakened One and World Honoured One, complete with ten epithets of a Buddha. Vipasyin Buddha, after His affinity to deliver beings in the world had ended, entered Maha Parinirvana. During His Dharma Image Age, there was a country called Varanasi. In the country, there was a Brahmin who passed away after his wife gave birth to a son. This child depended solely on his mother for his upbringing. When he grew up, he became a farmer. They were so poor that his mother still had to go around begging food for him.
At one time, his mother failed to obtain food and it was well past his mealtime. The son became very angry and hated his mother for

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