CONTENTS
01--Message from the Editor
04--Foreword
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
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Foreword
The Origin of Transmigration of Birth and Death
in the Six Realms
Sentient beings from time without beginning have been
transmigrating in the six realms of heaven, Asura, human, animal, hungry ghost and hell;
continuously going through different modes of birth (i.e. womb-born, egg-born, spawn-born
and birth by transformation). They are unable to escape from the cycle of karmic
retribution of cause and effect, nor be liberated from sufferings. It is even more pitiful
that sentient beings suffering in continuous transmigration are themselves unable to
realise the universal truth of suffering, emptiness, non-self and impermanence. Instead,
they regard suffering as happiness and do not seek liberation.
Who actually controls our destination? Who causes us to
transmigrate in the six realms of existence, going through the four different modes of
birth? Buddha said this is completely caused by the power of our karma. Owing to
delusions, we create bad karma that brings sufferings to fruition. Thus, bad karma becomes
the root of sufferings for all sentient beings and also the force of continuous
transmigration. How is bad karma formed? It is induced by the karma from the impure body,
speech and mind of all sentient beings. Hence, to eliminate the three poisons (i,e.
desire/greed, hatred and ignorance), one must diligently cultivate the three profound
skills (i.e. precepts, meditation and wisdom), in order to purify the body, speech and
mind. This is the basic cultivation to remove sufferings and achieve happiness,
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