The
purpose of this sūtra is said to be to help sentient beings in a troubled and
tumultuous world. According to this sūtra, beings will leave suffering and
obtain happiness, increasing in their prosperity and longevity, remove karmic
obstacles, eliminate disasters and calamities, remove enmity and hatred, fulfill
all wishes, and quickly be led onto the Buddha's way. It is held by some
that when the dhāraṇī is heard, it can imbue the alaya consciousness with pure seeds that will
help to lead one to buddhahood.
According
to the text, major applications of this dhāraṇī include:
· Destroy
calamities and rescue those in difficulties
· Eliminate
offenses and create good deeds
· Purify all
karmic obstructions
· Increase
blessings and lengthen lifespan
· Relieve
beings in the ghost realm
· Benefit
birds, animals and all crawling creatures
· Increase
wisdom
· Revert the
fixed karma;
· Eliminate
various illness;
· Destroy
hells;
· Ensure the
safety of the households, and having children to inherit the family pride;
· Harmonise
husbands and wives;
· Be able to
reborn in pure lands;
· Heal
sickness inflicted by pretas;
· Request for
rain etc.
Mantra
"NAMO BHAGAVATE TRAILOKYA PRATIVISISTAYA
BUDDHAYA BHAGAVATE. TADYATHA, OM, VISUDDHAYA-VISUDDHAYA, ASAMA-SAMA SAMANTAVABHASA-
SPHARANA GATI GAHANA SVABHAVA VISUDDHE, ABHINSINCATU MAM. SUGATA VARA VACANA
AMRTA ABHISEKAI MAHA MANTRA-PADAI. AHARA-AHARA AYUH SAM-DHARANI.
SODHAYA-SODHAYA, GAGANA VISUDDHE. USNISA VIJAYA VISUDDHE. SAHASRA-RASMI,
SAMCODITE, SARVA TATHAGATA AVALOKANI, SAT-PARAMITA, PARIPURANI, SARVA TATHAGATA
MATI DASA-BHUMI, PRATI-STHITE, SARVA TATHAGATA HRDAYA ADHISTHANADHISTHITA
MAHA-MUDRE. VAJRA KAYA, SAM-HATANA VISUDDHE. SARVAVARANA APAYA DURGATI,
PARI-VISUDDHE, PRATI-NIVARTAYA AYUH SUDDHE. SAMAYA ADHISTHITE. MANI-MANI MAHA
MANI. TATHATA BHUTAKOTI PARISUDDHE. VISPHUTA BUDDHI SUDDHE. JAYA-JAYA,
VIJAYA-VIJAYA, SMARASMARA. SARVA BUDDHA ADHISTHITA SUDDHE. VAJRI VAJRAGARBHE,
VAJRAM BHAVATU MAMA SARIRAM. SARVA SATTVANAM CA KAYA PARI VISUDDHE. SARVA GATI
PARISUDDHE. SARVA TATHAGATA SINCA ME SAMASVASAYANTU. SARVA TATHAGATA SAMASVASA
ADHISTHITE, BUDDHYA-BUDDHYA, VIBUDDHYA-VIBUDDHYA, BODHAYA-BODHAYA,
VIBODHAYA-VIBODHAYA. SAMANTA PARISUDDHE. SARVA TATHAGATA HRDAYA
ADHISTHANADHISTHITA MAHA-MUDRE SVAHA."
In
addition to the long dharaniī, there is the much shorter Uṣnisa Vijaya
heart-mantra:
Om Amrita Teja Vate Svaha
Recite the long dharani or shorter heart mantra minimum 21
times or 108 times according to your convenience.
Ūṣṇīṣa Vijaya Dhāraṇī in Sanskrit [caveat:revised version]
ReplyDelete(ऊष्णीष विजय ढारणी)
नमो भगवते त्रैलोक्य प्रतिविशिष्टाय बुद्धाय भगवते। तद्यथा ओं विशोधय विशोधय। असमसम समन्तवभास स्फरण गति गहन स्वभाव विशुद्धे। अभिषीञ्चतु मां। सुगत वर वचन। अमृताभिषेकै महामन्त्र पदै। आहर आहर आयुः सन्धारणि। शोधय शोधय गगन विशुद्धे। उष्णीष विजय विशुद्धे। सहस्ररश्मि सञ्चोदिते। सर्व तथागतावलोकनि षट्पारमिता परिपूरणि।[[[सर्व तथागत मति दशभूमिग प्रतिष्ठिति ]]] सर्व तथागत हृदयाधिष्ठानाधिष्ठित महामुद्रे। वज्रकाय संहतन विशुद्धे। सर्व-आवरणापायदुर्गति परिविशुद्धे। प्रतिनिवर्तय-आयुः शुद्धे। समयाधिष्ठिते मणि मणि महामणि। तथता भूतकोटि परिशुद्धे। विस्फुट बुद्धि शुद्धे। जय जय। विजय विजय। स्मर स्मर। सर्व बुद्धाधिष्ठित शुद्धे। वज्रे वज्रगर्भे वज्रं भवतु मम शरीरं। सर्व सत्त्वानां च काय परिविशुद्धे। सर्व गति परिशुद्धे। सर्व तथागताश्च मे सम-आश्वासयन्तु। सर्व तथागत सम-आश्वासाधिष्ठिते। बुध्य बुध्य। विबुध्य विबुध्य। बोधय बोधय। विबोधय विबोधय। समन्त परिशुद्धे। सर्व तथागत हृदयाधिष्ठानाधिष्ठित महामुद्रे स्वाहा॥
(Ūṣṇīṣa vijaya ḍhāraṇī)
Namō bhagavatē trailōkya prativiśiṣṭāya bud'dhāya bhagavatē. Tadyathā ōṁ viśōdhaya viśōdhaya. Asamasama samantavabhāsa spharaṇa
Gati gahana svabhāva viśud'dhē. Abhiṣīñcatu māṁ. Sugata vara vacana. Amr̥tābhiṣēkai mahāmantra padai. Āhara āhara āyuḥ sandhāraṇi. Śōdhaya śōdhaya gagana viśud'dhē. Uṣṇīṣa vijaya viśud'dhē. Sahasraraśmi sañcōditē. Sarva tathāgatāvalōkani ṣaṭpāramitā paripūraṇi.[[[Sarva tathāgata mati daśa bhūmiga pratiṣṭhitē]]] sarva tathāgata hr̥dayādhiṣṭhānādhiṣṭhita mahāmudrē. Vajrakāya sanhatana viśud'dhē. Sarva-āvaraṇāpāyadurgati pariviśud'dhē. Pratinivartaya-āyuḥ śud'dhē. Samayādhiṣṭhitē maṇi maṇi mahāmaṇi. Tathatā bhūtakōṭi pariśud'dhē. Visphuṭa bud'dhi śud'dhē. Jaya jaya. Vijaya vijaya. Smara smara. Sarva bud'dhādhiṣṭhita śud'dhē. Vajrē vajragarbhē vajraṁ bhavatu mama śarīraṁ. Sarva sattvānāṁ ca kāya pariviśud'dhē. Sarva gati pariśud'dhē. Sarva tathāgatāśca mē sama-āśvāsayantu. Sarva tathāgata sama-āśvāsādhiṣṭhitē. Budhya budhya. Vibudhya vibudhya. Bōdhaya bōdhaya. Vibōdhaya vibōdhaya. Samanta pariśud'dhē. Sarva tathāgata hr̥dayādhiṣṭhānādhiṣṭhita mahāmudrē svāhā.
The Heart Mantra
ओं अमृत तेजेवति स्वाहा॥
OM AMRITA TEJOVATI SVAHA