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Ushnisha Vijaya’s Dharani, taught by Shakyamuni Buddha to Devaputra — who discovered he only had seven days left to live! — has a long history of extensive benefits. Learn more about this Dharani, complete with the history, translations, benefits and the entire sutra translated, see our new feature>>
BENEFITS OF DHARANI
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
- Attain anuttarā-samyak-saṃbodhi
- 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 Sukhavati or other pure lands
- Heal sickness inflicted by pretas
- Request for rain, etc.
CHANT ALONG!
namo bhagavate trailokya prativiśiṣṭāya buddhāya bhagavate
tadyathā oṃ viśodhaya viśodhaya
asamasama samanta avabhāsa spharaṇa gati gahana svabhāva viśuddhe
abhiṣiñcatu māṃ
sugata vara vacana
amṛta abhiṣeke mahāmantra pāne
āhara āhara āyuḥ sandhāraṇi
śodhaya śodhaya gagana viśuddhe
uṣṇīṣa vijaya viśuddhe
sahasraraśmi sañcodite
sarva tathāgata avalokana ṣaṭpāramitā paripūraṇi
sarva tathāgata mati daśa-bhūmi prati-ṣṭhite
sarva tathāgata hṛdaya adhiṣṭhāna adhiṣṭhita mahāmudre
vajrakāya saharaṇa viśuddhe
sarva āvaraṇa apāya durgati pariviśuddhe
pratinirvartaya āyuḥ śuddhe
samaya adhiṣṭhite maṇi maṇi mahāmaṇi
tathātā bhūta koṭi pariśuddhe
visphuṭa buddhi śuddhe
jaya jaya vijaya vijaya smara smara
sarva buddha adhiṣṭhita śuddhe
vajre vajra garbhe vajraṃ bhavatu mama śarīraṁ
sarva sattvānāṁ ca kāya pariviśuddhe
sarva gati pariśuddhe
sarva tathāgatāśca me sama āśvāsayantu
sarva tathāgata sama āśvāsa adhiṣṭhite
budhya budhya vibudhya vibudhya
bodhaya bodhaya vibodhaya vibodhaya
samanta pariśuddhe
sarva tathāgata hṛdaya adhiṣṭhāna adhiṣṭhita mahāmudre svāhā
In Devanāgarī Script:-
नमो भगवते त्रैलोक्य प्रतिविशिष्टाय बुद्धाय भगवते
तद्यथा ॐ विशोधय विशोधय
असमसम समन्त अवभास स्फरण गति गहन स्वभाव विशुद्धे
अभिषिञ्चतु मां
सुगत वर वचन
अमृत अभिषेके महामन्त्र पाने
आहर आहर आयुः सन्धारणि
शोधय शोधय गगन विशुद्धे
उष्णीष विजय विशुद्धे
सहस्ररश्मि सञ्चोदिते
सर्व तथागत अवलोकन षट्पारमिता परिपूरणि
सर्व तथागत हृदय अधिष्ठान अधिष्ठित महामुद्रे
वज्रकाय सहरण विशुद्धे
सर्व आवरण अपाय दुर्गति परिविशुद्धे
प्रतिनिर्वर्तय आयुः शुद्धे
समय अधिष्ठिते मणि मणि महामणि
तथाता भूत कोटि परिशुद्धे
विस्फुट बुद्धि शुद्धे
जय जय विजय विजय स्मर स्मर
सर्व बुद्ध अधिष्ठित शुद्धे
वज्रे वज्र गर्भे वज्रं भवतु मम शरीरं
सर्व सत्त्वानां च काय परिविशुद्धे
सर्व गति परिशुद्धे
सर्व तथागताश्च मे सम आश्वासयन्तु
सर्व तथागत सम आश्वास अधिष्ठिते
बुध्य बुध्य विबुध्य विबुध्य
बोधय बोधय विबोधय विबोधय
समन्त परिशुद्धे
सर्व तथागत हृदय अधिष्ठान अधिष्ठित महामुद्रे स्वाहा
Translation of the Sanskrit Dharani:
Namo bhagavate, trailokya prativisistaya,
Adoration to the blessed, in the triple world the most excellent,
buddhaya bhagavate! Tadyatha Om!
to the enlightened! Adoration to the blessed! Namely: Om!
Vishodhaya, vishodhaya – asama-sama,
Cleanse, cleanse – the always impartial,
samantavabhasa-spharana
being in possession of all-pervading, all-illuminating light,
gati gahana, svabhava vishuddhe abhisinchatu!
cleansed of the darkness of the five paths of existence, the pure in-himself
Mam, Sugata, vara vachana amirta abhisekai maha,
Consecrate us, Sugata, with an immortal consecration which consists of the best words,
mantra-padai! Ahara, ahara
the great true phrases! Remove disasters, remove disasters,
ayuh sam-dharani! Sodhaya, sodhaya,
holder of an eternal life! Cleanse us, cleanse us,
gagana visuddhe usnisa vijaya vishuddhe,
the as-pure-as-the-sky, as the victorious head-crown as pure,
sahashra-rasmi sam-chodite!
the inflamed with a thousand rays of light!
Sarva tathagata avalokani,
O One overseeing the thus-gone ones,
sat-paramita-paripurani!
the perfect in the six paramitas!
Sarva tathagata mati dasha-bhumi prati-sthite!
O One who has passed all ten stages of tathagata-consciousness!
Sarva tathagata hirdaya adhisthanadhisthita maha-mudre,
O One who from the heart of every tathagata the spiritual power emanating holds
maha-mudre, vujra kaya sam-hatana vishuddhe!
the great seal, whose body is as adamantine and pure as diamond!
Sarva varana apaya-durgati pari vishuddhe prati-nivartaya ayuh shuddhe!
O One who is thoroughly cleansed of all return-compelling karma!
Samaya adhisthite, mani, mani, maha mani! Tathata,
Keep your promise, jewel, jewel, great jewel! Suchness,
bhuta-koti parishuddhe visphuta buddhi shuddhe, jaya, jaya,
the absolute pinnacle of evolved purity of mind, be victorious, be victorious;
vijaya; vijaya! Smara; smara!
be ever victorious; be ever victorious! Bear in mind; bear in mind!
Sarva buddha adhisthita shuddhe!
O One who of all buddhas is the pure and appointed!
Vajri vajragarbhe, vajram bhavatu mama shariram!
Vajra-holding diamond-womb, let my body be like diamond!
Sarva sattva’am cha kaya –
O One who possesses a pure body –
pari vishuddhe sarva gati parishuddhe –
who is absolutely pure from all the paths of existence –
sarva tathagata singcha me samasvasayantu,
O One who consoles me by all the tathagatas,
sarva tathagata samasvasa adhisthite,
O One who is empowered with all the consoling power of the tathagatas,
budhiya, budhiya, vibudhiya, vibudhiya!
be enlightened, be enlightened, be ever enlightened, be ever enlightened!
Bodhaya, bodhaya, vibhodhaya,
Have them enlightened, have them enlightened, have them ever enlightened,
vibodhaya, samanta parishuddhe!
have them ever enlightened, the most pure in a thoroughgoing way!
Sarva tathagata hirdya adhisthanadhisthita
O One who from the heart of every tathagata the spiritual power emanating holds
maha-mudre, svaha!
the great seal, hail!