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certain, their wishes come true, all their sins and bad karma
vanish, and they naturally become special and saintly. When a
sick child refuses to take the medicine, the wise physician applies
the medicine to the mother's breast, so the child can get the milk
without knowing he had taken in the medicine.
The Book of Dharani Sutra also said that if anyone craves
so much for wealth and fame and must resort to flattery to get it,
once he hears this Dharani, he would forever have the blessing to
gain wisdom.
From Magical Transformation Petition Sutra: Even the 10th
rank Bodhisattvas do not belong in the realms of Dharani, let
alone sentient beings in this samsara (world of life and death).
FIFTH: BENEFIT TO SENTIENT BEINGS AND
SALVATION FROM DARKNESS
From Great Precious Immensely Large Palace Sutra, Great
Compassion Sutra, Crystal Spear Dharani Sutra.... and more
than 15 volumes of Sutras say: “If a person sees the Dharani
practitioner or hears his voice, or crosses his shadow, that
person's ten serious offenses and the five grave sins will be
eliminated. He will be reborn in the Buddha's Pure Land.
Everything that comes in contact with the practitioner and falls
onto others will have the effect of erasing their sins and allowing
rebirth in the Buddhas' land or from the lotus flower”.
When the Dharani practitioner walks on the road and the
wind touches him, then goes on to touch any other beings, their
negative karma gets purified and it causes them to have a rebirth
in the Pure Lands of the Buddha.