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snake from biting. One can also neutralize most poisons. Since
the Dharani of the Buddha can do all of the above and much
more, of course the Dharani could easily change miseries into
happiness.
Zhuang Tzu said: “the sage considers, but does not argue
anything beyond the six elements (Heaven, Earth, East, West,
South, and North).
The Avatamsaka (Kegon Kya, Hoa-Yen King) Sutra said:
“Even the 9th stage Bodhisattva does not know about the
intelligence and the merits of the 10th stage Bodhisattva, how
could anything be known about the Tathagata, who is the King of
all saints, the One who holds the Secret Mind Seal? A common
person cannot use his ambitious mind to compare and to argue.
Look at the fish in the bottom of the well, how can it know the
width and depth of the East Ocean? It just has to believe firmly”.
From Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva Secret Store Dharani
Sutra: “The Dharani practitioner will be successful in everything
if he has absolute faith.”
“The Dharani practitioner also has the power to benefit
sentient beings and save sinful souls.”
Thousand Ears and Eyes Great Compassion Dharani
Sutra:” The Dharani practitioner does not suffer these 15 bad
deaths:
- One does not die from miseries of hunger and thirst.
- One does not die from being bound and beaten.
- One does not die from his enemies' plots.
- One does not die from fights at the battlefield.
- One does not get hurt by tigers or panthers.