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Magical Transformation Petition: “The realm of the
formlessness doctrine is composed of Dharani. Dharani is also
called the three stores. It contains all the virtues. Dharani has
everything: Precepts, Stillness, and Wisdom. Thousand of virtues
are contained in the six paramitas (perfections), and in the three
studies (Doctrine, Discipline, and Metaphysics). The Dharani is
the summary of all virtues. Any other doctrines are its
tributaries.”
*Question: The above Sutras say that Dharani is the
meditation store, bringing about hundreds of thousands of
Samadhi. It also says that Dharani contains the three stores,
which includes all the schools of meditations. Why are today's
practitioners not allowed to recite Dharani?
*Answer: There were stories from India and China about
virtuous Zen masters who always performed good deeds. Would
they not recite the Dharanis, which are the formless subject for
meditation, the heart seal of Buddha?
Sitatapatra Dharani has this versified text: “The opening of
the formless school of meditation brings about gradual
observation and revelations on the Diamond Samadhi.” or “The
excellent instruction of yoga transmits the seal of the heart. The
Great Vehicle parades the gate of all inclusive Dharani.”
Nagarjuna Bodhisattva, the 14th founder of the Hindu
Meditation Sect, copied and summarized the Sutra of Dharani to
teach the world the “Cundi Dharani” (a Buddha's name).