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called the Great Compassion Dharani. Should any women get
tired of their female bodies and wish to have a male body, but fail
to get one by reciting the Great Compassion Dharani, I swear not
to become Buddha. Anyone who recites this Dharani while
doubting it will not get any result. Anyone who steals money and
food from common property is committing serious sins. In this
case, even a thousand Buddhas coming to this world will not be
able to help him redeem, and even if he repents, those sins will
not be fully erased. If anyone commits those sins, he should turn
towards the Dharma master (Nayoka) in the ten directions for
repentance and only then can his sins be erased. Why so?
Because when he recites the Great Compassion Dharani,
the Dharma masters of the ten directions will come to witness.
Therefore, all his sins shall be wiped out. Any one who recites
this Dharani, all their worst sins and profanities towards the
Dharma, the monk, the people, including violating the precepts,
stealing from the monks, all such karmas shall be erased.
However if one is skeptical about the Dharani, even the lightest
offense will not be forgiven, let alone serious crimes. By reciting
the Dharani, one can sow the seed of awakening for future life
cycles. World Honored One! People and Gods who recite and
hold the Great Compassion Mantra will obtain fifteen kinds of
good birth and will not suffer fifteen kinds of bad deaths.”
The bad deaths are:- They will not die of starvation or privation.
- They will not die from having been yoked, imprisoned, caned
or beaten. - They will not die at the hands of hostile enemies.