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SIXTH: MOTHER OF ALL BUDDHAS TEACHING
THE VIRTUES OF THE ORIGINAL VOW
All Buddhas were born from Dharani.
From Immensely Large Palace Sutra: “Dharani is the
mother of Buddhas; it is the seed-syllable of the Buddhas.
Without Dharani, there will be no enlightenment. The three stores
of Sutras originate from Dharani”.
The Supreme Mahayana Precious King Sutra talks about 4
kinds of vehicles:
- The vehicle of the Intellectuals (Sravaka-Yana)
- The vehicle of Prateyka- Buddhas (Prateyka-Buddha
- Yana)
- The Broad and Great Vehicle (Maha-Yana)
- The vehicle of the Supreme Diamond. This is the Store
of Dharanis.
From Magical Transformation Petition, “Thousands of
lineages, and thousands of sects come from Mt. Ji' Shi', in Gu`n
Lu'n; 12 chapters of Sutras comes from the store of secret
Dharani Sutra, thousands of virtues also come from Dharani.
This means that every word of Dharani is the formlessness
doctrine where all virtues originate”.
- Store of Rituals for Dharani Recitation Sutra: “OM comes
from the formlessness doctrine”.