ད་བཞན་གཤགས་པ་ཐམས་ཅད་ཀྱ་གཙག་ཏར་རྣམ་པར་རྒྱལ་བ་ཞས་བྱ་བའ་གཟངས་རྟག་པ་དང་བཅས་པ 9

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clearly visualize Amitāyus in the center of the hearth, recite the Victorious Uṣṇīṣa, and offer three filled ladles. Alternatively, with: 'oṃ amṛta-āyurdadde svāhā', perform a fire offering eight hundred times at the three times [of day] for longevity and a sharp intellect. If one recites the Victorious Uṣṇīṣa seven times, one will attain long life, a sharp intellect, happiness, and freedom from illness. Alternatively, having made vast offerings on the eighth day of the waxing moon of each month, if one who desires to live a lifespan of a thousand years performs the fire offering at the three times, it will bestow supreme long life and a sharp intellect. One should not disparage sentient beings. By this ritual, one's body will not be afflicted by illness, one will live for one hundred and fifty years, be victorious over enemies, and have a sharp intellect. One's voice will become melodious. If one is unable to do it oneself, having it performed at that time by someone equal to oneself will bring about great pacification. Furthermore, if one desires accomplishment, perform one hundred thousand fire offerings of this great king of uṣṇīṣas for longevity and a sharp intellect; having made offerings of a thousand at the beginning and the end, if one further recites it one hundred thousand times, one will be able to live for a lifespan of one hundred thousand years. If one performs ten million, one will live for ten million. Thus, through the sequence of this ritual, one will attain immeasurable life, travel in the sky, be heroic, and triumph over enemies. If one desires glory, performing one hundred thousand fire offerings will obtain great glory. If one desires to be a king, offering one hundred thousand lotuses in the fire offering will obtain great kingship. If one offers ten million, one will obtain the status of a universal monarch. Alternatively, if one desires to accomplish the sword and so forth, display the painted scroll before a stūpa containing relics, make great offerings of a thousand, and recite it one hundred thousand times; or, recite it one hundred thousand times over a sword made of the five metals, and if one grasps it in the right hand, one will travel by thought and