འཕགས་པ་ཟ་མ་ཏག་བཀད་པ་ཞས་བྱ་བ་ཐག་པ་ཆན་པའ་མད 3.23

3.23

“It should not be given to one who has not seen the maṇḍala.²⁵⁵ How would one apprehend the Bhagavat’s lotus-hook hand gesture?²⁵⁶ How would one know the Maṇidhara hand gesture?²⁵⁷ How would one know the lord-of-all-kings hand gesture?²⁵⁸ How would one know the correct maṇḍala?²⁵⁹

“ ‘ “These are the features of the maṇḍala: It should be square with a circumference of five cubits.

“ ‘ “Draw Amitābha in the center of the maṇḍala. To create the body of Tathāgata Amitābha, sprinkle powder made from precious sapphire powder, emerald powder, ruby powder, crystal powder, and powdered silver and gold.

“ ‘ “On his right create Bodhisattva Mahāmaṇidhara. On his left draw Ṣaḍakṣarī Mahāvidyā, who has four arms and is white like the autumn moon. She is adorned with various adornments and holds a lotus in her left hand. Draw a jewel upon that lotus. Draw a jewel rosary in her right hand. Portray the palms of two hands being placed together in the gesture named the lord-of-all-kings.

“ ‘ “Draw a vidyādhara beneath the legs of Ṣaḍakṣarī Mahāvidyā. Draw him holding a smoking stick of incense in his right hand and a basket filled with various adornments in his left hand.

“ ‘ “Draw the four mahārājas at the four doors²⁶⁰ of the maṇḍala. Draw them holding their individual offerings.²⁶¹

“ ‘ “Place vases filled with various precious jewels at the four corners of the maṇḍala.

“ ‘ “A noble son or noble daughter who wishes to enter that maṇḍala should write the names of the entire lineage of his or her family and first of all cast those names into the maṇḍala. They will then all be freed from every human suffering