Rnam par snang mdzad chen po mngon par rdzogs par byang chub pa 4.1

4.1

the mantrin yogin, / like a lotus by water, / is not stained by the conceptualization of karma / that yields virtuous and unvirtuous results; / what need to mention then / transforming this very self into the supreme conqueror? // [Bampo 4] / Then the Bhagavān Vairocana entered the samādhi called 'The Vajra Play Victorious over the Four Māras', and spoke these words of vajra syllables that bring victory over the four māras, grant liberation from the six realms, and completely fulfill omniscient gnosis: / namaḥ samantabuddhānāṃ | a vī ra hūṃ khaṃ | / Then again, the Lord of Secrets Vajrapāṇi, those Vajradharas, the bodhisattva Samantabhadra and the others, and that entire assembled retinue were all filled with wonder. Without blinking, they bowed their heads to the Omniscient One and spoke these words: / "The wealth and treasure of the protector bodhisattvas / and of all Buddhas, / through this, whatever Buddhas, / protector bodhisattvas, / pratyekabuddhas, and śrāvakas— / those wise ones in this world, / having attained the unexcelled gnosis of a Buddha, / the peerless gnosis, / magically displaying various supernatural manifestations, / wander everywhere upon the earth. / Therefore, please explain in this teaching / the detailed rites of each of these, / as well as the activities / and all the various arrangements! / Thereby, with joyful minds, / sentient beings will abide in the visible phenomena / of this unexcelled Mahāyāna / of the secret mantra conduct." / Having thus requested, the Bhagavān / spoke in a gentle voice: / "Remain in equipoise in mutual concord / with single-pointed focus, and listen to this!" / At that time, having empowered the earth as a great vajra, desiring to demonstrate the essence of awakening from his own body, he said: / "A is to be known as the supreme, / possessing the maṇḍala of the Great Powerful One;