The Awakening of Mahāvairocana 2.21

2.21

爾時金剛手白佛言：「世尊！若有諸善男子善女人入此大悲藏生大漫荼羅王三昧耶者，彼獲幾所福德聚？」如是說已，佛告金剛手言：「祕密主！從初發心乃至成如來所有福德聚，是善男子善女人福德聚與彼正等。祕密主！以此法門當如是知，彼善男子善女人從如來口生、佛心之子，若是善男子善女人所在方所，即為有佛施作佛事。是故祕密主！若樂欲供養佛者，當供養此善男子善女人；若樂欲見佛，即當觀彼。」時金剛手等上首執金剛及普賢等上首諸菩薩同聲說言：「世尊！我等從今以後，應當恭敬供養是善男子善女人。何以故？世尊！彼善男子善女人同見佛世尊故。」

The practitioner should take him inside [the maṇḍala] and reveal

the samaya verses:

“Son of the Buddha, henceforth, not begrudging of life or limb,

You should never abandon the Dharma, forsake the bodhi-mind,

Be miserly with any dharmas, or do anything that does not benefit

beings.

The Buddha has taught the samaya for you who abide well in the

precepts,

And just as you guard your life, so too should you guard the precepts.”

With utmost sincerity and reverence [the disciple] should bow down

at the feet of the honored [ācārya],

And acting in conformity with the teaching, he must not engender

any doubting thoughts.

Thereupon Vajrapāṇi said to the Buddha, “World-honored One, if any men of good [family] or women of good [family] enter the samaya of this great king of maṇḍalas ‘Born of the Matrix of Great Compassion,’ how great an accumulation of merit will they obtain?”

When Vajrapāṇi had finished speaking thus, the Buddha addressed him, saying, “Lord of Mysteries, the total accumulation of merit [obtained] from the initial generation of the [bodhi-]mind through to becoming a Tathāgata is exactly equivalent to the accumulation of merit by these men of good [family] or women of good [family]. Lord of Mysteries, by means of this gateway to the Dharma you should know thus: that these men of good [family] and women of good [family] are children of the Buddha’s mind, born of the Tathāgata’s mouth. Wherever these men of good [family] and women of good [family] may be, there is a buddha performing buddha deeds. Therefore, Lord of Mysteries, should one wish to worship the Buddha, then one should worship these men of good [family] and women of good [family], and should one wish to see the Buddha, then one should look at them.”

Then the vajradharas headed by Vajrapāṇi and so on and the bodhisattvas headed by Samantabhadra and so on spoke in unison, saying, “Worldhonored One, from now on we shall revere and worship these men of good [family] and women of good [family]. Why? Because, World-honored One, seeing these men of good [family] and women of good [family] is the same as seeing the World-honored Buddha.”

Thereupon the World-honored One Vairocana again gazed upon the

entire assembly and addressed the vajradhara Lord of Mysteries and the

other vajradharas, as well as the great multitude, saying, “Good sirs, there

are mantra phrases [born of] the mark of the Tathāgata’s supramundane and

immeasurably vast speech-circle (i.e., tongue), which are like a variegated

maṇi, fulfill all wishes, accumulate immeasurable merit, abide in unimpeded

conduct, and have a power incomparable through the three ages.”

When he had finished speaking thus, Vajrapāṇi, the Lord of Mysteries,

and the other vajradharas, as well as the great assembly, spoke in unison,

saying, “World-honored One, now is the time! Sugata, now is the time!”