The Awakening of Mahāvairocana 3.4

3.4

「如真言教法，成就於彼果，
當字字相應，句句亦如是，
作心想念誦，善住一洛叉。
初字菩提心，第二名為聲，
句想為本尊，而於自處作。
第二句當知，即諸佛勝句，
行者觀住彼，極圓淨月輪，
於中諦誠想，諸字如次第，
中置字句等，而想淨其命，
命者所謂風，念隨出入息，
彼等淨除已，作先持誦法，
善住真言者，次一月念誦，
行者前方便，一一句通達，
諸佛大名稱，說此先受持。
次當隨所有，奉塗香花等，
為成正覺故，迴向自菩提。
如是於兩月，真言當無畏。
次滿此月已，行者入持誦，
山峯或牛欄，及諸河潬等，
四衢道一室，神室大天室。
彼漫茶羅處，悉如金剛宮，
是處而結護，行者作成就。
即以中夜分，或於日出時，
智者應當知，有如是相現，
𤙖聲或鼓音，若復地震動，
及聞虛空中，有悅意言辭，
應知如是相，悉地總如意。
諸佛兩足尊，宣說於彼果，
住是真言行，必定當成佛，
應一切種類，常念持真言，
古佛大仙說，故應當憶念。」

"In accordance with the ritual method of the mantras, to accomplish that fruit,
One should correspond syllable by syllable, and phrase by phrase likewise;
Visualizing in mind, one recites, well abiding for one hundred thousand [times].
The first syllable is the bodhicitta; the second is called sound;
Visualizing the phrase as the iṣṭadevatā, one produces it in its own place.
The second phrase, you should know, is the supreme phrase of all Buddhas;
The practitioner contemplates and abides therein, in the extremely round and pure moon disk.
Within it, sincerely visualizing the syllables according to their order,
One places the syllables and phrases therein, and contemplates purifying their life [breath];
'Life' refers to the wind: one mindfully follows the exhalation and inhalation of breath.
Having purified these, one performs the preliminary recitation rite;
One who abides well in the mantra next recites for one month.
The practitioner's preliminary upāya penetrates phrase by phrase;
The Buddhas of great renown spoke of this preliminary reception and holding.
Next, one should, according to what one has, offer smeared incense, flowers, and the like,
And for the sake of attaining perfect awakening, dedicate them to one's own bodhi.
In this way, for two months, the mantra will be fearless.
Next, having completed this month, the practitioner enters recitation
On a mountain peak or in a cow-pen, on river sandbars, and the like,
At a crossroads, in a solitary chamber, a deity chamber, or a Mahādeva chamber.
That maṇḍala place is entirely like a vajra palace;
In that place, having bound and protected [the site], the practitioner accomplishes the siddhi.
Then at the midnight watch, or at the time of sunrise,
The wise one should know that such signs will appear:
The sound of hūṃ, or the sound of drums, or if the earth quakes,
And one hears in the sky delightful words—
One should know that with such signs, the siddhi will be entirely as desired.
The Buddhas, the supreme among two-legged beings, taught concerning that fruit;
Abiding in this mantra practice, one will surely attain Buddhahood.
According with all kinds, always mindfully uphold the mantras;
They were spoken by the ancient Buddhas and Great Seers, and so one should remember them."