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The Awakening of Mahāvairocana 4.153

大毘盧遮那成佛神變加持經 (Śubhakarasiṃha & Yixing 724) 4.153

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Classical Chinese

4.153

「『南麼三曼多勃馱喃(一) 囉怛怒(二合)嗢婆(上)嚩(二) 莎訶(三)』

seal of the bodhisattva Ratnapāṇi. The mantra is: Namaḥ samantabuddhānāṃ, ratnodbhava svāhā. (Homage to all Buddhas! O you have risen from a jewel! svāhā!) [206]

“With the left and right hands make a hand-clasp [with the two hands] crossed back to back, interlock the thumb of the left hand and the little finger of the right hand, and likewise for the right [hand] on the left [hand]; the remaining [fingers] are like a [three-pronged] vajra in appearance: this is the seal of Dharaṇiṃdhara. The mantra is: Namaḥ samantabuddhānāṃ, dharaṇiṃdhara svāhā. (Homage to all Buddhas! O you who support the earth! svāhā!) [207]

“Make the form of a five-pronged vajra lance as before: this is the seal

of Ratnamudrāhasta. The mantra is: Namaḥ samantabuddhānāṃ, ratna-

nirjāta svāhā. (Homage to all Buddhas! O you who are born of a jewel!

svāhā!)82 [208]

“Then, with this seal, make all the fingers touch each other: this is the

seal of Dṛḍhādhyāśaya. The mantra is: Namaḥ samantabuddhānāṃ,

vajrasaṃbhava svāhā. (Homage to all Buddhas! O you who are born from

a vajra! svāhā!) [209]

“Make the sword [seal] with the two left and right hands as before: this

is the seal of the bodhisattva Gaganāmala. The mantra is: Namaḥ

samantabuddhānāṃ, gaganānantagocara svāhā. (Homage to all Buddhas!

O you who have the sky as your infinite field of action! svāhā!) [210]

“The wheel seal, as before: this is the seal of Gaganamati. The mantra

is: Namaḥ samantabuddhānāṃ, cakravarti svāhā. (Homage to all Buddhas!

O you who turn the wheel! svāhā!) [211]

“The śaṅkha seal, as before: this is the seal of Viśuddhamati. The mantra

is: Namaḥ samantabuddhānāṃ, dharmasaṃbhava svāhā. (Homage to all

Buddhas! O you who are born from the Dharma! svāhā!) [212]

“The lotus-flower seal, as before: this is the seal of Cāritramati. The

mantra is: Namaḥ samantabuddhānāṃ, padmālaya svāhā. (Homage to all

Buddhas! O lotus receptacle! svāhā!) [213]

“The blue lotus-flower seal, the same as before, [with the fingers] spread

slightly apart: this is the seal of Sthiramati. The mantra is: Namaḥ samanta-

Rolf W. Giebel 2005, The Vairocanābhisaṃbodhi Sutra

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