The Awakening of Mahāvairocana 4.246

4.246

「如前，以定慧手相合，並虛空輪而建立之，是一切執曜印。真言曰：

“Clasp the left and right hands together as before and raise the thumbs erect side by side: this is the seal of all planets. The mantra is: Namaḥ samantabuddhānāṃ, grahaiśvaryaprāpta jyoti[r]maya svāhā. (Homage to all Buddhas! O you who have won dominion over the planets! you who are formed of light! svāhā!) [231]

“Next, with this seal, the thumbs and middle fingers are intercrossed: this is the seal of all lunar mansions. The mantra is: Namaḥ samantabuddhānāṃ, nakṣatranirnādaniye svāhā. (Homage to all Buddhas! For you of the lunar mansions who shout out, svāhā!) [232]

“Then, with this seal, bend the two ring fingers and insert them in between the palms: this is the seal of rākṣasas. The mantra is: Namaḥ samantabuddhānāṃ, rākṣasādhipataye svāhā. [233 = 50]

“Extend the left hand, cover the mouth with it, and touch it with the jihva (tongue): this is the seal of ḍākinīs. The mantra is: Namaḥ samantabuddhānāṃ, hrīḥ haḥ. [234 = 132]

“Lord of Mysteries, the Tathāgata’s seals headed by these are born of the Tathāgata’s faith-and-understanding. They are equivalent to the insignia of a bodhisattva, and their number is immeasurable. Furthermore, Lord of Mysteries, you should know that [the activities of] the limbs too, in motion or at rest, are all mystic seals, and you should know that the many utterances made by the tongue are all mantras. Therefore, Lord of Mysteries, bodhisattvas

cultivating bodhisattva practices via the gateway of mantras should, after having generated the bodhi-mind, abide in the stage of the Tathāgata and [only then] draw a maṇḍala. If they do otherwise, it is tantamount to slandering buddhas and bodhisattvas, and they will transgress the samaya and certainly fall into an evil destiny.”

[End of] Fascicle Four of the Scripture of the

Enlightenment, Supernatural Transformations,