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大毘盧遮那成佛神變加持經 (Shubhakarasimha & Yixing 724) 1.21

The Vairocanābhisaṃbodhi Sutra 1.21

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1.21

Beings of inferior intelligence, shrouded in stupidity and passion,

Will simply on the basis of their attachment to existence forever

delight in the impermanent and the permanent

And in good and bad signs in times, directions, and the actions that

they perform.

Ignorant of this path, they will blindly seek results,

And it is in order to deliver them that I teach this method in

conformity with them.

“Lord of Mysteries, one prepares a site from among the places such as were described [above] and makes it hard. Taking gomayī (cow dung) and gomūtra (cow’s urine) that have not fallen to the ground, one mixes them together and smears them [over the site]. Then, with the mantra for perfumed water, one purifies [the site] by sprinkling [it with perfumed water]. The mantra is: Namaḥ samantabuddhānāṃ, apratisame gaganasame samatānugate prakṛtiviśuddhe dharmadhātuviśodhani svāhā. (Homage to all Buddhas! O you who are without equal! you who are equal to the sky! you who have attained equality! you who are pure by nature! you who purify the Dharma realm! svāhā!)17 [1]

Next, the practitioner, in the middle [of the site] with his mind

concentrated, visualizes Vairocana,

Who is on a seat of a white lotus flower, his hair done in a topknot

to form a crown,

And emits light rays of various colors that completely surround his

entire body.

Next—this too should be done in a state of meditation—he visualizes

the buddhas of the four quarters.

The [buddha of the] eastern quarter is called Ratnaketu, and the

color of his body is like the radiance of the sun [at sunrise].

The great striving hero (mahāvīra) in the southern quarter is the

fully awakened Saṃkusumita[rājendra]:

He is golden in color and emits rays of light, and his samādhi is

free from all sullies.

The Buddha Akṣobhya in the northern quarter is in meditation,

free from affliction and composed.

The benevolent and victorious one (jina) in the western quarter—

he is called Amitāyus.

The reciter, contemplating [thus], then dwells in the buddha

chamber,

Where he should take possession of the site with [the mantra of]

Acala of great renown

Or by using [the mantra of] Trailokyavijaya, by which all objectives

are accomplished.

White sandalwood is used to paint the fine round maṇḍalas

(i.e., circles)—

The first in the center is for myself (i.e., Vairocana), the second is

for the world-saviors,

And the third, like theirs, is for the Buddha-Mother Gaganalocanā;

The fourth is for Padmapāṇi, the fifth is for the vajradhara

(i.e., Vajrapāṇi),

And the sixth, for Acalanātha, is mindfully placed below that

[for Vajrapāṇi].

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