大毘盧遮那成佛神變加持經 (Shubhakarasimha & Yixing 724) 2.12

2.12

gateway of the letter Ja, because birth ( jāti) is inapprehensible in all dharmas; the gateway of the letter Jha, because enemies ( jhamala?) are inapprehensible in all dharmas; the gateway of the letter Ṭa, because pride (ṭaṅka) is inapprehensible in all dharmas; the gateway of the letter Ṭ̌ha, because nurturing (viṭhapana: “[illusory] creation”) is inapprehensible in all dharmas; the gateway of the letter Ḍa, because resentment (ḍamara: “riot, tumult”) is inapprehensible in all dharmas; the gateway of the letter Ḍha, because grasping (ḍhaṅka?) is inapprehensible in all dharmas; the gateway of the letter Ta, because thusness (tathatā) is inapprehensible in all dharmas; the gateway of the letter Tha, because a dwelling place (sthāna) is inapprehensible in all dharmas; the gateway of the letter Da, because giving (dāna) is inapprehensible in all dharmas; the gateway of the letter Dha, because the Dharma realm (dharmadhātu) is inapprehensible in all dharmas; the gateway of the letter Pa, because supreme truth (paramārtha) is inapprehensible in all dharmas; the gateway of the letter Pha, because all dharmas are unsolid and like foam ( phena); the gateway of the letter Ba, because bondage (bandha) is inapprehensible in all dharmas; the gateway of the letter Bha, because all existence (bhava) is inapprehensible in all dharmas; the gateway of the letter Ya, because all vehicles ( yāna) are inapprehensible in all dharmas; the gateway of the letter Ra, because all dharmas are dissociated from all defilement (rajas); the gateway of the letter La, because all characteristics (lakṣaṇa) are inapprehensible in all dharmas; the gateway of the letter Va, because the path of speech (vāc) is cut off in all dharmas; the gateway of the letter Śa, because all dharmas are originally quiescent by nature (śānti: “quiescence”); the gateway of the letter Ṣa, because all dharmas are by nature dull (ṣaṭha, for śaṭha: “fool, blockhead”); the gateway of the letter Sa, because all truths (satya) are inapprehensible in all dharmas; and the gateway of the letter Ha,

because cause (hetu) is inapprehensible in all dharmas. Lord of Mysteries, Ṅa,

Ña, Ṇa, Na, and Ma are sovereign over all samādhis and quickly able to effec-

tuate all deeds, and the objectives of what is undertaken are all accomplished.”

Then the World-honored One spoke these verses:

Mantras, the gateway to samādhi, completely fulfill all wishes,

Namely, the inconceivable results of the Tathāgatas.

Endowed with many excellent vows, the definitive meaning

of mantras

Transcends the three ages and is unsullied, like empty space.

Dwelling in an inconceivable [state of] mind, one performs

various deeds,

And he who reaches the stage of cultivation is granted inconceivable

results.

This is the foremost truth, revealed by the buddhas,

And if one knows this Dharma teaching, one will attain the siddhis.

Sound, which is the supreme truth, mantras, and the characteristics

of mantras—