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大毘盧遮那成佛神變加持經 (Shubhakarasimha & Yixing 724) 2.63

The Vairocanābhisaṃbodhi Sutra 2.63

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2.63

The foolish person does not know the characteristic of the dharmas

[as taught] by the buddhas:

I have taught that the characteristic possessed by all dharmas is that

they are all empty.

One should always dwell in mantras and be sure to act with resolve.

Chapter IV

A Treasury of Mantras

in Common Use

Thereupon the vajradharas, with the Lord of Mysteries at their head, and the host of bodhisattvas, with Samantabhadra at their head, bowed down to the Buddha Vairocana and, out of a desire to expound in this great king of maṇḍalas “Born of the Matrix of Great Compassion” the Dharma-phrases of their mantras, [each] in accordance with the pure gateway to the Dharma realm that they had mastered, they appealed each in his own words to the World-honored One [for permission to do so]. Then the World-honored One empowered them with the indestructible nature of dharmas and addressed the vajradharas and bodhisattvas, saying, “Good sirs, you should expound, in accordance with the Dharma realm as you have mastered it, those formulae of truth that cleanse the realms of beings!”

Then the bodhisattva Samantabhadra promptly dwelled in the samādhi “Adornment of the Buddha’s Sphere” and uttered the mantra of unobstructed strength: Namaḥ samantabuddhānāṃ, samatānugata virajadharmanirjāta mahāmaha svāhā. (Homage to all Buddhas! O you who have attained equality! you who are born of the unsoiled Dharma! great among the great! svāhā!) [21]

Then the bodhisattva Maitreya dwelled in the samādhi “Generation of Universal Great Benevolence” and uttered his own heart-mantra: Namaḥ samantabuddhānāṃ, ajitaṃjaya sarvasattvāśayānugata svāhā. (Homage to all Buddhas! O you who vanquish the unvanquished! you who follow the inclinations of all beings! svāhā!) [22]

Then the bodhisattva Ākāśagarbha entered the samādhi “Sphere of Purity” and uttered his own heart-mantra: Namaḥ samantabuddhānāṃ, ākāśasamatānugata vicitrāmbaradhara svāhā. (Homage to all Buddhas! O you who have attained equality with space! you who wear a many-colored raiment! svāhā!) [23]

Then the bodhisattva Sarvanīvaraṇaviṣkambhin entered the samādhi

“Power of Compassion” and uttered [this] mantra: Namaḥ samantabud-

dhānāṃ, āḥ sattvahitābhyudgata traṃ traṃ raṃ raṃ svāhā. (Homage to all

Buddhas! Āḥ! O you who have arisen for the weal of beings! traṃ traṃ raṃ

raṃ! svāhā!)41 [24]

Then the bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara entered the samādhi “Universal

Gaze” and uttered his own heart[-mantra] and the mantras of his attendants:

Namaḥ samantabuddhānāṃ, sarvatathāgatāvalokita karuṇāmaya ra ra [ra]

hūṃ jaḥ svāhā. (Homage to all Buddhas! O gaze of all Tathāgatas! that

which is formed of compassion! ra ra [ra] hūṃ jaḥ! svāhā!) [25]

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