大毘盧遮那成佛神變加持經 (Shubhakarasimha & Yixing 724) 7.140

7.140

Again, visualize a lunar disc, full and clear, in your heart,

Shining brightly with the letter-gateway A, rendered completely in

the color of a vajra (i.e., yellow).

The true meaning of [this] sound is explained as the original non-birth

of all dharmas:

Duly observe in this how everything arises from this essence.

The letters of the sound are like a garland of flowers, surrounded by

bright flames,

The light of which, universally bright and pure, is able to destroy the

caves of ignorance.

Starting with the letter Ka, the other letter-gateways too

Should all be cultivated by this method while thinking on the truth

of the sounds.

Alternatively, arrange in a circle your own mantra inside a bright

circle:

Single letters and words follow the breath in going out and coming in.

Alternatively, practice the mental or [four-]limbed methods

in accordance with reason as when in mental equipoise;

Think of accomplishing siddhi with thoughts of universally benefiting

beings.

When performing recitation, stop once you become very tired.

Alternatively, arrange the letters of the mantra inside a lunar [disc]

in your heart

And, in accordance with their profound and mystic meaning,

contemplate the truth of their sounds.

He who recites in this manner performs yet another expedient means:

For accomplishing roots of goodness with the mass of merits that he

has cultivated,

He should practice the mental or [four-]limbed rite, for which there

is no fixed time.

If he wishes for higher, middling, or lower siddhi in the present life,

He should with this expedient means first perform mental recitation.

Such are the rites taught by the Perfectly Awakened World-honored

Ones.

Moreover, he presents unguent, flowers, and so on, making offerings

according to his ability.

There are in brief two methods of preliminary recitation. One is dependent on time, and the second is dependent on signs. “Time” means the completion of the expected number [of recitations] and fixed periods such as terms of days or months. “Signs” means blazing light and sounds emitted by a buddha’s stupa or a painting or image. You should know that these are signs that the mantra practitioner’s obstacles [resulting from past] sins have been cleansed.

It is as is explained in the sutra: having first recited with mental application, then recite a full one lakṣa [times]. Thereafter spend a second month, practicing expedient means complete with the [four] limbs, and then perform rites of accomplishment in accordance with your prime wish. If there are [signs indicative of] obstacles, first, relying on the gateway for the man-