大毘盧遮那成佛神變加持經 (Shubhakarasimha & Yixing 724) 2.61

2.61

At that time Vajrapāṇi said to the Buddha: “Lord! As I understand the meaning of what the Buddha has spoken, I too understand in this way: when the noble deities abide in their fundamental positions in the maṇḍala, they possess majestic spiritual power because they abide in this way. Nothing can obscure the Tathāgata's injunctions. Why is this? The Lord is the samaya of all mantras, which is to say, abiding in their own lineage. Therefore, bodhisattvas who cultivate the bodhisattva conduct through the mantra-naya should also abide in their original positions to perform all activities.” [The Buddha said,] “Furthermore, Lord of Secrets! If the various colours, the maṇḍala positions of those noble deities, and the forms of the deities are spoken of, you should know that they are also like this; this is what was spoken by the previous Buddhas. Lord of Secrets! In future times, sentient beings of inferior wisdom and lacking faith, upon hearing such an explanation, will be unable to accept it in faith; because they lack wisdom, their doubts will increase. They will rigidly cling to only what they have heard without cultivating it, harming themselves and others, and saying: ‘Those non-Buddhists have such teachings; this is not taught by the Buddha.’ Such ignorant persons will form this kind of conviction.” At that time the Lord spoke in verse: