འཕགས་པ་འཇམ་དཔལ་གྱ་རྩ་བའ་རྒྱད 156

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Such a feeble-minded being will go to the terrible
Kālasūtra or Pratāpana hell,

“Or Sañjīva, Asipattra,
Or perhaps Śālmalīvana,
Where a person who speaks untruth
Will remain for many eons.

“How could the mantras of a liar
Ever bring accomplishment?
One who deceives beings with false words
Only brings them distress.
One whose actions are so deluded
Is therefore not going to see mantra accomplishment.

“There will be no accomplishment for the followers of mantra
Who utter words in the manner just described.
How could they win accomplishment,
Even after many eons—tens of millions?

“One who rejects, on this earth,
The teaching of the buddhas
Will fall into the terrible
And very frightening Avīci hell.

“In the Sañjīva, Kālasūtra,
Or Pratāpana hell
One will remain for one great eon,
If one shuns these genuine instructions of mine.

“Foolish people will be cooked
In a frighteningly dark hell,
If, blind and veiled by darkness,⁹³²
They disdain the genuine teachings.

“Because of their ignorance and childish nature,
They are deluded by their false pride.
Slighting the vidyārāja,⁹³³
They will fall into a terrible hell.

“One should therefore refrain from committing evil,
Or any contemptible falsehood.
Genuine Dharma must not be despised,
And wrong views must be rejected.

“Consequently, one should always have faith
And always follow the mantra procedure.
One who knows the mantra should speak the truth,
Always for the good of sentient beings.
If such a one resorts to the mantra,
He will certainly obtain accomplishment.⁹³⁴

“The⁹³⁵ (ritual) performance makes for the (ritual) activity;
Such activity would not happen without the performance.
One thus performs various activities (and creates various karmas)
Of the sublime, medium, and lower types.
One who thus engages in ritual activity
Will always obtain accomplishment.⁹³⁶

“In terms of purpose, the only purpose of ritual performance
Is always for the sake of aim-oriented activity.
Ritual performance without a motive is a kriyā (mere performance),
Whereas ritual performance with a motive is a karman (retributive⁹³⁷ activity).
As activity that relies on ritual bears results,
One should always perform rituals.⁹³⁸