འཕགས་པ་འཇམ་དཔལ་གྱ་རྩ་བའ་རྒྱད 158

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To those with discipline, meditation, and [the three] liberations,
And it will fulfill for them all aims—
This has been taught by the chief among the victors.

“One will obtain an increase in riches,
Reside in the ultimate realm,
Or be the leader, in any event, of the yakṣas
And the sovereign of gods and men.⁹⁴⁸

“One who [knows] all mantras
Will obtain supremacy
Over men, gods, and asuras,
And will make his rites bear fruit.⁹⁴⁹

“One should always practice pure conduct
And take joy in discipline and meditation.
A mantra practitioner should recite the mantra
That has been taught in all the tantras.

“The mantra practitioner may perform the various types of rites,
Such as those of the highest or middling type.
If, however, he desires riches,
He should perform those of the lowest type.⁹⁵⁰

“The lowest rites will bring an increase of pleasures;
The middling will bring a superior body.
The reciter will, however, attain the highest state
Only through the supreme rites.

“At the end of recitation, the practitioner should rest,
For as long as necessary;
He should do his formal practice
When the time for it has arrived.

“Even⁹⁵¹ though all his rites have succeeded, the mantra practitioner
Should keep reciting in order to exhaust all the evil of human beings.
What is normally done through successive rites,
He can accomplish through a single rite performed according to procedure.

“His accomplishment will become stable
When he has acquired all that is possible for human beings to acquire.
Such a mantra reciter should nevertheless continue to recite the mantra
In order to exhaust evil, and then, to remove the karma of beings.⁹⁵²

“May the mantras revered by the world
That are supreme, middling, or inferior be successful!
When recited they will exhaust all karma
That has been accumulated throughout the succession of births.⁹⁵³

“The evil of all the embodied beings will then be destroyed.
One will obtain various body ornaments,
Pleasing to the mind and possessed of all good qualities.
One will obtain a place in the Yakṣa,