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འཕགས་པ་འཇམ་དཔལ་གྱ་རྩ་བའ་རྒྱད 208

The Root Manual of the Rites of Mañjuśrī 208

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Nor [the power of] the hundreds of mantras, O pure divine youth!

“All the buddhas, without exception, have taught
The complete mantra system of Mañjuśrī.
These instructions of yours, O divine youth, cover everything,
And the diligent ones derive the highest pleasure from them.¹³²⁰

“Beings who dwell in the Pure Abode,
And all beings without exception, will attain peace¹³²¹
If they never violate your mantra
In any way whatsoever.”¹³²²

Chapter 17

Now Lord Śākyamuni entered the samādhi called the magical display of all the tathāgatas. As soon as he entered this samādhi, rays of blue, yellow, dazzling white, red, and crystal-colored light issued from the tuft of hair between his eyebrows. They brightened the entire buddhafield and illuminated the interior of every realm of the universe, while darkening all the planets and constellations and summoning them in an instant. After summoning them, the light assigned them to their respective places and drew them, by the power of the Buddha’s blessing, into the circle of the assembly. It then disappeared into the same tuft of hair between Lord Śākyamuni’s eyebrows. All the planets, constellations, and stars, their light blocked, approached Lord Śākyamuni, pained and frightened. They stood with folded hands, trembling and prostrating themselves on the ground again and again.

Lord Śākyamuni then gave the following talk
For all the celestial bodies such as planets, constellations, and stars.
He gave it as an act of kindness for all the beings
Born with the intelligence of a child.

“Listen, esteemed friends, hosts of gods along with men. The karma of individual beings causes them to experience the world differently. The way the bodies of beings manifest, whether the vajra bodies of the blessed buddhas

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