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Chapter 29

At that time the blessed Śākyamuni again directed his gaze at the realm of the Pure Abode and spoke to Mañjuśrī, the divine youth, as follows:

“There is, Mañjuśrī, in this division of your ritual prescriptions, a seventh [set of] rites involving a painting that will be effective at the end of the [dark] eon and will without fail lead to accomplishment. This accomplishment will include the arising and maturing of happiness, the knowledge of the physical world, and the forestalling of all painful destinies, and it will certainly lead to awakening.”

The blessed Śākyamuni then taught the heart mantra of Mañjuśrī, the divine youth:

“It contains six syllables whose nature is to liberate from the six destinies;
It has an inconceivable, unequaled, and immeasurably great power;
It liberates from the ocean of all the oceans of existence,
From the misery of the three sufferings, and from the fetters that bind one to existence.

“It can touch all the worlds¹⁷⁷⁷
And no spirit can withstand it.
It purifies the paths of [cyclic] existence,
Invincible to all spirits.

“It brings about the qualities of buddhahood
And wards off all evil beings.
All the buddhas rejoice in it,
As it produces every good fortune.
It is the most eminent among all the mantras
Included in the teachings of Mañjuśrī.

“What is this mantra? It is:

“Oṁ vākyeda namaḥ!

“Now its ritual will be taught. Living on a diet of solid and liquid dishes of vegetables or barley, bathing