འཕགས་པ་འཇམ་དཔལ་གྱ་རྩ་བའ་རྒྱད 298

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A long time will pass before one sees
The accomplishment of such mantras.

“If, on the other hand, the mantras are employed according to procedure,
One will swiftly obtain accomplishment
And will see the results manifesting in full—
Such mantras are said to be not without results.

“Such mantras will be accomplished in this very life,
With the corresponding results arising accordingly.¹⁸⁷⁴
Without the result-oriented rite there will be no fruition;
The rite that does not produce results is useless.¹⁸⁷⁵

“The rite is called attended by results ¹⁸⁷⁶
When the ritual performance produces results.
The reciter of such [rites] will, in this life,
Attain the deathless state¹⁸⁷⁷

“[Where] the world is said to be blissful,
And [the reciter] is delivered into a tranquil state.¹⁸⁷⁸
Such a follower of the Buddha’s path
Will enter there, the great destiny.

“During the inauspicious lowest eon,
He will see his own accomplishment.
In this very life he will obtain accomplishment
That will last beyond the end of this life.

“Until the final liberation there will be peace—
This is the unconditioned, auspicious path.
It has been explained to the world
As the pure, auspicious state.

“The victorious ones taught about buddhahood,
Explaining everything in full.
At the end of such teaching, and only then,
They taught the accomplishment of mantras.

“When the victorious ones are absent,
Without manifesting individually,
[For such times] the powerful, moon-like sages
Taught the mantras to the world.¹⁸⁷⁹

“It is taught that accomplishment can manifest for beings
As a real experience during this life.
When the knower of reality is absent,¹⁸⁸⁰
One can attain buddhahood by means of mantras.

“During the final time period, the dark eon,
When the knower of reality has departed into the peace [of nirvāṇa],
The mantras of those who [merely] desire wealth
Will not be accomplished quickly.

“At that time, however, if an adept of the mantra system
Performs the ritual according to procedure,
He will [swiftly] become accomplished
In the doctrine taught by the Sage.¹⁸⁸¹

“When a tathāgata is physically present,
The supreme accomplishment can be expected [to arise] swiftly.
In the intermediate period,
The middling accomplishment is said [to arise].

“Toward the end of the eon,
The accomplishment is said to be inferior.