འཕགས་པ་འཇམ་དཔལ་གྱ་རྩ་བའ་རྒྱད 325

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This, the auspicious seat,
Is said to be an excellent and auspicious mudrā.

“It is the seat of all the buddhas;
It can ward off angry beings.²⁰⁷²
It may be used in combination with any mantra
That belongs to a family of the chief victors.

“[This seat,] fixed by all the buddhas
And the bodhisattvas of great power,²⁰⁷³
Stabilizes everything—all the worlds,
Including those inhabited by gods.

“One should form the same auspicious seat.
It should, however, rest²⁰⁷⁴ on the middle fingers—
These fingers²⁰⁷⁵ should be extended
And the hands raised up.
This mudrā has been designated by the lion-like sages,
Who have defeated their enemies, as the seat.

“One should join the hands together
By interlacing the fingers.
Then, with the little fingers, one should form below
A pointed shape like a braid.²⁰⁷⁶

“The middle fingers should be bent,²⁰⁷⁷
Forming the oblong shape of a lotus leaf.
One should join the thumbs together,
Always positioning them upright.²⁰⁷⁸
The perfect buddhas who are free from hatred
Call this mudrā the peacock seat.

“According to the eminent sages,
This is the seat of the sagacious
Bodhisattva Mañjughoṣa,
Ever for his childlike enjoyment.

“Formerly taught by the self-arisen [buddhas],
This mudrā has great power.
When activated with the mantra of Mañjughoṣa,
It can accomplish a variety of activities,
Such as destroying evil beings—
Kravyādas and piśitāśas.

“This completes the first twenty²⁰⁷⁹ mudrās;
More [mudrās] beyond these²⁰⁸⁰
Were taught by the world leaders—
The perfect buddhas, supreme among two-legged beings.

“Next I will teach the procedures
Specific to the mudrās.
One’s hands should be pure and clean,
Washed with unsullied water.

“They should be sprinkled with water
Suffused with white sandalwood, camphor, saffron,
And many types of perfume,
And then dried in the breeze.²⁰⁸¹

“With the hands, which are clean, unimpaired,
Perfect, and free of blisters²⁰⁸²—only with such hands—
One should form a mudrā for saluting, and so forth,
The most eminent of two-legged beings, such as

“Śālendra­rāja, Saṃkusumita­rāja,