འཕགས་པ་འཇམ་དཔལ་གྱ་རྩ་བའ་རྒྱད 336

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All of them collectively can accomplish anything,
If combined with the mantras as has been taught.²¹⁷⁶

“There is no need to observe the right lunar days,
Planetary configurations, or fasts;
If the mudrās and the mantras are used in combination,
They will swiftly accomplish any activity.

“For an experienced reciter who has developed the energy (tapas),
It is enough merely to recite the mantra.
When the mudrā and mantra are combined, though,
There is nothing that cannot be accomplished.

“Using both hands again,
One should join them in the añjali gesture
And extend sideways the small and the ring fingers and the thumb;
This mudrā is called the incense.²¹⁷⁷

“One should join the bent index finger
With the three joints of the middle finger.
The three pairs of the opposite fingers
Should be interlaced.²¹⁷⁸

“The tips of the index fingers should touch,
Inclined toward the thumbs.
The añjali shape thus formed
Is designated as the flower mudrā.

“The palms of the hands should face upward,
With the small fingers interlaced.
The ring fingers should be intertwined behind [the palms],
And the middle fingers should be joined behind them.

“The two index fingers should also be interlaced,
Touching the ground with the palm.
When the two thumbs are placed close together,
This is taught to be the Dharma mudrā.

“Using as the basis the añjali gesture,
One should slightly bend the index fingers.
This mudrā is the common bali mudrā²¹⁷⁹
Passed down by the protectors of the world.

“Inside [this mudrā] one should place flowers
Of various kinds, as available,²¹⁸⁰
And offer them while reciting mantras
In all bali rites.

“One should display with the right hand
The mudrā of granting fearlessness;
With the left, one should grasp
The right hand around the wrist.²¹⁸¹
This mudrā is called the perfume;
It may be used with any mantra.

“One should make the right [and left] hands into fists.
Always [joining] the thumbs and the middle fingers,
One should form [with the thumb] the shape of a needle;
This mudrā is called the lamp.²¹⁸²

“The ring finger and the thumb should be positioned
As if for turning rosary beads.
The small finger should always be extended