འཕགས་པ་འཇམ་དཔལ་གྱ་རྩ་བའ་རྒྱད 368

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“When one’s thoughts [are suffused with] faith,
One is of the highest capacity and will definitely obtain
Final buddhahood with its attendant rewards
Through merely seeing the maṇḍala.

“Those of the middling mental capacity will attain,
At that time, the realization of a pratyeka­buddha.
The remaining ones, because of their lack of devotion,
Are bound for the state of a śrāvaka.²⁴⁵⁶

“This is not unfruitful, as the proclaimed result
[Of the śrāvaka path]—the peaceful destiny [of nirvāṇa]—is exalted.²⁴⁵⁷
If one merely sees the maṇḍala,
One is bound to attain birth in the divine realms.

“Similarly, all the excellent mudrās
And the mantras, in all their vastness,
Can be employed in three different ways;
In terms of bringing happiness, they are divided into three categories.
The mudrās and the maṇḍalas having already been described,
[Now] the benefits of mantras are being told.

“Starting from One Syllable,
And as far as the count goes,
However many [types of] speech
Are known [to be used] in the mantras,²⁴⁵⁸

“[Whether it is] ordinary speech,
Lamentation, weeping, laughter, wailing,
Or any [other kind of] speaking or talking,
All of them have their place in the mantras.

“These mantras are of three kinds—
The same three categories
That have been taught for the maṇḍalas
Apply also to the mudrās and the mantras.

“The relevant procedures
Taught by the guides of the world
Are, in the same way, threefold,
And further still, manifold or thousandfold.

“While being of three kinds, or falling into three categories,
They are also twofold,²⁴⁵⁹ or of infinite types.
The mantra is coextensive with the mind
And never separate from the mind.

“One who employs the mantra,
Blending it with the mind, will succeed.
Whatever mantras there are in the Tathāgata
Or the Lotus families,

“Or those chanted in the Vajra
Or other families,²⁴⁶⁰
Including all the worldly mantras,
All of them arise from the [mind].²⁴⁶¹

“If one studiously recites any mantra
From the Victor’s family that was taught
For the sake of beings by the victors’ sons,
One will certainly become a buddha.²⁴⁶²

“If one reverently recites
The mantras of the middle category,
One will definitely acquire the family status
Referred to as pratyeka­buddha.

“A mantra reciter studiously engaged
In reciting other mantras,
Such as those taught by the noble śrāvakas²⁴⁶³
And the worldly mantras that are essentially virtuous,
Will certainly acquire the family status
Of a śrāvaka of great power.

“Similarly, the rites may be divided