འཕགས་པ་འཇམ་དཔལ་གྱ་རྩ་བའ་རྒྱད 50

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Go, go to your own abode and dismiss [also] all the buddhas with their retinues. Cause them to return to their respective dwellings. Remember the pledge. May the words of [these] mantras fulfill my every purpose. Make my wishes come true, svāhā! ³¹⁷

“The above mantra of dismissing can be employed in all ritual activities. The accompanying mudrā is called auspicious seat. With this mudrā one should provide the seat.³¹⁸ The dismissal is effected after mentally reciting the above mantra seven times.

“Mastery of this mantra is useful for all mundane and supramundane maṇḍalas and mantras. It is to be applied to the observances at the time of samaya recitation.”³¹⁹

Then Mañjuśrī, the divine youth, again directed his gaze at the Pure Abode and the great assembly gathered there, and taught in full the section on the mantras of the host of vidyās from his own great retinue-circle:

“Homage to all the buddhas, the perfect teachers!

“Oṁ riṭi svāhā!

“This vidyā, Keśinī by name, is an attendant of Mañjuśrī and may be employed in all rites. When combined with the great five-crested mudrā, she may be employed in all rites involving poison.

“Homage to all the buddhas, the perfect teachers!

“Oṁ niṭi!

“This vidyā, Upakeśinī by name, may be employed in all rites. When combined with the mudrā budding blossom, she may be employed in all rites involving demonic possession.³²⁰

“Homage to all the buddhas, whose conduct is impeccable!

“Oṁ niḥ!³²¹

“This vidyā, Nalinī by name,
Is useful in all ritual activities.
When combined with the mudrā auspicious seat,
She will certainly summon yakṣiṇīs.

“Homage to all the buddhas,
Whose forms are inconceivable.

“Oṁ jñaiḥ svāhā!³²²

“When combined with the mudrā spear,
This vidyā will kill all the ḍākinīs.

“This vidyā, Kapālinī by name,
Was taught by Mañjughoṣa.
The buddhas perpetually praise
Her divine form.³²³

“Homage to all the buddhas, the followers of impeccable paths! The vidyā of Varadā is: