釋摩訶衍論 9.9

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已說通達對治行法門，次說別相所作業用門。就此門中即有八門。云何為八？一者出現人相令信門、二者出現言說亂識門、三者得三世智惑人門、四者不離世間縛纏門、五者心性無常生亂門、六者令得邪定非真門、七者勸請行者離邪門、八者簡擇真偽令了門，是名為八。如其次第說相應觀。就第一門中有三種人。云何為三？一者天人、二者菩薩人、三者如來人，是名為三。若外道人為作三像，各用幾門？各六門故。云何為六？一者造像門、二者禱祀門、三者神呪門、四者誦經門、五者阿呼門、六者勸請門，是名為六。言造像門者，隨用何人像處，作其人像故。言禱祀門者，以種種飲食、種種眾生身命而作祀事故。言神呪門者，隨應當處誦陀羅尼故。言誦經門者，讀誦八陀多等諸經故。言阿呼門者，隨所作事不須餘語，唯作是言阿呼阿故。言勸請門者，向自世尊勸請神力故。言造像者其相云何？且作天像時中當如何耶？謂頭面眼耳鼻舌身手足，此九種處中各各誦一萬八千遍陀羅尼呪成立此處。謂若為作眼像時中，則誦呪曰：

Having explained the portal of the practice of penetrating the antidote, next is explained the portal of specific characteristics of functions performed. Within this portal there are eight portals. What are the eight? First, the portal of appearing in human forms to induce faith; second, the portal of appearing with speech to disorder consciousness; third, the portal of attaining knowledge of the three times to delude people; fourth, the portal of not departing from worldly fetters; fifth, the portal of the nature of the mind being impermanent and producing confusion; sixth, the portal of causing one to attain false concentration that is not real; seventh, the portal of exhorting practitioners to leave evil behind; eighth, the portal of discerning the true and false to cause understanding. These are named the eight. Their characteristics should be contemplated in accordance with their sequence. Within the first portal, there are three kinds of persons. What are the three? First, heavenly persons; second, bodhisattva persons; third, tathāgata persons. These are named the three. If heterodox non-Buddhists make the three images, how many portals do they each use? They each use six portals. What are the six? First, the portal of fashioning images; second, the portal of sacrificial prayer; third, the portal of divine mantras; fourth, the portal of reciting sūtras; fifth, the portal of ah-hu; sixth, the portal of beseeching. These are named the six. As for the portal of fashioning images, it means making images of that person wherever their image is needed. As for the portal of sacrificial prayer, it means performing sacrificial rites with various food and drink and the life of various sentient beings. As for the portal of divine mantras, it means reciting dhāraṇīs in the appropriate places. As for the portal of reciting sūtras, it means reciting sūtras such as the *Bhādrata* (*Baduotuo jing*). As for the portal of ah-hu, it means that whatever is done requires no other speech, merely saying 'Ah-hu-a.' As for the portal of beseeching, it means beseeching divine power from one's own World-Honoured One. As for fashioning images, what is its characteristic? First, when fashioning a heavenly image, what should be done? That is to say, on these nine parts—head/face, eyes, ears, nose, tongue, body, hands, and feet—one recites a dhāraṇī mantra eighteen thousand times at each of these nine places to establish this place. That is to say, when fashioning the image of the eyes, one recites the mantra: