釋摩訶衍論 9.35

9.35

Having explained the distinct approaches to fashioning deva-images, next I shall explain the approach to fashioning the bodily forms of bodhisattvas. Within this approach there are also six approaches, differing only in being general or specific. The general are the approach of sacrificial worship, the approach of dhāraṇī mantras, the approach of 'Aho', and the approach of supplication. The specific are the approach of image-making and the approach of sūtra recitation. Between the two specific characteristics, what is the characteristic of the first, image-making? It is that, as previously explained, in the nine locations one recites their respective dhāraṇī mantras. What are their respective characteristics? When fashioning the image of the head, one then recites the mantra saying: