國清百錄 1.134

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方法第三。前諸方便弄引淳熟，渴仰顒顒不惜身命，剋日定時道場行法。初入之始月有二日，道伴多少十人已還，香泥泥地散誕圓壇，彩畫莊嚴擬於淨土，燒香散華懸五色蓋及諸繒幡，請二十四軀像，設百味食。一日三時洗浴著新衣，手執香罏，一心一意散禮一拜，互跪運念，念此香雲遍覆十方，普雨一切寶、一切味衣服臥具，樓閣殿堂絃出法聲，上供諸聖下施眾生，承佛神力廣作佛事，利益一切皆入佛道，與虛空法界等。作是念已當奉請三寶，使聲聲運念淚流于臉，如向死地求於大力。

Third: The method. When the preceding preparatory expedients are fully mastered and ripened, and one looks up with eager thirst, not sparing body or life, determine a date and time to practice the ritual in the bodhimaṇḍa. The initial entry begins on the second day of the month. As for the number of practice companions, it should be ten people or fewer. Smear the ground with scented clay, lay out an unrestricted circular altar, and decorate it with colorful paintings in imitation of a pure land. Burn incense, scatter flowers, hang five-colored canopies and various silk banners, invite twenty-four images, and set out foods of a hundred flavors. Three times a day, bathe, put on clean clothes, hold an incense burner, and with single-minded focus make a prostration; kneeling on alternate knees, direct your thoughts: contemplate that this cloud of incense completely covers the ten directions, universally raining down all treasures, all flavors, clothing, bedding, multistoried pavilions, and palaces, with stringed instruments emitting the sounds of Dharma, offering above to all the sages and bestowing below upon sentient beings, relying on the Buddha's spiritual power to perform Buddha-work extensively, benefiting all to enter the Buddha Path, equal to empty space and the Dharma realm. Having made this contemplation, one should reverently invite the Three Jewels, letting each sound guide one's thought while tears stream down one's face, as if facing the place of death seeking great power.