金光明懺法補助儀 1.18

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若自住處、若阿蘭若處，嚴治一室以為道場，別安唱經座，令與道場有陋。道場內須安釋迦像，於像前安《金光明經》，於佛左邊安功德天座。準新經，應畫吉祥天像。道場若寬，更於右邊安大辯、四天王座。準毘沙門呪法中：「於佛左畫吉祥天，於佛右作我多聞天像。」今道場更窄，亦須安多聞天座為善，以天女居彼勝園，及表權實便故。懸繒旛蓋，安施供具，嚴好諸座，淨掃其地，香汁灌灑，香泥塗治，然種種諸香、油燈於諸座，散種種妙華及諸末香，燒眾名香，供養三寶，備於己力所辦，傾心盡意，極於嚴淨。所以者何？行者內心，敬重三寶，超過三界，今欲奉請供養，豈可輕心！若不能拔己資財，供養大乘，終不招賢感聖，重罪不滅，善根何由得生也？

Whether at one's own dwelling or in an araṇya, adorn and prepare a clean chamber to serve as the bodhimaṇḍa, and separately set up a seat for chanting the sūtra, making it partitioned from the bodhimaṇḍa. Inside the bodhimaṇḍa, an image of Śākyamuni must be enshrined, and in front of the image the Suvarṇaprabhāsa-sūtra is placed. To the left of the Buddha, set up the seat for Guṇadevī. According to the new sūtra, an image of Mahāśrī should be painted. If the bodhimaṇḍa is spacious, further set up the seats for Sarasvatī and the Four Heavenly Kings to the right. According to the ritual of the Vaiśravaṇa Dhāraṇī: 'Paint Mahāśrī to the Buddha's left, and make an image of me, Polymathic Heavenly King (Vaiśravaṇa), to the Buddha's right.' Now, even if the bodhimaṇḍa is narrow, it is still best to set up a seat for Polymathic Heavenly King, because the Devī resides in his superior park and to signify the convenience of the provisional and real. Hang silk banners and canopies, arrange offering implements, adorn the seats beautifully, sweep the ground clean, sprinkle fragrant water, smear fragrant mud, and burn various fragrances and oil lamps before the seats. Scatter various wondrous flowers and powdered incenses, burn various renowned incenses, and make offerings to the Three Jewels, preparing all according to the reach of one's own ability, devoting one's heart and exhausting one's mind to make it extremely adorned and pure. Why is this? The practitioner's inner mind reveres the Three Jewels above the triple world; now, wishing to invoke and make offerings to them, how could one do so with a light mind! If one cannot offer one's own wealth to support the Mahāyāna, one will never summon the worthy and move the sages; heavy transgressions will not be eradicated, and how could roots of goodness arise?