請觀世音菩薩消伏毒害陀羅尼三昧儀 1.8

1.8

The Bailu says: 'One should strictly adorn the bodhimaṇḍa, smear the ground with fragrant mud, hang various banners and canopies, install an image of the Buddha facing south, and separately install an image of Avalokiteśvara facing east.' The Zhiguan says: 'In a clean bodhimaṇḍa, invoke images of Amida, Avalokiteśvara, and Mahāsthāmaprāpta, installing them in the west. (The bodhimaṇḍa properly requires installing an image of Avalokiteśvara facing east, installing Mahāsthāmaprāpta by Avalokiteśvara's right shoulder, and installing an image of the Buddha facing south by his left shoulder; there is no harm in further installing Śākyamuni in the center; the adornments must be fully complete, and only then should the images be installed.) Set out willow branches and pure water. For defecation and urination, smear the body with ash to the left and right, bathe cleanly, and put on new, clean robes.' The Bailu says: 'Practitioners, ten persons or fewer, should sit on mats facing west; if the ground is low and damp, set low-legged couches. One should make offerings with all one's might day by day; if one cannot manage it, there must not be an absence of offerings on the first day.' The Fuxing says: 'Although body and speech are sincere, they must be aided by merit. Doing so day by day is ever more superior; fearing that one's strength may not suffice, it is permitted to follow [this rule] on the first day. One must first appraise one's own wealth and extend it to total exhaustion.' The Bailu, according to the Great Compassion Sūtra, specifies three weeks (twenty-one days), and drawing upon this sūtra specifies seven weeks (forty-nine days), all initiating the practice on a fast day.