[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [千手眼大悲心呪行法](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1950) › 1.3 # 千手眼大悲心呪行法 1.3 千手眼大悲心呪行法 1.3 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1950.1.3) 一、嚴道場　經云：「住於淨室，懸旛然燈，香華飲食以用供養。」《百錄．請觀音儀》云：「當嚴飾道場，香泥塗地，懸諸旛蓋，安置佛像南向，觀音像別東向，今須安千手眼觀音像，或四十手；如無此像，秖於六手四手像前，或但是觀音形貌；亦無在，更安釋迦、勢至等像無妨。」行者十人已還，當西向席地，地若卑濕置低脚床，當日日盡力供養，若不能辦初日不可無施。《輔行》云「雖心口精誠，須以福助。日日為者彌為增上，恐力不逮聽從初日。必先課已資財以伸傾竭。」經云：「若諸眾生現世求願者，於三七日淨持齋戒，誦此陀羅尼必果所願。」據此修者，須三七日為一期，必不可減。準《法華三昧》，正修之前，於一七日行方便法，使事儀理觀皆悉精熟，仍求加護，令無障礙者也。 > First: Adorning the Bodhimaṇḍa. The sūtra states: "Dwelling in a pure chamber, hang banners and light lamps, using incense, flowers, food, and drink for pūjā." The \*Bailu\* (\*Ritual for Invoking Avalokiteśvara\*) states: "One should adorn the bodhimaṇḍa, smear the ground with fragrant paste, hang various banners and canopies, and install the Buddha image facing south, with the Avalokiteśvara image set separately facing east. At present, one should install an image of Thousand-Armed and Thousand-Eyed Avalokiteśvara, or forty-armed; if there is no such image, it is acceptable merely to be before a six-armed or four-armed image, or even simply Avalokiteśvara's bodily likeness; it is also of no hindrance to install further images of Śākyamuni, Mahāsthāmaprāpta, and so forth." There should be no more than ten practitioners, who should sit on the ground facing west; if the ground is low and damp, set low-legged platforms. One should do one's utmost to make offerings day after day; if that cannot be managed, on the first day there must not be an absence of giving. The \*Fuxing\* states: "Although the mind and mouth are refined and sincere, they must be aided by merit. Doing so day after day is all the more superior; if one fears one's strength will not suffice, it is permissible to do so from the first day onward. One must first measure one's own wealth and resources so as to exhaust them entirely \[in offering\]." The sūtra states: "If sentient beings seeking wishes in the present life cleanly maintain the pure precepts for twenty-one days and recite this dhāraṇī, their wishes will certainly be fulfilled." According to this, practitioners must take twenty-one days as one period; it absolutely must not be decreased. According to the \*Lotus Samādhi\*, prior to the main practice, one performs expedient methods for seven days, so that both phenomenal rituals and principle-contemplations are thoroughly mastered, and one furthermore seeks divine protection so that there may be no hindrances. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1950.1.2) - [Next: 1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1950.1.4) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1950.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1950~en-mt.1.3) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [請觀世音菩薩消伏毒害陀羅尼三昧儀](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1949.1.8) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1950.1.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1950.1.3) · Pramāṇa