千手眼大悲心呪行法 1.4

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二、淨三業　經云：「誦此神呪者，發廣大菩提心，誓度一切眾生，身持齋戒住於靜室，澡浴清淨著淨衣服，制心一處更莫異緣。」《法華三昧》云：「初入道場，當以香湯沐浴著淨潔衣，若大衣及諸新染服，若無新者，當取已衣中勝者，以為入道場衣。於後若出道場至不淨處，當脫淨衣、著不淨衣，所為事竟，當洗浴著本淨衣，入道場行法（上皆《法華三昧》文也）。」縱一日都不至穢，亦須一浴。終竟一期，專莫雜語，及一切接對問訊等。終竟一期，依經運想，不得剎那念於世務，若便利飲食亦須秉護，勿令散失，事畢即入道場，不得托事延緩，大要身論開遮，口論說默，意論止觀也。修者須依善師咨稟，知已然可行之，慎勿自任。

Second: Purifying the Three Karmas. The sūtra states: "One who recites this divine mantra arouses the vast and great bodhicitta, vows to deliver all sentient beings, physically maintains the pure precepts, dwells in a quiet chamber, bathes purely, wears clean clothes, restrains the mind in one place, and no longer pursues other conditions." The *Lotus Samādhi* states: "When first entering the bodhimaṇḍa, one should bathe with fragrant water and wear clean and pure clothes, such as the grand robe and newly dyed garments; if there are no new ones, one should take the finest among one's existing clothes to serve as the garments for entering the bodhimaṇḍa. If thereafter one leaves the bodhimaṇḍa to go to an impure place, one should remove the pure clothes and put on impure clothes; when the business is done, one should bathe, put on the original pure clothes, and enter the bodhimaṇḍa to practice the ritual (the above is all from the *Lotus Samādhi* text)." Even if throughout an entire day one does not reach an unclean place, one must still bathe once. Throughout the entire period, one must strictly avoid idle chatter and all social encounters and polite inquiries. Throughout the entire period, one must direct one's thoughts according to the sūtra, not contemplating worldly affairs for even a single thought-moment; if answering the call of nature or eating and drinking, one must also maintain mindfulness without letting it scatter, and upon concluding the business immediately enter the bodhimaṇḍa, not making pretexts to delay. In general, bodily action concerns permission and prohibition; verbal action concerns speech and silence; mental action concerns śamatha-vipaśyanā. Practitioners must rely on a good teacher to inquire and receive instruction, and only after knowing it may they practice it; take care not to act on one's own authority.