千手眼大悲心呪行法 1.37

1.37

"With whole heart, I prostrate to the Original Teacher, Śākyamuni, the World-Honoured One." (As with the various positions of the triratna in the previous invitation, for all of them one must perform full prostrations with the five limbs touching the ground, paying homage with earnest reverence. When paying homage to the Buddha, visualize and say: "The one who bows and the one bowed to are by nature empty and tranquil; the mutual communion of stimulus and response is inconceivable. This bodhimaṇḍa of mine is like Indra's jewel-net, in which the Tathāgata Śākyamuni appears as a reflection; my own body appears as a reflection before Śākyamuni, as I touch my head and face to his feet and take refuge in homage." When reaching the prostration to Amitābha, one says: "...in which Amitābha Buddha appears as a reflection..." and so forth. When paying homage to the Dharma, visualize and say: "The true emptiness of the Dharma-nature is like empty space; the constantly abiding Dharma-jewel is inconceivable. My own body appears as a reflection before the Dharma-jewel, as with whole heart I take refuge in homage in accordance with the Dharma." Homage to the Saṅgha follows the homage to the Buddha above, merely changing [the name] to the Bodhisattva and so forth; only when paying homage to Avalokiteśvara does one say: "...touching feet in homage to seek the eradication of obstacles," because this is the master of kṣamā.)