顯密圓通成佛心要集 2.12

2.12

八、令凡同佛如來歸命門者，謂真言行者持誦神呪課數滿時，身語意三所作善惡之業，皆成無漏功德法門，故《白傘蓋》頌云：「誦滿一萬八千遍，遍遍入於無相定，號成堅固金剛幢，自在得名人中佛，縱使罵詈不為過，諸天常聞梵語聲。」《大悲心陀羅尼經》云：「誦持陀羅尼者，口中所出言音若善若惡，一切天龍聞者皆是清淨法音。」又偈云：「譬如靈丹藥，點鐵成金寶，誦持陀羅尼，變凡作賢聖。」又《神變疏》云：「真言行者能令三業，即同本尊三業。」又持呪行者，得諸佛歸命，故《佛頂》偈云：「十方世界諸如來，護念歸命受持者。」是也。

Eighth, the gate of causing ordinary beings to be equal to the Buddha and having Tathāgatas take refuge: This means that when a mantra practitioner has completed the prescribed number of recitations of the divine mantra, the good and evil karma produced by their three modes of action—body, speech, and mind—all become gates of uncontaminated meritorious Dharmas. Therefore the verse of the *White Parasol* says: "When recited a full eighteen thousand times, / In every recitation one enters the signless samādhi; / One is named as having accomplished the firm vajra banner, / At ease, one attains the name 'Buddha among humans'; / Even if one scolds and insults, it is not an offense; / The devas constantly hear the sound of the Brahmā speech." The *Great Compassion Heart Dhāraṇī Sūtra* says: "For one who recites and upholds the dhāraṇī, whether the words and sounds issued from the mouth are good or evil, all gods and dragons who hear them [regard them as] pure Dharma sounds." Another verse says: "Just as an efficacious elixir / Turns iron into gold and jewels, / Reciting and upholding the dhāraṇī / Transforms an ordinary person into a worthy and sage." Furthermore, the *Commentary on the Divine Transformations* says: "The mantra practitioner is able to make their three karmas directly identical to the three karmas of the central deity." Moreover, the mantra practitioner receives the refuge of all Buddhas; hence the verse of the *Buddha Uṣṇīṣa* says: "The Tathāgatas of the worlds of the ten directions / Protect, remember, and take refuge in those who uphold it." This is what it means.