顯密圓通成佛心要集 2.7

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三、除身心病增長福慧門者，謂《聖六字陀羅尼經》、《普賢陀羅尼經》、《文殊一字呪》等十五餘本經皆說：「真言行人能除種種身心病苦。言身病者，所謂一切熱病、冷病、風病、瘧病、眼病、耳病、鼻病、舌病、口病、齒病、脣病、喉病、面病、頭病、頸病、胸病、脅病、腹病、手病、背病、腰病、臍病、髀病、膝病、脚病、痔病、痢病、痰病、氣病、痲病、疔病、腫病、班病、疥病、疱病、癩病、癬病、痒病、瘡病、狂病、癲癎病、鬼魅病。舉要而言，或四大種種病，或五臟種種病，或鬼神所作種種病，或宿業所感種種病，如是等病，以神呪不思議力悉能除愈。」故《持句神呪經》、《大悲心陀羅尼經》皆云：陀羅尼能令枯木還生華果，況有情病而不除也。（問曰：「真言行者，許加持鬼神療他人病不？」答謂：「《妙臂童子經》、《蘇悉地經》等皆云：若求上品大成就事，不得用真言加持鬼神，禁諸蟲蛇療他人病，作此能妨大事。後學宜依佛語，誡之誡之。若實大悲深廣懷菩薩心，不在所遮。故《羂索經》云：『除鬼神病，須三業清淨具慈悲心，此諸菩薩方能為之。』」）又一切貪嗔癡心病自然消滅，故《白傘蓋陀羅尼經》云：「若有宿習貪心等不能除滅，應當一心誦我神呪，如摩登伽女與阿難，是曩劫恩愛，以我呪力愛心永斷成阿羅漢。」彼是婬女無心修行，神呪冥資速證無學，何況本心求菩提者。又《大悲經》云：「至心稱念陀羅尼，婬欲火滅邪心除。」又《如意輪》等諸陀羅尼經說：「真言行人現能增長一切福慧，凡所出言人皆信受，所用衣物財寶等舉意從心，能令五百由旬內人天鬼神盡來歸仰。」又自然通曉一切經律論，并世間典籍，或得總持不忘日記千頌，故《大佛頂經》云：「若讀若誦陀羅尼者，此諸眾生縱其自身不作福業，十方如來所有功德悉與此人。」又云：「若持神呪不生疑悔，是善男子，於此父母所生之身不得心通，十方諸佛便為妄語。」又云：「未精進者令得精進，無智慧者令得智慧等云云。」如世間藥餌，尚能令人去除睡眠增長精神，豈況神呪不生智慧耶？（又《不空羂索神呪心經》云：「若有四眾受持齋戒，專心持誦神呪七遍，不雜異語，當知是人現世定得二十種勝利。云何二十？一者身無眾病安隱快樂；二者由先業力雖有病生而速除愈；三者身體柔軟皮膚光澤面目鮮明；四者眾人愛敬；五者密護諸根；六者多獲財寶隨意受用；七者所有財寶王賊水火不能侵損；八者所作事業皆善成辦；九者所有種植不畏惡龍霜雹風雨；十者若有稼穡災橫所侵，持誦神呪加持灰或水，經七遍已於其田中，八方結界上下散灑，災橫爾時皆即除滅；十一者不為一切暴惡鬼神羅剎等吸奪精氣；十二者一切有情見聞歡喜，愛樂尊重常無厭足；十三者常不怖畏一切怨讐；十四者設有怨讐速自消滅；十五者人非人等不能侵害；十六者厭魅呪詛蠱道不著；十七者煩惱纏垢不數現行；十八者刀毒水火不能傷害；十九者諸天善神常隨衛護；二十者生生不離慈悲喜捨。」又《十一面觀世音神呪經》云：「若有淨信善男子善女人等，誦持神呪者，現身獲得十勝利。何等為十？一者身常無病；二者恒為十方諸佛攝受；三者財寶衣食受用無盡；四者能伏怨敵而無所畏；五者令諸尊貴恭敬信言；六者蠱毒鬼魅不能中傷；七者一切刀杖所不能害；八者水不能溺；九者火不能燒；十者冬不橫死。」）

Third, the approach of eliminating physical and mental illnesses and increasing merit and wisdom: More than fifteen sūtras, including the *Arya-ṣaḍ-akṣara-dhāraṇī-sūtra*, the *Samantabhadra-dhāraṇī-sūtra*, and the *Mañjuśrī Single-Syllable Mantra*, all state that a mantra practitioner can eliminate all kinds of suffering from physical and mental illnesses. As for physical illnesses, they refer to all fever illnesses, cold illnesses, wind illnesses, malaria illnesses, eye illnesses, ear illnesses, nose illnesses, tongue illnesses, mouth illnesses, tooth illnesses, lip illnesses, throat illnesses, facial illnesses, head illnesses, neck illnesses, chest illnesses, flank illnesses, belly illnesses, hand illnesses, back illnesses, waist illnesses, navel illnesses, thigh illnesses, knee illnesses, foot illnesses, hemorrhoid illnesses, dysentery illnesses, phlegm illnesses, qi illnesses, numbness illnesses, boils, swelling illnesses, rash illnesses, scabies illnesses, blister illnesses, leprosy illnesses, tinea illnesses, itch illnesses, sore illnesses, madness illnesses, epilepsy illnesses, and illnesses caused by demonic apparitions. In brief, whether they are various illnesses of the four great elements, various illnesses of the five viscera, various illnesses caused by ghosts and spirits, or various illnesses induced by past karma—all such illnesses can be completely cured by the inconceivable power of the dhāraṇī-mantra. Therefore, both the *Dhāraṇī-sūtra on Upholding the Phrases* and the *Dhāraṇī-sūtra of Great Compassion* state that dhāraṇīs can make withered trees bloom and bear fruit again; how much more so then could the illnesses of sentient beings fail to be removed? (Question: "Is a mantra practitioner permitted to invoke spirits through adhiṣṭhāna to heal others' illnesses?" Answer: "The *Subāhu-kumāra-sūtra*, the *Susiddhi-sūtra*, and others all say: If one seeks the highest grade of great accomplishment, one must not use mantras to invoke spirits through adhiṣṭhāna, to banish snakes and insects, or to heal others' illnesses; doing so can hinder the great undertaking. Later students should rely on the Buddha's words and take care, take care! If one truly possesses great compassion, deep and vast, and embraces the bodhisattva mind, it is not forbidden. Thus the *Amoghapāśa-sūtra* says: 'To eliminate illnesses caused by spirits, one must have pure actions of the three karmas and possess a compassionate mind; only such bodhisattvas are able to do it.'") Moreover, all mental illnesses of greed, hatred, and delusion are naturally extinguished. Hence the *White Umbrella Dhāraṇī Sūtra* says: "If there are those who cannot eradicate greed and other afflictions due to past habits, they should single-mindedly recite my dhāraṇī-mantra. It is like the Mātanga woman and Ānanda, who had romantic affection from previous kalpas; by the power of my mantra, her lustful mind was severed forever, and she became an arhat." She was a courtesan who had no intention of practicing; the dhāraṇī-mantra invisibly assisted her to swiftly realize the state of no-learning—how much more so for one whose original intention is to seek bodhi! Furthermore, the *Great Compassion Sūtra* says: "Reciting the dhāraṇī with the utmost sincerity, the fire of lust is extinguished, and the depraved mind is eliminated." In addition, dhāraṇī sūtras such as the *Cintāmaṇicakra* state: "A mantra practitioner is presently able to increase all merit and wisdom; whenever they speak, everyone believes and accepts it; whatever clothing, wealth, and jewels they need will follow their thoughts; and they can cause humans, devas, ghosts, and spirits within five hundred yojanas to all come and take refuge in them." Furthermore, they will naturally understand all sūtras, vinayas, and treatises, as well as worldly texts, or obtain dhāraṇī and never forget, memorizing a thousand verses a day. Therefore, the *Śūraṅgama-sūtra* says: "If there are those who read and recite this dhāraṇī, even if these sentient beings do not cultivate meritorious karma by themselves, all the merits of the Tathāgatas of the ten directions will be granted to them." It also says: "If one upholds this dhāraṇī-mantra without generating doubt or regret, yet this good man, in this very body born of parents, fails to attain mental superknowledges, then the Buddhas of the ten directions would be speaking falsehoods." It also says: "It causes those who are not vigorous to become vigorous, and causes those who lack wisdom to attain wisdom, and so forth." If worldly medicines can already cause people to eliminate drowsiness and increase vigor, how could the dhāraṇī-mantra fail to give rise to wisdom? (Also, the *Amoghapāśa-dhāraṇī-hṛdaya-sūtra* says: "If members of the fourfold assembly uphold the precepts of fasting, and single-mindedly recite the dhāraṇī-mantra seven times without mixing in other speech, know that this person will certainly attain twenty kinds of triumphs in the present life. What are the twenty? First, the body is free from illnesses, tranquil, and joyful; second, although illnesses may arise due to previous karma, they are swiftly cured; third, the body is supple, the skin lustrous, and the complexion bright and clear; fourth, all people love and respect them; fifth, their faculties are secretly protected; sixth, they acquire much wealth and jewels to enjoy at will; seventh, all their wealth and jewels cannot be harmed or destroyed by kings, thieves, water, or fire; eighth, whatever undertakings they pursue are successfully accomplished; ninth, whatever they plant does not fear wicked dragons, frost, hail, wind, or rain; tenth, if crops are afflicted by disasters, chanting the dhāraṇī-mantra to empower ashes or water with adhiṣṭhāna seven times, and then scattering and sprinkling them in the eight directions, above and below, within that field, the disasters will immediately be eradicated; eleventh, they will not have their vital energy drained by violent, evil ghosts, spirits, rākṣasas, and the like; twelfth, all sentient beings rejoice upon seeing and hearing them, loving, revering, and respecting them without ever tiring; thirteenth, they are never frightened by any enemies; fourteenth, even if there are enemies, they will naturally and quickly vanish; fifteenth, humans, non-humans, and the like cannot harm them; sixteenth, black magic, curses, and gu poison cannot touch them; seventeenth, afflictive entanglements and defilements do not frequently manifest; eighteenth, weapons, poisons, water, and fire cannot harm them; nineteenth, devas and good spirits constantly follow and protect them; twentieth, life after life, they are never separated from loving-kindness, compassion, sympathetic joy, and equanimity." Also, the *Eleven-Faced Avalokiteśvara Dhāraṇī Sūtra* says: "If good men and good women of pure faith recite and uphold this dhāraṇī-mantra, they will obtain ten triumphs in this present body. What are the ten? First, the body is constantly free of illness; second, they are always embraced by the Buddhas of the ten directions; third, their enjoyment of wealth, jewels, clothing, and food is inexhaustible; fourth, they can subdue enemies without fear; fifth, they cause the noble and venerable to revere them and believe their words; sixth, gu poison, demonic apparitions, and spirits cannot strike or harm them; seventh, all knives and clubs cannot harm them; eighth, water cannot drown them; ninth, fire cannot burn them; tenth, they will not meet with an untimely death in winter.")