攝大毘盧遮那成佛神變加持經入蓮華胎藏海會悲生曼荼攞廣大念誦儀軌供養方便會 3.19

3.19

As soon as he had spoken this mantra,
all the Tathāgatas
went forth into the realms of the ten directions,
each extending his right arm
and stroking his head, praising: "Well done! Buddhist disciple, you have now
surpassed and ascended to the practice
of the ground of the body, speech, and mind of the Honoured One Mahāvairocana,
and spoken this king of mantras. Why is this? Disciple of the Buddha!
Vairocana Buddha, the Arhat, the Fully and Perfectly Awakened One,
originally sat upon the bodhimaṇḍa,
contemplated the twelve phrases of the Dharma,
subdued the four māras,
and from this dharmadhātusamudbhava,
with phrases flowing forth from the three places,
destroyed the heavenly māra army,
attained boundless wisdom,
and preached the Dharma with mastery.
You now are also like this,
equal to the Fully and Perfectly Awakened One,
known to the assembly as a spiritual friend. You inquired of the omniscient
Honoured One Mahāvairocana, the Fully Awakened One,
concerning the supreme practice of mantra,
and should expound the teaching of the Dharma. Formerly, by this means,
I awoke to wondrous bodhi
and disclosed all dharmas,
causing beings to reach extinction;
all the Buddhas now in the realms of the ten directions
testify and know this." At that time, Vajrapāṇi
inquired of the Honoured One Mahāvairocana:
"Concerning the realm of the definitive noble deities,
the secret maṇḍala,
we pray that the Bhagavān
will extensively expound it for me." Having spoken this gāthā: