仁王護國般若波羅蜜多經陀羅尼念誦儀軌 1.26

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誦偈三遍，即取瞿摩夷不墜地者，以淨物取和諸香水，誦前真言加持二十一遍，即從壇東北角右手漸次如法右旋塗。誦前真言至塗壇畢不得間斷，勿作異語。壇既乾已，又准前法純用瞿摩夷汁，如前再塗，誦前真言並皆如上。乾已，又以取蓮子草或蜀葵葉或龍葵葉，搗以用摩飾，令壇先淨，次於壇上張青色蓋，稱壇大小。繞壇懸幡二十四口。次於壇中如法彩畫，畫人沐浴著新淨衣，受近住戒。其壇三重，莫用皮膠，用諸香膠。如無香膠，煎糯米汁用和彩色。於壇中心畫十二輻輪。東畫五股金剛杵，南邊畫金剛寶，西邊畫金剛劍，北邊畫金剛鈴。此上五事，即是五方菩薩手中所執祕密之契。東南隅畫三股金剛杵，西南隅畫寶冠，西北隅畫箜篌，東北隅畫羯磨金剛杵。當四角上置四賢瓶，金銀銅瓷，新瓦亦得。受一升已下，滿瓶盛水，插枝條花。用四色繒各長四尺，青黃赤綠，如上次第繫四瓶項。次第三重東門畫金剛鉤，南門畫金剛索，西門畫金剛鎖，北門畫金剛鈴。東南角畫香爐，西南角畫荷葉，於中畫雜花，西北角畫燈，東北角畫塗香器。所畫杵等皆有光焰。三重壇外一重界道，四面畫門。當外界道，於壇四角釘佉陀羅木橛。如無此木橛，鐵紫檀木橛亦得，長十二指，入地四指。誦下第三金剛真言，加持橛二十一遍已，然後釘也。以五色縷令童女右合，麁細如小指，以繫橛頭，周圍壇上。於檀四門置四香爐，燒沈檀、熏陸、酥合等香。於檀四角畫三股半金剛杵，四角之上各然一盞燈。於四門外左右兩邊各置二瓷椀（金銀銅並得），盛閼伽香水，每時皆換其水，灑於淨處不得踐踏。如若要祈一七二七乃至七七日，即每日晨朝以八椀乳粥、八椀酪飯、八疊珍菓、八疊甜脆，日日新潔恭敬供養。若不要祈，尋常供養焚香燒燈閼伽塗香，及採時花日常供養。每月十四十五日，於此兩日粥飯菓等如上供養。為國為家為自身除災難者，面向北坐，觀想本尊及諸供養皆作白色，寂靜默誦。為求增益，面向東坐，想本尊等皆作黃色，歡喜寂靜不出聲誦。為降伏者，面向南坐，想本尊等作青黑色，內起大悲外現威怒，大聲念誦。為求敬愛，面向西坐，想本尊等皆作赤色，以喜怒心出聲念誦。隨此四種，若息災者，從月一日至月八日；若求增益，從月九日至十五日；若求敬愛，從十六日至二十二日；若調伏者，從二十三日至月盡日。建立道場，終而復始。如有切要不得依日，但晝夜分依時建立，若息災者取初夜時，若增益者取初日分，若敬愛者取後夜分，若調伏者取日中中夜。若建道場及以念誦要祈等四種，依上日時以為常則；若求出離無上菩提修瑜伽者，晝夜四時，後夜、日中、黃昏、中夜，運心供養最為上勝，至下當悉。恐人難解，故畫壇耳。

Having recited the verse three times, take cow dung that has not fallen to the ground, use a clean implement to take it and blend it with various perfumed waters, and recite the preceding mantra twenty-one times to consecrate it. Then, beginning from the northeast corner of the maṇḍala with the right hand, smear it progressively and according to the ritual method by circumambulating to the right. Recite the preceding mantra continuously without interruption until the smearing of the altar is completed, and do not utter any other words. Once the altar has dried, follow the preceding method again using pure cow-dung liquid, smearing it once more as before, reciting the preceding mantra entirely as above. Once it is dried, take Eclipta prostrata, or hollyhock leaves, or Solanum nigrum leaves, crush them and use them to polish and adorn it, making the altar first clean and pure. Next, hang a blue-green canopy over the altar, matching the size of the altar. Around the altar hang twenty-four banners. Next, paint the altar according to the ritual method; the painter must bathe, put on fresh and clean clothes, and receive the upavāsa precepts. The altar has three tiers. Do not use animal hide glue; use fragrant plant resins. If there is no fragrant resin, decoct glutinous rice liquid to mix the colours. In the centre of the altar, paint a twelve-spoked wheel. In the east, paint a five-pronged vajra pestle; on the south side, paint a vajra jewel; on the west side, paint a vajra sword; on the north side, paint a vajra bell. These five items above are the secret seals held in the hands of the bodhisattvas of the five directions. In the southeast corner, paint a three-pronged vajra pestle; in the southwest corner, paint a jewelled crown; in the northwest corner, paint a harp; in the northeast corner, paint a karma-vajra pestle. At the four corners, place four vases of abundance—gold, silver, bronze, or porcelain, or new earthenware is also acceptable. Holding one sheng or less, fill the vases with water and insert branches and flowers. Use four colours of silk, each four cubits long—blue-green, yellow, red, and green—and tie them around the necks of the four vases in the sequence given above. Next, on the third tier, at the east gate paint a vajra hook, at the south gate paint a vajra noose, at the west gate paint a vajra chain, and at the north gate paint a vajra bell. In the southeast corner paint an incense burner, in the southwest corner paint a lotus leaf with assorted flowers in its centre, in the northwest corner paint a lamp, and in the northeast corner paint a vessel of perfumed unguent. The painted pestles and other emblems all have radiant flames. Outside the three-tiered altar there is one perimeter border path, with gates painted on four sides. Along the outer border path, at the four corners of the altar, drive in pegs of khadira wood. If there are no pegs of this wood, iron or red sandalwood pegs are also acceptable; they are twelve finger-breadths long and enter the earth by four finger-breadths. Recite the third vajra mantra below, and having empowered the pegs twenty-one times, then drive them in. Have a maiden ply five-coloured threads together toward the right, as thick as a little finger, to tie around the heads of the pegs, encircling the altar. At the four gates of the altar, place four incense burners and burn agarwood, sandalwood, frankincense, storax, and other incenses. At the four corners of the altar, paint three-and-a-half-pronged vajra pestles; on each of the four corners, light a lamp. Outside the four gates, on both the left and right sides, place two porcelain bowls (gold, silver, or bronze are also acceptable) filled with argha perfumed water; change this water at every period, and sprinkle it in a clean place where it cannot be trodden upon. If praying for an urgent purpose for one week, two weeks, or up to seven weeks, then each morning reverently present offerings with fresh purity daily: eight bowls of milk porridge, eight bowls of curd rice, eight plates of fine fruits, and eight plates of sweet, crispy delicacies. If not for an urgent prayer, offer the ordinary offerings daily: burning incense, lighting lamps, offering argha and perfumed unguent, and picking seasonal flowers. On the fourteenth and fifteenth days of each month, on these two days present offerings of porridge, rice, fruits, and so on as described above. For dispelling disasters for the state, family, or oneself, sit facing north, visualize the principal deity and all offerings as white, and recite silently in stillness. For seeking increase, sit facing east, visualize the principal deity and all items as yellow, and recite in joy and stillness without uttering sound. For subjugation, sit facing south, visualize the principal deity and all items as blue-black, internally arouse great compassion while externally manifesting awesome wrath, and recite in a loud voice. For seeking love and respect, sit facing west, visualize the principal deity and all items as red, and recite aloud with a mind of joy and wrath. In accordance with these four kinds: for disaster-calming, from the first day to the eighth day of the month; for seeking increase, from the ninth day to the fifteenth day of the month; for seeking love and respect, from the sixteenth day to the twenty-second day of the month; for subjugation, from the twenty-third day to the end of the month. Establish the place of practice, cycling from end to beginning. If there is an urgent matter and one cannot follow the days, simply establish it according to the periods of day and night: for disaster-calming, take the first watch of the night; for increase, take the early part of the day; for love and respect, take the late watch of the night; for subjugation, take midday and midnight. If establishing the place of practice and reciting for the four kinds of urgent prayers, follow the days and times above as the regular rule; but for practitioners of yoga who seek departure [from saṃsāra] and unexcelled bodhi, mentally offering during the four periods of day and night—the late watch of the night, midday, dusk, and midnight—is the supreme practice, which will be fully explained below. Fearing that people might find it difficult to understand, the altar is illustrated here.