千手千眼觀世音菩薩治病合藥經

At that time the Buddha said to Ānanda: "This Avalokiteśvara Bodhisattva has spoken the Vast, Perfect, Unobstructed, Great Compassionate Heart Divine Dhāraṇī, which is true and not false. If there be a group of people who, having prayed, wish to invite Avalokiteśvara Īśvara Bodhisattva Mahāsattva, then let them take Chuyết Cụ La incense, recite the mantra over it twenty-one times, and burn it; then Avalokiteśvara Bodhisattva will surely come at once (Chuyết Cụ La incense is An Tất incense).

If there be a person to whom a Hoạnh Quỷ (a violent, perverse ghost) clings, then take Nhĩ Lý Tra Na and burn it to ash, mix it with clean mud, and shape it into the form of the Hoạnh Quỷ. Before the Thousand-Eyed image, take a knife of tempered steel, recite the mantra over it 108 times, and then cut it apart into segments, cutting a full 108 segments. Then call out that ghost's name and command it; once commanded, the sick person recovers and is no longer clung to by the ghost (Nhĩ Lý Tra Na is the skull-bone of a cat).

If there be a person harmed by Cổ Độc (Gu poison), then take Kiếp Bố La incense and mix it with Chuyết Cụ La incense in equal parts. Using one đấu measure of well-flower water (Tỉnh Hoa Thủy), mix it with the above incenses, then decoct it down to half a thăng, remove the dregs, and take the essence. Before the Thousand-Eyed image, recite the mantra over it 108 times, and the illness is at once cured (Kiếp Bố La incense is camphor incense).

If there be a person bitten by a venomous snake or scorpion, then take fragments large and small of aged ginger (Càn khương), recite the mantra over them seven times, and apply them upon the wound; at once it is removed.

If there be a person whom evil enemies, using wicked words, conspire together to harm, then take clean earth, or flour, or discarded beeswax, and make the form and likeness of that evil person. Before the Thousand-Eyed image, take a knife of tempered steel, recite the mantra over it 108 times; with each recitation make one cut, and with each cut call out that person's name; burn up all 108 segments. That person will then joyfully reform himself, and they will treasure, love, and respect one another, with no more hatred or enmity.

If there be a person afflicted with eye disease, whose pupils are ruined; or who is blind, sightless, and in darkness; or whose eyes are filmed white, or drawn over with a red membrane so that they cannot see the light: take the fruit Ha Lê Lặc, the fruit Am Ma Lặc, and the fruit Tỳ Hề Lặc. Of these three kinds take one of each, pound them to release the oil that flows down, then sift and grind them. When preparing it, only keep it clean (purely guarded); do not let a woman who has just given birth, nor a dog, see it; recite the Buddha's name in the mouth; mix it with white honey and the essence of human milk, then apply it within the eyes.

That essence of human milk must be the milk of a mother who has borne a son, or the milk of a daughter. When the medicine is made and the mixing is done, return before the Thousand-Eyed image and recite the mantra over it 1008 times. Carefully avoid wind in the chamber, the five pungent herbs, and all impure things; then the pupils become bright again, filled with pure and clear light.

If there be a person afflicted by a Ngược Quỷ (a ghost that causes malaria) with illness, then take the hide of a tiger, leopard, or wolf, recite the mantra over it twenty-one times, and wear it upon the body; the illness is at once cured. The hide of a lion is supreme.

If there be a person bitten by a snake, take the hardened earwax of the one who was bitten, recite the mantra over it twenty-one times, and smear it upon the wound; at once it is cured (Kết ninh is the earwax that hardens within the ear canal, being the excretion of the ear).

If there be a person whose malignant malaria has entered the heart, so that they are delirious and about to die: take one ball of the resin of the peach tree, as large or small as a truly large peach, mix it with one thăng of clean water, then distill it down to half a thăng, recite the mantra over it seven times, and quickly have them drink it all; the illness is at once cured. Do not let a woman distill this medicine; while making it one should guard its purity. As a general rule, in making any of these medicines one does not employ a person who is without efficacy.

If there be a person afflicted by the hidden vapor of a Truyền Thi Quỷ (corpse-transmitting ghost), causing long-lasting illness: take Chuyết Cụ La incense, recite the mantra over it twenty-one times, burn it, and fumigate it into the nostrils. Also take seven pellets the size of Thố Thất Đại, recite the mantra over them fourteen times, and swallow them; at once it is cured. Carefully avoid liquor and meat, the five pungent herbs, and wicked cursing and reviling.

Again, take Ma Na Thỉ La, mix it with white mustard seed, press it into rock salt, recite the mantra over it twenty-one times, and burn it beneath the bed of the sick person. The body of the ghost causing the illness is then torn and forced out; the ghost flees back out and does not dare to remain (Ma Na Thỉ La is Hùng Hồng. Bạch—white mustard seed—signifies purity; pressing it into rock salt signifies goodness and beauty).

If there be a person afflicted with Thiên Phong, paralyzed on one side, whose ears and nose are blocked and whose hands and feet cannot be used conveniently: take board-oil and Mộc Nội incense, distill them, recite the mantra over them twenty-one times, and rub and wipe it upon the body; then the illness is fully cured. Again, take pure Ngưu Tô (clarified butter), recite the mantra over it twenty-one times, and rub it upon the body; then the illness will be healed.

If there be a woman in difficult labor, take sesame oil, recite the mantra over it twenty-one times, and rub it within the navel and the jade gate (vulva) of the woman in labor. Or have her swallow it, and she will give birth with ease.

If there be a woman with child whose child has died within the womb, take a large quantity of A Bà Mạt Lợi grass, mix it with two thăng of water, decoct it and remove the dregs, take one thăng of the essence, recite the mantra over it twenty-one times, and have her drink it; then the fetus comes forth at once without pain. If the fetus does not come out, also drink this medicine and it will be expelled, and the illness is cured (A Bà Mạt Lợi grass is Ngưu Tất grass).

If there be a person with heart pain unbearable to endure—this is the Đạo Thi Chú—take Đỗ Lỗ incense the size of a nipple, in one ball, recite the mantra over it twenty-one times, hold it in the mouth and keep it at the throat, regardless of how much or how little; afterward have them spit it out, and at once it is cured. Carefully avoid the five pungent herbs, liquor and meat, oily things, all impure things, and the inner chamber (Đỗ Lỗ incense is Huân Lục incense).

If there be a person scalded by fire into sores, take hot Cồ Ma Di, recite the mantra over it fourteen times, and rub it upon the sores; at once it is cured (Cồ Ma Di is the dung of a black ox).

If there be a person whose heart aches because of biting by worms and insects, take half a thăng of Cốt Lỗ Mạt Già, recite the mantra over it twenty-one times, and drink it; at once it is cured. If the illness is severe, take one thăng, and the worms and insects will coil up like a cord and pour out, and the illness is at once cured (Cốt Lỗ Mạt Già is the dung of a white horse).

If there be a person afflicted with Hạ Sang, pound and grind the leaves of Lăng Tiêu to take the essence, recite the mantra over it twenty-one times, and at night while lying down apply it within the eyes; at once it is cured. If you need to use the essence of Bạch Mẫu Mã Thất, recite the mantra over it twenty-one times, and as above it is at once cured (Cốt Lỗ Đát Khư is fresh donkey dung).

If there be a person afflicted with aching pain within the belly, take well-flower water, mix it with two grains of rock salt, recite the mantra over it twenty-one times, and drink half a thăng; at once the illness is cured.

If there be a person afflicted with red eyes, with excess flesh within the eyes, the eyes drawn over with a membrane: pound and crush the leaves of Xa Nhĩ to take the essence, recite the mantra over it seven times, soak it into a new copper coin for one night, then recite the mantra over it seven times and apply it within the eyes; at once it is cured (Xa Nhĩ leaf is Câu Kỷ leaf).

If there be a person who fears the night, terrified and unsettled, alarmed coming and going: take a white thread to make a cord, recite the mantra over it twenty-one times, tie twenty-one knots, and bind it around the neck; at once the fear is removed. Not only is the fear removed, but one also gains the generation of blessings and the extinguishing of sins, and a long lifespan.

If there be a person in whose house a calamity suddenly arises, take branches of pomegranate, cut them into one thousand segments (?1008 segments), and dip both ends in butter, curds, and honey. With each recitation make one burning; when 1008 recitations are completed, then all calamities are entirely removed and extinguished. It is essential that this be done before the Thousand-Eyed image.

If one takes Bạch Xương Bồ, recites the mantra over it 108 times, and binds it upon the right arm, then one gains victory in all places of hearing and of debate.

If one takes leaves of Xa Diệp, or cuts branches of the tree one thốn long, dips both ends in Ngưu Tô, white honey, and Ngưu Lạc (ox-curds), and with each recitation makes one burning, until 1008 segments are done—each day separately at three Times, each Time separately 108 times—when the seven days are fulfilled, then the Mantra Master awakens of himself and gains thorough penetrating knowledge.

If there be a person who wishes to subdue the great and powerful Ghosts and Spirits, take the seed of A Lợi Sắt Ca, recite the mantra over it twenty-one times, and burn it in the fire; one also needs butter, curds, and honey. It is essential that this be done before the Compassion image (?Great Compassion image) (The seed of A Lợi Sắt Ca is Mộc Hoạn Tử).

If one takes a large quantity of Hồ Lô Già Na, puts it in a vessel of lapis lazuli (Lưu Ly), places it before the Great Compassion image, and recites the mantra over it 1008 times, then all the Devas, Nāgas, Ghosts and Spirits, Humans, and Non-Humans are filled with joy (Hồ Lô Già Na is Ngưu Hồng).

If there be a person bound in cangues, fetters, and chains, take Bạch Lĩnh Thất (?the dung of a white pigeon), recite the mantra over it 108 times, smear it upon the palm of the hand, and rub it over the cangues, fetters, and chains; at once one is freed of one's own accord.

If there be a husband and wife in discord, like water and fire, take the tail-feathers of the mandarin duck (Uyên Ương), before the Great Compassion image recite the mantra over them 1008 times, and wear them upon the body; then that husband and wife will be joyful their whole lives long, loving and respecting one another.

If there be a person whose rice fields, young rice seedlings, and the five kinds of fruit are eaten by worms and insects, take clean sand and ash, recite the mantra over it 1008 times, and scatter it on the four sides of the field; then the worms and insects withdraw and disperse. If there be any fruit trees, also recite the mantra over water from 108 times up to 1008 times, and sprinkle it so that it clings upon the trees; then the worms and insects dare not eat and harm the fruit.

If there be a person who, encountering a ghost, becomes mute, vomits without awareness, and whose form and color are about to die: take small fragments of amber and jade, recite the mantra over them 108 times, and have them drink it with liquor. Again take the essence of Cốt Lỗ Vạn Dị, recite the mantra over it fourteen times, and have them drink it; again establish the figure of a Ghost-Spirit upon that person's forehead, recite the mantra 1008 times, and at once the illness is cured (Cốt Lỗ Vạn Dị is the dung of a white horse).

If there be a person injured by hot water, take tree ash, mix it with water, recite the mantra over it twenty-one times to make a mud, and rub it upon the wound three times a day. Again recite the mantra twenty-one times over hot Cồ Ma Di and rub and smear it upon the wound; at once it is cured.

If there be a person who, having eaten livestock, suffers a venomous calamity, with the mind anguished and wishing to die: take one thăng of clean earth, mix it with three thăng of water, then boil and distill it to take one thăng of the essence, recite the mantra over it twenty-one times, and have them drink it; at once it is cured.

If there be a person afflicted with swellings (sinews and flesh swollen up) and abscesses, pound and crush the leaves of Vu Diệp, mix them with clear liquor, recite the mantra over it twenty-one times, and rub it upon the abscesses; at once it is cured.

If there be a person whose malignant abscess has entered the belly so that they wish to die, burn Cồ Ma Di, mix it with liquor, recite the mantra over it twenty-one times, and rub it upon the abscess; again order them to drink it; at once it is cured.

If there be a person whose nose bleeds copiously so that they wish to die, take fresh Bồng and Lai grasses (?Bồng grass and Lai grass while still fresh), mix them with water, boil and distill to take the essence, regardless of how much, recite the mantra over it twenty-one times, and have them swallow it; at once life is preserved (?the illness is cured).

If there be a person afflicted with bloody dysentery, take the resin of the peach as large as a millet grain, recite the mantra over it twenty-one times, and have them swallow it; at once the illness is cured.

If there be a person afflicted with a dry cough, take one thăng of peach kernels (Đào Tử Nhân), warm them over the fire, mix them with Di Đường (malt sugar), recite the mantra over it 108 times, and quickly have them drink it all; doing thus twelve times, the illness is at once cured.

If there be a person afflicted with itching of the anus, take a tiny fragment of Thảo Triền La Quả, mix it with sugar, recite the mantra over it 108 times, and smear it upon the anus three times a day; at once the illness is cured (Thảo Triền La Quả is Thố Mịch Tử).

If there be a person whose bowels do not move, take two thăng of Quỳ Tử, mix them with four thăng of water, boil and distill to take one thăng of the essence, recite the mantra over it twenty-one times, and have them drink it many times; at once the bowels move.

If there be a person whose urination does not pass, strain Cồ Ma Di to take the essence, recite the mantra over it twenty-one times, and have them drink it; at once it is cured (Cồ Ma Di is the dung of a Độc Ngưu Tử).

If there be a person whose urination does not pass, take the fine dust upon the ridgepole beam in the room, take a pinch with three fingers, mix it with clear water, recite the mantra over it twenty-one times, and drink it; then the illness is cured.

If there be a person who suddenly urinates frequently, or urinates in dribbles beyond reckoning, take a quantity of the root of Quát Lâu, mix it with three thăng of clear water, boil and distill, and strain to take half of the essence, recite the mantra over it twenty-one times or 108 times, and quickly have them drink it; at once it is cured.

If there be a pregnant woman who falls ill, take five thăng of Tiểu Đậu (small beans), decoct them down to three thăng, take one đấu of clear water and decoct to obtain three thăng of the essence, then divide it in two and have her drink it; at once the illness is cured, and she gives birth in peace and joy.

If there be a woman in the calamity of a breech birth, about to die, take one thăng of Bồng grass and Lai grass, with three thăng of water boil it down to one thăng, recite the mantra over it twenty-one times, and have her drink it; at once she gives birth with ease and without illness.

If there be a child afflicted with Dạ Đề (night-crying), unable to sleep peacefully, write the character "Ghost" (鬼) below the eye of that child, recite the mantra twenty-one times, and blow upon it; at once the child sleeps peacefully.

If there be a child with sores breaking out upon the head, take Cồ Ma Ma Giác Tai, burn it to fine dust, mix it with Trư Thử, recite the mantra over it twenty-one times, and rub it upon the sores; at once the illness is cured (Bán Giác trung tử).

If there be a child whose tongue is swollen so that it cannot suckle, take the essence of Đông Phương Thừa, recite the mantra over it 108 times, and rub and smear it upon the tongue; at once it is cured.

If there be a child with sores breaking out within the mouth so that it cannot eat, take the root of Hồng Liên, pound and crush it, sift and winnow it so that it falls down, then mix it with the milk of a mother who has borne a son, recite the mantra over it twenty-one times, and rub and smear it upon the sores; at once it is cured.

At that time Avalokiteśvara Bodhisattva Mahāsattva said to the Great Assembly: "If, at the time when the Tathāgata enters Parinirvāṇa, in the age of the Final Dharma, sentient beings come into being with mouths like Bồng grass (mouths like reeds), then diseases and afflictions will respond upon them without measure. Precisely for this reason I now speak of the Treatment and Cure, which is likewise thus.

Whether there be Bhikṣus, Bhikṣuṇīs, Upāsakas, Upāsikās, good sons or good women—if they are able to receive and uphold this Dharma of Treatment and Cure that rescues sentient beings from suffering, know that this is none other than My Transformation Body, using the Mind of Great Compassion to rescue sentient beings; then I will come to that place and perform the various Dharmas so that there will be supreme efficacy. That person upholds the Great Compassion Heart, the Following-the-Mind, Self-Mastering Dhāraṇī of Divine and Wondrous Phrases, and is able to rescue the world from suffering. That person is like Me, no different from My own body.

If there be a man or woman of pure faith who can receive and uphold that Dhāraṇī Mantra for Rescuing from Suffering, and keep the Dharma's shielding of the world—although they treat the various illnesses, because they use the Mind of Loving-Kindness, they should with a wholehearted mind recite the mantra 108 times. By the power of Avalokiteśvara, they will not become attached or entangled.

If there be sentient beings who can uphold My Dharma, then that person, at the very moment of life's end, will have Me come swiftly to welcome and receive them; with boundless music, borne upon a precious cloud-chariot, I will swiftly cause them to be reborn into the World of Peace and Bliss, transformed into birth within a lotus flower, and before long they will become a Buddha."

Then Śākyamuni Buddha praised Avalokiteśvara Bodhisattva, saying: "Excellent! Excellent, Great Being! It is so! It is so! It is just as you have said. If there be a practicing virtuous gentleman or virtuous woman who gives one portion of medicine in charity to a person afflicted with illness, then in the present they gain blessings and the extinguishing of sins, and in future lives they gain inexhaustible blessed recompense; life after life, kalpa after kalpa, they receive a body without illness and enjoy all comforts and delights. In the realm of humans and in the heavens above, they receive all supreme benefits. In the realm of humans and in the heavens above, they obtain a measureless lifespan, and before long they will attain the Way."

At that time the Great Assembly in the gathering—the company of Bodhisattvas Mahāsattvas, Brahmā, Śakra, the Four Heavenly Kings, the Devas, Nāgas, Yakṣas, the host of Spirits, the Ghost Kings, Humans, Non-Humans—having heard what the Buddha said, were all greatly joyful; they believed and accepted it, bowed their heads in reverence, dedicated the merit, and respectfully practiced it.

THE THOUSAND-HANDED THOUSAND-EYED AVALOKITEŚVARA BODHISATTVA

SŪTRA ON TREATING ILLNESS AND COMPOUNDING MEDICINE (End)