Thâm Sa Đại Tướng Nghi Quỹ

At that time, Avalokiteshvara Bodhisattva, seated within the great assembly, rose from his seat, bowed with the five parts of his body touching the ground in homage at the two feet of the Buddha, and said to the Buddha: “I have a vast accomplishment Dharma concerning one mantra, one seal, and the mantras of three messengers. May it be for the benefit and peace of good men and good women in Jambudvipa. I pray that the Blessed One, out of compassion, will hear and permit it. Now I shall speak it.

The mantra is:

1_ Na mô la đát na

2_ Đá la dạ gia

3_ Na mô a lội-gia bà lô chỉ đế

4_ Đá chất tha

5_ Xà duệ xà duệ xà dạ

6_ Bà hề nễ xà dụ đá lợi

7_ Ca la, ca la

8_ Ma la, ma la giả la khí noa

9_ Tát bà yết ma đá la noa nễ

10_ Mê bà để sa ha

NAMO RATNATRAYÀYA

NAMAH ÀRYA AVALOKITE

TADYATHÀ: JAYE JAYE JAYA BHAKENISA CANDARI KARA KARA CARAKINDA SARVA KARMA PARANDANI MEBHATI SVÀHÀ

When this mantra has been recited, evil karma is destroyed. If it is recited seven times, it destroys the sins of the Five Heinous Offenses.

If one completes one thousand recitations, there is no sin that cannot be destroyed.

Completing one hundred thousand recitations, one will see Avalokiteshvara with every kind of adornment.

For seven days, when beginning to perform the rite, one may eat only milk, sesame, and butter. On the final day, one should not eat. On the night of the fifteenth day, before the Buddha, recite without fixing a set number. One will see a voice issue from the image, proclaiming: “Good indeed! Good indeed!” and it will emit brilliant light. Further, pearls and precious objects will be placed upon the crown of the mantra master’s head; then one will know that the accomplishment has been verified.

After seeing Avalokiteshvara, all good vows will be fulfilled.

Again, if in sleep one dreams of Avalokiteshvara with every kind of adornment, one will accomplish all good works, destroy all evil karma, and the mantra, turning and transforming, will be able to extinguish sins.

Next, I shall speak of One Seal, also called Benefiting Sentient Beings. Use the thirty-two kinds and every sort of accomplishment of the One Seal. Cross both hands with the backs of the hands together, and press the two index fingers with the two thumbs, forming a sword. Direct the seal upward into space to form a canopy; in the realms of the ten directions in the heavens, according to the place, it establishes the boundary. Facing the principal deity, make universal offerings; perform the Dharma of universal homage; afterward perform dedication of merit, and again perform the sending forth and dismissal.

If one wishes to subdue evil persons, perform the Seal of Non-Duality and, with wrathful mind, recite 108 times; then all the works of non-Buddhist practitioners will be destroyed.

If a person has heart disease, empower yellow earth and rub it upon the heart; the illness will be removed.

If a person has illness of the head, use earth and fire (?).

If a person has illness of the eyes, empower oil from almond seeds and apply it; it will be removed.

If a person has dropsy or swelling, empower Mễ Vị 108 times and rub it on; it will be removed.

If one wishes to drive the works of Māra far away, empower bitter wood eight times; that person will go far away.

Next are the Three Masters as Messengers, who collectively encompass the twenty-eight divisions.

Place the left palm level and facing upward toward heaven, and move the thumb back and forth. The Heavenly Messenger Phí Ca La (Pikara) is also named Tĩnh Mãn. The secret words are:

Phí Ca la ê hế tứ, sa phộc ha

PIKARA EHYEHI SVÀHÀ

Join the two hands together and move the two Earth fingers (the two little fingers) back and forth. The Space Messenger Great Sage is also named Phộc Tư (Vasi). The secret words are:

Tất nễ dã, sa bà ha

RSÌNIYA SVÀHÀ

Raise both hands toward space and move the two thumbs back and forth. The Subterranean Messenger, Water-Thunder Sovereign, is also named Mahārāja. The secret words are:

An, xà duệ, xà duệ, sa phộc ha

OM JAYE JAYE SVÀHÀ

These three kinds of messengers can destroy the Three Calamities, can destroy the three kinds of attachment, can destroy karmic obstructions through life after life and kalpa after kalpa, and can accomplish siddhi through life after life and kalpa after kalpa.

Furthermore, these three kinds of messengers have no contention; their power is swift in arising and ceasing, turning the bowl, binding, wooden enclosure, and empty bowl.

If a person fulfills the work of the mantra, he will rely upon the realm of space and become an immortal. He will summon gods, dragons, yakshas, spirits, and the like, dispatching them according to his mind, and thus accomplish the Dharma power.

_ A CA ĐÀ MẬT

THE DHARMA OF ACCOMPLISHMENT OF ONE SEAL, THE THOUSAND CLASSES, THE THOUSAND TURNINGS, AND THE THREE MESSENGERS ONE FASCICLE

THE ESSENTIAL RITUAL MANUAL OF THÂM SA ĐẠI TƯỚNG BODHISATTVA- ONE TEXT

THE VẬN CATALOGUE records it as: THE DHARMA OF MAHEŚVARA ONE FASCICLE

THE DUỆ CATALOGUE records it as: THE MANTRA DHARMA OF THE TRANSFORMATION-BIRTH OF MAHEŚVARA DEVA ONE FASCICLE (No author’s name; three paper fascicles. The Zi text discusses the Dharma of Ai, the Dharma for Subduing Enemies, and the Dharma of Illness, and moreover does not discuss purity or impurity.)